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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Etched landscape of a Gothic church with a tall tower beside a river, two figures on a path, and a cloudy sky.

Lulius (July)

Ludovico Mattioli

Etching of a walled town with a tall church spire across a river, with trees and rocks in the foreground.

Augustus (August)

Ludovico Mattioli

Etching of a rural landscape with a windblown tree, stone well, wooden buckets, and travelers on a road under cloudy skies.

September

Ludovico Mattioli

Brown wash drawing of a rider falling from his horse under a shaft of heavenly light, with soldiers and horses around him.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Abraham van Diepenbeeck after Peter Paul Rubens, 1640s

Etching of a windmill beside a farmhouse, rocky bank and trees, with figures on a road and hills in the distance.

October

Ludovico Mattioli

Etching of rustic cottages, a wind-bent tree, sheep and figures on a path, with hills and a river in the distance.

November

Ludovico Mattioli

Etched landscape titled December with travelers on a road, a ruined tower, a stone bridge, and a bare tree under a cloudy sky

December

Ludovico Mattioli

Brown ink drawing of a triumphal chariot procession with horses, winged figures and putti, framed by scrolled ornamental cart

The Triumph of Empire, with the Four Continents

Alessandro Mauro and Francesco de Mura, c. 1730

Black chalk drawing of ruined Colosseum arches with ivy, fallen stones, and small seated figures in the shadows.

The Interior of the Colosseum

Charles Michel Ange Challe, c. 1745

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hillside town above a river, with a rowing boat and two seated figures in the foreground.

View of the Janiculum Hill Seen from the Tiber (recto)

Antonie van den Wyngaerde, 1553

Drawing of ruined brick arches and vaults overgrown with vines, opening onto trees and sky.

Arches of the Larger Baths at Hadrian's Villa

Charles Michel Ange Challe, c. 1748

Engraving of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels with a lily staff before the Virgin Mary, with a dove above.

The Annunciation

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1516

Watercolor of a woman in white and a small child seated on grass among tall forest trees.

At the Edge of the Forest (Edma and Jeanne)

Berthe Morisot, 1872

Etching of a Jewish cemetery outside Amsterdam with stone tombs, trees, and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

Begraef-plaets der Joden, buyten Amsteldam (Jewish Cemetery outside Amsterdam)

Abraham Blooteling after Jacob van Ruisdael, 1670

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a dusk river scene near Rosetta, with palm trees, white birds and wading figures.

Rosetta, Egypt

Charles J. Bridgman, 1871

Watercolor of a sunset with glowing yellow light through dark clouds over a pond reflecting the sky.

Sunset over a Pond

François-Auguste Ravier, 1880

Pencil and wash drawing of a riverside town with bare trees, rooftops, a church spire and hills under a pale sky.

Approaching Morestal

François-Auguste Ravier, 1845

Etching of Lucifer and demons fleeing from Saint Michael, who hovers above with a spear amid clouds over a city.

Lucifer and Demons Fleeing Saint Michael

Etching of a kneeling figure before a crowned king, with soldiers marching past a city gate and classical columns.

Jereo Before the King of the Huns for the Liberation of Saint Ursula

Etching of lightning striking a temple at left, figures scattering, and a city with domes under dark clouds.

The Striking of the King of the Huns and the Collapse of the Rule of Mart

Etching of a colonnade with dancing figures in plumed hats below and a crowned saint among clouds in the sky.

The Triumph of Saint Ursula in Heaven and the Roman Conquerors

Etching of Cupid seated among trees, looking into a small oval mirror held in his hands.

Cupid Looking in a Mirror

Laurent de La Hyre

Etching of a man leaning on a broken tree, gazing across a still pond toward a wooded far bank under a sky with birds.

A Man Gazing across a Still Pond

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a wooded landscape with leaning trees, reeds and a river receding toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with a River

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Pencil drawing of a seated angel gazing upward with draped robes and cloud forms behind, on pale paper.

Angel from the Assumption [recto]

Augustin Pajou after Charles Mellin, 1752/1756

Pen sketch of the Ripetta port in Rome with classical columns, stone steps, small figures and clouds over distant hills.

The Ripetta in Rome [verso]

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

Charcoal study on brown paper of horses in motion, one with a rider, plus studies of legs and heads.

Study of Horses

Edgar Degas, c. 1886

Pen drawing of an imagined city with a classical stone bridge, columned palaces, a loggia, and a ship's masts behind.

A Capriccio of Palaces and a Loggia Facing a Classical Bridge

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1765

Etching of the alpine town Radstadt with a castle and church tower, travelers on horseback and peasant women in the foregroun

Radstadt near Tauern

Johann Christoph Erhard and Johann Adam Klein after Carl Ludwig Friedrich Viehbeck, 1818

Watercolor and pencil landscape of a twin-peaked volcano with smoke rising, under cloudy sky, with sketched town and trees be

Panoramic Views of Vesuvius and Monte Pellegrino

Carl Rottmann, 1827