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National Gallery of Art

93 works

Pencil drawing of a panoramic mountain lake landscape with a village and church spire beside shrubs and hills.

Panorama on a Mountain Lake

Stanislaus Graf von Kalckreuth, 1857

Watercolor landscape of a calm lake, snow-tipped mountains, trees in the foreground and a sailboat on the water.

Mountains Seen beyond a Lake

Alphonse Legros

Pencil and chalk sketch of clouds above mountains and a sloping hillside, with handwritten French notes on tan paper.

Study of Clouds above the Mountains

Jean Antoine Linck, 1820

Brown wash drawing of robed figures climbing a rocky cliff past trees, one pointing upward, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Christ Leading Peter, James, and John to the High Mountain for the Transfiguration

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1785

Hand-colored print of two quail, one brown and speckled, one grey with a striped head, standing among grass on bare ground.

Malacoturnix superciliosus (Mountain Quail)

John Gould and H.C. Richter

Graphite drawing of a landscape with trees, rolling hills, a small standing figure, and cloudy sky.

Sunset above a Mountain Lake

Jean Antoine Linck, 1820

Brown ink drawing of a fortified stone bridge and tower beside a river, with a tall craggy mountain behind.

Fortified Bridge against Distant Mountains

the elder Palmieri Pietro, 1760

Etching of a rustic hamlet of log cabins and thatched roofs among rocks, trees and a stream.

Hamlet on a Mountain Side

Allart van Everdingen, probably c. 1645/1656

Soft brown and grey landscape with a crescent moon over layered mountains, a open meadow and clusters of trees.

New Moon above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810

Watercolor of well-dressed figures gathered on mossy rock outcrops in a wooded landscape under a pale sky.

A Royal Party Admiring the Sunset atop the Hesselberg Mountain

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1801

Etched landscape of a water mill and waterwheel by a bridge and stream, with a wooded mountain and church spire behind.

Water Mill at the Foot of a Mountain

Allart van Everdingen, probably c. 1645/1656

Hand-colored plate of two quail among grass, one brown and one grey with a white brow stripe and red legs.

Malacoturnix superciliosus (Mountain Quail)

Brown wash drawing of a steep rocky cliff behind riverbank trees and shrubs, with small figures and water in the foreground.

A River Bank with Mountains Beyond

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Etched landscape of a wooded cliff with a large tree, a stream, two figures at lower left, and distant hills.

The Mountain

Herman van Swanevelt

Sepia drawing of tall pine trees beside a mountain stream, with light glowing through misty forest depths.

An Ancient Pine Forest with a Mountain Stream

Alexandre Calame, 1847

Watercolor of a white waterfall cascading through a shadowed rocky mountain gorge with green foliage.

A Cascade in the Mountains

Henri Harpignies, 1870

Etching of a rocky gorge with a waterfall, two goats, and a distant coastal town with sailing boats under a cloudy sky.

Mountain Landscape

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1673

Watercolor of a misty mountain ridge with evergreen trees and reddish shrubs in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

White Mountains from Fernald's Hill

Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of mountain torrents flooding a hilltop town with towers, spires and small figures.

Mountain Torrents Flooding a City

Antonio Basoli, 1839

Etched landscape of a rocky cliff topped with ruins, a fisherman by a marsh, trees framing the scene, and clouds above.

Mountain View

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Watercolor of a hilltop castle with a church spire above forested valleys, with a shepherd and flock resting under a tree.

A Fortress in a Mountain Landscape at Sunrise

Jakob Wilhelm Hüber, 1810

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 a rocky cliff above a river with trees and three walking figures in the foreground.

Mountain View, Clagenfurt

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Sepia drawing of a misty mountain valley with forested hills, two small buildings in a clearing, and two figures in the foreg

White Mountains (?)

Attributed to Asher Brown Durand, possibly 1825/1830

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

Drawing of a rushing stream over rocks with a waterfall down a mountain cliff and trees on the right.

Mountain Landscape, Stream and Waterfall

William Hart, 1860

Sketch of a calm lake with sailboats, distant mountains, and evergreen trees on a grassy shore.

Newport Mountain from Bald Porcupine

George Henry Smillie

Sepia wash landscape of snowy mountains, a river town, boats and figures on a shore, and cypress trees on a rocky bank.

Mountain Landscape

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1782

Engraving of a mountain valley with tall trees, craggy cliffs, a hilltop castle and a village beside a stream.

Mountain Landscape

Erhard Altdorfer, 1510/1525

Brown ink drawing of a fortified stone bridge and tower beside a river, with a craggy mountain behind and travelers nearby.

Fortified Bridge against Distant Mountains

Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, c. 1760