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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded nude man holding a lantern and a walking staff, by Bernard Picart, 1724.

Male Nude with a Lamp (Diogenes)

Bernard Picart, 1724

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman with a censer beside a kneeling page holding a crown and scepter.

A Kneeling Woman with an Incense Burner and a Page Holding a Crown and Scepter

after Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger Anton Kern, c. 1726

Pencil drawing of a horse lying on grass, head turned back, mane falling over its neck, on blue-grey paper.

Resting Horse

Attributed to Paulus Potter

Grey wash drawing of a formal Dutch garden allée with strolling ladies and gentlemen beneath tall trees toward a house.

Ladies and Gentlemen Enjoying a Dutch Garden

Cornelis Pronk, 1739

Brown ink drawing of a chariot with horses, a helmeted warrior with banner, and a figure being dragged from the chariot.

Flight of Meriones, with Dead Coeranos Being Dragged from the Chariot

after Giulio Romano

Pencil sketch of a landscape with clustered trees, a seated figure on a bank at right, and hatched sky.

Landscape I

Théodore Rousseau

Pencil landscape sketch of trees and a field, with a large tree trunk on the right edge, on tan paper.

Landscape II

Théodore Rousseau

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin, infant Christ, angels and kneeling shepherds.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giuseppe Passeri

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling robed figure at a ceremony in an arched interior, with standing attendants and onlookers.

Ceremony of Consecration

Unknown artist

Watercolor design for a music room wall with a central trophy of instruments, feathers, and flowers between marbled columns.

Design for a Wall of a Music Room [recto]

Unknown artist

Pencil drawing of men in period dress gathered at a table under a floral canopy, with dice on the table.

Men Throwing Dice

Unknown artist

Brown wash drawing of a monumental classical architectural set with colonnade, steps, arches and a domed building.

Stage Design

Unknown artist

Watercolor of the Tempio della Fortuna Virile in Rome with two figures on a path and a round temple in the distance.

Tempio della Fortuna Virile with the Tempio di Vesta in the Distance

Unknown artist

Pen and grey wash drawing of two ornate garden fountains, the left with perched birds and the right with an urn finial.

Two Fountains

Unknown artist

Gray wash drawing of Apollo with a radiant halo in a chariot among clouds, muses, and flying putti.

Apollo and the Muses

Giuseppe Valeriani

Ink and wash drawing of the Raising of Lazarus, with a robed figure gesturing before a crowd near a tomb.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jean-Baptiste van Loo

Pen and grey wash drawing of overgrown Roman ruins with arches and walls, with a carved capital in the foreground.

The Baths of Caracalla, Rome

Willem van Nieuwlandt II

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a draped cloak leaning on a long staff, with white highlights on the sheet.

A Bearded Man with a Staff

Attributed to Simon Vouet

Engraving of an elegant couple smelling flowers on a terrace above a formal garden, with dogs and a draped curtain.

Odoratus, L'Ordorat

Pen and ink drawing of a fiery chariot with horses rising through clouds, a robed figure below, and a distant city.

Elisha Watching Elijah in the Fiery Chariot

Hans Jakob Nüscheler, c. 1600

Brown wash drawing of an imaginary Egyptian complex with pyramids, obelisks, sphinx statues, and a broad staircase beneath a

An Egyptian Stage Design

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1815

Red-toned engraving of a man raising a club over a fallen figure in a rocky cave, with a hammer and goblet nearby.

Murder Scene

Etching of sheep resting beneath a large tree beside a dirt road, with cattle and a village in the distant meadow.

Sheep at Noon

John Linnell, 1818

Brown wash drawing of a bay with rocky foreground, bare trees, and distant islands and hills under a pale sky.

View of the Islands of Nisida and Capri

Friedrich Salathé, probably 1819

Pencil sketch of a garden court with a stone staircase, a large stone basin, climbing plants, and urns on a wall.

Corner of a Garden Court

Friedrich Salathé, 1815/1821

Etching of a river toll house beside a wooden landing with boats, figures and tall trees along the bank.

Strasbourg: A Toll House

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632

Etched riverside view of Rüdesheim with towers and rooftops, a sailing boat in the foreground and a distant tree line.

Rudesheim

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632/1636

Etched river view with a crowded boat in front of a towered castle labeled Gelderspach and a distant village skyline.

Gelderspach

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632/1636

Etching of sailing boats on a river before a fortified town with a windmill, labeled Schenkenschanz, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Schenkenschanz

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632

Etching of Roerort showing a castle with towers, a town skyline along a river, and a two-masted boat in the foreground.

Roerort

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632