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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil sketch of a nude man holding a skull, with loose sketched figures behind him on tan paper.

The Headhunter and His Family

Odilon Redon, c. 1870

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone tomb with trees growing on top, cypresses and a small ruin at right, under a cloudy sky.

The Tomb of the Horatii and the Curatii at Albano

Louis Chaix, c. 1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of a sacrificial scene with a kneeling figure, a robed priest with raised blade, and armored soldi

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (recto) / Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726

Watercolor and pen drawing of an arching clump of fountain grass in a meadow with shrubs and a bare tree behind.

A Corner of a Meadow with Fountaingrass

Themistocles von Eckenbrecher, c. 1870

Watercolor of a wooded lakeside with a shepherd, cattle, goats, and a yellow villa on a hill under blue mountains.

A Wooded Lakeside with an Italianate Villa

Ludwig Hess, 1796

Pencil sketch of a narrow London backstreet with huddled figures, a cloaked man, and a small child beneath tall buildings.

A Backstreet in London

Gustave Doré, 1868

Twilight marsh landscape with tall bare trees on the left, reflective pools, distant village and an orange-to-blue sky.

Marsh Landscape at Twilight

François-Auguste Ravier, c. 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures carrying a huge cluster of grapes on a pole, with a crowd watching on the right.

The Return of the Spies from the Promised Land

Pier Francesco Mola, c. 1666

Drawing of a windmill and thatched cottages on a riverbank with men in rowing boats on the water.

A Windmill and Cottages on a River Bank, Men in Rowing Boats

Esaias van de Velde, early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a seated armored knight greeted by robed monks beneath gothic arches.

Rinaldo is Welcomed by the Monks

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and wash drawing of an armored knight and a veiled woman seated across a table, with sketched winged figures above.

Olympia Tells Roland Her Sad Story

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Grey wash drawing of a rocky wooded landscape with trees, a small figure by a stream, and a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Wooded Landscape with a Figure by a Stream

Thomas Gainsborough, 1781

Pen and brown ink drawing of a partly draped woman holding up a pair of scales, an allegory of Justice.

Personification of Justice

Guercino, c. 1640

Pencil drawing of a riverside tavern with thatched roofs, a moored sailboat, and figures beside a horse and cart under a pale

A Tavern by a River

Jan van Goyen, 1640

Pencil portrait of an infant in a bonnet seated in a high chair, framed with ruled borders and the name Eduard.

Eduard, the Artist's Infant Son

Julius Hübner, 1842

Trompe l'oeil drawing of old prints with animals, a satyr and nymph, a torn envelope, horn-rimmed glasses and a fly.

Trompe l'Oeil: Old Prints, a Torn Envelope with Horn-rimmed Glasses, and a Housefly

Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld after Various Artists, 1763

Pastel drawing of Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet, arches softened in blue and yellow mist over the river.

Waterloo Bridge

Claude Monet, 1901

Dark drawing by Charles Angrand showing a faint luminous figure emerging from shadow, with a signature in the lower left corn

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Charles Angrand, 1894

Pen drawing of an ornate New Year's greeting card with German lettering, drummers, a child, a woman, and a fur muff.

A New Year's Greeting

Adolph Menzel, 1839

Pen and grey wash design with two saints flanking a blank central panel, scrollwork frame and a dated cartouche at the base.

Glass Design with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

Hans Kaspar Lang the Elder, 1595

Pencil and chalk landscape drawing of a valley with a stone structure, trees, a stream and distant hills.

Corpo di Cava

Eduard Agricola, 1844

Pencil sketch of clouds over a landscape and a cloaked old woman standing beside a column, with handwritten notes.

Studies of Clouds and an Old Woman

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Oil sketch of sunbeams breaking through dark clouds over a plain with trees and a small building at left.

Sun Breaking through Clouds above the Roman Campagna

Johann Jakob Frey, 1844 or after

Pen and brown ink drawing of a haloed saint holding a cross, wheat, and Passion instruments beside open books.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux with the Instruments of the Passion

Pieter de Jode, c. 1625

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing woman in a veil holding a child beside an inscribed scroll, labeled Sibila Eritrea.

Eritrean Sibyl

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of a Chinese peasant with a shoulder pole and basket, standing on open ground beside rocks.

A Chinese Peasant

George Chinnery, 1839

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery turning toward a standing man against a shaded background.

Two Figures in Classical Dress

Henri-Pierre Danloux

Pen and ink drawing of a group of slender trees with bare branches and leafy clumps above low undergrowth.

Trees

Watercolor landscape of snowy mountain peaks above a dark valley and lake, with an inscription reading The Rainy Day.

Illustration for Longfellow's "The Rainy Day"

Myles Birket Foster, 1850s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with sea figures and waves around a shell-shaped saltcellar design.

A Design for a Saltcellar

Unknown artist