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National Gallery of Art

1,161 works

Brown ink drawing of a robed man ascending through clouds with winged putti and angels around him.

The Apotheosis of San Vitale

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1781

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude women bathing in a stream beneath trees, with drapery on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing

Thomas Rowlandson

Watercolor drawing of a town square with an ornate fountain, a tall clock tower, a domed church and mountains behind.

View of Trento

Albert Emil Kirchner

Pen and brown wash drawing with allegorical figures Aqua, Terra, Autumnus and Hyems around ornamental cartouches.

Water and Earth/Autumn and Winter

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of two heads: a man with curled hair and lace collar, and a woman in a plumed hat.

Cavalier with a Harlot

Unknown artist, 17th century

Graphite sketch of a seated bearded man in a turban with surrounding studies of heads and a standing figure in a tall hat.

Caliph Aladin and His Counselors

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, late 1730s

Black chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with young John the Baptist, with a staff and cherubs in clouds above.

The Virgin and Child with John the Baptist

Red chalk drawing of a young man with tousled hair, head tilted down, wearing a loose open-collared shirt.

Young Man

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon

Head of a Young Woman

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1605

Pencil drawing of a seated peasant woman in a headscarf holding a basket with a hen on a stone bench.

Seated Peasant Woman

Francesco Londonio

Brown ink and wash drawing of Cupid drawing a bow, with a winged putto and drapery below.

Cupid

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1615

Pen and ink study of a muscular male back with an extended arm, drawn on aged paper.

Study of a Back

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Circular drawing of a helmeted female allegory leaning on a pedestal, holding an oak branch, with a lion at her feet.

Allegory of Fortitude

Francesco Rosaspina

Etching of two girls in a tavern, one pouring liquid into a glass beside a lit candle on a table.

The Little Girls' Tavern

Pierre Brébiette, c. 1620

J.B. Cardon

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

P.J. Marco

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1784

Etching of a standing sailor in a cap and cloak talking with a seated turbaned man beside a rowboat and tower.

Standing Sailor Talking with a Seated Levantine

Stefano Della Bella

Circular etching of two sailors in the foreground, one seated and one standing, with a ship's scaffold and workers behind the

A Seated White Sailor and a Standing Black Sailor

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of two mounted cavaliers in turbans on horseback within a circular frame, with smaller riders in the background.

Two Polish Cavaliers

Stefano Della Bella

Circular etching of satyrs and a faun dancing and playing music in a wooded landscape.

Satyrs and Faun

Stefano Della Bella

Circular etching of a shepherd leaning on a cow beside a stone fountain under a tree, with a distant building and hills.

Cow and Young Shepherd at a Fountain

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a rider on a horse herding cattle, sheep, and goats across a hilly landscape within a circle.

Peasant Seated on a Horse with Cows, Sheep, and Goats

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a shepherd on horseback driving cattle down a grassy hill, within a circular frame with distant mountains.

Shepherd on a Horse Driving a Herd of Various Animals

Stefano Della Bella

Etching in a circular frame of two women wading a creek past a herd of cows, with hills and mountains behind.

Two Women Fording a Creek with a Herd of Cows

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of two profiles in an oval medallion held by cherubs, with a globe above and KOSMOS ribbons.

Cosimo de Medici, Prince of Tuscany and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a woman in flowing drapery guiding a young bull with a rod, background shaded with fine hatching.

Woman with a Young Bull

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a barefoot child carrying a puppy while a dog runs past, with a tower and figures in the background.

Child Holding a Puppy

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a turbaned man in a long coat holding a hatchet in his left hand, with a small figure and rider at right.

Pole Holding a Hatchet with His Left Hand

Stefano Della Bella

Two Turks

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a draped funeral facade with a crowned double-headed eagle, a trumpeting angel, skeletons and mourners.

Facade of the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence

Stefano Della Bella, 1637