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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pen and wash drawing of armed men attacking in a doorway while a figure lies dead on a stone floor.

The Assassination of King Wenzel III

Josef von Führich

Pencil study on tinted paper of two men, one carrying an oar over his shoulder and one gesturing with outstretched arms.

Studies for a Boatman

Pencil sketch of horses beside a covered wagon with resting men in the foreground.

Wallachian Wagoners Resting

Johann Adam Klein, probably c. 1813

Sepia drawing of a forest road with two walkers, rocky banks, and a distant village under clouds.

Road through the Woods near Kresselbach

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young couple seated beside massive rock formations covered with trees and shrubs.

A Young Couple Seated near a Massive Rock Formation

Johann August Nahl II

Pencil drawing of Capri town with domed buildings, trees in front, and a steep rocky mountain behind.

View of Capri

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm, 1841

Watercolor and pencil drawing of tall spruce and leafy trees beside grazing cattle and herders, with misty mountains behind.

Alpine Landscape

Friedrich Salathé, 1814

Charcoal figure studies on paper showing a nude youth's leg, torso, foot and hand in loose sketched lines.

Figure Studies of a Nude Youth

John Singer Sargent

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped female figure holding a radiant shield above a rocky landscape with a village.

Allegorical Female Figure in a Landscape [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Pencil drawing of an older bearded man seated by a window, with trees and shrubs visible in the garden outside.

Jacob Meyer-Heine

Félix Bracquemond, 1872

Brown wash drawing of women and a child around a candle in a dim interior, one woman holding a jug.

"It is good candles which light the way"

Jacob Jordaens, 1640s

Pink-washed drawing of a king on a throne judging two kneeling women as a soldier raises a sword in an arcaded hall.

The Judgment of Solomon

Master of the Liechtenstein Adoration, c. 1550

Chalk study of an elderly woman's upturned face in a veil, with two hand studies, on blue-gray paper.

Studies for Saint Anne in "Education of the Virgin"

Agostino Masucci

Charcoal drawing of a sunlit garden with a bound tree, shrubs, flower pots, and two thatched cottages behind hedges.

Sunlit Garden

Jean-Baptiste Millet

Pen and ink sketch of several nude men in violent battle poses, with a shield and bearded heads, on buff paper.

Battle of Nude Men

Peter Paul Rubens

Pen and wash drawing of a border with a reclining river god, putti, a cornucopia of fruit, and reeds.

River God with Putti

Pen and brown ink sketch of mythological figures, putti and sea creatures among clouds and waves.

Birth of Venus

James Thornhill, c. 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of tritons and nymphs entwined among scrolling sea ornament within an oval frame.

Tritons and Nymphs

Attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi

Brown ink and wash drawing of Charon in a boat holding an oar while a draped woman extends her hand toward him.

Psyche Giving Her Coin to Charon

Attributed to Henry Tresham, 1796

Brown wash drawing of a robed prophet gesturing beside a lion, a fallen man, and a donkey under a tree.

The Disobedient Prophet

Benjamin West, 1793

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, nudes and cherubs among clouds within a quatrefoil frame, by Jacob de Wit.

The Judgment of Paris

Jacob de Wit, c. 1731

Ink drawing of a vaulted cloister arcade with ribbed arches, columns with carved capitals, and a paved walkway receding into

Koln, Maria-Capitol

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1892

Brown wash drawing of a striped thylacine beside a platypus on rocky ground, with grasses and a flowering plant.

Illustration for "Bird Beast"

Charles Livingston Bull

Pencil drawing of a fort's stone walls and watchtower above a grassy moat, with small figures on a path.

Moat at Fort Marion, Florida

James Wells Champney, c. 1874

Pencil sketch of a stone fort courtyard with a large arch, stacked cannonballs, a cannon, and two standing figures.

Fort Marion, Florida

James Wells Champney, c. 1874

Charcoal sketch of a woman playing a flute beside two resting lions under a tree.

Idyll

Frederic Stuart Church, 1886

Josie

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1892

Graphite sketches of a panther and a young lion head, with handwritten labels, on aged paper.

Panther and Young Lion Studies

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pencil drawing of trees and shrubs along a pond edge, with reflections in the water and a fallen branch in front.

Pond Edge

James McDougal Hart, 1858

Ink wash drawing of a stormy sea with waves against a rocky cliff, a sailing ship nearby and wreckage in the foreground.

Shipwreck in Storm