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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Sepia print of figures tumbling in a cluttered interior with a tilted plank, a woman in a doorway, and potted plants on shelv

La Culbute (The Tumble)

François-Philippe Charpentier, 1766

Engraving of men raising a cross with a crucified figure, soldiers on horseback at left, and grieving women and children at r

The Elevation of the Cross

Hand-colored print of a crowded domed hall with green marble columns, where a girl and woman receive prizes on a stage.

Distribution of the American Art-Union Prizes

Francis d' Avignon, 1848

Etched landscape of a house with chimneys beside a pond, surrounded by trees under a cloudy sky.

House by a Pond

Bass Otis, 1819

Pen drawing of a triumphal arch with three horses on pedestals, four obelisk pinnacles, and niche statues below.

A Triumphal Arch with Caparisoned Horses and Ornamented Pinnacles

Jacques Androuet Ducerceau I, 1570

Etching of peasants dancing and drinking in a rustic tavern, with a fiddler and a fireplace, by Adriaen van Ostade.

Dance in a Tavern

Adriaen van Ostade, 1652

Organ Grinder

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Etching of a knife grinder at a wooden cart beside an archway, with a seated figure and village buildings behind.

Knife Grinder

Adriaen van Ostade, 1682

Circular etching of peasants gathered around a slaughtered pig in a farmyard beside a well and a cottage.

Pig Slaughterers

Adriaen van Ostade, 1642

Etching of a schoolmaster in a tall hat leaning over a table with children in a plain interior room.

The Schoolmaster

Adriaen van Ostade, 1644

Mezzotint portrait of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat and white ruff collar, seated in a carved chair.

The Burgomaster

Richard Houston, 1760

Color print of a river bank with a woman, white geese, rowers on the water, and a row of village houses under cloudy sky.

Banks of the River (Les Bords de rivière)

Alfred Sisley, 1897

Color print of a woman with a red parasol walking beside a girl in a yellow dress carrying a red bucket.

At the Square

Henri Evenepoel, 1897

Etching of a riverside town with a factory smokestack, church spires, a wooden pier over the water, and reeds on the bank.

Newark, N.J., from the Passaic

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1879

Etching of a city farm with cabbage rows, a horse and cart, wooden sheds, and tall city buildings behind.

A City Farm - New York

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1881

Etching of a shingled farmhouse among tall trees and shrubs, with a dirt path in the foreground, by Mary Nimmo Moran, 1885.

Home, Sweet Home

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1885

Etching of slender birch trees beside a still pond with dense shrubs and a hatched sky, signed M.N.M. 1880.

Solitude

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1880

Etching of palm trees on a sandy bank beside calm water, with dramatic streaked clouds across the sky.

Point Isabel, Florida

Mary Nimmo Moran, 1887

Etching of a bearded goat leading a small herd of horned goats past a reedy pond under a hatched sky.

Kids by a Pond

Filippo Palizzi, 1870

Brown wash drawing of shepherds adoring an infant beside an ox, with a wooden shelter and trees behind.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735

Engraved title page with Latin text, a man holding flutes and a staff, a cart wheel, trees, and a distant church tower.

Title Page

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a fortified town gate with a tall tower, gabled houses, an arched bridge over a canal, and swans on the water.

Town Gate

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a farmyard with thatched cottages, trees, a fence, and chickens on a dirt path under a cloudy sky.

A Farmyard

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a village road with a thatched inn, barns, trees and small figures under an open sky.

The Swann's Inn

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair and white collar, framed by an inscription with a coat of arms below.

Nicolas Parfait

Nicolas de Poilly, 1666

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with long curled hair in armor, holding a walking stick, within a laurel wreath frame.

Wrong title: Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, before 1691

Adriaen Haelwegh, 1691

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a striped doublet and ruff collar, hand resting on a sword hilt.

Don Pietro dei Medici (1554-1604)

Adriaen Haelwegh, 1691

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair in an embroidered doublet and ruffled collar, within a laurel frame.

Garzia dei Medici (1547-1562)

Adriaen Haelwegh, 1691

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair and mustache in armour and cloak, holding a cane, within a laurel frame.

Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610-1670)

Adriaen Haelwegh, 1691

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal in red robes and clerical cap, framed by a laurel wreath and ribbons.

Cardinal Giovanni Carlo dei Medici (1611-1663)

Adriaen Haelwegh, 1691