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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil sketches on cream paper of female figures and circular pendant-like forms, studies for jewelry designs.

Studies for Jewelry Designs [recto]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, late 19th century

Sketch of a standing nude woman with crossed legs and one hand raised to her head, drawn in chalk on brown paper.

Nude Standing with Legs Crossed

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1878

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic church nave with vaulted ceiling, tall columns, and two figures walking on the stone floor.

Interior of Saint Bavo's Church, Haarlem

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1635

Pencil drawing of a misty lagoon with a domed church silhouette and mooring posts in the foreground water.

Venice

Follower of James McNeill Whistler, late 19th century

Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto]

James McNeill Whistler, 1871/1874

Pen and wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Christ, a bagpipe-playing shepherd and angels.

The Nativity

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Brown ink drawing of a mounted armored warrior on a horse with soldiers and shields, before a walled city with towers.

Horatius Cocles Defending Rome

Unknown artist, 16th century

Seated Woman with Red Hair

James McNeill Whistler, 1870/1873

Pen and wash drawing of the Annunciation: Mary seated by a lily while an angel holds a staff and a dove glows above.

The Annunciation

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Grey wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with a figure on a gridiron over flames, soldiers, and a robed judge in a colonnaded h

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Unknown artist, 16th century

Chalk and pastel sketch of a standing man in grey coat and brown hat, with red cravat, on brown paper.

Harper Pennington

James McNeill Whistler, 1880/1882

Drawing of a bearded man in a beret and ruffled collar, rendered in chalk on tinted paper.

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Beret

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Pen and ink drawing of a bound nude figure being beaten by men in a columned hall, with onlookers at the sides.

Flagellation of Christ

Workshop of Luca Cambiaso, 1570s

Pencil sketch of an interior with a standing figure in a wall picture, drapery above, and a reclining form below.

Sketch of Mrs. Godwin's Portrait when hung at the Society of British Artists

James McNeill Whistler, 1886/1887

Pen and gray wash drawing of thieves counting coins while a man lies overpowered on the ground before rocky cliffs.

A Man Overpowered By Thieves

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1554

Brown wash drawing of God enthroned on clouds above a crowd of saints, angels and musicians playing harps.

God Enthroned Surrounded by Saints

Giovanni Battista Trotti, possibly 1585/1590

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman in a dark dress in an interior with shelves behind her, on cream paper.

Miss Cumberlege

James McNeill Whistler, 1882

Pen and ink drawing of a seated male figure seen from behind, with draped cloth over the legs, on tan paper.

Seated Female Figure after the Antique

Baldassare Peruzzi, 1533

Brown ink drawing of a coronation: a kneeling emperor before a canopy, clergy, guards with halberds, crowds and a city at rig

Coronation of the Emperor

after Maarten de Vos

Brown ink drawing of a woman in a dark gown with a white fur wrap, standing against hatched brown shading.

Arrangement in Black - No.3

James McNeill Whistler, 1881

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop fortress above a town with a church tower, backed by mountains and framed by trees.

View of Salzburg

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1820

Brown ink drawing of a man in a cloak embracing a dying bare-chested woman, with a reclining figure and a wooded landscape.

Procris and Cephalus (?)

Studio of Simon Vouet

Brown ink sketch of a standing woman in a long gown with a small head study beside her, on cream paper.

Standing Female Figure

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1883

Watercolor drawing of a stream cascading over rocks in a dense mountain forest with tall trees and foliage.

Waterfalls in a Mountain Forest

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1797

Grey wash drawing of a seated armored general with a kneeling woman, a standing woman and soldiers before classical columns.

Scipio Restoring His Captive to Her Lover

Unknown artist, 17th century

Sketch of Maud

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1871/1873

Watercolor of a large spreading tree with two resting figures and grazing cattle in a pastoral landscape.

Et in Arcadia Ego

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1790

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Saint John, seated near a palm tree in a landscape.

Holy Family with Infant Saint John

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1562/1563

Brown wash drawing of a rearing horse, armored soldiers and fallen figures beneath a cloudy sky with a distant city.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

after Lodovico Carracci, 17th century

Pen and watercolor landscape with a large tree at right, a meadow, and blue mountains under a pale sky.

A View across the Inn Valley to the Alps and Neubeuern

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1790