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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching toward clouds and cherubs, with onlookers gazing upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Charles Parrocel, 1742

Painted illustration of a pair of women's shoes with floral embroidered fabric and carved wooden heels on a cream background.

Woman's Shoes

Marie Alain, c. 1939

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle with horsemen firing muskets, fallen horses and billowing smoke across a wide sheet.

Cavalry Battle near a River

Charles Parrocel

Woman's Shoe

John Hall, c. 1938

Pen and wash drawing of a dense cavalry battle with armoured riders, rearing horses and fallen soldiers.

Cavalry Battle

Charles Parrocel

Pencil sketch of a hound leaping forward with extended legs and raised tail, with faint studies of motion behind it.

A Hound Jumping

James Seymour, 1743

Pencil sketch of mounted huntsmen with hounds, a crouching hare in the foreground, and studies of horses and a dog.

Huntsmen with Hounds and a Crouching Hare [recto]

Wash drawing of a seated woman in a pale blue gown against a faint architectural background with columns.

Portrait of a Lady

Jacopo Amigoni, 1750

Drawing of a dark leather woman's button boot with scalloped top and stitched panels, signed John Cooke, 1937.

Woman's Shoe

John Cooke, 1937

Watercolor of two dark leather child's boots with copper toe caps and a separate brown leather sole with nail holes.

Copper-toed Child's Shoe

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Engraving of a rowboat with figures on rough waves near rocky cliffs, with a sailing ship in the distance.

The Barc

Agostino Veneziano

Engraving of nude Venus seated by a tree beside Cupid holding a bow, with a walled town and river behind them.

Venus and Cupid

Agostino Veneziano, 1516

Leonhard von Eck

Barthel Beham, 1527

Engraving of a halberdier in a feathered cap riding a horse past shrubs and a fence, with a long halberd held across his body

Halberdier on Horseback

Barthel Beham, 1520

Painted study of a pair of child's high-button boots, one upright and one tipped to show the sole, with a tassel and buttons.

Child's Shoe

Alexander Anderson, 1940

Engraving of a mounted standard bearer with a banner and a foot soldier beside a horse, with a landscape behind.

Riding Standard Bearer and Foot-Soldier

Barthel Beham, 1521

Engraving of a sleeping bound nude woman with a child, a sheep, a boar and a sword, with a castle town behind.

The Course of the World

Barthel Beham, 1525

Engraved circular portrait of an older bearded man with curly hair and a ruff collar, with handwritten inscription below.

Michael Roting

Engraving of a mother gazing at a sleeping infant beside a skull, with an hourglass and domed building in the background.

Madonna with Skull

Barthel Beham, 1520

Engraving of a seated Madonna in an ornate headdress embracing an infant beside a draped curtain.

Madonna with Flower Vase

Barthel Beham, 1520

Drawing of a woman's hand and forearm wearing a long black lace mitt with a tied tassel cord at the wrist.

Mitt

Lillian Causey, 1935/1942

Pencil and ink drawing of a hand wearing a black lace mitten with a patterned panel and scalloped cuff.

Mitt

Marie Alain, c. 1938

Painted study of a straw hat with blue ribbon and a knitted blue drawstring purse with long cords.

Wedding Coin Purse

Ellen Duncan, c. 1937

Pen drawing of a helmeted halberdier flanked by two pikemen in period dress, with putti and garden scenes in the corners.

Halberdier and Two Pikemen

Hans Jakob Plepp

Painted study of a dark leather lady's purse with a central embroidered floral panel in red, blue and cream.

Purse

Ralph Morton, c. 1938

Illustration of a gold purse in front and side views, with raised gold floral embroidery on a dark reddish-brown surface.

Gold Purse

Ralph Morton, c. 1938

Watercolor of an embroidered wallet with geometric patterns and a stitched name label reading A. Thomas Wilson.

Wallet

Ralph Morton, c. 1939

Watercolor drawing of a beaded drawstring bag with floral motifs, zigzag border, white bead fringe and pink ribbon ties.

Bag

Lillian Causey, 1935/1942

Painted study of a brown beaded bag with metal clasps, geometric bead patterns, and chain fringe with drop tassels.

Bag

William High, c. 1936

Watercolor study of a drawstring bag with a woven neckband, ribbon ties, and inset detail sketches.

Bag

Lillian Causey, c. 1937