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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Watercolor sketch of the circular Temple of Vesta at Tivoli on a hill, with houses and trees in the foreground.

Temple of Vesta at Tivoli

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor of gondolas and a sailboat on a Venetian canal before a sunlit palace with pale ochre walls.

Gondolas Before a Palace on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor sketch of two Venetian palace facades beside a canal, in warm ochre, blue and red tones.

Palaces on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of a cornfield at sunset with haystacks, a large tree on the left, and birds flying under a lavender sky.

A Cornfield at Sunset

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Pale watercolor landscape with blue misty mountains, a white tower building at left, and a stream in the foreground.

A Landscape with Mountains and a Stream

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor sketch of Venetian domes and palace facades rising above blue lagoon water under a hazy tan sky.

The Salute and the Palazzo Ducale from the Bacino di San Marco

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of a gondola passing under an arched bridge in Venice, with hazy buildings and blue water beyond.

A Gondola Passing Under a Bridge in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor sketch of whitewashed city walls with lilac shadows, small figures in red robes, and a wooden railing under blue s

Walls of a North African City

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of the Pantheon in Rome with an obelisk and fountain in the foreground and small figures in the square.

The Pantheon

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Watercolor of a woman in a blue patterned silk robe seated beside an easel in a painter's studio with stacked canvases.

A Painter's Studio with a Model Wrapped in Japanese Silk

Louis Emile Adan, 1890s

Pen and ink drawing of a standing sibyl holding a staff with a banner, beside a cartouche labeled Resurrection.

Egyptian Sibyl

Unknown artist

Watercolor of two bathers in the sea beneath a pink umbrella, with a reddish cliff on the distant shore.

Male and Female Bathers with Umbrella

Illuminated manuscript page with Latin text, gold and blue initials, and a border with foliage, a peacock and a bird.

Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours (incip. Passionis)

Unknown artist, 1390

Medieval manuscript leaf with two columns of Latin text, a tall gilded initial, and a small figure in a historiated initial.

Manuscript Leaf from a Bible (Deuteronomy)

Unknown artist, c. 1240

Illuminated manuscript page with a painted Adoration scene of Mary and the Christ child, kneeling king, and standing attendan

Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Illuminated manuscript leaf with gothic text in two columns, blue and gold initials, and marginal creatures and foliage.

Manuscript Leaf from the Beauvais Missal

Unknown artist, 1285

Sketch of a red-haired woman in a high bun cradling a sleeping baby against her shoulder, drawn in colored chalk on tan paper

Madame Helleu Cradling Paulette in Her Arms

Paul César Helleu, 1904/1905

Pencil sketches on two facing pages showing shells, flower stems, combs, small figures and bead strands for jewelry designs.

Studies for Jewelry Designs [verso]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, late 19th century

White heightened drawing of a nude man with curly hair seated beside a staff, on blue paper.

A Young Man Sitting on a Stool Reading a Book (recto); The Fall of Man (a fragment of the lower part) (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Trompe l'oeil drawing of a poker hand, poker chips, and a five dollar bill on a dark background.

Trompe l'Oeil: A Full House with Chips and a $5 Bill

Unknown artist, c. 1895

Charcoal drawing of three women laying linens to dry in a grassy orchard under leafy trees.

Washerwomen Setting the Linens Out to Dry

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1884

Pen and wash drawing of an old stone house with Gothic windows, an awning, and figures in period dress on the street.

An Old House in the Rue Saint Jean at Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Monochrome drawing of a rocky mountain valley with a dark lake and a pale sun setting between the peaks.

The Dawn of Creation

Samuel Jackson, 1830s

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a young woman seen from behind, climbing a step with one arm raised, on gray paper.

Young Woman Climbing a Step

Unknown artist, 1890s

Charcoal sketch of a young woman in a long trailing dress and feathered hat, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Fashionable Young Woman Stepping Forward

Unknown artist, 1890s

Charcoal and chalk study of a woman's hands and a beribboned hat on toned paper.

Young Woman's Hands and Beribboned Hat

Unknown artist, 1890s

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a standing woman in a long skirt, head bowed, hands clasped at her waist, on grey paper.

Standing Woman Leaning on Her Elbow

Unknown artist, 1890s

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint with mitre, crosier, halo and a book with three gold spheres.

Saint Nicholas (verso)

Circle of Hans Heinrich Wägmann, 1600/1620

Watercolor of wine barrels being loaded from a plank onto a sailing barge on calm water, with a distant sailboat.

Wine Barrels Loaded onto a Sailing Barge at Vevey

Johann Jacob Ulrich, c. 1850

Pencil portrait of a woman with short hair and a ruffled collar, looking toward the viewer against a sketched background.

The Artist's Sister, Marie von Kalckreuth

Leopold von Kalckreuth, 1897