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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil sketch on tan paper of standing men in top hats and long coats outdoors, with trees and ground, by Winslow Homer.

Grant and Lincoln at City Point, Virginia [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1865

Pencil sketch of seated and reclining soldiers in a crowded camp interior with rifles and gear hanging on the walls.

From Alexandria to Ship Point [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1862

Pencil sketch on tan paper of soldiers in trenches with shell bursts and smoke in the distance.

A Shell in the Trenches before Richmond [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1862

Pencil sketch of three soldiers with rifles advancing past a fallen tree across a torn battlefield with fence lines.

Advance of the Skirmish Line

Winslow Homer, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers in hats along the bottom, with a field of tents, trenches, and pine trees behind them.

Line-ups and Trenches [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1864

Sepia drawing of an Italian landscape with a watermill, a man carrying a sack, pines, and a distant sea.

Italian Landscape with a Watermill

Hélène Boutourlin, 1834

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Euphrosyne reclining in a habit with a chain, flanked by two hooded men and a cross.

Saint Euphrosyne

Attributed to Melchior Steidl after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1695

Pencil drawing of a veiled woman praying beside a shepherdess tending sheep, with a hilltop castle behind.

The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel

Josef von Führich, c. 1829

Saint James Major

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1738/1742

Black chalk drawing of a young man in a broad hat turning his head, with white highlights on tan paper.

A Young Man in a Broad Hat

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1745

An Elderly Bishop

Giuseppe Angeli, c. 1750

Oval drawing of a man with curly hair, lace collar and patterned robe, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Carl Gustav von Amling, 1690

Red chalk drawing of a draped classical female figure standing on a pedestal beside a scrolled ornamental support.

The Muse Terpsichore

Augustin Pajou, c. 1768

Brown ink drawing of a bishop saint in a mitre holding a book, with flowing robes and a faint halo.

Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book

Giovanni Bellini, early 1460s

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate baroque catafalque with spires, candles, statues and a Latin inscription panel.

Magnificent Catafalque in Honor of John III, King of Poland

Alessandro Galli Bibiena

Ink and wash elevation of a baroque church facade split into two design alternatives, with statues, urns and a cross.

Elevation for a Church Facade, with Alternatives

Piedmontese 18th Century, first half 18th century

Ink plan of a domed central building with three curved wings of labeled rooms, drawn in French, with a scale bar.

Ground Plan for an Academy of the Fine Arts

Unknown artist, 1750/1790

Pen and ink drawing of a timber-roofed barn interior with a staircase, stone arches, and a view of a rural gate and cottages.

Interior of a Barn Built on Ancient Ruins

Charcoal sketch of a seated figure in a cap and loose jacket, head bowed, arms resting on knees, on tan paper.

Study of a Jockey

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Pastel and charcoal drawing of two studies of a seated jockey in a helmet, with curved motion lines on brown paper.

Two Studies of a Jockey

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Study of a Jockey (M. de Broutelles)

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Grey wash landscape of a valley with trees, a distant lake, rolling hills and a rocky outcrop on the right.

The Head of Ullswater

Edward Dayes, 1790s

Grey chalk drawing of a reclining prophet and flying putti seen from below, with diagonal perspective guide lines.

Ceiling Studies of a Prophet and a Putto Seen from Below

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1602

Pen and grey wash drawing of three draped women standing in a row, one holding a covered cup and another a jar.

The Three Marys

Johann Willinges, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of several gondolas with gondoliers poling across water.

Gondolas

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Brown wash drawing of a nude man holding a torch and a flaming orb, with a dog, tree, and small crowd behind him.

Ignis

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1586

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with draped cloth, beside a cat, a pig, and a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure with a Cat and a Pig

Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, c. 1530

Watercolor of a mountain with a cross-shaped snow pattern above a misty valley, with a waterfall and pines in the foreground.

Mountain of the Holy Cross

Thomas Moran, 1890

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man embracing a kneeling younger man with a staff in a rocky landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Unknown artist, c. 1720

Watercolor of painted antiquities and a parrot in a cage on a balcony overlooking a bay and hills near Naples.

Antiquities by a Balcony Overlooking the Gulf of Naples

Carl Götzloff, 1826