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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Red chalk drawing of a standing bearded figure in flowing drapery, one hand raised to the chest.

Prudence [recto]

Cherubino Alberti, 1601

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of two draped standing male figures, one holding a key, in a religious composition.

Saints Peter and Paul

Cherubino Alberti

Brown ink and wash drawing of two standing draped male figures on tan paper.

Two Draped Figures

Cherubino Alberti

Brown ink wash drawing of a draped standing man holding a staff, with a faint pencil study of a second figure beside it.

Draped Figure with a Staff

Cherubino Alberti

Pen and wash drawing of Judith with a sword beside the reclining Holofernes on a bed, with a maidservant behind.

Judith and Holofernes

Hans von Aachen

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two Saints John, with kneeling winged angels in front.

The Madonna Enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

Hans von Aachen, 1589

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling woman praying in a forest beside a cross and skull, with angels above.

Mary Magdalene Praying in the Wilderness

Johannes Wierix

Pencil sketch of a columned portico house with stone steps framed by tall trees and foliage.

House with a Portico at Ermenonville

Édouard Bertin

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a terrace with columns, palm tree, flowering trees, and a domed building beyond.

A Terrace and Garden on Capri [recto]

Édouard Bertin, 1822

Pencil and chalk drawing of a deep stone quarry with cliffs, trees, an arcaded structure, and a small figure below.

Sorrento

Édouard Bertin

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint George on horseback lancing a dragon beneath a tree, by Moritz von Schwind.

Saint George and the Dragon

Moritz von Schwind, 1825

Red ink drawing of a fortified castle with towers and gabled roofs above dense trees on a rocky cliff.

Fortified Castle on a High Cliff

Moritz von Schwind, 1830

Pen and ink architectural study with scrolls, a medallion, and a seated woman embracing a child in an arched niche.

Architectural Details for a Wall Decoration with Empress Maria Theresia Embracing the Young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Moritz von Schwind, 1864

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rider startled by a glowing white female apparition in a forest under a crescent moon.

The Apparition in the Forest

Moritz von Schwind, 1823

Pencil panorama of Rome showing St. Peter's dome on the left, rooftops, a stone wall, and a tree branch in the upper right.

Fantasy Panorama of Rome from St. Peter's to the Castel San Angelo

Peter von Hess, 1820

Watercolor of a mounted lancer leading bound prisoners along a ridge past a stone monument under a cloudy sky.

Three Armed Riders Escorting Prisoners near Reims

Peter von Hess, 1825

Sepia drawing of an armored man with a spear beside a tree, looking over a distant plain and mountain.

Bandits on the Lookout

George Hayter, 1839

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a chalk path above a calm sea, with grazing cows and a tall cliff on the right.

Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight

George Hayter, 1839

Loose ink and wash sketch of robed figures tending a body in a stone interior, mourners in the background.

The Laying Out of Christ

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded magician in a robe and headdress pointing upward, with a faint winged spirit beside him

A Magician

George Hayter, 1826

Ink and wash drawing of a maiden embraced by an armored knight, with a winged creature and sword below.

A Maiden Embraced by a Knight in Armor

George Hayter, 1838

Pencil sketch of a crowned seated woman holding a sceptre on a stepped dais, with curtains behind her.

Study for "Queen Victoria"

George Hayter, 1838

Pencil sketch of two seated men in oriental dress, one bearded in a turban, engaged in conversation.

Two Men in Oriental Dress

George Hayter, 1827

Ink sketch of a cloaked man with a tall hat and staff, with smaller figure studies and a handwritten Dante note beside him.

Studies for a Scene from Dante's "Inferno"

Ink and wash drawing of a winged muscular man grappling with a serpent coiled around his body among clouds.

Saturn Wrestling with a Snake

Tommaso Minardi, 1800

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a male nude seen from behind, gripping a bar and stepping to the left.

A Male Nude Moving to the Left

Tommaso Minardi

Drawing of an old woman in a white cap, turned left, with a lined face, set against a teal wash background.

Half-Figure of an Old Woman with a Cap

Hans Baldung Grien, 1535

Head of Saint John the Baptist

Hans Baldung Grien, 1516

Brown-toned drawing with white highlights of the dead Christ mourned by women, with a ladder and cross at upper right.

The Lamentation

Hans Baldung Grien, 1515

Pencil drawing of a standing peasant woman in a head covering holding a broom and looking upward.

Italian Peasant Woman with a Broom

Johann Caspar Weidenmann

Pastel drawing of a standing man in a pink turban and blue robe holding a long staff against a cloudy sky.

