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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Grey wash drawing of a columned classical building and pines above a foreground of Roman rooftops and a tall tower.

The Roman Circus near Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Jacques-Louis David, 1775/1780

Pen and wash drawing of six commedia dell'arte characters in theatrical costumes, numbered XII, by Claude Gillot.

Six Studies of Commedia dell'Arte Actors: Polchinelle, Columbine, Pierrot, a Captain, Harlequin "en femme," and Scara…

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in masks and costumes, by Claude Gillot.

Four Commedia dell'Arte Figures: Harlequin "en femme," Mezzetin(?), Scaramouche, and Harlequin

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of peasant musicians and a couple dancing, numbered XIX, signed Gillot.

Peasant Musicians and Dancers

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in costume, one with a tambourine and two in feathered hats.

Four Singing Commedia Dell'Arte Characters

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Woodcut of an armored warrior with a spear beside a feathered grotesque figure, with a radiating spider web above.

Von der Artzney bayder Glück (De Remediis Utriusque Fortuna) (On the Remedies of Good and Evil Fortune)

Francesco Petrarch and Hans Weiditz, II, 1532

Four etched plates showing mythological scenes of the four times of day, with satyrs, a rooster, a goat, and figures by a fir

The Four Times of Day

Charles Le Brun, c. 1640

Etching of the Holy Family resting in a wooded landscape, with a donkey drinking from a stream beside them.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Camillo Procaccini, c. 1595-1600

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with large trees, a dirt path, a wooden fence, and a distant church spire.

Wooded Landscape

Thomas Hearne, late 18th century

Stippled oval drawing of a river landscape with distant trees, a winding path, a dark hillock, and a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

Albert Dubois-Pillet, c.1888

Pencil sketch of figures in period dress on a hilltop overlooking a distant sea and coastline.

Figures on Top of a Hill, Overlooking the Sea

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pen and wash drawing of Minerva and nine Muses playing instruments in a wooded landscape with a distant castle.

Minerva and the Muses

Hans Rottenhammer, c. 1610

Watercolor of a hilltop town with terracotta roofs and a tower overlooking a wide flat landscape and distant hills.

Tivoli and the Roman Campagna

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Muted brown watercolor of a crescent moon over hazy mountains and a flat meadow with trees.

New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 or 1828/1835

Brown and grey wash drawing of white waterfalls cascading over rocks, with a domed building on a hilltop behind trees.

The Waterfalls at Tivoli (recto)

Joachim Franz Beich, 1704/1714

Watercolor of a blue alpine lake in a mountain valley, with a seated hunter and dog among boulders in the foreground.

"The Blue Pool" in the Rein Valley near Garmisch

Max Josef Wagenbauer, 1806

Watercolor of rocky woodland with oak trees, a sandy path, and shepherds tending sheep on a hillside in the distance.

Rocks and Oaks in the Serpentara

Victor Paul Mohn, 1869

Watercolor of a rocky valley with boulders, scrub, and a hilltop village under distant blue mountains.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano, Seen from Civitella

Victor Paul Mohn, 1869

Watercolor of a town with church towers beyond green hills, with two figures in traditional dress and sheep in the foreground

The City of Arnberg in the Oberpfalz

Carl Heinzmann, 1823

Watercolor of two workmen by a forge with a water wheel, a young man in blue, and a mountain landscape behind.

Fridolin and Two Workmen by the Forge

Peter Fendi, 1833

Watercolor of hazy hills with hilltop villages, ochre fields and distant blue mountains under a pale sky.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Deurer, 1835

Watercolor and pencil landscape of rolling hills, a wooded slope, and a castle on a hill in the distance.

Hilly Landscape with Landsberg Castle

Carl Wagner, 1830/1836

Watercolor interior of an officer saying farewell to a woman in pink as a child, dog and soldiers with packs look on.

A Young Officer Saying Farewell to His Family

Carl Schindler, 1841

Watercolor of a figure reading a green book while lying in bed, with loose grey and cream washes.

The Artist's Wife Reading in Bed

Leopold von Kalckreuth, 1885/1890

Watercolor and pen drawing of a hunting party feast with dogs, dead game, cherubs and figures in a scrolled frame.

Diana Resting after the Hunt

Johann Baptist Enderle, 1775/1780

Watercolor of Dresden's skyline across the Elbe, with a stone bridge, church towers, and workers loading boats on the bank.

Dresden from the Banks of the Elbe River

Adrian Zingg, 1782

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a city gate elevation and section with a coat of arms and ground plan, 1746.

Design for a City Gate in Trier

Balthasar Neumann, 1746

Watercolor of a marmot seated on a rock beside a branch of purple plums and a small fly.

A Groundhog or Marmot with a Branch of Plums

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605

Watercolor of a misty river valley with hills, a stone tower, a village, tall trees and figures resting in the foreground.

Oberwesel

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Watercolor of a calm river curving past dense trees and flat-topped cliffs under a blue sky.

Along the Jordan River (recto)

August Löffler, 1849/1850