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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

A Profile and Four Shapes; Sketch of a Man's Head [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil drawing of a small cottage with a steep roof, two chimneys and shuttered windows beside a path and trees.

The Magrot House, Cuesmes

Vincent van Gogh, c. 1879/1880

Pencil drawing of a row of rustic cottages with steep roofs and chimneys beside a road, under a cloudy sky.

The Zandmennik House

Vincent van Gogh, c. 1879/1880

Sketch of an elderly bearded man in a top hat carrying a basket, drawn in pencil on brown paper.

Old Man Carrying a Basket, Facing Right

Vincent van Gogh, 1882

Pencil and chalk drawing of an elderly man in a long coat and cap polishing a boot beside a wooden counter.

Man Polishing a Boot

Vincent van Gogh, 1882

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with a young girl leaning against her knee, both looking toward the viewer.

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee

Mary Cassatt, c. 1902

Pencil sketch of a smiling young girl in a ruffled bonnet seated in an armchair, drawn with loose lines.

Smiling Margot Wearing a Ruffled Bonnet

Mary Cassatt, c. 1902

Pen and brown ink sketch of farm buildings and dense trees beside a pond, with a path and small figure in the foreground.

A Landscape with Farm Buildings among Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650/1655

Red chalk drawing of a park with a small temple among tall trees, a man with a wheelbarrow, and stone lions in the foreground

Italian Park with a Tempietto

Hubert Robert, 1763

Watercolor of two mounted soldiers in grey uniforms on a dirt road beside a field, under a cloudy sky.

Two Scouts

Winslow Homer, 1887

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded procession before a classical temple with columns and a statue on a distant column.

A Triumphal Procession in Ancient Rome

Gaetano Gandolfi, c. 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers and grieving women in an interior, depicting the death of Priam.

The Death of Priam

Michael Lucas Leopold Willmann, c. 1660

Drawing of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with an angel removing an arrow and three putti below.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Aegidius Sadeler, c. 1620

Three Oriental Heads

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770/1775

Two Oriental Heads

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770/1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of four evangelists writing in an arcaded scriptorium with an ox, lion, eagle and angel.

Four Evangelists in a Scriptorium

Master I.K., 1539

Chalk drawing of a boy in a feathered military cap and cravat, looking straight ahead, on tan paper.

A Boy Wearing a Military Cap

Unknown artist

Black chalk drawing of a young man with closed eyes beside a girl in a headscarf, highlighted in white on toned paper.

A Young Man Embracing a Girl

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1743

Architectural drawing with floor plan, elevations, and interior perspective of a circular church with dome, c. 1750.

Plan and Three Views of a Circular Church

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Architectural drawing with interior view, cross-section, floor plan and exterior elevation of a triangular church with dome.

Three Views and a Plan of a Triangular Parish Church

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Engraved architectural drawing of a classical temple interior with Corinthian columns, a central statue, and a barrel-vaulted

Interior of a Temple

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Symmetrical ink and wash plan of a decorated ceiling with rectangular bays, circular niches, rosettes, and figural panels.

Plan for a Decorated Ceiling

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Pen and ink drawing of angels and a putto framing a painted panel of three saints in an architectural design.

Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page")

Unknown artist, Sheets probably 1480-1504; mounting & framework c. 1575/1590

Pen and chalk sketch of a standing nude youth in an octagonal frame on a warm tinted sheet.

Standing Nude Youth

Filippino Lippi, c. 1496

Man with a Stick

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500

Pen and white-heightened sketch on tan ground showing several male figure studies within an ornamental architectural frame.

Various Figure Studies

Filippino Lippi, c. 1493/1495

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dancing nude putto with a swirling drapery, within a ruled frame.

Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery

Filippino Lippi, c. 1493/1497

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a winged angel holding a torch among clouds, within an architectural frame.

An Angel Carrying a Torch

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500/1504

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged angels carrying torches against clouds within an architectural frame.

Two Angels Carrying Torches

Filippino Lippi, c. 1501

Pen and wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil with hands clasped in prayer, framed by a ruled border.

Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer

Filippino Lippi, c. 1488