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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Medieval vellum leaf with square musical notation on red staff lines, Latin text, and a red and blue decorated initial.

Leaf 8 from an antiphonal fragment

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Medieval parchment leaf with square chant notation on red staff lines and Latin text, with a blue and red illuminated initial

Leaf 8 from an antiphonal fragment (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1275

Pen and watercolor drawing of a pastoral scene with cattle, sheep, a donkey rider and classical columns and ruins.

Arcadian Landscape

Giovanni David, c. 1775

Brown ink drawing of a feathered female figure in a chariot drawn by two unicorns, with an armadillo in the foreground.

America

Maerten de Vos, c. 1585

Graphite portrait of a young man with curly hair, cravat and heavy coat on tan paper, with white highlights.

Adrien Perlet, Actor

Henri Grévedon, 1838

Pencil sketches of tombs on cream paper, including a draped standing figure on a pedestal beneath an arch outline.

Sketches of Tombs

Louis Jean Desprez, 1779 / 1784

Watercolor of thatched and red-tiled farm buildings beside a grassy path, with tree trunks at left and sea on the horizon.

A Farm near the Sea at Margate, Kent

George Richmond, 1850

Circular pen and ink drawing of a radiant robed figure above clouds, with two bearded figures and three kneeling men below.

The Transfiguration

Ercole Setti, c. 1570s/1580s

Watercolor of a rocky stream with rapids, mossy red banks, and a small kingfisher perched on a branch in the foreground.

The Kingfisher's Haunt

John George Sowerby, c. 1890s

Pencil drawing of a branch of bay leaves on olive-toned paper, signed H.R. in the lower right.

Study of Bay Leaves

Henry Ryland, before 1898

Watercolor of a fishing boat battling rough waves under a dark stormy sky, with a large ship and distant coastline.

The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1840

Watercolor of figures gathering heather and carrying bundles across an open moor under a cloudy blue sky.

The Heather or Broom Gatherers

David Cox, 1851

Charcoal drawing of a stone archway and cobbled street with horses, a carriage, and pedestrians in long dresses.

Pusterla dei Fabbri, Milan

Mosè Bianchi, c. 1888

Grey-toned drawing of women gathered by reeds, one kneeling to lift an infant, with classical columns and trees in the backgr

The Finding of Moses

Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1655/1660

Grey wash drawing of a hawking party on horseback leaving a country house, with hounds and tall trees in the background.

A Hawking Party Setting off from a Country House

Barend Gael, 1660s

Red chalk study of a seated woman in draped robes with a child beside her, with sketched hands and drapery around them.

Study for the Sibyl of the Casa Budrioli

Lorenzo Pasinelli, 1677/1678

Red chalk drawing of a seated man turned to the side, head tilted upward, with loose hatched shading on his clothing.

A Seated Man

Donato Creti, c. 1711

Watercolor of two girls looking at a portfolio together, with a landscape painting on an easel behind them.

Gentle Critics (The Portfolio)

Emily Farmer, 1872

Watercolor and ink drawing of ruined Gothic abbey arches overgrown with ivy under a cloudy sky, with figures at right.

Netley Abbey, Hampshire

Miss Selby, mid-19th century

Pencil and watercolor study of a woman in a cloak beside grazing sheep and bare trees under a striped sky.

Study for "Rachel Came with Her Father's Sheep" (recto); The Death of Rachel (verso)

Frederic Cayley Robinson, c. 1914

Watercolor and pencil drawing of old Billingsgate market in London, with brick buildings, awnings and a tall column behind th

Old Billingsgate, London

Edward Duncan, 1835

Watercolor of a tall medieval tower on a misty Rhine riverbank with moored sailing boats and a hilltop castle.

Oberwesel on the Rhine

David Roberts, 1831

Pale watercolor of a calm harbor with a moored boat, stone pier, figures, crane, and distant ships under hazy sky.

The Pier, Harwich

Philip Wilson Steer, 1913

Sketch of a village pond with whitewashed cottages, red roofs and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Village Pond at Bishopstoke

Frederick William Watts, 1829

Watercolor landscape of a drover leading sheep down a dirt path under trees, with a church tower beyond under stormy clouds.

A Drover with Sheep, a Church Beyond

Frederick William Watts, mid-19th century

Pencil study of several bearded men gathered around a table, with a standing figure at right, on a cream sheet.

Study for 'Les cinq peintres' (The Five Painters)

Félix Vallotton, 1902-1903

Red chalk sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view with curly hair and a full beard on pale paper.

Self-Portrait

called Il Volterrano Baldassare Franceschini, 1640s

Watercolor of a lakeside path with tall trees, a hedge, and calm water under a hazy sky.

Vevey

Emily Sargent, 1884

Watercolor of a golden seated Buddha statuette on pink drapery with yellow foliage against a soft gray background.

Statuette of a Buddha

Emily Sargent, 1885

Watercolor of a street in Tunis with arcaded shops, striped columns, a green-domed mosque and a tall minaret.

A Street, Tunis