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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Loose watercolor of a thatched cottage and garden with a figure in red beside a tree, painted in soft greens and browns.

Stary Hrosenov

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1889

Watercolor landscape of a crumbling stone ruin beside a leaning pine tree, rocks and shrubs in the foreground.

Landscape with Ruin

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900-1902

Watercolor design of a balustrade with red flowers above a scene of playful nude putti, armored figures, and a pig.

Skittle Players

Vítězslav Karel Mašek

Pen and wash drawing of robed apostles gazing upward with raised arms and clasped hands beneath clouds.

The Apostles

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1895-1900

Watercolor design elevation of a decorative breakfront cabinet with vases, floral columns and a cherub above.

Design for Breakfront

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Pencil drawing of a robed older man offering a branch to a winged-helmeted nude youth, with a city view and ornate lettering.

Draft for Diploma of Jindricka Mastalko

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, c. 1904-05

Pencil drawing of a meadow with a thatched cottage, trees, and a reclining figure in the foreground.

Vapenice

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1921

Drawing of a rose-breasted finch hanging upside down from a nail by a cord, with a bee at upper left on a brown background.

A Rose-Breasted Finch Hanging from a Nail

Barbara Dietzsch, c. 1760

Graphite and chalk sketch of the Virgin Immaculate standing on clouds with angels and a dove above, on blue paper.

The Virgin Immaculate

Martino Altomonte, 1726/28?

Loose colored crayon sketch of two standing nude women among angular green and teal forest strokes.

Two Nudes in a Forest

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Red-toned drawing of a bearded armed man with a spear before an arch, with grotesque masks and hunting scenes above.

A Swiss Guard before an Ornamental Arch (recto)

Abraham Bickhart, 1568

Charcoal sketch of fishermen in a rowing boat on waves above two men handling and emptying large fishing nets.

Study for "The Fishermen" with Men Emptying the Nets (Etude pour "Les Pêcheurs" et hommes vidant des raies)

Georges Lacombe, 1894/1895

Paul Sérusier

Georges Lacombe, 1895

Pen and ink sketch of a man fused with a smoking cannon beside a figure in a boxlike masquerade headpiece.

Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: A Cannon Firing and a Cat Inside a Mousetrap

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1645

Seated archbishop in silk robes and pectoral cross, drawn in chalk on tinted paper, beside a column and curtain.

Monseigneur Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1740

Pen and wash drawing of St. Peter's Square in Rome seen through an ornate coffered arch, with an obelisk and fountain.

The Piazza of Saint Peter's Seen through an Arch of the Basilica

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1778/1779

Pastel drawing of chestnut trees with yellow-green foliage on a hillside above a river and distant hills.

Chestnut Trees above a River

Louis Auguste Lepère, c.1900

Pencil sketch of a gnarled ancient tree with a split trunk and small figures in a landscape at its base.

An Ancient Tree with Figures in a Landscape

Friedrich Salathé, c. 1835

Watercolor of waterfalls cascading past a temple and villas, with a seated figure and sheep in the foreground.

The Waterfalls at Tivoli

Louis Ducros, c. 1790

Watercolor of a hilltop town with a domed church, wooded hills, and a distant sea under a pale blue sky.

Larici from the Convent of the Galoro

Thomas Jones, 1777

Watercolor of a green alpine valley with jagged mountain peaks, a distant village, and a sunlit farmhouse among trees.

An Alpine Valley

Rodolphe Leon Berthoud, 1878

Arcadian landscape with an obelisk on a hill, shepherds at a fountain, grazing sheep and a goat, and a stream in woodland.

Arcadian Landscape with an Obelisk

Salomon Gessner, 1785

Ink and wash study of a winged angel with a sword over falling demons, with two large wing studies above.

Studies for Saint Michael Defeating the Rebel Angels

Nicolò Ricciolini

Pencil panorama of rolling hills, an olive grove, and a classical temple on a distant hilltop under a pale sky.

Panorama toward Athens from the Garden of Aphrodite

Joseph Thürmer, 1818

Watercolor landscape of travelers with a donkey on a rocky road, a stone tower at right, and mountains under a soft sky.

View from Tivoli across the Tiber Valley at Sunset

Franz Kaisermann, 1813

Pencil and wash sketch of a ruined tower among wooded hills under a cloudy sky, with a bare tree in the foreground.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills [recto]

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting in a wooded landscape with a grazing donkey and distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Carlo Antonio Tavella, 1720

Brown wash drawing of a grand classical hall with basketweave columns, a painted coffered ceiling, draped curtains and armill

Fantasy of a Great Hall with Basketweave Columns

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1800

Brown wash drawing of a fantasy ancient capitol with symmetrical staircases, a temple facade, domed rotundas and a central co

Fantasy of an Ancient Capitol with Trophies and Grand Staircases

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1800

Red chalk drawing of a cow and four sheep arranged in a symmetrical study on pale paper.

Four Sheep and a Cow

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, c. 1652