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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Ink and watercolor drawing of a stylized house facade with star rosettes, columns, lattice windows and a central door.

Fraktur House

Unknown artist, early 19th century

Charcoal drawing of figures walking across a dim Venetian square past a gothic arcaded palace and a tall column at night.

The Piazzetta, Venice

Eugène Vail, c. 1900-1920

Charcoal drawing of gondolas along Venice's Palazzo Ducale and Piazzetta at night, with reflections in the water.

Memory of Venice: the Palazzo Ducale and the Piazzetta

Eugène Vail, c. 1900-1920

Charcoal drawing of dark silhouetted figures crossing a stepped bridge beneath arched buildings in dim light.

Bridge, Venice

Eugène Vail, c. 1900-1920

Charcoal sketch of a bridge with pedestrians above boats moored on a canal, with soft reflections in the water.

Venetian Bridge

Eugène Vail, c. 1900-1920

Pastel sketch of a Nile landscape with ruined columns on the horizon, green fields, shrubs, and a stone wall in the foregroun

Nile Journey, No. 15

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Charcoal and white chalk study of three draped female figures, one holding a torch, on grey-brown paper.

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars"

Elihu Vedder, 1884-1887

Red and white chalk study of a draped female figure with windblown hair on tan paper, by Elihu Vedder.

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing" [recto]

Elihu Vedder, c. 1872

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing female nude adjusting a beaded necklace on a mauve paper ground.

Female Nude with Necklace

Elihu Vedder, 1870s-1880s

Black and white chalk drawing of a nude woman leaning forward with a spear, one foot on a rock, on tan paper.

Girl Spearing Dolphin

Elihu Vedder, c. 1900

Pastel drawing of camels and seated figures resting in a desert landscape with red rock formations and blue sky.

Nile Journey, No. 20

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pastel drawing of large dark boulders in a calm river with tan hills and a pale sky behind them.

Nile Journey, No. 22

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Man in Top Hat, Smoking a Cigar

Robert Vonnoh, late 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated young cadet in a military cap and buttoned jacket on gray paper.

The Cadet

Robert Vonnoh, late 19th century

Charcoal sketch on gray paper of a standing man in a suit and bow tie holding a briefcase.

Standing Man

Robert Vonnoh, late 19th century

Pastel drawing of a woman in a blue shawl and a child bending over a wooden beehive in tall grass under trees.

Watching the Bees

J. Alden Weir, 1896

Sepia drawing of a man playing mandolin with a dog on steps while a woman reads a letter in an ivy-framed doorway.

When Other Friends Are Round Thee

Robert Walter Weir, c. 1853

Study for "War and Peace"

Robert Walter Weir, c. 1836

Charcoal sketch of robed figures standing and kneeling in a shadowy group beneath a dark, cloudy sky.

Group of Figures

Robert Walter Weir, early 19th century

Watercolor sketch of a flat landscape with trees, a green meadow, a small figure, and a distant skyline under gray sky.

Marsh in Zeeland

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1900

Pencil sketch of lake houses with moored rowboats, a wooden pier, trees, and mountains in the background.

Lake Houses

Worthington Whittredge, late 19th century

Watercolor of a shaded Moorish-style arcade with donkeys and resting robed figures beneath a carved lattice balcony.

A Street in Tangiers

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1860 or 1862

Drawing of three standing men in long robes, one with a wide-brimmed hat, with white highlights on grey paper.

Three Figures

School of Carpaccio

Red and black chalk drawing of a smiling youth with curly hair holding a shallow dish, with drapery across his arm.

Youth Holding a Dish

After Correggio, 17th century?

Brown ink drawing of a young man in a cap and striped tunic with pleated skirt, on aged paper.

Young Man

Unknown artist, c. 1460s?

Watercolor of a marshy plain at sunset with glowing reflections in water and silhouetted trees on the horizon.

Vicinity of Morestal

François-Auguste Ravier, c. 1890

Watercolor landscape of a flat plain at sunset with leaning bare trees on the left and distant hills under an orange sky.

Environs de Cremieu

François-Auguste Ravier, c. 1890

Pencil drawing of two women and a child by a tree with pigeons on the ground, signed Legros 1905.

The Pigeons

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Grey-toned drawing of a crowd of richly dressed figures before a gothic palace with a balcony and garden.

David and Bathsheba

Jan van Roome, c. 1515

Watercolor of a brown and white cow grazing in a green meadow with trees, a fence, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Cow

Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, late 19th century