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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds toward a radiant light filled with angels and putti.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Giambattista Canal, c. 1785

Pen and brown ink sketch of mythological figures, putti and sea creatures among clouds and waves.

Birth of Venus

James Thornhill, c. 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of tritons and nymphs entwined among scrolling sea ornament within an oval frame.

Tritons and Nymphs

Attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi

A Venetian Lawyer at His Desk

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1755/1760

Chalk drawing of a woman's face framed by a white cap and draped veil, with red chalk on cheeks and lips.

Head of a Matron

Anton Johann Tischbein

Brown ink and wash drawing of Charon in a boat holding an oar while a draped woman extends her hand toward him.

Psyche Giving Her Coin to Charon

Attributed to Henry Tresham, 1796

Brown wash drawing of Saint John the Evangelist with a quill, an eagle and an open book on grey-blue paper.

Saint John the Evangelist

Georg Anton Urlaub, c. 1753

Pen and wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, angels in clouds above, and grieving figures below.

The Crucifixion

Benjamin West, 1796/1797

Brown wash drawing of a robed prophet gesturing beside a lion, a fallen man, and a donkey under a tree.

The Disobedient Prophet

Benjamin West, 1793

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, nudes and cherubs among clouds within a quatrefoil frame, by Jacob de Wit.

The Judgment of Paris

Jacob de Wit, c. 1731

Sepia drawing of a man with powdered hair in a great coat and bow tie, looking toward the viewer.

Man in a Great Coat

or Possibly Joseph Badger Anonymous, 18th century

Ink drawing of a vaulted cloister arcade with ribbed arches, columns with carved capitals, and a paved walkway receding into

Koln, Maria-Capitol

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1892

Woman's Head

Brown wash drawing of a striped thylacine beside a platypus on rocky ground, with grasses and a flowering plant.

Illustration for "Bird Beast"

Charles Livingston Bull

Pencil drawing of a fort's stone walls and watchtower above a grassy moat, with small figures on a path.

Moat at Fort Marion, Florida

James Wells Champney, c. 1874

Pencil sketch of a stone fort courtyard with a large arch, stacked cannonballs, a cannon, and two standing figures.

Fort Marion, Florida

James Wells Champney, c. 1874

Charcoal sketch of a woman playing a flute beside two resting lions under a tree.

Idyll

Frederic Stuart Church, 1886

Watercolor street scene of laden donkeys, a resting dog, and a fountain statue seen through a stone archway.

Bernini Fountain, Rome [recto]

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, c. 1867

Josie

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1892

Graphite sketches of a panther and a young lion head, with handwritten labels, on aged paper.

Panther and Young Lion Studies

Arthur Bowen Davies

Woman's Head

Pencil caricature of a standing man with a large curled mustache, hands in pockets, on tan paper, 1859.

Self-Portrait

John Whetten Ehninger, 1859

Pencil drawing of trees and shrubs along a pond edge, with reflections in the water and a fallen branch in front.

Pond Edge

James McDougal Hart, 1858

Ink wash drawing of a stormy sea with waves against a rocky cliff, a sailing ship nearby and wreckage in the foreground.

Shipwreck in Storm

Brown ink and wash drawing of a steep mountain valley with a small standing figure on a rocky path at lower left.

Deep Valley in Mountainous Landscape

Brown wash drawing of a hilly landscape with trees on the left, rolling hills, and a swirling cloudy sky.

Hilly Landscape with Trees

William Hart, 1855

Pencil and chalk sketch of a reclining figure surrounded by standing and kneeling mourners on grey paper.

Egmont and Hoorn

Thomas Hovenden after Bernard Gaillot

Pencil title page drawing with a central vignette of figures, chains, a barred window, and winged figures in a border.

Title Page for Kensworth

Alfred E. Hubbard

Pencil sketch of a mustached man with a receding hairline, head and shoulders turned slightly, on tan paper.

Grover Cleveland [recto]

Eastman Johnson

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse with chimneys and dormers beside trees and a reflecting river, labeled Seine et Marne.

Seine et Marne

Charles Frederick William Mielatz