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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Etching of a formal garden with a large central tree, a fountain parterre, a church spire, and figures playing games.

View of a Garden

Two oval architectural fantasy drawings in brown ink and blue wash showing domed temples, columns, pyramids and stairs.

Architectural Fantasies with Temples and Pyramids

Filippo Juvarra, 1704

Etching of a small grove of tall trees with a hunter aiming a long gun on a path, and a thatched cottage at right.

Petit Bosquet au Chasseur

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilltop town with rooftops, arches and a bell tower above a shadowed rocky foreground.

The Waterfall and Town of Tivoli

Gaspar van Wittel

Etching of a forest road with tall trees, a thatched cottage at left, and a horseback rider and figures on the path.

Entree de Foret

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of Rome's skyline with a large dome, cypress trees, a classical doorway and stone steps at right.

A View of Rome from Santa Maria del Priorato

Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Pen and brown ink drawing of a garden with tall trees, two statues on pedestals, and a balustraded terrace.

The Gardens of the Villa Medici

Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Pen and brown ink drawing of a lakeside village with a church tower, mountains behind, and small boats on the water.

Lago Maggiore

Gaspar van Wittel, 1700

Pen and grey wash drawing of a ruined amphitheater with arched openings, stone walls, and overgrown vegetation.

The Ruins of an Ancient Amphitheater

Gaspar van Wittel, 1701

Etching of vast vaulted hall with prisoners on a railed platform beside a suspended chain and hook, by Piranesi.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of massive vaulted arches with a shell ornament at left and small figures on a stone walkway beneath a lantern.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a vast vaulted stone interior with arches, a staircase, workmen, and a wooden sawhorse scaffold at right.

The Sawhorse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a stone well, staircase, timber hoist and chains among crumbling architecture, with small figures on the steps.

The Well

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a vaulted interior with a stone pier, lion-head rings, hanging chains and a lamp atop a tall pedestal.

The Pier with a Lamp

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a vast vaulted stone interior with hanging chains, lanterns, a staircase, and two small figures walking in front.

The Pier with Chains

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Engraving of an academy drawing contest with a laurel-crowned woman seated among students and older spectators, figure studie

Concours pour le Prix de l'Etude des Têtes et de l'Expression (Contest for the Prize for the Study of Heads and Expre…

Jean-Jacques Flipart after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1763

Engraving of figures in traditional dress dancing in a hand-linked circle beneath trees, with a distant town on the horizon.

A Native Dance

William Hogarth, published 1723

Engraving of a mosque interior with whirling dervishes in long skirts, kneeling figures, and spectators on a balcony.

The Inside of a Mosque

William Hogarth, published 1723

Engraved interior of a seraglio with women dancing, seated figures on platforms, attendants, and ornate windows.

The Seraglio

William Hogarth, published 1723

Two etched scenes: men talking by a footbridge in woods, and a fainting woman attended by women in a panelled room.

Clarissa

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1796

Grey wash drawing of an imagined classical town with arched gateways, domed buildings, a tower, and winding roads.

Imaginary Classical Landscape

Louis Chéron, 1690

Watercolor of a ferry with cattle and travelers crossing a river past a ruined tower and arched stone structure.

River Landscape with a Ferry Boat

Wigerus Vitringa

Pen and brown ink drawing of trees over a brook, with a small kneeling figure at the water's edge.

Trees Reflected in a Brook

Black chalk drawing of a spread-winged eagle perched on a globe, head turned upward, on aged tan paper.

The Capitoline Eagle

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1601/1602

Engraved forest landscape with a large gnarled tree, two men and a woman resting, and a wooden bridge over a ravine.

Forest Landscape with Two Men and a Woman Resting near a Bridge

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens

Engraved forest landscape with large trees, a rocky stream, figures with carts, a wooden bridge, and distant buildings.

River Landscape with a Duck Hunter

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens

Pen and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, small figures on a path, and a distant building.

Landscape with Elisha Mocked

David Vinckboons, c. 1610

Etching of a rocky landscape with a weeping willow, a wooden cross, walking figures, and billowing clouds over hills.

Landscape with Cross and Figures

Georg Eisenmann

Etching of a rocky mountain river valley with small figures, a rowing boat, grazing sheep and willow trees.

Mountainous Riverscape with Figures

Georg Eisenmann

Etching of a river landscape with a stone bridge, farm buildings on rocky hills, tall trees, and riders on a road.

Landscape with a Bridge and Three Farm Buildings

Georg Eisenmann