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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate baroque catafalque with scrolled volutes, flaming urns and allegorical statues.

Magnificent Catafalque for a Deceased Noble

Francesco Galli Bibiena

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure with a lion, a cross and an open book among rocks and clouds.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with two figures at a rocky ledge, clouds with cherubs, and a tree.

The Baptism of Christ

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped hermit on a rocky ledge before a crucifix, with a mountain and tree behind.

A Desert Hermit Adoring the Crucifix

Pen and grey wash drawing of the dead Christ draped on rocks, with two kneeling angels at right beneath a cloud and mountains

The Dead Christ with Angels

Brown wash architectural plan of Villa Madama in Rome within an ornate decorative frame with putti and coats of arms.

Villa Madama a Rome

Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, in or before 1809

Pen and wash drawing of a classical courtyard with columns, arcades, a central statue niche and small figures on the pavement

A Venetian Courtyard, in the Procuratie Nuove

Canaletto, c. 1760

Pen and wash drawing of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a seated youth with a staff, and a winged Cupid.

The Judgment of Paris

Joachim Wtewael, c. 1615

Watercolor sketch of a street sweeper in a fur-collared coat carrying a broom over his shoulder against a gray wash backgroun

The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier)

Paul Gavarni, c. 1848/1852

Grey wash drawing of a snow-capped mountain behind hills and trees, with a rider on horseback at lower right.

Mount Cairo from across the Melfa River

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, c. 1765/1766

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures gathered under bare trees beside a stone bench, with a seated woman and a child.

The Madonna and Child with Saints in a Landscape (Sacra Conversazione)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1500/1510

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated on a turtle pulled by robed men and a horned figure, with a burning city behind.

The Triumph of Job

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1559

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate chalice with a cross, surrounded by cherubs on clouds and radiating light rays.

Glorification of the Host

Unknown artist, c. 1700

Black and white chalk drawing of a male nude seated on rocks with one arm raised, against a sketched wooded background.

Male Nude Seated on Rocks

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, c. 1710

Watercolor landscape of trees framing a river view toward a distant town under a pale blue sky.

Briare

Henri Harpignies, 1902

Abstract watercolor of stylized birds, crescent moons, stars and geometric shapes in muted pastel colors.

Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales)

Paul Klee, 1917

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse on open ground beside a tree.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Guercino, 1620/1630

Pastel drawing of a sleeping reclining nude woman on a white pillow against a pink and blue background.

Reclining Nude [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1894/1895

Ink sketch of an armored warrior on a rearing horse, arm raised, on toned paper.

Warrior in Renaissance Armor on a Rearing Horse

Workshop of Peter Vischer the Younger, c. 1530/1540

Watercolor of a ruined Gothic church interior with open vaults, rubble, and workers among debris below.

The Ruins of Saint Nicolai Church in Hamburg

Martin Gensler, 1871

Pencil and watercolor studies of trees with autumn-colored foliage in yellow, orange and green on a pale sheet.

Studies of Trees

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1886

Pen and brown wash drawing of draped classical figures, a helmeted warrior, and a kneeling woman beside architecture.

Coriolanus before the Women of Rome

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, late 1780s

Watercolor design of a moonlit arcaded courtyard with statues and elegantly dressed figures strolling beneath trees.

A Design for Illuminations to Celebrate the Birthday of King George III

after Giovanni Battista Cipriani Robert Adam, 1763

Oval chalk portrait of a seated woman with tall powdered hair, white dress and red sash, by John Hoppner.

Miss Frances Beresford

John Hoppner, c. 1784/1785

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman with an orange headband leaning on her arm, her draped dress rendered in loose outli

Dancer (Die Tänzerin)

Egon Schiele, 1913

Pen and grey wash drawing of two bearded prophets with a winged angel pointing upward behind them.

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah

Louis-Felix de La Rue after Raphael

Red chalk drawing of tall cypress trees in an Italian park with small figures, a statue, and a stone balustrade.

A Stand of Cypresses in an Italian Park

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1760

Muted watercolor of sailboats on grey sea under cloudy sky, with figures on a sandy beach in the foreground.

Violet [Note?]...The Return of the Fishing Boats

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1885

Watercolor sketch of a sandy beach with figures, a tent, beach huts and a distant steamship on the horizon.

Beach Scene

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1885

Watercolor of a brick shop front with arched doorways, a paned window, and two children with a dog on a sunlit street.

Village Shop, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1883/1884