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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of God the Father pointing with an outstretched arm, surrounded by angels and putti.

God the Father in Glory

Attributed to Andrea Boscoli after Michelangelo

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted Pallas flanked by two armored male statues on pedestals under classical arches.

Rudolf I and Albert I with Pallas

Peter Paul Rubens and Theodoor van Thulden, in or after 1635

Pen and ink sketch of two draftsmen sketching at a table under a parasol, with two seated figures beside them.

Draftsmen Outdoors

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1760

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in a bonnet and ruffled dress, sewing with her head bent over her work.

Seated Woman Sewing

Louis Rolland Trinquesse, 1788

Pale drawing of white chalk cliffs along a shore with small figures on the sand and a distant sail on the sea.

Scene on the South Coast of England

Unknown artist, 19th century

Graphite and wash drawing of a large reclining nude with dark hair, flanked by smaller sketches of dancing figures.

Studies of Nude Dancers

Odilon Roche, 1918/1947

Woman in Court Dress

Grey wash drawing in a circle of an elderly bearded saint with a halo, holding an open book and a quill pen.

Saint Matthew

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1585/1590

Brown ink drawing of a bearded old man in a library gesturing as nude putti reach toward him.

Putti Testing a Man's Perception of Depth

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1613

Circular drawing of a wilderness lake with a glowing sun, a white cross on a rise, and a kneeling figure by the water.

The Cross in the Wilderness

Thomas Cole, c. 1844

Pen-and-ink portrait sketch of a stern man in a fur cap, with faint pencil studies of figures in a boat below.

Studies for "Washington Crossing the Delaware" [recto]

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1849

Graphite sketch of a young man with tousled hair writing with a quill pen at a desk beside an inkwell.

Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto]

William Sidney Mount, 1827

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a nude bather seen from behind on a beach, with blue sea and a sail in the background.

Bather on the Beach

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1913

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Nicholas as a seated bishop with mitre, crosier, book and radiating halo.

Saint Nicholas

Pencil sketch of rocky outcrops, boulders, shrubs and reflective water along a lakeshore with distant hills.

Rocks Along a Lakeshore [recto]

John William Casilear

Pencil sketch of a wooden bridge over a rocky stream with mountains behind, plus a rocky outcrop study below.

Bridge over Rocky Stream [top verso]

John William Casilear

Watercolor of a crowded harbor at dusk with sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and a tall brick tower.

The Harbor of Seville

Samuel Colman, 1867

Brown ink drawing of a witchcraft scene with a looming winged figure, a candle, a column, and a crouched figure in a dark int

Witchcraft Scene with a Vampire [recto]

Jacob de Gheyn II

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop with halo standing over a fallen figure, with a winged figure and landscape behind.

Saint Ambrose Suppressing Heresy

Gottfried Bernhard Götz

A Man Leaning on a Structure

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, later 1760s

Watercolor sketch of a dark sky over glowing horizon light and rocky ground, with handwritten pencil notes.

Clouds at Dawn

James Hamilton Shegogue

Watercolor study of glowing orange and grey clouds across a sunset sky.

Clouds at Sunset

James Hamilton Shegogue

Watercolor portrait of a man in a tall brown top hat, dark coat and white cravat, against a pale background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Hamilton Shegogue, 1830

Watercolor drawing of a green vase with gilded handles and base on a red plinth, labeled Vase du No 601 with a scale bar.

Catalogue ... du Cabinet du feu M. Randon de Boisset, Receveur Géneral des Finances

Pierre Remy and C.F. Julliot and French 18th Century, 1777

Chalk drawing of a bearded older man in a skull cap, doublet and white collar, facing forward.

Portrait of a Bearded Man in a Doublet and Skull Cap

Follower of Lagneau

Pen and brown ink drawing of a deathbed scene with a canopied bed, a robed figure at a table of coins, and a vaulted interior

The Death of the Miser

William Henry Brooke after Hieronymus Bosch

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with low tide pools and small sailboats on the distant sea.

Rocklined Beach with Distant Boats

William Stanley Haseltine, probably 1860/1869

Brown wash drawing of a market with women, children, sheep, poultry, and a sculpture beneath classical columns.

Market Scene with a Fantastic Sculpture

I Jean-Baptiste Hüet, 1797/1798

Shepherds rest with sheep and goats beside a waterfall, with tall trees, a ruined tower and boats in a rocky landscape.

Shepherds Resting by a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1779

Circular drawing of a battle with mounted soldiers, a pointing man in pink, reclining figures and a mythical creature in clou

Allegory on the Turkish Wars

Hans von Aachen, c. 1600