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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil drawing of a house with an arched door, tall trees, a lattice fence and a garden fountain in the foreground.

House and Trees across a Garden Wall

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a classical colonnade with fluted Corinthian columns, an entablature, and a glimpse of a balustrade beyond.

Portico of the Palazzo Nuovo, on the Campidoglio

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of an arcaded loggia with a statue, a dog, and large trees in a garden setting.

Loggia and Statuary in an Italian Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a balustraded terrace by a river, with a villa and tall trees behind it.

Terrace by a River with a Villa and Trees Beyond

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and the Muses on a rocky height, with a winged horse drinking at a spring below.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer, c. 1640

Graphite sketch of an arched stone wall beside a pond with figures on top, framed by dense trees.

The Fishpond at Villa Madama

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Graphite drawing of a waterfall tumbling down rocky cliffs beneath buildings on a hilltop, with sketched foliage below.

Cliffs with a Waterfall at Tivoli

Claude Thiénon

Pencil sketch of Roman rooftops with classical columns, a balustrade, tall trees and buildings with windows.

Roman Rooftops

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Black and white chalk drawing of a seated elderly man in classical drapery, gesturing with one arm, on brown paper with grid

An Elderly Man in Classical Drapery

Unknown artist, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a stone arched bridge leading to a fortified town gate with round towers and trees.

A Stone Bridge and the Fortified Entrance to a Town

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Watercolor drawing of a brown field mouse seen from above, limbs spread and tail curled, on pale paper.

A Field Mouse, from Above

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Pencil drawing of a garden fountain with stone steps and classical balustrade beneath tall trees.

Fountain of Pomona in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Two Studies of a Woman Dressing

Félix Vallotton, 1890s

Pencil sketch of a shady pergola and stone archway in a valley, with a hillside village in the distance.

A Shady Arbor in the Valley of Gragnano

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Ink and chalk drawing of a leafy oak beside a woodland path, with white highlights on the trunk and branches.

A Leafy Oak by a Woodland Path

Johann Caspar Huber, 1780s

Watercolor drawing of a field mouse standing upright, with a graphite head study showing bared teeth in the upper right.

A Field Mouse, from Below

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Watercolor of a rocky alpine valley with tall evergreen trees, boulders, and jagged peaks under a cloudy sky.

An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders

Gustave Doré, 1876

Muted watercolor landscape of wooded cliffs, a shallow river, a stone arched bridge, and small figures under misty grey sky.

Wooded Cliffs along a Riverbank

Johann Caspar Huber, 1796

Watercolor of a bronze cannon on a green wooden carriage in a sandy bulwark, with planks, rope and fascines around it.

Cannon by a Bulwark

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner, 1849

Watercolor of a man in a striped cap reading while reclining against a tree on a sunlit grassy bank.

Resting

Follower of John Singer Sargent, c. 1880-1890

Brown wash drawing of a man in a fur hat and fur-trimmed cloak, resting his hand on a ledge, within an arched mount.

Rembrandt van Rijn

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Watercolor of a dim church interior with a gilded altar in an arched niche, flowers, and a red light.

Spanish Church Interior

John Singer Sargent, c. 1880

Red and black chalk drawing of a young man with shoulder-length hair and a collar, on a toned buff sheet.

Portrait of a Young Man

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1615

Watercolor of a man in a dark suit descending stone steps beside a carved balustrade and arched colonnade.

Sir Neville Wilkinson on the Steps of the Palladian Bridge at Wilton House

John Singer Sargent, 1904/1905

Watercolor study of classical column bases on stone pedestals, with trees and green lawn visible beyond the colonnade.

Frascati, Architectural Study

John Singer Sargent, c. 1907

Watercolor of a shadowed Venetian street with sunlit facades and green canal water in the foreground.

The Calle della Rosa with the Monte di Pietà, Venice

John Singer Sargent, c. 1904

Watercolor of a sunlit city wall with stone blocks, a street, and distant mosque minarets and dome under a pale sky.

Cairo

John Singer Sargent, c. 1891

Watercolor of a sunlit tree-lined road with red and blue flags beside a stone wall and hedges.

A War Memorial

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Red chalk drawing of the Annunciation: the Virgin at left looks up at a winged angel descending on clouds, with angels above.

The Annunciation

Alexandre Ubeleski, 1690

Brown ink and wash drawing of two caricatured figures, one gesturing with a basket and the other holding a large ball.

A Caricature with Ball Players

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli