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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a rolling landscape with trees, a winding path, a ruined tower and distant hills.

Roman Landscape

Elihu Vedder, c. 1900

Charcoal sketch of a carved stone fragment with a horse head and draped figure, with handwritten Italian notes on brown paper

Sketch of a Fragment from a Wall in Capri

Elihu Vedder, c. 1897

Pencil sketch of a shadowed archway on a path, with bare trees, a stone wall, and a domed building on the horizon.

Arco Oscuro--Over the Via Fiaminia

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a prostrate figure in a loose robe, head bowed, one arm outstretched, on gray paper.

From the Rubáiyát

Elihu Vedder, c. 1887

Charcoal sketch of a winged figure on a column holding a bowl, with a glowing lamp and a serpent coiled below.

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Circular study of a seated nude woman with a lyre, drawn in charcoal and white chalk on toned paper.

Study for "Music"

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Five ornate grotesque mask designs in watercolor and ink, each framed in a decorative border, on a cream sheet.

Five Heads

Elihu Vedder, c. 1918

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a scowling bald man with caricatured faces and creatures, handwritten notes and red arrows.

Self-Portrait: Caricatures

Elihu Vedder, c. 1918

Elihu Vedder drawing of a nude winged woman stepping down stone steps against a swirling dawn sky.

Dawn

Elihu Vedder, 1898

Sepia drawing of a hilltop castle above a river, with a wooden bridge, a water mill, and figures on a path.

Rauenstein Castle Seen from the River's Edge

Adrian Zingg, c. 1800

Ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with saints and a flying angel beneath dark trees.

The Holy Family with Saints [recto]

Hermann Weyer, c. 1616/1617

Pen and ink drawing of a winged angel with a staff, a young man, and a dog on a rocky landscape path.

Tobias and the Angel [verso]

Hermann Weyer, c. 1616/1617

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of three cherub heads and a beribboned staff at lower left.

Three Cherubs and a Beribboned Staff

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headwrap and necklace, gazing forward, drawn in loose searching lines on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Gwen John, probably 1907/1909

Black chalk drawing of a wooded hillside with a man walking a path accompanied by a dog.

Landscape with a Man and a Dog

Leandro Bassano after Titian, c. 1580

Brown wash drawing of a bearded prophet and a sibyl beside putti within an ornate classical architectural frame.

Prophet and Sybil

Unknown artist

Brown wash drawing of mythological figures: two women by a mirror, a reclining figure in drapery, and a winged child.

A Mythological Scene with Sea Gods

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Pen and brown wash drawing of a sacrifice scene with draped figures beside an altar and a kneeling child.

Sacrifice [recto]

Pencil drawing of travelers on a winding road through a wooded landscape with large trees and birds in the sky.

Travelers on a Road in a Wooded Landscape

Jean-Baptiste-Claude Chatelain

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a cap, holding a draped cloak across his body, on a buff sheet.

Standing Man

Jacopo da Empoli

Pen and brown ink drawing of two standing putti, one holding an aloft bow, the other frontal with wings.

Two Standing Putti [recto]

Unknown artist

Black chalk drawing of a young man's head tilted downward, with shoulder-length hair and lowered eyes on toned paper.

Head of a Young Man [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1650

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man in a turban leaning on a sill, looking out, with white highlights on draped fabric.

A Man Looking Out a Window

Bonifazio Veronese

Ink and wash ceiling study showing allegorical figures, cherubs and clouds within an octagonal frame.

Study for a Ceiling: Allegory of the Harvest with Dionysus and Ceres

Pencil sketch of an ornate interior with columns, a hanging chandelier, and loose architectural lines by Gustave Doré.

Cleopatra

Brown wash drawing of a haloed martyr kneeling in an arena as a winged angel descends above scattered bodies and prowling bea

Christian Martyrs

Gustave Doré, 1869/1871

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a grand hall with columns, coffered vault and a central pedimented doorway.

Design for Entrance to a Hall

Fabrizio Galliari

Pen and wash drawing of a grand piazza with a domed church, statues, colonnades and a tall obelisk beside a windowed façade.

Stage Design: A Piazza with a Domed Church and an Obelisk

Giuseppino Galliari, 1783

Gray wash drawing of a dirt road winding past leaning trees and shrubs under a cloudy sky.

Road at Hérisson

Henri Harpignies, 1911

Chalk study on blue paper of two male heads and a small red chalk putto rising between them.

Study of Heads [recto]

Unknown artist