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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Fishermen haul nets from boats on calm water at sunrise, with sailboats and distant hills in the background.

Tuna Fishing at Sunrise off the Coast near Marseilles

Félix Ziem, 1860s

Pen and ink sketch of a young woman reclining on a chaise longue, dressed in flowing garments, by Domenico Morelli.

The Artist's Daughter Eleonora Reclining on a Chaise-Longue

Domenico Morelli, 1879

Watercolor landscape of a sunlit village church above a lake, with mountains rising behind and figures on a winding road.

A Summer Evening at the Lago Maggiore

Salomon Corrodi, 1845

Oval graphite drawing of a smiling seated boy with short dark hair, white collar and arms folded over his knee.

Seated Boy

Thomas Lawrence

Watercolor drawing of sailors in a rowing boat with oars and a sail, several figures raising their arms on green water.

Greek Sailors on a Venetian Canal

Friedrich Nerly, c. 1851

Sepia drawing of a turreted castle on a hilltop with fortified walls, captioned in German with the name Schloss Landstuhl.

Schloss Landstuhl b. Kaisers, Lautern, den Prinzen v. Sickingen gehürig

Karl Julius von Leypold

Pale brown wash drawing of a medieval castle with towers and walls on a hilltop, by Karl Julius von Leypold, 1806.

Das alte Schloss Gutenfeis bei Caub am Rhein

Karl Julius von Leypold

Sepia wash drawing of a medieval castle with a spired tower on a hilltop, with a half-timbered house below.

Schloss Windeck b. Weinhelm a. d. Bergstrasse

Karl Julius von Leypold

Pale brown wash drawing of a walled town with a large palace, spires and towers behind city walls.

Das Schloss zu Kaiserslautern

Karl Julius von Leypold

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop castle with a tall tower above a medieval town of roofs, towers and spires.

Schloss Lindenfels bei Weinheim im Odenwald

Karl Julius von Leypold

Charcoal sketch of a Spanish dancer in a full skirt, one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with pink accents.

A Spanish Dancer

Ricard Canals Llambí, c. 1900

Brown wash drawing of a bishop at an altar with kneeling worshippers and dynamic figures amid smoke and a temple.

Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

Lukas Stipperger, 1797

Watercolor of a Venetian canal seen through stone arcade arches, with a bell tower, stone bridge, gondolas and figures.

San Giorgio dei Greci, Seen from an Arcade

Samuel Prout, 1824/1829

Watercolor of a standing woman in embroidered jacket and white dress beside a patterned rug and cushioned bench.

A Moroccan Woman in Traditional Dress

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1866

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels in clouds, one playing a lute in the foreground.

Angels in Glory

Jan Müller, 1590

Watercolor of a sunlit Italian street with ornate palazzo balconies, a tower, shopfronts and pedestrians under blue sky.

Corso Sant' Anastasia with the Palazzo Maffei in Verona

William Callow, 1855

Drawing of Adam and Eve led away by an angel past a serpent, set among intricate thorny foliage on red paper.

The Expulsion from Eden

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Drawing of nude Adam and Eve embracing amid two sheep and two doves on a red patterned ground with gold scrollwork.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with Two Sheep and Two Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Adam and Eve stand nude on a red patterned ground with a pair of sheep and two doves in the corners.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with a Pair of Sheep and a Pair of Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Pen and ink sketch of two men in period coats beside a railing, one leaning forward and gesturing, the other pointing.

Two Workmen at Tables (recto)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, early 1770s

Watercolor of leaning trees arching over a green river with reflections and a cow on the bank.

Trees over the River Frome at Stapleton

James Jackson Curnock, 1862

Brown wash drawing of a narrow rocky gorge with a waterfall, hanging vines, and a distant hilltop tower.

Cliffs Overhanging a River Gorge near Sorrento (recto)

Johann Joachim Faber, 1823

Pencil sketch of a bearded, haloed figure standing beside seated figures at a table in an interior.

Christ at Emmaus

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1902

Masked revelers in carnival costumes boarding gondolas before a Venetian palazzo, with a campanile in the distance.

Masqueraders Boarding Gondolas before a Venetian Palazzo

Eugène Lami, 1869

Red chalk drawing of Christ cleansing a temple, with merchants fleeing across steps and cherubs in clouds above.

Christ Cleansing the Temple (after Luca Giordano)

Jean-Robert Ango after Luca Giordano, 1760s

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a bare-chested man in a top hat seated on a mound, holding reins, on tan paper.

Satan Rides and Drives the World

Francesco Paolo Michetti, 1882

Red chalk drawing of a nude infant holding a staff beside a lamb, seated on draped cloth against a grey-tinted background.

Saint John the Baptist as an Infant

Joseph Wolfgang Xavier Klauber, 1770s(?)

Pen and wash drawing of a walled town with church spires above rooftops, flat fields and hills in the distance.

Beaulne (Beaune)

Jan Peeters, c. 1650

Watercolor landscape of a valley at dawn with grazing sheep, a winding river, and hills under a dramatic sky.

Dawn in the Valley

William Turner, 1832

Drawing of a tiered fountain with three nude nymphs reaching upward among sea creatures, in black and white chalk on tan pape

A Fountain with Three Nereids

Joseph François Parrocel, 1740s(?)