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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical feast with a nude woman, satyrs, putti and a fountain in an arched niche.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Freezes

Johann Matthias Kager, 1590s

Brown wash drawing of the Flagellation of Christ with scourgers, demons, and angels above in an arched frame.

The Flagellation of Christ

Claudio Ridolfi, 1619

Watercolor and pencil landscape of a twin-peaked volcano with smoke rising, under cloudy sky, with sketched town and trees be

Panoramic Views of Vesuvius and Monte Pellegrino

Carl Rottmann, 1827

Watercolor trompe l'oeil of folded papers, playing cards, drawing tools, a garden plan, and a flower urn on a ruled ground.

Trompe l'oeil

Giuseppe Voltolini, 1846

Pen and ink drawing of a vertical grotesque panel with an urn, acanthus scrolls, and a satyr figure at the base.

Grotesque with a Satyr

Unknown artist

Sheet of pen and ink studies showing a rearing horse, a male torso, several heads, and a draped standing figure.

Sheet of Studies

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a walled town with a tower and cypress trees beside a winding path under a cloudy sky.

An Italian Walled Town Seen through Trees

François Lemoyne, c. 1724

Pen drawing of robed men beneath arches, one bending to offer a coin, with a figure looking from a window at right.

Peter Paying the Temple Tax

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820/1821

Pen and wash drawing of a proposed Trevi Fountain design with a grand palazzo facade and sculpted basin.

Proposal for the Trevi Fountain

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1730/1732

Watercolor of a sunlit French street with two Gothic cathedral spires rising behind tiled rooftops and pedestrians.

A Street in Chartres

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1836

Pen and brown wash sketch of two figures in a dynamic pose, one reclining, one leaning with an outstretched arm.

Figure on a Cloud

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750/1760

Brown ink and white highlight drawing of a bearded man in plate armor with a plumed cap, holding a sword, on red paper.

A Man in Armor

Unknown artist

Fan-shaped watercolor of Spanish dancers and musicians with a guitarist and figures in a mountain landscape.

Spanish Dancers and Musicians

Edgar Degas, 1868/1869

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Death of the Virgin, with mourners around a deathbed and angels in clouds above.

The Death of the Virgin

François Boucher, 1750s

Black and white chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman with head thrown back, on tan paper, with a small study at upper left

Reclining Nymph

François Boucher, c. 1752

Chalk drawing of a reclining female nude on tan paper, head turned left, one knee raised, with red and white highlights.

Venus

François Boucher, c. 1754

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular male nude raising an arm to his mouth, on tan paper.

A Triton Blowing a Conch Shell

Jean-Baptiste Nattier, 1724

Sketch of a bearded knight raising a sword beside a helmet on a pedestal in a vaulted interior.

Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and wash drawing of a muleteer raising a club over a fallen armored knight, with distant horsemen on a hill.

The Muleteer Attacking Don Quixote as He Lies Helpless on the Ground

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Ink and wash drawing of an armored knight on a horse charging into a windmill with broken sails.

Don Quixote Attacking the Windmill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of a fallen armored knight with a lance, a gesturing figure, and a windmill in a sketched landscape.

Don Quixote Defeated by the Windmill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and wash drawing of an armored knight on horseback confronting a turbaned rider, with fallen figures and a broken lance i

Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of two men in a forest, one in armor kneeling, the other pointing, with tall trees framing a distant hill.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Witness the Attack on Rocinante

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge in Venice with gondolas on the canal and palazzi lining the banks under a cloudy sky.

View of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Red chalk drawing of a lady and gentleman with tall curled hairstyles on a street, with onlookers behind them.

A Lady and Gentleman with Exaggerated Headdresses

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1778/1780

Ink and wash drawing of a vast vaulted prison interior with a grand staircase, arches, and an iron grille.

Roman Prison

Follower of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, second half 18th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a villa courtyard seen through an arch, with a fountain, columns, cypresses and small figures.

Courtyard of the Villa Pliniana

Follower of Hubert Robert

Pen and brown wash drawing of ballet dancers in full gowns performing in an ornate columned hall.

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen sketch of dancing women in skirts and bonnets, with heads of putti and scrollwork at the upper right.

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd, carriages and horsemen gathered before troops on a parkland under trees.

Royal Review of the Troops

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760s