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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of classical figures, candelabra, a lion and ornamental pedestals arranged in an architectural comp

Studies for Small Bronzes with Classical Motifs

Circle of Andrea Riccio, 1490s

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and four women in veils and robes, with a small standing male figure at the right.

The Virgin and Four Other Women

Vittore Carpaccio, 1505/1510

Painted miniature of the Adoration of the Magi: kneeling kings offer gifts to Mary and the infant Christ beside an ox and don

The Adoration of the Magi

Simon Bening, mid-1520s

Drawing of a mountainous landscape with castles on cliffs, waterfalls, and tree-lined rocks in grey and pink washes.

Mountainous Landscape with Castles and Waterfalls

Roelant Savery, c. 1606

Watercolor and pen drawing of people skating and playing on a frozen river, with a ship and distant city skyline in winter.

Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel

Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1626

Pen and ink drawing of rococo ornamental scrollwork, cartouches, columns and architectural interior details.

Studies of Ornament and Architecture

Claude Gillot, c. 1710

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a hound chasing a leaping hare across a sketched landscape.

A Hound Chasing a Hare

Benozzo Gozzoli, c. 1456/1459

Pencil sketch of three bearded men seated at a table, one wearing a turban, with books on the table.

Three Philosophers

Vittore Carpaccio

Pen and brown ink drawing of rustic houses built over stone ruins on a hillside, framed by trees.

A Complex of Rustic Houses Built Over Ruins

Circle of Giorgione, 1509/1515

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hillside village with a tall tower, trees, rocky foreground and distant mountains.

A Village Nestled at the Foot of a Hill (recto)

Circle of Giorgione, 1509/1515

Pen and wash drawing of a farmstead with red and thatched roofs surrounded by dense trees and a winding path.

A Farmstead in a Wood

Nuremberg School, 1500/1510

Pen and wash drawing of the Man of Sorrows with grieving Mary and John, angels and cherubs above a hilly landscape.

Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows

Hans von Kulmbach, c. 1514

Pale watercolor and pencil drawing of a gilded throne room with a draped curtain, ornate ceiling, and a small standing figure

The Throne Room at Fontainebleau

Thomas Allom, c. 1845

Watercolor of a town along a bay under a stormy sky, with a rainbow at left and a steep mountain at right.

Cape Town

Maxwell Balfour, 1900

Watercolor landscape of a fort on a hill above trees and meadow, in muted green, ochre and mauve tones.

The Fort, Srinagar

Maxwell Balfour, 1896

Pencil sketch of an arcaded interior with flags, patterned rugs, columns, and small seated figures under a hanging lantern.

Constantine

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, c. 1867

Watercolor and chalk sketch of an ornate courtyard with a patterned canopy, green doorways, and a dark wooden pillar.

Interior of an Exotic Palace

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, c. 1867

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched village hut with resting goats, a woven basket, and figures near other huts on a hillside.

A Village Hut in India [recto]

George Chinnery, 1814/1824

Pen and grey wash sketch of several draped female figures and heads in varied poses on one sheet.

Figure Studies [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Pencil and chalk drawing on blue paper of a man in a plumed hussar headdress riding a prancing horse.

The Prince Regent as a Hussar

John Singleton Copley, 1804/1809

Pencil sketch of a wooded landscape with tall trees framing a path and open meadow, with handwritten colour notes.

Wooded Landscape

John Sell Cotman, probably 1841

Graphite sketch on blue-grey paper of tall rock pillars above water, with sailboats and reflections on the right.

The Devil's Tower

John Sell Cotman, 1833/1834

Pencil sketch of a distant country house framed by trees, with small figures on an open lawn in the foreground.

Chatsworth [recto]

David Cox, possibly 1831

Brown wash and pencil landscape drawing with a leaning tree at left, bushes below, and a hazy distant hillside with buildings

Hillside and Trees

Pale brown wash drawing of a misty mountain landscape with a lake, rocky shore, and grazing cattle in the foreground.

Llanberis

Pencil and wash sketch of a windmill on a hill, with a horse and cart and figures in the foreground.

A Cart with Two Horses near a Windmill

Brown-toned drawing of a rocky coast at night, with moonlit water, waves breaking on rocks, and a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Coast by Moonlight

William West or Samuel Jackson, late 1820s

Sepia wash drawing of a two-masted ship at anchor near a hilly shoreline with buildings and palm trees.

A View in India

William Daniell, 1788

Grey wash and pencil drawing of a wide landscape with trees, flat fields and distant hills under a pale sky.

A View near Lowther

The Horse of Selene from the Elgin Marbles [recto]

William Etty, after 1807