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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Watercolor of a woman in a brown dress seated on a grassy hill beside a red farmhouse and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Green Hill

Winslow Homer, 1878

Watercolor of a white thatched hut with children in its doorway, a palm tree, banana plants and a rooster in sandy ground.

Native hut at Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1885

Watercolor of a woman in a polka-dot dress gathering eggs in a barn beside barrels, with a rooster on the straw floor.

Fresh Eggs

Winslow Homer, 1874

Grey wash drawing of an illusionistic ceiling with receding columns, coffered vaults, and a central painted oval of clouds an

A Grand Illusionistic Ceiling

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1720/1740

Oval watercolor portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and striped cravat, on a gray mat.

Portrait of the Artist's Father

Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz

Brown wash drawing of a dark craggy valley landscape with pale misty sky and light highlights on rocks.

Valley Landscape

Chalk sketch of two figures on a country road beside a cottage and tall trees under a hillside.

Two Figures on a Country Road

Pen and watercolor sketch of a rocky headland with windswept cypress trees and surf, labeled Point Lobos.

Point Lobos, California

Samuel Colman, probably 1886

Pen and wash drawing of costumed figures dancing in a village square beside an inn, with a guitarist seated at right.

Dance in a Village Square

Luis Paret y Alcázar, c. 1770/1775

Grey wash drawing of a couple dancing in a palace hall, with seated women and a child at left and onlookers at right.

Dance in a Palace

Luis Paret y Alcázar, c. 1770/1775

Pen and wash drawing of a bound woman on a platform before a domed building, with mounted soldiers and a crowd in the street.

Olindo and Sophronia Saved by Clorinda

Jean-Pierre Norblin

Watercolor of a woman reclining on a divan with a hookah while a servant in a red fez stands beside her.

Oriental Woman with a Waterpipe

Master VCD, probably 1845

Sepia drawing of a cow, horse, and sleeping man with a cat in a rustic stable filled with hay.

Animals in a Stable

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg II

Red chalk drawing of a camel caravan with crated loads, a standing boy in the foreground, and a rider at upper left.

Camel Caravan

Unknown artist

Grey-wash drawing of figures playing cards in an elegant room with a pug, a cat, and an open window.

A Game of Cards [recto]

Anton Weiss, 1764

Grey wash drawing of two turbaned lovers embracing on a divan in a room with a barred window and a ceramic shelf.

Oriental Lovers [verso]

Anton Weiss, 1764

Red chalk sketch of a woman seated on a see-saw, one arm extended and skirt flowing across the page.

Lady Seated on a See-Saw

Nicolas Lancret

Brown ink drawing of a classical triumphal arch with Corinthian columns, rearing horses, allegorical figures and robed onlook

Monument to King George I

Domenico Maria Fratta, 1732

Engraved-style drawing of a Baroque monument with columns and allegorical figures, figures gathered in the foreground, and hi

Monument to William Chancellor Cowper

Domenico Maria Fratta, 1732

Watercolor of a waterfall flowing through a steep rocky ravine with trees, and buildings on a distant ledge under blue sky.

View of a Waterfall through a Ravine

Attributed to Achille-Etna Michallon

Graphite sketch of a seated draped female figure with faint cherubs, clouds, and a landscape sketched around her.

Seated Angel in a Landscape [recto]

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier

Pen and brown ink drawing of two standing women beside a classical urn on a pedestal, with hatched shading on tan paper.

Two Young Women

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Pencil sketch on grey paper of several standing and seated figures in robes and head coverings, shown from multiple angles.

Provincial Figures

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Pencil drawing of a rocky coast with a tower on the cliff, sailboats on the sea, and distant islands under a pale sky.

The Coast at Concarneau

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Pencil sketch of two women at a well beside a rustic building, with trees on the left, by Eugène Boudin.

Women at a Well, Allinges

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Pencil sketch of seated passengers and head studies, women in hats and a bearded man in a bowler hat.

Passengers on Shipboard

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Graphite sketch of cattle and herders crossing a stream in an open landscape framed by trees.

Herds Crossing a Stream

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1877

Pen and watercolor drawing of a stoning scene with a kneeling saint, a crowd throwing stones, and heavenly figures above.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner, 1754

Pencil sketch of peasants in hats and cows arranged across a pale sheet, with several seated and standing figures.

Peasants and Cows [recto]

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1877

Pencil sketch of herdsmen and cattle moving beneath a large tree in an open pastoral landscape.

Herdsmen and Cattle

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1877