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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Colored pencil drawing of a rectangular woven basket with a triangular decorative pattern on its side and yellow interior acc

Basket

Charles Charon, 1935

Colored pencil drawing of a carved horn and a wooden mortar and pestle, labeled Long Island Mohegan, Case 5E.

Horn and Mortar & Pestle

Charles Charon, 1935

Drawing of a bow saw with a curved wooden frame and rusty serrated blade on a pale background.

Saw

Charles Charon, 1940

Painting of a black military chapeau with a brass eagle emblem and gold braid trim on a cream background.

Military Chapeau

James Vail, 1935/1942

Brown wash drawing of arcaded ruins of the Colosseum in Rome, with overgrown vegetation and a handwritten inscription on the

A Corner of the Colosseum

Friedrich von Olivier, 1820

Watercolor of a cottage beside a riverside landing stage with moored boats and figures under a hazy sky.

Landing Place near Tintern Abbey

James Ward, 1802

Engraving of a crowded kitchen with feasting figures, hanging sausages, a roasting spit, and a woman nursing an infant.

The Fat Kitchen

Hans Liefrinck, 1563

Engraving of Hercules in a lion skin battling a coiled many-headed hydra beside a tree, by Battista d'Agnolo, 1552.

Hercules and the Hydra

Battista d'Agnolo, 1552

Chalk drawing of Diana seated beside the sleeping Endymion, with a cupid above and a dog at right.

Diana and Endymion

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1720

Painted illustration of a pair of women's shoes with floral embroidered fabric and carved wooden heels on a cream background.

Woman's Shoes

Marie Alain, c. 1939

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle with horsemen firing muskets, fallen horses and billowing smoke across a wide sheet.

Cavalry Battle near a River

Charles Parrocel

Pen and wash drawing of a dense cavalry battle with armoured riders, rearing horses and fallen soldiers.

Cavalry Battle

Charles Parrocel

Pencil sketch of a hound leaping forward with extended legs and raised tail, with faint studies of motion behind it.

A Hound Jumping

James Seymour, 1743

Pencil sketch of mounted huntsmen with hounds, a crouching hare in the foreground, and studies of horses and a dog.

Huntsmen with Hounds and a Crouching Hare [recto]

Painted study of a pair of child's high-button boots, one upright and one tipped to show the sole, with a tassel and buttons.

Child's Shoe

Alexander Anderson, 1940

Engraving of a sleeping bound nude woman with a child, a sheep, a boar and a sword, with a castle town behind.

The Course of the World

Barthel Beham, 1525

Engraving of a mother gazing at a sleeping infant beside a skull, with an hourglass and domed building in the background.

Madonna with Skull

Barthel Beham, 1520

Watercolor of an embroidered wallet with geometric patterns and a stitched name label reading A. Thomas Wilson.

Wallet

Ralph Morton, c. 1939

Watercolor of a worn reddish-brown leather handbag with a metal frame clasp, handle, and brass hardware on a beige background

Hand Bag

Albert Allen, 1935/1942

Engraving of a crowded household interior with children dancing, a spinning woman, a bagpiper, and Dutch verses in the margin

The Dissolute Household

Hand-colored print of two dapple-gray horses galloping, one ridden by a man in a red coat across an open field.

Two Dapple-Gray Horses Exercising (Deux chevaux gris pommele que l'on promene)

Léon Cogniet, 1822

Etching of sailboats on calm water under a dark, approaching storm sky with a rowboat in the foreground.

The Storm's Approach

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart

Pastel drawing of sailing boats silhouetted on calm water under a rose and grey sunset sky.

A Seascape at Sunset

Ernest Ange Duez, 1880

Pen drawing of a woman playing piano while a seated man in a suit looks toward her, with flowers and a framed picture in the

"--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--"

George Du Maurier, 1865

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining classical sculpture with a man in a top hat in the foreground, with handwritten notes

The Ilyssus!

George Du Maurier, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of two children walking on a snowy path between bare trees, with a fence and cottage behind.

Two Children in the Snow

George Du Maurier

Pen and ink drawing of fashionable figures in a gallery; a man in a top hat gestures while women in gowns stand nearby.

Distinguished Amateurs no. II: The Art Critic

George Du Maurier, 1880

Four figure studies in black and white chalk on tan paper showing draped standing and seated figures.

Figure Studies

Frederic Leighton

Pencil and chalk study of a dancing woman in classical robes beside seated women on a stone bench in a garden.

Study for "Greek Girl Dancing"

Frederic Leighton, 1867

Pencil sketch of a seated man and woman under a tree with a dog at their feet and a figure in the background.

Lovers under a Tree

John Everett Millais, 1840