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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and blue wash drawing of Christ before a seated high priest, with soldiers, robed onlookers, columns and a dog.

Christ before Caiaphas

Crispen van den Broecke

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded armored man in a plumed helmet beside a kneeling nude and cloaked figures.

Saint Homobono

Attributed to Avanzino Nucci

Two Studies of an Elderly Man's Head

Paulus Pontius after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Brown ink and wash drawing of Cupid drawing a bow, with a winged putto and drapery below.

Cupid

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1615

Pen and ink study of a muscular male back with an extended arm, drawn on aged paper.

Study of a Back

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Pen and ink drawing with white heightening of mitred clergy and onlookers gathered before a colonnaded building.

The Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore

Giovanni Battista Ricci

Circular drawing of a helmeted female allegory leaning on a pedestal, holding an oak branch, with a lion at her feet.

Allegory of Fortitude

Francesco Rosaspina

Three male figures in draped cloth drawn in ink and white highlights on grey paper, one bearded, with raised arms.

Three Herms

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, c. 1630s

Pen and gray wash drawing of a smiling young woman in a bonnet with pink ribbon seated on a mound.

A Young English Beauty

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1790

Black and red chalk drawing of a bearded man with curly hair and a mustache, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Man

Brown ink drawing of a crowded fair under large trees, with a tall church tower and livestock among the figures.

The Fair at Impruneta

Remigio Cantagallina

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Virgin holding the infant Jesus with saints beneath draped curtains, red chalk underdrawing.

The Virgin and Infant Jesus with Saints

Hans Rottenhammer, c. 1600

Red chalk and wash drawing of allegorical figures, cherubs and a horned animal in a classical composition.

Antwerp Blessed with Abundance

Theodoor van Thulden, c. 1648

Red chalk sketch of a pensive young woman in a boat among reeds, with smaller study vignettes below.

Pensive Girl Adrift in a Boat

Brown wash drawing of a harbor with a statue, sailing ships, timber stacks, a carriage, and a high city wall.

View of Livorno

Sepia wash drawing of the Tomb of the Scipios with an arched entrance, a sarcophagus, trees, and strolling figures.

Tomb of Scipios

Angelo Uggeri, 1803

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Roman triumphal procession passing the Colosseum, with soldiers, horsemen and crowds.

A Roman Triumph

Pen and wash drawing of a female figure in a niche wearing a lion skin over her shoulder, flanked by columns.

Fortitude

Pen and ink drawing of a standing nude woman with raised arms binding her long hair, with drapery and rocks by the sea.

Standing Nude Binding Her Hair

John Dawson Watson, 1879

Pen and ink drawing of a nude woman with flowing hair standing on a beach, arms crossed, with waves behind her.

Standing Nude with Crossed Arms

John Dawson Watson, 1879

Pencil and wash sketch of two young girls beneath a raised cloak, with a dog lying at the lower left.

Two Girls under a Cloak

Pen and wash drawing of an old water mill with a tiled roof, wooden waterwheel, and stream in the foreground.

An Old Water Mill

Cornelis Adamsz Willaerts

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man with curled hair in an embroidered coat, arm resting on a surface.

Portrait of a Boy

Unknown artist, late 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a fortified stone bridge and tower beside a river, with a craggy mountain behind and travelers nearby.

Fortified Bridge against Distant Mountains

Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, c. 1760

Watercolor of a woodland edge with pale birch and reddish pine trunks rising through layered green undergrowth and foliage.

The Edge of a Wood at Nohant

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1842/1843

Graphite sketch of a reclining male figure with head thrown back and arms raised, with faint studies of hands.

Satyr Leaning on a Column

Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Pen and brown ink sketch of a cavalryman mounting a horse, with flowing mane and tail, on pale paper.

Cavalryman Mounting a Horse

Luigi Sabatelli

Pencil sketch sheet with many studies of soldiers in camp, standing, bending, crouching and reclining in varied poses.

Studies of Soldiers in Camp

Georg Philipp Rugendas

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated man at an easel with two figures nearby in a studio scene.

An Artist Seated at His Easel [recto]

Andries Both, possibly c. 1634

Brown ink sketch of a bellowing stag with large antlers standing on a grassy ridge with faint hills behind.

A Bellowing Stag

Edwin Landseer, probably 1840/1850