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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil sketch of two draped women flanking a herm pillar, with white highlights on the left figure's drapery.

Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm

Filippino Lippi, 1488/1493

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic gate with carved arch and statues, framing a view of a spired church with figures in the foregr

The Erpingham Gate, Norwich

John Carter, 1791

Grey wash drawing of an owl flying above kneeling figures before classical columns and an altar with flames.

Pallas Athene in the Form of a Bird Leaving Nestor and Telemachus

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, c. 1780

Red chalk sketch of a winged old man with a scythe, a seated woman, cherubs and loose figure studies on cream paper.

Mythological Composition with Chronos and Harpies [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Red chalk drawing of a windblown tree, wheelbarrow, and a woman and seated man in conversation within an ivy-framed arch.

The Gallant Gardener

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1711-1712

Pencil sketch of thatched cottages and willow trees on a riverbank, with a sailboat on calm water to the right.

Cottages by a River

Jan van Goyen, c. 1627/1629

Pastel portrait of a young man in a blue military-style coat with red facings and silver trim, wearing a powdered wig.

Portrait of a Young Man in Uniform

Unknown artist, 1790s

Portrait of a Young Man in Profile

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Hellene von Sleben

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Madame La Duchesse de Mortemart

French late 18th/early 19th Century

Brown ink drawing of two seated women in a landscape with a tree and wooden fence, one in a tall headdress.

Two Russians Seated in Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Grey wash drawing of a walled garden with a well and figures, a stone house at left, and a village of rooftops beyond.

Landscape View

Brown ink drawing of a port with workers, a loaded cart, a church tower, large trees and distant ship masts.

View of a Port

Unknown artist

Red chalk drawing of an allegory with a youth holding a wreath, helmeted warrior, and figures on clouds in an oval.

Allegory of Fame

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1773

Circular drawing of a nude figure falling through the sky above a landscape, with crowns, scepter and orb in the foreground.

Man Falling from the Sky

Unknown artist

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing bearded man in sixteenth-century costume with a cloak and ruffled collar.

Standing Man in Sixteenth-Century Costume

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Oval pastel portrait of a woman with powdered hair and black lace veil, in a brown dress against a grey-blue background.

Lady Holland (Lady Mary Fitzpatrick)

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, c. 1770

Daniel Kemper

after Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin Anonymous, 19th century

Elizabeth Marius Kemper

after Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin Anonymous, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental helmet design with scrolling strapwork, mythological figures and a central classical me

Design for a Burgonet Helmet

Jean Cousin the Elder, c. 1545

Two Studies of Virgil

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, c. 1812 and c. 1825

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse on a pedestal with faint measurement lines and proportional notes.

A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]

Raphael, c. 1513

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint and several onlookers in the background.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1618

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flat landscape with a wooden shed, reeds, a water channel, and distant houses under an open s

View of Houtewael near the Sint Anthoniespoort [recto]

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650

Drawing of a youth in a cap with long hair, gazing upward, rendered in brown ink with white highlights.

Head of a Youth Looking Up

Pinturicchio, c. 1485

Pen and brown ink drawing of classical figures, candelabra, a lion and ornamental pedestals arranged in an architectural comp

Studies for Small Bronzes with Classical Motifs

Circle of Andrea Riccio, 1490s

Grotesque Head of an Old Woman

Leonardo da Vinci, 1489/1490

Pen and ink drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet beside an angel holding a flowing standard, with red grid lines.

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard

Fra' Bartolomeo, c. 1500

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and four women in veils and robes, with a small standing male figure at the right.

The Virgin and Four Other Women

Vittore Carpaccio, 1505/1510

Pen and brown ink drawing of two hermit saints receiving bread from a dove beneath trees and a radiant light.

The Hermit Saints Paul and Anthony Receiving Bread from a Dove

Domenico Campagnola, 1530s