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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Charcoal drawing of two children sleeping side by side on a bed, with dark foliage in the upper left corner.

The Artist's Children Wolf and Anna Asleep

Leopold von Kalckreuth, c. 1900

Watercolor of a studio corner with pink roses in a glass vase on books, a yellow patterned cloth, and a wooden easel.

A Corner of a Studio

Henri Harpignies

Pencil portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair in a double-breasted coat, inscribed Gisbert Flüggen.

Gisbert Flüggen

Wilhelm Joseph Heine, 1830s

Pen drawing of four horsemen in clouds, one with a bow, one with scales, one with a sword, and a figure restraining a horse.

Vidi, quod aperuisset agnus... (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)

copy after Luigi Sabatelli I, 1809/1810

Red chalk drawing of a seated female nude with one arm raised, on a tinted sheet with white highlights.

A Female Nude Seated on a Ledge

Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller, 1863/1866

Head of a Bearded Gentleman

Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller, early 1860s

A Bearded Gentleman with a Glass of Wine

Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller, early 1860s

Head and Hand of a Man Throwing Dice

Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller, early 1860s

Drawing of a curlew with a long curved bill hanging by its blue feet from a nail against an arched tan panel.

Trompe l'Oeil: A Curlew Hanging from a Nail

Édouard Traviès, 1850s(?)

Watercolor still life of a potted fuchsia and white flowers beside toys and blue cloth on a wooden table.

A Potted Fuchsia with Children's Toys

Henri Harpignies, 1877

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary on a crescent moon with angels and cherubs in clouds, dated 1711.

The Immaculate Conception

Melchior Steidl, 1711

Watercolor of a large feathery tree before a distant mountain peak, with a flat plain and misty horizon.

Two Ancient Trees before a Mountain Peak

attributed to Jules Dupré, c. 1830

Charcoal drawing on yellow paper of a reclining nude figure and a seated woman with dark hair, in bold angular lines.

Fränzi Reclining

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Charcoal sketch of rocky boulders and scrubby vegetation in a mountain landscape, by Egon Schiele, 1917.

Mountain Stream

Egon Schiele, 1917

Brown ink sketch of a youth carried aloft by a large eagle, with small figure studies in the corners of the sheet.

Ganymede

Unknown artist

Pen and ink architectural study with a sketched figure, column capital, and scroll ornaments on aged paper.

An Architectural Study with an Atlantid

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of a chandelier over seated figures in an interior, with a curtained doorway and studies below.

A Gathering in an Interior; A Curtained Doorway

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Graphite sketch of reclining Venus and a winged Cupid on aged paper, with diagonal construction lines across the figures.

Venus and Cupid

Graphite sketch of a seated nude man twisting to point his arm to the right, on tan paper.

A Seated Nude Man Pointing to the Right

Francesco Solimena

Pen and ink sheet with multiple sketched heads, profiles and small full-length figures in hats and coats.

Studies of Figures and Heads

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Watercolor landscape of a valley at sunset with blue cypress trees and rolling hills in pointillist dots.

A Broad Valley at Sunset

Hippolyte Petitjean, c. 1897

Watercolor and ink sketch of a rocky calanque with colorful cliffs, trees and reflections on the water by Paul Signac.

The Calanque at Saint Tropez

Paul Signac, 1906

Ink and wash drawing of a river town with a church spire, a ruined castle on a hill, and trees reflected in water.

Les Andelys on a Summer Morning

Paul Signac, 1923

Pen and brown ink drawing of an armored warrior on a shore with soldiers, kneeling figures, and classical architecture behind

The Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland

after Luca Cambiaso Giulio Benso

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated nude man beside a sketch of a draped seated figure on tan paper.

A Seated Man Nude and then Clothed

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820s

Brown ink sketch of a standing nude beside a washstand and mirror, drawn with loose angular strokes and hatched shading.

Nude with a Mirror, Standing Before a Washstand

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908-1910

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman in a wide-brimmed hat, legs crossed, drawn in loose outline on cream paper.

Dodo Seated

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Ink and watercolor drawing of two nude bathers, one standing in a red cap and one reclining, set among green foliage and blue

Two Bathers near the Woods

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910/1911

Charcoal sketch of two nude women standing in a studio beside a window, one reaching toward the other.

Fränzi and Marcella in the Studio

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Ink sketch of two angular dancers on brown paper, with a cat sitting in the lower left corner.

Two Dancers with a Cat

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913