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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Watercolor study of an orange pottery jug with ivy leaves, set among grass and stones outdoors.

Study of a Pottery Jug [recto]

John Everett Millais, 1842

Pencil sketch of a hillside with a cluster of trees on the right and a small figure bending in the grassy foreground.

Landscape near Washington, Connecticut

William Hamilton Gibson

Drawing of a horizontal band of embroidered blue and pink flowers, grape clusters and small birds on gridded linen.

Bed Hanging

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1942

Horizontal strip of pale fabric with embroidered pink, blue and yellow flowers, buds and green leaves on a scrolling vine.

Bed Valance Detail

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1939

Etching of a bull chase in a crowded Siena piazza, with spectators behind barriers, a tall tower and palazzi.

The Piazza, Siena

Bernardino Capitelli, 1631

Red and cream woven coverlet with two eagles on urns, stars, cannons, and geometric borders.

Commemorative Coverlet

John Wilkes, c. 1939

Strip of colorful crewel embroidery showing flowers, trees, birds, and animals along a grassy border on a pale ground.

Section of Crewel Embroidery on Border of Petticoat

Pen and wash panoramic drawing of a walled town with church spires, labeled Beaulne, set against low hills.

Beaune

Jan Peeters the Elder, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of the Trinity and Virgin appearing in clouds above kneeling ecclesiastics, with angels and cherubs.

The Trinity and the Virgin Appearing to Ecclesiastics

Theodoor Boeyermans

Mauve-toned textile design of monkeys, an archer, birds and tropical foliage on a stippled pink ground.

Block Print

George Loughridge, c. 1936

Watercolor textile design of red flowers, brown leaves and buds on a light patterned ground with a decorative border.

Chintz

George Loughridge, c. 1936

Three views of a redware pottery dish with yellow wavy slip decoration, painted in reddish-brown tones on cream paper.

Pa. German Pie Plate

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Etching of three peasants in a dim tavern, one in a wide hat raising his fist in a quarrel beside a lattice window.

Peasants' Quarrel

Adriaen van Ostade, 1653

Painting of two white chalkware roosters with spread wings in red, gold and green, standing on a rust-colored rectangular bas

Chalkware Roosters

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Etching of a rustic barn interior with hay bales, chickens on the floor, a barrel, a wagon wheel and a ladder.

Interior of a Barn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Two painted drawings of chalkware lovebird figurines on pedestal bases, each pair with beaks touching, in gray, green and red

Chalkware Lovebirds

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Etching of two figures on a wooden footbridge over a river, with a large tree at left, ducks, a rowboat, and a cottage.

The Angler

Adriaen van Ostade, 1653

Pencil and wash drawing of a winding path through grassy fields and reeds, with rocks at left and a distant horizon.

A Path through Fields near Leipzig

Carl Gustav Carus, 1812

Pencil drawing of Christ and the Virgin seated in a pediment, flanked by angels playing musical instruments.

Christ and the Virgin with Music-Making Angels

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Watercolor stage design of a terrace with palms, blue draperies, timber gallery and a domed building in the distance.

Turkish Stage Design

Carl Ferdinand Langhans, 1815

Watercolor study of a painted Pennsylvania German chair with floral decoration, plus a detail of its crest and splat.

Pa. German Chair

Henry Moran, c. 1940

Black chalk drawing of a full-leafed beech tree over rocks and a stream, with mountains in the distance.

A Wild Beech in Full Leaf

Paul Huet, 1858

Watercolor of steep rock cliffs above a valley with jagged peaks receding under a pale, streaked sky.

Rock Cliffs along the Romanche

Paul Huet, 1858

Pen and ink drawing of a flooded forest with leaning trees, still water, and two small figures near the trunks.

Flooding in the Forest of the Ile Séguin

Paul Huet, 1833

Pastel landscape of a meadow with dark trees and a sunset glowing orange and yellow across a blue sky.

A Meadow at Sunset

Paul Huet, 1845

Twilight landscape drawing of a wooded lake with a Gothic abbey spire rising at right beneath a streaked sky.

An Abbey by a Wooded Lake at Twilight

Paul Huet, 1831

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden springerle board with flower, leaf, and rosette designs in relief.

Pa. German Springerle Board

Fritz Boehmer, 1935/1942

Etching of windblown apple trees in an open field with two figures on a path under a hatched cloudy sky.

Apple Trees in Auvers (Pommiers a Auvers)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1877

Painted study of an oval woven sewing basket with twisted handles, shown on a plain cream background.

Zoar Sewing Basket

John Wilkes, c. 1938

Hand-colored plate of a male prairie titlark perched on rocks among grass and pink phlox flowers.

Prairie Titlark