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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Watercolor of a winding country road through autumn heathland, with a figure carrying a bundle and hazy hills beyond.

Autumn

Joseph Rubens Powell

Watercolor of a snowy village landscape with bare trees, a figure carrying sticks on a path, and a church tower in the distan

Winter

Joseph Rubens Powell

Watercolor street scene of a French town with an ornate medieval turret, an awning, and figures carrying baskets.

French Street Scene with a Medieval Turret

Watercolor of women washing laundry by a river beneath half-timbered houses and a tall stone tower.

Laundresses before the Wasserturm, Nuremberg

Pencil sketch of cattle walking across a field, with a small herder figure raising an arm above the herd.

Cattle

Thomas Rowlandson

Pen and wash drawing of a veiled figure in a long robe gazing upward with clasped hands in prayer.

Antique Figure

Thomas Rowlandson, 1821

Pale watercolor study of a birch tree beside a curving path, with feathery trees fading into mist on the right.

Tree Study

John Ruskin, mid-1850s

Watercolor of a river landscape with a ruined castle on a hill, a rocky cliff, and figures in a boat.

River Landscape with a Castle

Robert Adam, 1780s

Pen and ink drawing of the Crucifixion with three crosses, soldiers with spears in the foreground, and a distant city.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Pencil and wash sketch of white cliffs and a bay, with a cable rising to a clifftop telegraph house and tents.

The Laying of the Atlantic Cable at Foilhommerum Bay, Ireland

Unknown artist, 1865

Pen and brown ink drawing of Death with a scythe approaching a kneeling woodman beneath a large tree, with ruins in the dista

Death and the Woodman in a Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Ercole Bazicaluva

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet leaning on a ledge beside starched linen, a birdcage, and a vine.

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1815

Pencil drawing of a grand multi-story palace facade across a square with carriages and small figures in the foreground.

Palazzo della Consultà

Francesco Piranesi

Red chalk drawing of three overlapping female heads at different angles with curly hair on pale paper.

Three Feminine Heads

Parmigianino, c. 1522/1524

Sepia drawing of a standing woman with a flower wreath, holding a white blossom, in a draped flowing gown.

Ariadne

Edward Burne-Jones, 1863/1864

Red chalk drawing of elegant figures in a garden with a classical pavilion, trees, and cherubs above.

The Divertissement from Voltaire's "La princesse de Navarre"

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1745

Pen and brown ink sketch of classical figures gathered around an urn, with hatched shading on draped forms.

Classical Figures Gathered around an Urn

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1724/1729

Watercolor drawing of tiny fairies examining framed artworks in a gallery with placards naming Raphael, Titian, and Rembrandt

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings

George Cruikshank, 1867

Pen and ink sketch of fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen in a park, with a dog and a parasol in the foreground.

Ladies and Gentlemen in a Country Park

Red chalk drawing of a young man with flowing curly hair, lace collar and draped cloak, gazing upward to the left.

A Young Man with Flowing Hair

Jacob Matthias Schmutzer, 1777

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone bridge over water with figures, a small house, and tall trees.

A Country Road across an Ancient Bridge

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a nude male figure raising one arm and holding a staff, on toned paper.

Saint John the Baptist

François Lemoyne, c. 1717

Red chalk drawing of a rococo cartouche with a blank oval, a winged figure, a bearded man with a staff, and a kneeling woman.

Rococo Cartouche with Allegorical Figures

Johann Daniel Herz the Elder

Watercolor of a seated figure overlooking a wooded valley, river, and distant ruins under a sunset sky with crescent moon.

An Arcadian Landscape

Jr George Barret

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated faun with curly hair gazing upward, one arm across his chest.

Seated Faun

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1700/1705

Ink line drawing of three nude women, one reclining in the foreground, with loose quick contours on pale paper.

Dodo and an Older Woman Reclining before a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Drawing of masked commedia dell'arte characters with a horn player, stilt walker and candle-bearer disrupting a dinner in a h

Mezzetin and Harlequin, Disguised as the Captain, Disrupt Pantaloon's Dinner

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey-wash drawing of commedia dell'arte masks in a theatre interior, with a figure cutting a canvas to reveal a harlequin.

Mezzetin "Paints" a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey wash drawing of commedia dell'arte characters carrying a picture frame with a man in an interior.

Mezzetin and Harlequin Use the Picture Frame to Catch Pantaloon and Pierrot

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey wash drawing of commedia dell'arte characters fighting with sticks on a garden terrace, with a shield and potted tree.

Pantaloon and the Doctor Fighting with Columbine and Brigatella in the Garden

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729