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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Watercolor of a winding country road through autumn heathland, with a figure carrying a bundle and hazy hills beyond.

Autumn

Joseph Rubens Powell

Watercolor of a snowy village landscape with bare trees, a figure carrying sticks on a path, and a church tower in the distan

Winter

Joseph Rubens Powell

Pencil sketch of cattle walking across a field, with a small herder figure raising an arm above the herd.

Cattle

Thomas Rowlandson

Pale watercolor study of a birch tree beside a curving path, with feathery trees fading into mist on the right.

Tree Study

John Ruskin, mid-1850s

Watercolor of a river landscape with a ruined castle on a hill, a rocky cliff, and figures in a boat.

River Landscape with a Castle

Robert Adam, 1780s

Etching of a village with a church steeple, thatched cottages, a horse and cart, walkers on a road, and trees under a cloudy

Hesbeen

Roelant Roghman

Print of rocky cliffs above a grassy valley, with cattle and two figures beside a tall tree on the right.

An der Haidnaab

Max Josef Wagenbauer, 1806

Lithograph of a forest ravine with a waterfall, rocky cliffs, and two figures standing on a boulder.

Waldstrom bey Teissnach

Max Josef Wagenbauer, c. 1810

Pencil and wash sketch of white cliffs and a bay, with a cable rising to a clifftop telegraph house and tents.

The Laying of the Atlantic Cable at Foilhommerum Bay, Ireland

Unknown artist, 1865

Etching of Amsterdam's Koningsplein with a large tree, canal, Munt tower and gabled houses, with people and a dog in the stre

Gezicht van't Koningsplein naar de Reguliers of Munts-Tooren, Te Amsterdam

Paulus van Liender after Jan de Beyer, 1760

Engraving of mythological women in an interior, a winged figure above, a flaming torch and spotted dogs at left.

The Daughters of Minyas

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Etching of a woman in classical dress pointing toward a spider on a web in an interior with a bed and window.

Minerva Changing Arachne into a Spider

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Etching of Amphion seated on a ledge playing a lyre, with ruined walls, an obelisk, and a city in the distance.

Amphion

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Engraving of three mythological figures in a wooded landscape, one playing a pipe, within a laurel-leaf border.

Midas with Apollo and Pan

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Engraving of a billowing funeral pyre with birds circling in smoke, a winged figure on a cloud, and a distant city.

Funeral Pyre of Memnon

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Etching of a fallen man in rocky terrain facing a rearing sea monster, with a broken wheel nearby and a leafy border.

Hippolytus and the Sea Monster

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Pen and brown ink drawing of Death with a scythe approaching a kneeling woodman beneath a large tree, with ruins in the dista

Death and the Woodman in a Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Ercole Bazicaluva

Brown-toned chiaroscuro print of a crowded classical martyrdom scene with a seated ruler, soldiers, and a flying angel.

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul [recto]

Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino, c. 1530

Pencil drawing of a grand multi-story palace facade across a square with carriages and small figures in the foreground.

Palazzo della Consultà

Francesco Piranesi

Red chalk drawing of three overlapping female heads at different angles with curly hair on pale paper.

Three Feminine Heads

Parmigianino, c. 1522/1524

Engraving of women weaving and spinning at looms in a columned hall, with dogs lying on the floor.

Penelope and Her Maids Weaving

after Francesco Primaticcio Master FG, c. 1545

Red chalk drawing of elegant figures in a garden with a classical pavilion, trees, and cherubs above.

The Divertissement from Voltaire's "La princesse de Navarre"

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1745

Pen-and-ink landscape with a castle on a cliff, a river, a walled city, and bare trees framing the view.

Landscape with High Cliffs, River, and City

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1546

Pen and ink sketch of fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen in a park, with a dog and a parasol in the foreground.

Ladies and Gentlemen in a Country Park

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone bridge over water with figures, a small house, and tall trees.

A Country Road across an Ancient Bridge

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Watercolor of a seated figure overlooking a wooded valley, river, and distant ruins under a sunset sky with crescent moon.

An Arcadian Landscape

Jr George Barret

Ink line drawing of three nude women, one reclining in the foreground, with loose quick contours on pale paper.

Dodo and an Older Woman Reclining before a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Drawing of masked commedia dell'arte characters with a horn player, stilt walker and candle-bearer disrupting a dinner in a h

Mezzetin and Harlequin, Disguised as the Captain, Disrupt Pantaloon's Dinner

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey-wash drawing of commedia dell'arte masks in a theatre interior, with a figure cutting a canvas to reveal a harlequin.

Mezzetin "Paints" a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey wash drawing of commedia dell'arte characters carrying a picture frame with a man in an interior.

Mezzetin and Harlequin Use the Picture Frame to Catch Pantaloon and Pierrot

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729