A Turk

Jules Robert Auguste, 1815

Pen and wash drawing of a columned palace hall with a seated ruler, musicians, dancers and soldiers around a stepped platform

Timotheus Playing the Lyre before Alexander and Thaïs in the Hall of the Palace at Persepolis

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Pencil sketch of two women dancing with flowing drapery and raised arms, with faint studies of extra figures in the margins.

Women Dancing

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Graphite drawing of four standing warriors in helmets and draped cloaks, one gesturing, with faint grid lines across the shee

Four Standing Warriors

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Pencil drawing of two standing men in turbans and long robes, with faint sketched architecture and a figure at right.

Two Standing Courtiers

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Pen and gray wash drawing of mythological figures, a chariot and horses among clouds, with faint transfer grid lines.

Studies of Aurora and Apollo

Pietro Fancelli, 1794

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man with a sword fighting a lion that leaps from a tree, with a fallen figure below.

Orlando Rescuing Oliver from the Lion

Raphael Lamar West, 1789

Charcoal sketch of a seated male nude with arms raised and hands crossed over his head, on blue paper.

A Seated Male Nude with His Hands Crossed over His Head

Raphael Lamar West

Engraving of an elegant bedchamber with a canopied bed, attendants in period dress, candles, and cherubs on the ceiling.

Le couché de la mariée

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1768

Engraved studio scene: an artist at an easel watches a seated, partly draped female model while an attendant adjusts her hair

Le modèle honnête

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1770

Engraving of a painter at an easel beside a seated nude model in an elegant studio with a cat and folding screen.

Le modèle honnête

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1772

Etching of a deep valley with steep slopes, a winding river, trees, and a small cottage in the foreground.

Valley of the Lledr, North Wales (no.1)

George Elbert Burr, 1910

Etching of stone houses and an arched bridge on a lake, with cypress trees and a hillside village behind.

On Lake Como

George Elbert Burr, 1910

Etching of a tall pine tree on a rocky hill, with a distant mesa, water, and clouds in the background.

Sentinel Pine

George Elbert Burr, 1916

Etching of pale birch trees with bare branches standing in a snowy landscape, with shrubs and dark shadows on the ground.

Snow

George Elbert Burr, 1910

Etching of a tall palm tree standing between rocky canyon walls, with shrubs in the foreground and an open sky above.

Palm Canyon (no.1)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Red monochrome print of palo verde trees in a desert landscape with distant mountains and clouds above.

Palo Verde Trees

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Etching of a desert canyon with eroded mesas, distant mountains, cumulus clouds and diagonal sunset rays.

Desert Sunset

George Elbert Burr, 1921

Etching of flat-topped buttes and mesas rising above a sparse desert plain with scattered sagebrush under a pale sky.

Dawn in the Land of the Buttes

George Elbert Burr, 1920

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 saguaro cacti, desert shrubs and a dirt road leading toward rocky mountains in Arizona.

Road to Paradise Valley, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1926

Black and white print of billowing clouds over a desert with a dark windblown tree on a rocky ledge and distant mesas.

Summer Cloud, Apache Trail, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1927

Etching of bare trees standing in snow, with dark shadows on the ground and hatched lines across the sky.

The First Snow (no.2)

George Elbert Burr, 1926

Etching of St Paul's Cathedral dome over riverside wharves, with dark-sailed barges and their reflections on misty water.

Misty Day, Paul's Wharf, London

George Elbert Burr, 1928

Etching of a gnarled tree on a rocky coastal headland, with cumulus clouds and sunbeams over the sea.

Coast at Monterey, California

George Elbert Burr, 1925

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

Etching of gnarled trees, a striated cliff and a rainbow over desert mesas in Arizona.

The Edge of the Desert, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1926

Etching of an Arizona desert with yucca plants, shrubs, a distant mountain range and a shimmering mirage over water.

A Mirage, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1929

Etching of a desert canyon with cliffs, a winding creek, saguaro cacti and a juniper tree beneath a mesa.

Sketch on Apache Trail, Arizona

George Elbert Burr, 1929

Etching of an elderly man leaning over a workbench beside a wooden frame, rendered in fine cross-hatched lines.

The Etcher

George Elbert Burr, 1925

Etching of dust whirlwinds rising over a Mojave desert plain with shrubs and jagged rock peaks under a hazy sky.

Whirlwinds, Mojave Desert, California (no.3)

George Elbert Burr, 1927

Etched night landscape of saguaro cacti, desert shrubs and a rocky mountain under a full moon.

Arizona Night

George Elbert Burr, 1930

Etching of a flat-topped mesa rising above a shrubby desert plain under billowing clouds.

Mesa Encantada, New Mexico (no. 2)

George Elbert Burr, 1934