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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a hat resting beside a reclining figure under a tree on a rocky hillside.

Rest

Alphonse Legros

Pencil sketch of a seated draped female figure beside a classical column, with a reclining figure at its base.

Seated Female Figure for "San Francisco"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1856

Watercolor of a male black grouse with blue-black plumage and a female crouching among ferns and grass.

English Black Cocks

John James Audubon, 1828

Brown wash drawing of thatched farm buildings on a hill, with large trees and a man in a hat lying in the grass in the foregr

Claude's Farm

Alphonse Legros

Pencil sketch of a seated muscular male figure with raised arm beside a stone pedestal and bare branches.

Seated Male Figure for "San Francisco"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1856

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a bay with anchored ships, a fortress on the right, and distant hills under a hazy sky.

The Gulf of Pozzuoli

Johann Heinrich Schilbach, 1825

Sepia ink drawing of a skeletal rider on a galloping horse under a windswept sky, with a bare tree at right.

Death and Its Horse

Alphonse Legros

Colored drawing of a woman in folk dress with red headscarf, striped shawl, blue skirt and basket, by Henry Bonaventure Monni

Artois

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1869

Pencil drawing of Tewkesbury Abbey showing its tall central tower, spires, and Gothic windows and portals.

Tewkesbury Abbey

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Graphite drawing on blue paper of a nude man's bust, head tilted down, shaded with fine diagonal hatching.

Bust of Nude Man

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal sketch on blue paper of a man in a wide-brimmed hat striding with arm outstretched and a sack over his shoulder.

The Sower

Jean-François Millet

Pale watercolor landscape of a sunlit river valley with a small red figure on a slope and a hazy blue horizon.

A Yorkshire River

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1827

Brown wash drawing of a large tree beside a path, with shrubs and a distant horizon under a cloudy sky.

The Big Tree

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal sketch on blue paper of two men in hats carrying a stretcher with a small animal lying on it.

The Newborn

Jean-François Millet

Watercolor of a misty river valley with a tower, a distant town, and foreground figures resting beneath trees.

Oberwesel

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Brown wash drawing of a footpath winding past a large tree toward rolling hills and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Footpath in Burgundy

Alphonse Legros

Pen and ink drawing of a gargoyle overlooking a Paris street, rooftops and a church tower below.

Study for "Le Stryge"

Joseph Pennell, probably 1893

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall tumbling over rocks, framed by birch trees and dense woodland foliage.

A Waterfall

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1795

Brown ink drawing of a female centaur resting among rocks and trees in a wooded landscape.

Centaur Woman

Alphonse Legros

Pen and brown ink sketch of a woman seated on the ground holding a child, with another child beside her.

Woman Seated on the Ground with Two Children

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635/1640

Pen and wash drawing of tall cliffs above a winding coastal path, with a leaning tree, dense shrubs, and a small figure near

Sheer Cliffs above a Coastal Road

John White Abbott, 1810

Brown ink drawing of two figures under wind-bent trees beneath a stormy sky, by Alphonse Legros.

Clap of Thunder

Alphonse Legros

Red chalk drawing of a seated old bearded man in a loose robe, hands clasped, turning his head to the side.

Seated Old Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Watercolor landscape of a large tree leaning over a pond with reeds, a woodland path, and distant trees under a pale sky.

Peamore, Devon

John White Abbott, 1799

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded centaur beside a large tree, reaching up to a leafy branch, with hills in the distance

Centaur with Branches

Alphonse Legros

Red chalk drawing of a man in a plumed beret and ruffled collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1637

Pen and ink drawing of two grotesque male profiles facing each other, one in a tall cap, the other in a hat.

Two Grotesque Heads

Francesco Melzi, 1510

Brown ink drawing of a woman with long hair beside a waterfall, with a tree and hills in the background.

Peasant at the Source

Alphonse Legros

Pen and brown wash sketch of a village skyline with a church spire, trees, rooftops and small figures along a riverbank.

View of Diemen

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1655

Pen and brown wash drawing of Moses holding stone tablets before a crowd of bearded men in a mountain landscape.

Moses Delivering God's Commandments to the Israelites

Jan Swart van Groningen