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National Gallery of Art

5,749 works

Oil study of a dusk landscape with glowing orange clouds above a dark mountain ridge and tree-lined fields.

Study for "Catskill Creek"

Thomas Cole, c. 1844/1845

Painting of an autopsy scene: a nude corpse on a table with three men in dark clothing under hanging lamps.

Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu"

Henri Gervex, 1876

Two Studies of a Standing Indian from Calcutta

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1823/1824

Small painting of bathers on a grassy riverbank and in a river with sailboats and trees under soft light.

Bathers (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat, 1883/1884

Pastel sketch of a woman in a dark hat with a child's head resting against her, on yellow-green tinted paper.

Sketch of a Woman

Jean-Louis Forain, 1885

Two painted studies of a man in white robes, one standing with a cane and one seated in a chair, against a dark background.

Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1823/1824

Painting of an autopsy scene with a body on a table and three men in dark clothing under hanging lamps.

Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu"

Henri Gervex, 1876

Oil study of cumulus clouds over a blue sky with brown hills and distant water along the bottom edge.

Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1782

Small painting of a horse, seated figures on a grassy bank, a swimmer and rowboats on a sunlit river.

Horse and Boats (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat, 1883/1884

Loose oil sketch of children seated on stone steps before a log cabin with sunflowers and a wooden chair.

Sketch of a Cottage Yard

Winslow Homer, c. 1876

Loose painting of Breton women in white bonnets seated on grass, with standing men and a church spire in the hazy background.

Study for "Breton Women at a Pardon"

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, c. 1887

Seurat study of a riverbank with clothing on grass, sandy shore, shimmering water, trees and factory chimneys beyond.

The Seine with Clothing on the Bank (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat, 1883/1884

Still life painting of three red and green apples with leaves on a pale ledge against a dark background.

Study of Apples from Nature

William Rickarby Miller, 1863

Pastel portrait of a young man with powdered hair in a brown velvet coat and gold embroidered waistcoat.

Sir John Reade, Baronet

Rosalba Carriera, 1739

Drawing of a crowded 18th-century theatre audience watching two costumed performers on a stage.

The Scene with the Tall Baguenodière

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1726

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of Judith and a maidservant holding the severed head of Holofernes.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Follower of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1480

Pastel drawing of a smiling woman with blue ribbons in her hair holding a paintbrush and palette.

Allegory of Painting

Rosalba Carriera, 1730s

Drawing of figures on horseback and on foot gesturing on a country road under trees, with a wagon at right.

Ragotin declaims verses; peasants believe he is preaching

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1737

Pencil elevation drawing of a paneled interior wall with an arched fresco, carved medallion and ornate wainscot, 1896.

Perugino's Udienza del Cambio in the Collegio del Cambio, Perugia

John Russell Pope, 1896

Pencil sketch of a narrow old street with projecting balconies, bay windows and small groups of people in traditional dress.

Sion

Samuel Prout, c. 1830

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ceiling design with allegorical nude figures, balustrades, garlands and cypress trees.

A Ceiling Design with Allegorical Figures

Johann Evangelist Holzer

Pencil drawing of an altarpiece elevation with arched figure panels above annotated triangular ceiling panel designs.

Study of an Altarpiece and Ceiling Panels

John Russell Pope, 1896

Pencil and pink wash drawing of a nude figure bending forward on tan paper, signature in lower left corner.

Figure Bending Forward with Right Knee Raised

Grey wash drawing of several figure studies: a sleeping man, two men sawing, a chained figure, and a seated man.

Figure Studies, Including One Man Sleeping on the Ground and Two Men Sawing

Pencil architectural elevation of a brick facade with arched windows, a paneled door, and annotated brickwork details.

Siena Brickwork

John Russell Pope, c. 1896

Brown wash and graphite sketch of a standing nude woman with flowing drapery and one arm extended outward.

Figure Facing Forward

Pen and brown wash drawing with studies of seated and reclining men and a sailing ship at sea.

Eight Studies of Figures and a Ship at Sea

Pencil architectural elevation of the Palazzo Pollini facade in Siena with window rows, moldings and dimension notes.

Palazzo Pollini, Siena, Attributed to Peruzzi

John Russell Pope, 1896

Angel Standing

Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1637/1639

Grey wash drawing of ten men in two rows pulling on ropes, with a coiled rope at lower left.

Ten Men Pulling on Ropes