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National Gallery of Art

1,161 works

Pencil sketch of a group of standing draped figures with arms around one another on a pale sheet.

Group of Figures

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded man's head with faint graphite outlines of shoulders and torso on pale paper.

Bearded Figure

Pencil sketch of a monument with a central crowned figure flanked by standing figures on a decorated pedestal.

Studies for a Monument with the Crowning of a Figure [recto and verso]

Pencil sheet of numbered figure studies showing balance of the body through outstretched arms, with a perspective note and tr

Figures Illustrating Balance and Perspective [recto]

Pencil sketch of a figure sleeping curled up beside a doorway, small drawing on a large pale sheet.

Figure Sleeping in a Doorway

Pencil sketch of three seated female figures in draped garments, grouped closely together on pale paper.

Three Seated Female Figures

Circular engraving of two classical women clasping hands, with labels Theologia, Medicina and Lex and a dove in a triangle.

Medicina - Theologia - Lex

James Heath after John Flaxman

Circular print of a haloed Christ with prophets and saints beneath a radiant sunburst, framed by leafy borders and inscriptio

Triumphant Christ with Prophets and Saints

Unknown artist

Etching of several men sleeping in a cramped cabin lit by a hanging lantern, with a stove at right.

Asleep Aboard the Bottin (Coucher a bord du Bottin)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1862

Etching of a circular title page with a large tree, stone pedestal, ruined tower and dedicatory inscription.

Title Page for "Paysages et ruines de Rome"

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of cattle and herders on a plain with a ruined arch at right and a city with a triumphal arch in the distance.

Campo Vaccino

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of two horsemen with billowing cloaks riding past windblown trees in a circular landscape.

Windblown Horsemen

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Circular etching of a pastoral landscape with cattle, two standing figures, tall trees, a stone niche, and distant ruins.

Landscape with Roman Ruins

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of a woman on horseback and a camel beside shepherds driving sheep and goats past a stream in a circular frame.

Shepherds and Flock with Woman and Camel

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Circular etching of cows grazing on a rocky path beside trees and a windswept tree under a cloudy sky.

Cows Grazing in a Valley

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of a three-tiered waterfall beside a bare tree, with ruins, grazing cattle and a hill with a cross in the distance.

Waterfall with Three Tiers

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of the Colosseum's ruined arches in a circle, with herders driving cattle and sheep along the road in front.

Colosseum

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of Colosseum ruins and Arch of Constantine with horsemen, pedestrians, and a horse in the foreground.

Colosseum and Arch of Constantine

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Circular etching of a pastoral landscape with a resting horse, cattle, a goat, two seated shepherds, a river and trees.

Landscape with Animals and Two Seated Shepherds

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of horses grazing near a pyramid and ruins, with a seated man pointing, in a circular frame.

Pyramid of Caius Cestius

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of horses, cattle and a sleeping shepherd before ruined arched buildings in a circular framed landscape.

Baths of Diocletian and Shepherd Sleeping

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Circular etching of a ruined stone tower by a river, with cattle resting in the foreground and a rider on a hill.

Landscape with Antique Ruins

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of a river bridge and tall tower in Grenoble, with boats, houses, a cliff and distant mountains.

Veue de Pont et partie de la Ville de Grenoble

Israël Silvestre

Circular etching of Marseille harbor with boats, stone towers, bell towers and figures on the quay.

La Maijorre de Marseille

Israël Silvestre

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted Pallas flanked by two armored male statues on pedestals under classical arches.

Rudolf I and Albert I with Pallas

Peter Paul Rubens and Theodoor van Thulden, in or after 1635

Grey wash drawing in a circle of an elderly bearded saint with a halo, holding an open book and a quill pen.

Saint Matthew

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1585/1590

Circular drawing of a wilderness lake with a glowing sun, a white cross on a rise, and a kneeling figure by the water.

The Cross in the Wilderness

Thomas Cole, c. 1844

Pen-and-ink portrait sketch of a stern man in a fur cap, with faint pencil studies of figures in a boat below.

Studies for "Washington Crossing the Delaware" [recto]

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1849

Graphite sketch of a young man with tousled hair writing with a quill pen at a desk beside an inkwell.

Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto]

William Sidney Mount, 1827

Circular drawing of a battle with mounted soldiers, a pointing man in pink, reclining figures and a mythical creature in clou

Allegory on the Turkish Wars

Hans von Aachen, c. 1600