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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and ink sketch of a feathered figure crouched over a struggling prone figure on the ground.

A False Scalping Performed by Iowa Tribe Members in Paris

Eugène Delacroix, 1845

Graphite sketch of a turbaned rider on a galloping horse, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Arab Horseman at the Gallop

Eugène Delacroix, 1849

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, with smaller figure studies at upper right.

Study of a Male Nude and Other Studies

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1858/1860?

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shadowed cloister courtyard with a standing robed monk and a figure at a window.

A Roman Cloister

François Marius Granet, c. 1802/1819

Red and black chalk study of a seated male nude holding up hair or cloth, with white highlights, by Henri Lehmann.

Study for "Rêve d'amour"

Henri Lehmann, 1848

Pencil drawing of two figures in plumed hats on a rocky shore, with clouds and birds above a dark sea.

Two Figures in a Landscape

Odilon Redon, 1865

Pencil drawing of a ruined Gothic church interior with pointed arches, rubble, and small figures and a dog in the foreground.

Ruins of the Church of the Saints-Innocents, Paris

Hubert Robert, 1786/1787

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman bending over a bathtub while drying herself with a towel.

After the Bath: Woman Drying Herself

Edgar Degas, c. 1900

Watercolor drawing of Ludlow Castle towers on a hill, with a rider on horseback and grazing animals in the foreground.

Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

William Marlow, 1770s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grand Roman plaza with a curved colonnade, an obelisk, pyramids and small figures.

A Roman Capriccio

Hubert Robert, c. 1763/1764

Charcoal drawing of tall trees by a river with a rowboat and figure in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Three Tall Trees

Auguste Allongé, c. 1860

Graphite sketch of a nude woman seated on a classical entablature, with a draped figure holding a distaff above her.

A Female Figure Seated on an Entablature, Holding a Distaff

Lorenzo de' Ferrari, c. 1700/1710

Watercolor of a young woman lifting a jug beside a stream, framed by trees and a stone well under a pale sky.

Young Girl Standing by a Stream

Antonio Fontanesi, c. 1865

Brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with a kneeling saint in vestments, an angel and putti in clouds above.

The Holy Family with Saint Philip Neri in Adoration, an Angel, and Putti

Giacinto Gimignani, 1649

Bust of a Young Woman in Profile

Giovanni Boldini, late 19th century

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with a bearded prophet and kneeling Mary Magdalene beneath a tree and curtain.

Virgin and Child with the Prophet Daniel and Mary Magdalene

Antonio Campi, c. 1546/1547

Watercolor of worn stone steps and a cottage with a slate roof and red brick chimney in a Cornish village.

The Steps of a House at Mousehole, Cornwall

Walter Langley, 1880

Medieval choir book page with an illuminated initial showing an angel and three women, beside square musical notation and Lat

The Three Maries at the Tomb with the Angel of the Resurrection

Master of Imola, c. 1275

Manuscript page with square chant notation on red staff lines, Latin text, and a red and blue decorated initial.

Leaf 1 from an antiphonal fragment (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval manuscript leaf with square chant notation on red staves, Latin text, and blue and red decorated initials.

Leaf 2 from an antiphonal fragment

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Parchment page of medieval Latin chant with black square musical notation on red staff lines and painted red and blue initial

Leaf 2 from an antiphonal fragment (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Manuscript leaf with square chant notation on red staves, Latin liturgical text, and a blue and red decorated initial at left

Leaf 3 from an antiphonal fragment

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Manuscript page with square musical notation on red staff lines, Latin chant text, and blue and red decorated initials.

Leaf 3 from an antiphonal fragment (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval manuscript page with square musical notation on red staves, Latin text, and red and blue decorated initials.

Leaf 4 from an antiphonal fragment

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval manuscript page with square chant notation on red staves, Latin text, and red and blue decorated initials.

Leaf 4 from an antiphonal fragment (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval parchment page with square musical notation on red staff lines, Latin text, and red and blue decorated initials.

Leaf 5 from an antiphonal fragment

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Parchment page of medieval Latin chant with red staff lines, square musical notes, and a painted blue and red decorated initi

Leaf 6 from an antiphonal fragment

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval parchment manuscript leaf with red staff lines, square chant notes, Latin text and red and blue decorated initials.

Leaf 6 from an antiphonal fragment (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval manuscript leaf with square musical notation on red staff lines, Latin chant text, and red and blue decorated initia

Leaf 7 from an antiphonal fragment

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval choir book page with square musical notation, red rubrics, and an illuminated initial showing an old man and a young

Isaac Sending Esau Out to Hunt

Master of Imola, c. 1275