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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Watercolor of a mounted lancer leading bound prisoners along a ridge past a stone monument under a cloudy sky.

Three Armed Riders Escorting Prisoners near Reims

Peter von Hess, 1825

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a chalk path above a calm sea, with grazing cows and a tall cliff on the right.

Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight

George Hayter, 1839

Loose ink and wash sketch of robed figures tending a body in a stone interior, mourners in the background.

The Laying Out of Christ

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded magician in a robe and headdress pointing upward, with a faint winged spirit beside him

A Magician

George Hayter, 1826

Ink and wash drawing of a maiden embraced by an armored knight, with a winged creature and sword below.

A Maiden Embraced by a Knight in Armor

George Hayter, 1838

Pencil sketch of two seated men in oriental dress, one bearded in a turban, engaged in conversation.

Two Men in Oriental Dress

George Hayter, 1827

Pen and wash drawing of a columned palace hall with a seated ruler, musicians, dancers and soldiers around a stepped platform

Timotheus Playing the Lyre before Alexander and Thaïs in the Hall of the Palace at Persepolis

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man with a sword fighting a lion that leaps from a tree, with a fallen figure below.

Orlando Rescuing Oliver from the Lion

Raphael Lamar West, 1789

Etching of a deep valley with steep slopes, a winding river, trees, and a small cottage in the foreground.

Valley of the Lledr, North Wales (no.1)

George Elbert Burr, 1910

Etching of stone houses and an arched bridge on a lake, with cypress trees and a hillside village behind.

On Lake Como

George Elbert Burr, 1910

Red monochrome print of palo verde trees in a desert landscape with distant mountains and clouds above.

Palo Verde Trees

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Etching of a desert canyon with eroded mesas, distant mountains, cumulus clouds and diagonal sunset rays.

Desert Sunset

George Elbert Burr, 1921

Etching of flat-topped buttes and mesas rising above a sparse desert plain with scattered sagebrush under a pale sky.

Dawn in the Land of the Buttes

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Etching of a rocky desert mountain with saguaro cacti and scrub plants in the foreground, under a hatched sky.

Superstition Mountain, Apache Trail, Arizona (no.1)

George Elbert Burr, 1929

Etching of saguaro cacti, desert shrubs and a dirt road leading toward rocky mountains in Arizona.

Road to Paradise Valley, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1926

Black and white print of billowing clouds over a desert with a dark windblown tree on a rocky ledge and distant mesas.

Summer Cloud, Apache Trail, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1927

Etching of two whirlwinds swirling over a Mojave desert plain with jagged mountains and scattered shrubs under a pale sky.

Whirlwinds, Dead Mountains, Mojave Desert, California

George Elbert Burr, 1921

Etching of gnarled trees, a striated cliff and a rainbow over desert mesas in Arizona.

The Edge of the Desert, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1926

Etching of an Arizona desert with yucca plants, shrubs, a distant mountain range and a shimmering mirage over water.

A Mirage, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1929

Etching of dust whirlwinds rising over a Mojave desert plain with shrubs and jagged rock peaks under a hazy sky.

Whirlwinds, Mojave Desert, California (no.3)

George Elbert Burr, 1927

Etched night landscape of saguaro cacti, desert shrubs and a rocky mountain under a full moon.

Arizona Night

George Elbert Burr, 1930

Etching of a flat-topped mesa rising above a shrubby desert plain under billowing clouds.

Mesa Encantada, New Mexico (no. 2)

George Elbert Burr, 1934

Etching of a desert river valley with tall saguaro cacti, shrubs, distant mountains, and billowing clouds under a dark sky.

Verde River, Apache Reservation, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1932

Etching of a desert river landscape with tall saguaro cacti, cumulus clouds, and distant mountains under a dramatic sky.

Verde River, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1932

Engraving of a classical interior where a turbaned man in robes faces kneeling brothers, with columns, a bust and two dogs.

Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers

Gérard de Lairesse

Engraving of a lion hunt with horsemen, camels, a wagon, and dead lions beneath palm trees, with a Latin inscription below.

Semiramis on the Lion Hunt

Gérard de Lairesse

Engraving of Saint Stephen's martyrdom: a kneeling saint is stoned while an angel with a crown descends from heaven.

Martyre de Saint Estienne (The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian)

Étienne Baudet, 1677

Pen and brown ink sketch of a sailing boat, figures on a shore, and buildings with a tower beside water.

Landscape with Figures by an Estuary with Sailing Boats

Annibale Carracci, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed woman addressing a crowd before an obelisk and classical buildings in a city square.

Disputation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Federico Zuccari, 1570

Brown wash drawing of Phaeton falling from his chariot, horses plunging through clouds beneath a radiant sun.

The Fall of Phaeton

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1591