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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pencil sketch of a riverside landscape with trees, shrubs, grassy banks and distant hills under an open sky.

Farmington, Connecticut

James Renwick Brevoort, 1865

Pencil drawing of large boulders on a rocky shore with calm sea and two distant sailboats under a pale sky.

Gloucester, Massachusetts

James Renwick Brevoort, 1872

Etching of a harbor with a large round tower, tall sailing ships, figures carrying cargo, and a distant hilltop town.

Harbor with a Large Tower (Le Port de mer à la grosse tour)

Claude Lorrain, c. 1641

Grey wash drawing of a centaur abducting a struggling woman as an archer aims a bow nearby.

The Rape of Deianira

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1670

Pen and brown ink drawing of a fortified riverside town with a stone bridge, towers, and figures on the bank.

A Fortified Village along a River

Marco Ricci, 1727

Pen and wash drawing of a nude Christ with a banner among angels, Moses with tablets, and figures in a landscape with a city.

The Way of Salvation

Georg Pecham, c. 1595

Watercolor of a woman and child holding hands on a wooden stile beside a fence, with leafy branches overhead.

On the Stile

Winslow Homer, 1878

Painted landscape of a sunlit pasture with a large tree, resting sheep in the foreground, and grazing flocks on rolling hills

Warm Afternoon

Winslow Homer, 1878

Watercolor of a woman in a brown dress seated on a grassy hill beside a red farmhouse and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Green Hill

Winslow Homer, 1878

Watercolor of a white thatched hut with children in its doorway, a palm tree, banana plants and a rooster in sandy ground.

Native hut at Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1885

Grey wash drawing of an illusionistic ceiling with receding columns, coffered vaults, and a central painted oval of clouds an

A Grand Illusionistic Ceiling

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1720/1740

Lithograph of three men with an album seller in a top hat offering albums among stacked prints, 1827.

Débit d'Albums avec Procédés nouveaux (New Methods for the Sale of Lithograph Albums)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1827

Lithograph of mounted lancers with raised lances marching past large trees, with fallen figures in the foreground.

Lanciers en Marche (Lancers on the March)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1831

Lithograph of peasants resting under a large tree on a rocky path, with a misty valley and mountains beyond.

Paysans se reposant dans la Campagne (Peasants Resting in the Countryside)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1831

Etching of a peasant couple seated under a tree, the man pouring from a jug into a bowl, with a distant town at right.

Peasant Couple Sitting under a Tree

Willem Basse, c. 1630/1660

Brown wash drawing of a dark craggy valley landscape with pale misty sky and light highlights on rocks.

Valley Landscape

Chalk sketch of two figures on a country road beside a cottage and tall trees under a hillside.

Two Figures on a Country Road

Pen and wash drawing of costumed figures dancing in a village square beside an inn, with a guitarist seated at right.

Dance in a Village Square

Luis Paret y Alcázar, c. 1770/1775

Grey wash drawing of a couple dancing in a palace hall, with seated women and a child at left and onlookers at right.

Dance in a Palace

Luis Paret y Alcázar, c. 1770/1775

Sepia drawing of a cow, horse, and sleeping man with a cat in a rustic stable filled with hay.

Animals in a Stable

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg II

Red chalk drawing of a camel caravan with crated loads, a standing boy in the foreground, and a rider at upper left.

Camel Caravan

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch on grey paper of several standing and seated figures in robes and head coverings, shown from multiple angles.

Provincial Figures

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Pencil drawing of a rocky coast with a tower on the cliff, sailboats on the sea, and distant islands under a pale sky.

The Coast at Concarneau

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Pencil sketch of two women at a well beside a rustic building, with trees on the left, by Eugène Boudin.

Women at a Well, Allinges

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Pencil sketch of seated passengers and head studies, women in hats and a bearded man in a bowler hat.

Passengers on Shipboard

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Graphite sketch of cattle and herders crossing a stream in an open landscape framed by trees.

Herds Crossing a Stream

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1877

Pencil sketch of peasants in hats and cows arranged across a pale sheet, with several seated and standing figures.

Peasants and Cows [recto]

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1877

Pencil sketch of herdsmen and cattle moving beneath a large tree in an open pastoral landscape.

Herdsmen and Cattle

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1877

Ink drawing of a coastal landscape with trees on the left, rolling hills, a small sailboat on water, and a dark foreground ro

Coastal Landscape

Félix Bracquemond

Grey wash drawing of sailing boats on a river beside a village church, with a rowing boat in the foreground.

Tull on the River Waal

Nicolaas Wicart