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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Hand-colored architectural drawing with a garden ground plan, two building elevations, and a circular view of a pavilion entr

Project for the House and Gardens of Mlle. Guimard

Jean Testard and Charles-Philippe Campion de Tersan, c. 1768-1770

Red and blue chalk sketch of costumed actors bowing on a stage beneath draped curtains, with a crowd gathered at left.

Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1718

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with putti, scrollwork, and small landscape and battle scenes in the corners

A Ceiling Decoration with Landscapes and Battles

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1620

Watercolor of a hilltop castle complex with a tower above a wooded valley, with two figures on a path under a cloudy sky.

Eichhorn Castle at Evening

Josef Höger, c. 1838

Charcoal drawing of a bizarre rock formation with layered overhanging ledges rising from a dark ground line.

A Bizarre Rock Formation

Alphonse Nicolas-Michel Mandevare

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian valley with a river, a domed mausoleum on a bluff, shepherds, sheep and mountains.

Arcadian Landscape with a Mausoleum

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1790s

Grey-washed drawing of a Venetian-style harbor with gondolas, classical buildings, and elegantly dressed figures on a quay.

Venetian Fantasy with the Dogana

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a Rococo arch, rowing boats, figures and a sailing ship under a cloudy sky.

Venetian Fantasy with an Ornamental Arch

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Brown and white drawing of a bearded man lifting a lamp over two nude lovers on a canopied bed, with a helmet and sword below

Vulcan Discovering Venus and Mars

François-Édouard Picot

Brown wash drawing of a corner of the Colosseum with stone arches, piers and overgrown ruins under a pale sky.

A Corner of the Colosseum

Friedrich von Olivier, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a friar in a robe gazing up at a crucifix in the clouds, with a church on a distant hill.

The Stigmatization of Saint Francis

Johann Matthias Kager, 1607

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded figure with a staff and draped cloak, seated at a table, in brown tones.

Janus

Attributed to Hans Steidlin, c. 1600

Red chalk and wash sketch of a seated nude woman with two elders beside her in a rocky landscape.

Susanna and the Elders

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1700

Watercolor interior of a baroque church with frescoed vault, gilded balcony, candlelit altar and kneeling worshippers.

The Interior of the Jacobskirche at Innsbruck

Adolph Menzel, 1872

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone tower on a rocky hill with trees and wooded hills receding into a hazy sky.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Brown wash drawing of a biblical sacrifice: divine light strikes an altar as angels hover above and soldiers lie fallen below

The Sacrifice of Elijah before King Ahab

Nicola Malinconico, 1680s

A Girl in Peasant Dress

Jean-François Clermont, c. 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers working around a cross beneath a cloudy sky, by Albrecht Altdorfer.

Christ Nailed to the Cross

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1512

Drawing of winged Cupid leaning over reclining Psyche on a canopied bed, lit by a lamp, in grey wash with white highlights.

Cupid with Psyche Extinguishing the Lamp

François-Édouard Picot

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted soldier in armor loading and firing a long caliver, with smoke rising from the barrel.

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Preparing to Fire His Caliver

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1597

Sepia drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a Doric temple, waterfall, lake, large tree and small figures.

Arcadian Landscape with a Doric Temple

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1790s

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Tamping His Caliver

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1597

Grey wash drawing of a young woman hurrying past a pedestal with a Cupid statue in a garden with trees.

Sacrifice to Love

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1766

Pen and red chalk sheet of figure studies, including a seated draped man, a standing nude, and foreshortened figures.

Figures from the Farnese Palace and from Life

Gaspar van Wittel after Annibale Carracci, c. 1710

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures, putti and a warrior floating among clouds in a celestial triumph scene.

The Triumph of Wisdom

Bartolomeo Tarsia, c. 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of two monks standing and kneeling beside a prostrate man on the ground.

Two Monks with a Prostrate Man

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1725

Red chalk drawing of a robed older man bending over a kneeling nude youth on rocky ground.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Workshop of Luca Signorelli, c. 1500

Grey wash drawing of the Judgment of Paris in a landscape, framed by an ornate rococo cartouche with clouds and cherubs above

The Judgment of Paris

Unknown artist, c. 1745

Graphite and white chalk landscape drawing on tan paper showing shrubs, a winding stream, trees at right, and distant hills.

Landscape near Vourlis

Antoine Jean Duclaux, c. 1830

Loose watercolor and wash drawing of a nude dancing figure with raised arm and bent leg, in warm browns and green and blue ac

Dancing Nude

Wilhelm Oesterle, 1925