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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Etching of Apollo leading dancing figures past classical ruins and trees, with a winged figure seated at left.

Time, Apollo, and the Seasons (Le Temps, Apollon et les Saisons)

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Pen and brown ink drawing of tall trees along a river, with two people in a small boat and a hut on the far bank.

Woodland River with a Boat

Agostino Carracci, c. 1590

Pen drawing of a walled town and water mill beneath mountains, with a castle on a cliff and a large tree at left.

The Great Landscape with the Water Mill

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520

Sheet of figure studies in grey wash, ink, and red chalk showing a seated woman with children and several mother and infant s

Studies: Major Thomas Biddle and Thomas Wilcocks Sully

Thomas Sully, 1820

Brown ink drawing of gnarled trees over a seated figure and a resting dog, with birds in the sky.

Landscape with Seated Figure and Dog

Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1620

Pencil drawing of covered wagons and horses traveling along a grassy hilltop with a rider and birds in the sky.

Travellers along the Crest of a Hill

Moulin, 1652

Etching of a man and dog resting beneath a massive gnarled tree, with a rocky landscape and open sky behind.

A Man and His Dog Resting by a Great Tree

Frederick Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1635

Print of a grand colonnaded banquet hall with frightened guests, a laden table, and a towering ziggurat under a stormy sky.

Belshazzar's Feast

John Martin, 1826

Heads of a Man and a Woman

Adolph Menzel, 1899

Brown wash drawing of classical ruins with columns, cypress trees, a hill, and figures beside a boat.

Landscape with Ruins

Unknown artist, 18th century

Etched landscape of a huge tree by a river with fishermen, boats, and sunbeams breaking through storm clouds.

Landscape with Men Fishing by Moonlight

Aegidius Sadeler II after Roelandt Savery

Etching of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome viewed across the Tiber, with a stone bridge, boats, figures and a large tree in the fo

Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1634

Engraved frontispiece with a stone archway, broken columns, trees and an inscribed tablet, with a palette and brushes at its

Classical Ruins in a Landscape: frontispiece

Giuliano Giampiccoli and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre beside a kneeling figure, with a bound nude satyr tied to a tree at left.

Apollo and Marsyas

Master of the Die after Raphael, 1530s

Engraving of biblical figures among stone ruins under a tree, with dogs in the foreground and a distant landscape.

Esurientes pascere

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of thirsty men crowding a stone well with water jars, mounted soldiers and classical buildings behind them.

Potare sitientes

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of servants washing a seated woman's feet in a courtyard while a bearded man and traveler stand nearby.

Hospitio exipere advenas

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of a crowd of ragged figures reaching toward robed men on a raised platform, with scattered clothing and a dog in t

Vestine nudos

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of an angel above sick people being tended on stone platforms, with a walled city and trees behind.

Aegros Curare

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of a seated ruler freeing chained captives before a burning city, with soldiers, a horse statue and fallen columns.

Liberare Captivos

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of mourners burying the dead before classical ruins, with an obelisk and horsemen in the background.

Sepelire mortuos

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Etched landscape with hills, towns, and a figure carrying a head, with a chariot in the clouds above.

Mercury with the Head of Argus in His Hand

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Etching of overgrown Roman ruins with brick arches, towers and scattered rubble under a cloudy sky.

Ruins on the Palatine with the Septizonium

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Watercolor of a grassy rocky landscape with cliffs, boulders, grazing sheep, a stone structure and a hazy sky.

Paradise, Newport

William Trost Richards, 1877

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting with a donkey, an angel in the trees, and a distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Guercino, c. 1626

Pen and ink drawing of a traveller with a staff near a wooden footbridge, trees, and a distant church tower.

Country Footbridge (The Traveller)

Paul Sandby Munn, c. 1810

Sketch of four boys in hats seated on sand, with a wooden pier and a moored boat in the background.

Four Boys on a Beach

Winslow Homer, 1873

Sepia wash landscape of Gowanus Heights with trees, a stone house, a path with two figures, and distant ships on the bay.

Gowanus Heights, Brooklyn

William Henry Bartlett, c. 1836/1837

Pencil sketch of a kneeling man supporting a fallen companion while pointing forward, on pale paper.

The Death of General Warren

George Caleb Bingham

Brown ink drawing of four putti, one painting at an easel on a cloud and another drawing at a board, with a reclining figure

Allegory: Four Putti

Mather Brown, 1780/1790