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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pen and wash drawing of a rider on a rearing horse beside a nude figure reaching up through swirling smoke.

The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius

Francis Cleyn, 1640

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with steep slopes, a winding stream, and small figures among rocks in the foreground.

Tally Llyn from Llyn Trigrain

Cornelius Varley, 1803

Pale watercolor of Henham Park with tall trees, a green hedgerow, distant ships on water, and a cloudy sky.

Henham Park, Suffolk

Cornelius Varley, 1801

Pale watercolor landscape of a wide Shropshire view with distant hills, scattered trees, and a cloudy sky.

An Extensive View in Shropshire

Cornelius Varley, 1803

Watercolor of a wooded lane with exposed tree roots, undergrowth, and a small figure on a path under foliage.

A Wooded Lane near Ross

Cornelius Varley, 1803

Pencil and chalk study of a hand resting beside a pencil on tan paper, inscribed Mr. Powers' hand, Florence 1856.

Study of a Hand

Hiram Powers, 1856

Design for a Border with a Portrait of Baron Cuvier

Jean Baptiste Arnout

Brown ink sketch of a bellowing stag with raised head and large antlers standing on a grassy ridge.

A Bellowing Stag

Edwin Landseer, 1840

Pen and brown ink sketch of a barn interior with curved timbers, straw bundles, a perched black bird and a landscape at left.

The Barn

Pen and ink landscape with a river, wooden bridge, village houses, rocky mountains and a ruined castle on a hilltop.

River Landscape

Tobias Verhaecht

Lithograph of a terrace with a large tree, strolling figures and dogs, overlooking a river valley with an arched stone bridge

Terrace of St. Cloud (Terrasse de St. Cloud)

Paul Huet, 1833

Etching of a forest stream with cascades beneath a large fallen tree, framed by dense foliage and rocks.

Saint-Pierre Stream near Pierrefond (Ruisseaude Saint-Pierre, pres Pierrefond)

Paul Huet, 1842

Lithograph of a calm sea with sailing ships, a foreground boat with figures, distant white cliffs and gulls under clouds.

Calm (Calme)

Paul Huet, 1832

Lithograph of a valley town with church spires under dramatic clouds, with seated figures on a grassy hill in the foreground.

View of the Chateau d'Eu (Vue du Chateau d'Eu)

Paul Huet, 1834

Etching of a riverbank with pollarded willows, reeds, a seated figure and distant windmills under an open sky.

Banks of a River (Bords de Riviere)

Paul Huet, 1866

Etching of a stone arch bridge over rapids, framed by dense trees under a cloudy sky, with figures crossing the bridge.

A Bridge in Auvergne (Un pont en Auvergne)

Paul Huet, 1834

Pen and gray wash drawing of a crowd of women, men and children gathered around a wooden cart in a street market scene.

Market Scene

Anton Wachsmann, 1800

Watercolor panorama of a river bend and city below a terrace where men sit, one painting under a pink parasol.

View of Paris from the Terrace of the Pavillon de Brimborion

Carle Vernet, 1810

Pen and ink architectural sketches of arches, staircases and colonnades on aged paper.

Designs for Palatial Staircases [recto]

Lorenzo Sacchetti, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a symmetrical vaulted hall with arches, columns, hanging lamps and a stone balustrade.

Design for a Vaulted Hall

Lorenzo Sacchetti

Engraved allegory with a reclining bearded man, skeleton, winged figures and a woman in an oval portrait frame at right.

Bartholomew and Christina Spranger

Aegidius Sadeler

Engraving of a bearded woman seated at a harpsichord beside a seated dog and classical columns.

Barbara van Beck, A Bearded Lady

after Isaac Brun

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with a grotto, waterfall, pool, and small figures on the cliffs.

Veue de quelques Grottes solitaires de la Thebaide

Pierre Quentin Chedel

Etching of a ruined tower and broken walls framing a distant hilly landscape, with a figure with a staff in the foreground.

Veue des ruines d'une Tour qu'on dit avoir ete batie par les Romains

Pierre Quentin Chedel

Engraving of three men printing intaglio plates in a workshop with a press, framed prints on the wall, and French caption tex

The Intaglio Printers

Abraham Bosse, 1642

Engraving of gentlemen playing cards at a table with coins, a greyhound, a silver ewer and a wine glass in an arched interior

The Card Players

Alexander Voet I after Cornelius de Vos, 1632

Sepia lithograph of a stag calling on a grassy hill above resting deer, with a stream and marsh at dawn.

Le Matin

Etching of two wading birds on a riverbank beside a pool, with shrubs and grasses on the left and a distant tree line.

Les Deux Herons

Lithograph of a listing ship in rough sea near a mountain peak under stormy clouds, entrance to Rio de Janeiro harbor.

Entree de la rade de Rio-Janeiro

Richard Parkes Bonington after Moritz Rugendas, 1827

Etching of a stream winding through a rocky gorge with trees, cliffs, and a distant town under a swirling sky.

The Stream in the Gorge

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1880