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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Engraved oval portrait bust of a bearded man in ornate armour on a decorated pedestal with a coat of arms.

Francoys de Scepeaulx

Pierre Woeiriot, 1564

Pencil sketch of houses beside a road with trees and a small figure at the lower left.

Houses beside a Road in Italy

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a tall leaning tree with dense foliage, with small travelers and distant buildings at lower right.

A Towering Tree with Travelers

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall tumbling over rocks, framed by birch trees and dense woodland foliage.

A Waterfall

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1795

Pen and wash drawing of tall cliffs above a winding coastal path, with a leaning tree, dense shrubs, and a small figure near

Sheer Cliffs above a Coastal Road

John White Abbott, 1810

Woodcut of Apollo chasing Daphne, whose arms turn into laurel branches, with Latin verses above the scene.

Apollo and Daphne

Hans von Kulmbach, 1502

Woodcut of Apollo flanked by Mercury and Pallas, with nine labeled Muses in oval medallions and ornate scrolling borders.

Apollo and the Muses

Hans von Kulmbach, 1502

Woodcut of a scholar at a desk surrounded by framed panels of Greek and Roman gods and heroes, with Latin inscriptions.

Celtes Surrounded by Greek and Roman Gods

Hans von Kulmbach, 1502

Woodcut of Apollo playing a lyre on Mount Parnassus beneath a laurel tree, with muses, Pegasus and hares around him.

Apollo on Parnasus

Hans von Kulmbach, 1502

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve with two infants in a landscape with a spade, river, house and clouds.

Adam and Eve with the Infants Cain and Abel

Cristofano Robetta

Pen and brown wash drawing of Moses holding stone tablets before a crowd of bearded men in a mountain landscape.

Moses Delivering God's Commandments to the Israelites

Jan Swart van Groningen

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Madonna and Child in glory with two saints and angels above.

The Madonna and Child in Glory with Saint Theodore and a Monastic Saint

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1708

Hand-colored print of a man in a red coat and a woman in a pink gown seated on a gilded sofa beneath blue drapery.

The return to virtue

Joseph de Longueil

Brown wash drawing of a rearing horse, armored soldiers and fallen figures beneath a cloudy sky with a distant city.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

after Lodovico Carracci, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of seated Saint Luke writing beside an ox, with a veiled woman and classical architecture behind.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, second half 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two struggling men before a bearded king in a classical colonnade with an armored guard.

Two Figures Struggling before a King

Cesare Nebbia, probably c. 1567/1569

Brown ink and wash drawing of women in robes beside a tree, with armed figures and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Historical Scene [recto]

Brown ink drawing of a muscular male figure seen from behind, twisting with one arm raised and drapery at the hips.

Figure of a Man

after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Red chalk drawing of a seen-from-behind nude male figure seated on drapery, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Nude Male Figure [recto]

Unknown artist, 17th century

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised, seated in a twisting pose.

Nude Figure (academic study)

Unknown artist, 17th century

Green-washed drawing of nine figures crowded around a central nude body, with raised arms and faint arches behind.

Nine Figures

after Giuseppe Nicolo Vicentino

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna and Child with infant John and an older bearded figure at upper right.

Madonna and Child with Saints John and Joseph [recto]

Unknown artist, 17th century

Engraved oval portrait of Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, with a lace collar, above his autograph and seal.

Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

Sepia etching of a laughing man with a monocle, curly hair and moustache, eyes closed in a broad grin.

James McNeil Whistler

Mortimer Menpes

Watercolor of a man in a shirt and red tie riding a red bicycle before trees, set within a large yellow circle.

In Vaudeville, the Bicycle Rider

Charles Demuth, 1919

Stippled lithograph bust portrait of a bearded man in a plumed cap and bow tie, captioned Hans Sebald Boehm.

Hans Sebald Beham

Alfred von Franck

Ink drawing of a stone tower with steep roofs, oriel windows and a wooden fence in front, by Childe Hassam.

Norman Structure

Childe Hassam, 1885

Watercolor and pencil sketch of fashionable women with parasols in a carriage, with a crowd of top-hatted spectators behind.

Spectators at the Grand Prix

Childe Hassam, 1888

Pastel sketch of a fisherman in cap and blue overalls standing beside a wooden mast and boat on a green-toned ground.

Fisherman, Isle of Shoals

Childe Hassam, 1903

Black-and-white print of two nude figures separated by a dark band with geometric symbols, with animals and faces in the text

Unknown subject (Let Him look up into the Heaven and laugh in the bright air)

William Blake, possibly c. 1805