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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Charcoal line drawing of a seated female nude leaning left, head bowed, arm across knee, on tan paper.

Female Nude Bending to the Left

Egon Schiele, 1918

Blue-toned watercolor of a market square with figures and awnings before a Gothic cathedral with tall spires.

A Market Square before a Cathedral

Luigi Aloys François Joseph Loir, 1870s/1880s

Nude on the Beach

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Pencil sketch of female figures with angular contours, including a mirror-like reflection and a cropped head at lower right.

Girl Before a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1913

Watercolor of snowy Gothic monastery ruins, with pointed arches, tracery windows, pine trees and crows on the floor.

Ruins of the Oybin Monastery in Winter

Karl Heinrich Beichling, c. 1830

Painted sketch of a cavalry officer seen from behind, in green uniform with white crossbelts and plumed shako, on orange grou

A Mounted Cavalry Officer Seen from Behind

Franz Adam, 1850s

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of classical figures and a crowd in a colonnaded interior with arches.

Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death

Gabriel François Doyen, c. 1760

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge over a Venetian canal, with gondolas, sailing boats and palazzo facades under a blue sky.

The Rialto Bridge, Venice

William James Müller, 1835

Red chalk drawing of a young woman in a bonnet sewing while a small dog rests on her lap.

Young Woman Sewing with a Dog Resting on Her Lap

Johann Gottlieb Glume, 1750s(?)

Pen and ink drawing of a soldier with a sword walking beside a plumed woman with a flask, with a castle and lake behind them.

A Soldier Walking with a Camp Follower

Circle of Urs Graf I, 1523

Crayon sketch of a river landscape with green hills, a yellow shore, and two figures in a rowing boat.

Elbe Landscape Near Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Pen and wash drawing of figures around a laden table, contrasting plain robes with fine dress and a feast.

Allegory of Poverty and Wealth

Watercolor of a hilltop village on a rocky cliff above the sea, with sailboats and travelers on a path in the foreground.

Le Château d'Eze, pres de Nice

Mathias Gabriel Lory, 1841/1843

Charcoal drawing of a man's angular face beside a seated figure in a studio with sketched paintings on the wall.

Self-Portrait in the Studio (Selbstbildnis im Atelier)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Drawing of the Visitation: two women embrace at center, with a standing man at left and a turbaned woman at right, in chalk o

The Visitation

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Grey wash drawing of a wooded valley with tall trees, a winding stream, and mountain slopes under a pale sky.

Sunlit Trees in a Valley near Lacoux

Jean-Paul Flandrin, 1840

Drawing of a stand of tall trees with pale trunks and spreading branches in brown wash on blue-grey paper.

A Stand of Birch Trees

Johann Caspar Huber

Pencil portrait of a woman with braided hair and a headscarf, looking to the left, with a white collar.

Agnes von Felsen

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, c. 1822

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with a tall-masted ship, gondolas, and a domed church beside the water.

The Giudecca Canal with Shipping near the Chiesa dei Gesuati

David Law, 1880s

Brown wash drawing of God the Father seated on clouds with two angels and quick leg studies below.

God the Father with Angels

Unknown artist, 17th century

Young Woman in a Kerchief and Cloak at Hastings

Joshua Cristall, 1807

Watercolor of a tiered waterfall in a wooded gorge, with two small figures by a pool and a pine tree on the right.

The Grand Waterfalls at Terni

Franz Kaisermann, 1790s

Watercolor of a rocky coastline at sunset, with boulders in the foreground and a pink and orange sky over the sea.

Sunset from a Rocky Coastline

Jean Achille Benouville, 1842

Pencil sketch of Florence seen from a window: cypress trees, stone urns at a garden gate, and hillside houses beyond.

Aussicht aus meinem Fenster, via valfonda in Florenz (Gardens in Florence Seen from the Artist's Window)

Anton Krüger, 1821

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a village with a church spire below a blue alpine peak and wooded hills.

Berchtesgaden with the Watzmann Peak in the Distance

Ernst Fries, 1822

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above a monk and saints looking upward.

Madonna and Child in the Clouds, Adored by Saints

Unknown artist, c.1610

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman with bowed head against a green background and a pale cloth at her hip.

Seated Nude Seen from Above

Paul Gauguin, 1888/1889

Pencil and wash drawing of a dirt road through a village with a cottage, tall trees, and a pale distant landscape.

A Road through a Country Village

Christoph Nathe, c. 1790

Brown wash drawing of a sunlit path beside a forest edge with birch trees and grazing animals on a slope.

A Meadow with a Shepherd and Goats at the Edge of a Forest

Carl Wagner, 1861

Watercolor of a tower castle among trees on a green hillside, with snowy Alpine peaks rising behind it under a cloudy sky.

The Castle of Bürglen with the Alps Beyond

Carl Wagner, 1862