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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Red and black chalk drawing of robed men debating in a columned hall, with a central figure gesturing among them.

Christ among the Doctors

Drawing of a seated monk with outstretched arms, draped robe, in red and black chalk with white highlights on blue paper.

A Monk Seated with Arms Outstretched [Study for the Virgin in the _Vision of Blessed Felice da Cantalice_]

Fra Semplice da Verona, 1625

Two sheets of pen and pencil sketches showing studies of a child's head and a seated figure, with handwritten notes.

Seated Figure and a Cow; Three Studies of a Child's Head

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: three nude goddesses before a shepherd in a wooded landscape with Mercury and Cupid.

The Judgment of Paris

Jean Mignon after Luca Penni

Engraving of Hercules in a lion skin facing a coiled many-headed hydra beside a tree.

Hercules and the Hydra

Battista d'Agnolo, 1552

Lithograph of three harnessed horses led by a man with a whip through a brick archway onto a cobbled street.

Adelphi Wharf

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Charcoal drawing of leaning trees over a riverbank with water reflections and distant hills, by Henri-Joseph Harpignies.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1911

Etched stage design with curtains, clouds, and rows of dancing figures in costume across several tiers.

Sesta Scena di Tutto Cielo

Stefano Della Bella after Alfonso Parigi II, 1637

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river landscape with trees along a winding riverbank and distant hills.

River Landscape

Unknown artist

Etching of a village along a canal with windmills and a flat landscape stretching to the horizon.

Village beside a Canal

Johannes Ruisscher, second half 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of two seated women leaning together, with sketched foliage and a small head in the margins.

Two Seated Women

Pellegrino Tibaldi

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two walking figures, a small bridge over a stream, and a wooden fence.

Wooded Landscape with a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated warrior with a round rosette shield on blue-grey paper.

Seated Warrior Holding a Sword and Shield [recto]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Charcoal drawing of two clasped hands with forearms on grey paper, white highlights on the knuckles.

Clasped Hands [verso]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Watercolor drawing of a rustic watermill with a Gothic brick ruin, figures, dogs, and a distant church spire.

Rustic Watermill in a Gothic Ruin

Hendrik de Meyer II, 1778

Engraving of a stone prison room with two men at a desk and four women in period dress, one standing and three seated.

La malheureuse famille Calas (The Unfortunate Calas Family)

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, 1765

Watercolor of two men on floating logs in a river, one poling, with forested hills and cloudy sky behind.

Hudson River, Logging

Winslow Homer, 1891-1892

Engraving of an eagle centred on a branch, with a wagtail left and a turtledove right, before a village landscape.

Wagtail, Eagle, and Turtledove

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a bittern, heron, teal duck and sawbill in shallow water among tall reeds.

Sawbill, Bittern, Heron and Teal

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a cassowary and two finches on a ground, with flying birds above and a village landscape with a river behind.

Double-Wattled Cassowary and Finches

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a falcon perched on a branch beside two smaller birds, with a castle and watermill in the landscape behind.

Falcon and Robin Redbreast or Redstart

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a hoopoe flying above a large owl, with a river landscape, town, and grazing sheep below.

Hoopoe and Owl

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a heron and a snipe on a grassy bank, with a river town and boats in the background.

Heron and Snipe

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of two tall wading birds and two ducks on a marsh bank, with reeds and flying ducks behind them.

Two Giant Snipes and Two Surf Scoters

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a mallard, a swallow and a sea duck in front of a landscape with church spires and a hilltop castle.

Mallard, Duck, and Swallow

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a great tit and a starling on a grassy bank with a thistle, a castle and hills in the background.

Great Tit and Starling

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a peacock with spread tail and a goose beside a pond, with a church and bridge in the background.

Peacock and Goose

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a hawk on a stump flanked by two small birds, with a town and hills in the distant landscape.

Hawk and Sparrows

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a lapwing, a long eared owl, and a goldfinch with two butterflies in a mountain landscape.

Lapwing, Long Eared Owl, and Goldfinch

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraving of a bustard and a great crested grebe on a marshy shore with reeds, a windmill and a sailing ship in the distance.

Bustard and Great Crested Grebe

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600