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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Grey wash drawing of commedia dell'arte characters fighting with sticks on a garden terrace, with a shield and potted tree.

Pantaloon and the Doctor Fighting with Columbine and Brigatella in the Garden

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure with a lion, a cross and an open book among rocks and clouds.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with two figures at a rocky ledge, clouds with cherubs, and a tree.

The Baptism of Christ

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped hermit on a rocky ledge before a crucifix, with a mountain and tree behind.

A Desert Hermit Adoring the Crucifix

Pen and grey wash drawing of the dead Christ draped on rocks, with two kneeling angels at right beneath a cloud and mountains

The Dead Christ with Angels

Pen and wash drawing of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a seated youth with a staff, and a winged Cupid.

The Judgment of Paris

Joachim Wtewael, c. 1615

Grey wash drawing of a snow-capped mountain behind hills and trees, with a rider on horseback at lower right.

Mount Cairo from across the Melfa River

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, c. 1765/1766

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures gathered under bare trees beside a stone bench, with a seated woman and a child.

The Madonna and Child with Saints in a Landscape (Sacra Conversazione)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1500/1510

Engraved landscape with putti playing among willow trees, a rocky stream, arches and ruins in the distance.

Putti Playing in a Fanciful Landscape

after Jean Cousin the Younger Anonymous

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated on a turtle pulled by robed men and a horned figure, with a burning city behind.

The Triumph of Job

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1559

Watercolor landscape of trees framing a river view toward a distant town under a pale blue sky.

Briare

Henri Harpignies, 1902

Blue chiaroscuro print of an executioner with a raised sword above a kneeling figure, before a seated ruler and crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul

after Parmigianino Antonio da Trento, c. 1530

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse on open ground beside a tree.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Guercino, 1620/1630

Pastel drawing of a sleeping reclining nude woman on a white pillow against a pink and blue background.

Reclining Nude [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1894/1895

Pen and brown wash drawing of draped classical figures, a helmeted warrior, and a kneeling woman beside architecture.

Coriolanus before the Women of Rome

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, late 1780s

Watercolor design of a moonlit arcaded courtyard with statues and elegantly dressed figures strolling beneath trees.

A Design for Illuminations to Celebrate the Birthday of King George III

after Giovanni Battista Cipriani Robert Adam, 1763

Etching of two reclining cows, a woman leaning against a tree with a dog, and grazing cattle on a distant hill.

Two Cows and a Woman Lying Down

Jean-Louis Demarne

Red chalk drawing of tall cypress trees in an Italian park with small figures, a statue, and a stone balustrade.

A Stand of Cypresses in an Italian Park

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1760

Watercolor sketch of a sandy beach with figures, a tent, beach huts and a distant steamship on the horizon.

Beach Scene

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1885

Watercolor of a brick shop front with arched doorways, a paned window, and two children with a dog on a sunlit street.

Village Shop, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1883/1884

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a hilltop castle, rocky cliffs, large trees, small figures, and clouds.

Landscape with the Baptism of Christ

Attributed to Pieter Cornelisz Kunst, c. 1530

Brown ink drawing of townspeople skating and playing on a frozen canal beside gabled houses and a castle tower in winter.

Winter Landscape with Skaters

Hans Bol, c. 1584/1586

Red and black chalk sketch of a crowd of figures supporting a reclining nude man in a procession.

The March of Silenus [recto]

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1715/1716

Engraved prison scene of seated women in dark dresses and lace caps, a standing servant, and two men conversing at a desk.

La malheureuse famille Calas (The Unfortunate Calas Family)

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, after Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle, c. 1765

Fan-shaped painting of wildflowers and butterflies on the left, with a sandy beach, sea and cliffs on the right.

Fan with Wildflowers and Butterflies against the Norman Coast

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1875

Watercolor seascape of dark blue-green waves under a grey cloudy sky with a pale pink horizon.

Lesson Study on Jersey Coast

John La Farge, 1881

Etching of an allegorical scene with reclining figures, a winged angel, cherubs, a portrait medallion and a wooded landscape.

An Allegory in Honor of Innocent X

Pietro Testa, 1644

Brown ink and wash drawing of a religious procession under a canopy, with a mitred bishop and a crowd around a kneeling figur

The Healing of the Possessed Boy in a Procession of the Volto Santo

Elisabetta Sirani, c. 1659

Pen and ink study of robed figures before tall columns, with separate head studies in the corners, after Domenichino.

Study after Domenichino

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Study of a Girl Reading

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858