National Gallery of Art, Press Images for: The Poetry of Light: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art April 30—October 1, 2006
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File Name: 243-027.jpgAndrea Mantegna (c. 1431 - 1506) A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit, 1460s pen and ink Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1976 Order this image
File Name: 243-022.jpgGiovanni Bellini (c. 1430/1435 - 1516) Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book, c. 1465 pen and ink William B. O'Neal Fund, 1997 Order this image
File Name: 243-021.jpgGiovanni Bellini (c. 1430/1435 - 1516) Saint Louis of Toulouse, c. 1465 pen and ink William B. O'Neal Fund, 1997 Order this image
File Name: 243-020.jpgGiorgione (1477/1478 - 1510) Jupiter and Ganymede above an Extensive Landscape, c. 1500 pen and ink, partially incised with stylus Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1996 Order this image
File Name: 243-016.jpgTitian (c. 1490 - 1576) An Eagle, c. 1515 pen and ink Gift of J. Carter Brown, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991 Order this image
File Name: 243-028.jpgSebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Venitiano) (1485 - 1547) A Prophet Addressed by an Angel, 1516/1517 pen and ink with wash over chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper, squared in chalk Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, 1985 Order this image
File Name: 243-019.jpgDomenico Campagnola (before 1500 - 1564) Landscape with a Boy Fishing, c. 1520 pen and ink Rosenwald Collection, 1950 Order this image
File Name: 243-029.jpgJacopo Bassano (c. 1510 - 1592) The Mocking of Christ, 1568 chalks on blue paper Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1980 Order this image
File Name: 243-011.jpgPaolo Farinati (1524 - 1606) The Emperor Aulus Vitellius, 1524-1606 pen and ink with wash over chalk, heightened with white Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1975 Order this image
File Name: 243-051.jpgGiovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683 - 1754) A Boy with a Lute, c. 1740 chalks on blue paper Gift of the Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation, 1979 Order this image
File Name: 243-049.jpgGiovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683 - 1754) A Shepherd Family Resting, 1740s chalk over graphite The Armand Hammer Collection, 1987 Order this image
File Name: 243-046.jpgGiuseppe Nogari (1699 - 1763) An Elderly Woman in a Striped Shawl, c. 1743 pastel and watercolor Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1984 Order this image
File Name: 243-065.jpgGiovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770) The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1735/1740 pen and ink with wash over chalk Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1982 Order this image
File Name: 243-068.jpgGiovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770) The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 1740/1745 pen and ink with wash over chalk Woodner Collection, 1991 Order this image
File Name: 243-073.jpgGiovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770) A Venetian Lawyer at His Desk, c. 1760 pen and ink with wash Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1984 Order this image
File Name: 243-113.jpgMarco Ricci (1676 - 1729) A Capriccio of Roman Ruins, 1720s gouache on kidskin Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1982 Order this image
File Name: 243-117.jpgFrancesco Zuccarelli (1702 - 1788) A Boy Smiling, c. 1748 chalk Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1987 Order this image
File Name: 243-085.jpgCanaletto (1697 - 1768) Ascension Day Festival at Venice, 1766 pen and ink with wash over graphite Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1963 Order this image
File Name: 243-107.jpgGiovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778) A Fantastic Vase, 1745/1747 pen and ink with wash over chalk Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1986 Order this image
File Name: 243-103.jpgGiovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778) A Magnificent Palatial Interior, c. 1750 pen and ink with wash over chalk Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, 2000 Order this image
File Name: 243-089.jpgFrancesco Guardi (1712 - 1793) The Fortress of San Andrea from the Lagoon, c. 1775/1785 pen and ink with wash over chalk Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1963 Order this image
File Name: 243-108.jpgPietro Antonio Novelli (1729 - 1804) The Marriage of Europe and China, c. 1780 pen and ink with wash over chalk Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1987 Order this image
File Name: 243-096.jpgGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727 - 1804) Punchinello's Farewell to Venice, 1797/1804 pen and ink with wash over chalk Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, 1979 Order this image
File Name: 243-123.jpgGiacomo Quarenghi (1744 - 1817) Geometric Elevation of the Peace Plaza and Fa ade of the Opera House, c. 1800 pen and ink with watercolors over chalk Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1982 Order this image
File Name: 243-130.jpgMaurice Brazil Prendergast (1858 - 1924) The Piazza San Marco, 1898 watercolor over chalk Gift of Eugénie Prendergast, 1984 Order this image
File Name: 243-129.jpgJohn Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) Gondola Moorings on the Grand Canal, watercolor over graphite Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970 Order this image