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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of a Baroque altar and reredos with columns, cherubs, scrollwork and an arched niche.

Study for an Altar and a Reredos

Unknown artist

Watercolor of the Tempio della Fortuna Virile in Rome with two figures on a path and a round temple in the distance.

Tempio della Fortuna Virile with the Tempio di Vesta in the Distance

Unknown artist

Pen and grey wash drawing of two ornate garden fountains, the left with perched birds and the right with an urn finial.

Two Fountains

Unknown artist

Gray wash drawing of Apollo with a radiant halo in a chariot among clouds, muses, and flying putti.

Apollo and the Muses

Giuseppe Valeriani

Ink and wash drawing of the Raising of Lazarus, with a robed figure gesturing before a crowd near a tomb.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jean-Baptiste van Loo

Pen and grey wash drawing of overgrown Roman ruins with arches and walls, with a carved capital in the foreground.

The Baths of Caracalla, Rome

Willem van Nieuwlandt II

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a draped cloak leaning on a long staff, with white highlights on the sheet.

A Bearded Man with a Staff

Attributed to Simon Vouet

Pen and ink drawing of a fiery chariot with horses rising through clouds, a robed figure below, and a distant city.

Elisha Watching Elijah in the Fiery Chariot

Hans Jakob Nüscheler, c. 1600

Brown wash drawing of an imaginary Egyptian complex with pyramids, obelisks, sphinx statues, and a broad staircase beneath a

An Egyptian Stage Design

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1815

Pen and watercolor drawing of an octagonal tower and house with wooden balcony, framed by a large tree and wall.

Tower of a Fortified House [recto]

Friedrich Salathé, 1814/1815

Brown wash drawing of a bay with rocky foreground, bare trees, and distant islands and hills under a pale sky.

View of the Islands of Nisida and Capri

Friedrich Salathé, probably 1819

Pencil sketch of a garden court with a stone staircase, a large stone basin, climbing plants, and urns on a wall.

Corner of a Garden Court

Friedrich Salathé, 1815/1821

Watercolor drawing of a golden pheasant with a yellow crest and long barred tail perched on a branch.

Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)

Unknown artist, c. 1801

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Francis in ecstasy, held by an angel, with putti and sketched figures in clouds.

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis [recto]

Sebastiano Ricci, 1706/1720

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rider struggling to control a rearing horse near trees, with a kneeling figure at left.

Alexander the Great and Bucephalus

Taddeo Zuccari, c. 1553

Brown wash drawing of an armored man bending toward a woman in flowing robes, with an attendant beside her.

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, mid 1740s

Drawing of a bearded man in a feathered hat with a round medallion, rendered in graphite and red chalk on pale paper.

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat with a Medallion

Unknown artist, 1520/1540

Pen drawing of a standing nude man holding a round mirror, with construction lines across his torso and legs.

Male Nude Holding a Mirror [recto]

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1500

Pen and ink sketch of a standing nude man beside a hatched, maned lion on pale paper.

Male Nude with a Lion [verso]

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1500

Pen and brown ink wash drawing of a standing young man before a seated bearded elder and a crowd of turbaned onlookers.

Joseph Recounting His Dreams

Rembrandt van Rijn, early 1640s

Brown ink drawing of an archer in a horned helmet drawing a bow, with a quiver of arrows at his hip.

Archer Drawing a Bow

Follower of Pietro Perugino, c. 1505

Red chalk sketch of a crowd with spears and poles in a hilly landscape, attributed to Vittore Carpaccio.

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1514

Red chalk sketch of several groups of standing men, some looking upward, with a seated figure pointing at upper right.

Groups of Male Figures

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1514

Brown ink and wash drawing of an elaborate imaginary facade with columns, scrolled ornament, relief medallions and figures.

Fantasy of a Façade with Bizarre Ornaments

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764/1766

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a white veil and headdress, facing forward within an oval border.

Portrait of a Woman [recto]

Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1508

Philippe Mengin de Bionval

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1812

Grey wash drawing of a vast classical church interior with coffered domes, columns, clouds through an oculus, and tiny figure

Perspective View of the Interior of a Metropolitan Church

Etienne-Louis Boullée, 1780/1781

Pen drawing of an architectural baldaquin with Corinthian columns, arched opening, dome, and flame urns on a stepped base.

Design for a Baldaquin

Unknown artist

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a tiered catafalque with a wreath medallion, urns, and swags.

Design for a Catafalque

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of a figure in a griffin costume with beaked head, wings, tail and spear on tan paper.

Figure Dressed as a Griffin