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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Last Supper, with Christ at the center of a long table surrounded by apostles.

The Last Supper

Unknown artist, mid 16th century

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with haloed saints and cherubs beside a column and palm tree.

Madonna Surrounded by Saints

Pencil and wash sketch of several men in early 19th-century dress, including a seated pipe smoker and a standing figure in a

Figure Studies

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1801

Grey wash drawing of mythological scene with gods in clouds, nude figures, putti, and a fallen figure below.

Death of Phaeton

Michael Burghers after Johann Liss

Pen and brown wash drawing of seated Saint Luke writing beside an ox, with a veiled woman and classical architecture behind.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, second half 16th century

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, trees and a small village under a cloudy grey-blue sky.

The Hills of Umbria near Perugia

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1830

Pen and brown wash drawing of two struggling men before a bearded king in a classical colonnade with an armored guard.

Two Figures Struggling before a King

Cesare Nebbia, probably c. 1567/1569

Pen and brown ink drawing of a classical sacrifice scene with an altar, armed men, a seated ruler, and a slain animal.

Sacrifice Scene (Gaius Mucius Scaevola?)

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a vaulted hall with a carved stone sarcophagus topped by a reclining figure, with figures on an arcade.

Stage Design: A Sepulchral Vault

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1820

Red chalk drawing of a crowd of bearded men and turbaned figures around a haloed central figure with a raised arm.

Tribute Money

after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Brown ink and wash drawing of women in robes beside a tree, with armed figures and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Historical Scene [recto]

Grey wash drawing of a tall tower with a clock and winged statue beside a colonnade, with crowds gathered below.

Campanile of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1831

Brown ink drawing of a muscular male figure seen from behind, twisting with one arm raised and drapery at the hips.

Figure of a Man

after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pen and wash drawing of two draped women standing left, and a Holy Family rest scene with an angel pointing right.

Two Draped Female Figures; Rest on the Flight into Egypt [verso]

Colored ground plan of a domed cathedral with rows of columns, a rounded apse, and German labels for a palace wing and courty

Ground Plan of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Brown ink drawing of robed clerics meeting before an arched colonnade, with a processional cross and distant hills.

The Meeting of San Carlo Borromeo and San Filippo Neri

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Brown ink drawing of Abraham on a stone altar with an angel descending, a figure carrying wood, and a village in the distance

Sacrifice of Abraham

Alessandro Allori

Watercolor of a neoclassical cathedral facade with columns, twin towers, fountains, and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Façade and Suroundings of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of three women and a seated king at a draped table in a columned interior.

Philomela, Procne, and the Thracian King Tereus

Follower of Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Red chalk drawing of a seen-from-behind nude male figure seated on drapery, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Nude Male Figure [recto]

Unknown artist, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a classical cathedral interior with colonnade, coffered ceiling, apse, and small figures by Schinkel.

The Nave, Apse, and Crossing of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Brown ink drawing of nude men and kneeling figures in a flood scene, with a boat, cherubs and a tree in the background.

The Deluge, from the Loggia of the Vatican

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised, seated in a twisting pose.

Nude Figure (academic study)

Unknown artist, 17th century

Architectural drawing with pink wash showing a sectional cutaway of a church beside its west facade with twin towers and an o

Section of the Crossing and the West End of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bearded seated man beneath trees with dogs and a rough shelter in a wooded landscape.

The Prodigal Son

after Pietro Testa, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered before a classical arched interior with columns and a kneeling figure.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Unknown artist, 16th century

Pen drawing of a colonnaded church interior with Corinthian columns, coffered ceiling, and a sunburst-decorated apse.

The Nave and Apse, without a Transept, of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Green-washed drawing of nine figures crowded around a central nude body, with raised arms and faint arches behind.

Nine Figures

after Giuseppe Nicolo Vicentino

Red chalk drawing of two nude male figures in dynamic poses, with modeled muscles and soft hatched shading.

Two Nudes

Unknown artist, 17th century

Pencil sketch with light wash of two young girls standing under a flowing cloak, one with arm raised, beside a faint animal.

Two Girls under a Cloak