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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Seated saint with halo writing in a book beside a lion on clouds, drawn in brown ink and wash.

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Peter Candid after Heinrich Aldegrever after Georg Pencz, c. 1600

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint receiving a flaming arrow from a cherub, with an angel and a crucified Christ above.

Saint Augustine's Zealous Love of God

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a couple seen from behind, a man in a top hat and a woman in a bonnet and long skirt.

A Fashionable Couple Seen from Behind

Philibert d'Amiens de Ranchicourt, c. 1810

Red chalk drawing of a bearded nude river god seated on rocks, leaning on a large urn with one arm outstretched.

River God

Paul Troger, c. 1720

Pen and wash drawing of a tall man in a feathered hat and striped costume pointing toward a Roman column and city street.

Giovanni Grosso of the Swiss Guards Standing before a View of Rome

after Francesco Villamena Anonymous

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded saint in a flowing robe holding a book, with a crucifix raised at upper left.

A Standing Saint with a Crucifix and a Book

Francisco Herrera II, 1660s

Black chalk drawing of a male torso with arms raised overhead and head turned upward, on tan paper.

A Male Herm

Domenico Maria Canuti, c. 1669

Pen and grey wash drawing of the crowned Madonna and Child in a radiant oval, with a kneeling supplicant below.

Madonna and Child Appearing to a Supplicant

Georg Neher, c. 1600

Pencil sketch of a wooden Swiss house with a gabled roof and balconies, set among trees with a figure in the courtyard.

Courtyard of a Swiss Country House

Friedrich Salathé

Pencil sketch of a fortified castle on a hill above a wooded valley flanked by rocky cliffs and a stone bridge.

Fortified Castle Above a Narrow Valley

Friedrich Salathé

Pencil sketch of a terraced garden with trees, shrubs, a stone wall and a villa with a roof at right.

A Terraced Garden by a Villa

Friedrich Salathé, 1815/21

Red and black chalk drawing of a saddled camel with a bridle and pack load, with faint sketch lines around it.

Camel

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, 1770s

Fighting Cock

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Profile of a Man Wearing Spectacles

Konrad Böse, c. 1885

Watercolor capriccio of overgrown classical ruins, fountain, and small figures in an oval frame with a domed building behind.

Garden Capriccio with Antique Ruins

Jean Henry Alexandre Pernet, c. 1788

Pen and wash drawing of men raising stones over a kneeling figure in pink, with onlookers and a columned building at right.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Hans Freyberger, c. 1610

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd around a figure with raised bound arms, with a woman and child among onlookers.

Part of the Crowd at the Ecce Homo

Peter Paul Rubens over Anonymous Italian after Titian

Brown wash drawing of a robed man reaching toward horses and a chariot ascending through clouds within a rococo frame.

Elisha Watching Elijah Ascend in the Fiery Chariot

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1750/1755

Drawing in brown wash of a kneeling woman seen from behind, in a dark bodice and long pleated skirt on tan paper.

Kneeling Woman from Behind

Konrad Böse, c. 1909

Grey wash drawing of a cloaked rider on a white horse crossing a stream with attendants and dogs, mountains behind.

The Count of Habsburg

Philipp Foltz, 1837

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman scene in a tent, with a helmeted figure beside a brazier and soldiers around a table.

Mucius Scaevola

attributed to Bernardo Castello, 17th century

Sketch of two horses standing on open ground under loose clouds, drawn in dark chalk on brown paper.

Horses

after Paulus Potter Anonymous

Charcoal and chalk sketch of two riders on horses along a path through trees, with a dog and distant spire.

Rider in the Countryside

Unknown artist

Brown wash drawing of ruined Carew Castle on a hillside beside large trees, with small figures on a path in the foreground.

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire

Unknown artist

Brown wash landscape of a ruined tower beside a river, two figures on the bank, a tree at right and birds in the sky.

Landscape

Watercolor and ink drawing of thatched cottages, a large tree, a woman in a red dress and a resting pig in a farmyard.

Farmyard

Adolphe Hervier, 1870

Loose ink drawing of two angular, embracing figures rendered in dark wash and hatched strokes on pale paper.

Lovers Embracing

Otto Gutfreund, c. 1911

Watercolor of Conwy Castle ruins beside a river, with a stone bridge, grazing cattle, and a mountain under a hazy sky.

Conwy Castle, North Wales

Thomas Girtin, c. 1800

Watercolor of ostlers changing horses at a French post house as a carriage passenger waves from the coach.

Changing Horses at a Post House in France

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1790

Graphite study of a bird's wing with layered feathers shaded in soft tones on tan paper with faint grid lines.

The Wing

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1898