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National Gallery of Art

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Pencil sketch of a bearded man with curly hair, head turned slightly, brow furrowed, drawn on pale paper.

Head of a Man with Curly Hair and Beard

Alphonse Legros

Grey ink drawing of a haloed figure with robed companions, a kneeling man, and a village landscape with a river.

Christ Disputing with the Doctors [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Drawing of a muscular male nude reclining on draped cloth, rendered in grey chalk with white highlights.

A Reclining Male Nude

Georg Rafael Donner

Study of a Man's Head [recto]

Alphonse Legros

Brown ink drawing of a river with a stone arched bridge, townhouses on the left, hills beyond, and a figure under a tree.

River View

Brown wash drawing of soldiers attacking mothers and infants, with a central woman holding two children amid fallen figures.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a tall headdress, eyes lowered, with dense hatched shading.

Head of a Priest

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of three cats curled together in a tight cluster against a hatched background.

The Cats: Tsching, Batzar and Blanc-Blanc

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Madonna and Child in glory with two saints and angels above.

The Madonna and Child in Glory with Saint Theodore and a Monastic Saint

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1708

Study of a Beggar

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Woman

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Watercolor of a man in a shirt and red tie riding a red bicycle before trees, set within a large yellow circle.

In Vaudeville, the Bicycle Rider

Charles Demuth, 1919

Head of a Man Facing Left

Alphonse Legros

Night watercolor of a city street seen from a sixth-floor balcony, with a woman leaning on the railing over lamplit rooftops.

From the Sixth Floor

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Watercolor and pencil drawing of angular rooftops, a red chimney, tall trees, and a sailboat on water at left.

Rooftops and Trees

Charles Demuth, 1918

Study of a Head

Alphonse Legros

Ink sketch of a woman with long dark hair and a light headscarf, drawn in loose brown hatching.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Brown wash drawing of a horse and carriage on a rainy city street with umbrella-carrying pedestrians.

The Up-Tide on the Avenue

Childe Hassam, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head turned left, with dark hatched hair and a bare paper area below, signed A. Legros.

Head of a Man Facing Left [recto]

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of three men watching a street painter with an easel on his back on a cobbled street.

He Acts Like a Painter

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Ink drawing of a stone tower with steep roofs, oriel windows and a wooden fence in front, by Childe Hassam.

Norman Structure

Childe Hassam, 1885

Study of a Mask

Alphonse Legros

Colored crayon drawing of a farm woman with a bucket reaching toward chickens in a stone-walled yard with laundry.

Fille de Ferme

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1896

Watercolor and pencil sketch of fashionable women with parasols in a carriage, with a crowd of top-hatted spectators behind.

Spectators at the Grand Prix

Childe Hassam, 1888

Charcoal drawing of a man's head with closed eyes, curly dark hair, and soft shading across the face.

Head

Alphonse Legros, 1879

Charcoal sheet of sketches with multiple female head studies, a standing cloaked figure, legs, and figures seen from behind.

Sheet of Sketches

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a snowy mountain above green conifer forest under a blue sky, labeled Mt. Hood.

Mount Hood, Oregon

Childe Hassam, 1904

Graphite drawing of two studies of hands, one clasped at a shirt cuff, the other resting on a closed book.

Two Studies of Hands

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal sketch sheet with a standing woman, a uniformed man, an embracing couple, and several head studies.

Sketches for "Lovers on a Bench"

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Loose sketch of a New York river dock with cranes, barges, and blue-green water on brown paper.

North River Dock, New York

Childe Hassam, 1901