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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Watercolor of a painted wooden sailor figurehead in blue coat and red breeches, standing on an inscribed base.

Figurehead: "Jolly Tar"

Drawing of a cone-shaped wire hoop framework with fabric straps, rivets, and a leather-bound top ring, by Nicholas Acampora.

Hoop

Nicholas Acampora, 1935/1942

Pen and wash panoramic drawing of a walled town with church spires, labeled Beaulne, set against low hills.

Beaune

Jan Peeters the Elder, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of the Trinity and Virgin appearing in clouds above kneeling ecclesiastics, with angels and cherubs.

The Trinity and the Virgin Appearing to Ecclesiastics

Theodoor Boeyermans

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the Christ Child, with angels and rosary beads around her.

The Madonna of the Rosary

Vicente Salvador Gómez, 1674

Painted study of a woven textile with a red dragon motif, floral borders, and labeled stages from first to finished.

Woven Textile: Technique Demonstration

Dorothee L. Bates, 1935/1942

Watercolor painting of a worn ox collar with leather straps, rivets, a buckle, and two metal rings on a cream background.

Ox Collar

Alexander Anderson, 1938

Painted study of a blue and cream woven coverlet with geometric blocks and butterfly-shaped motifs in a grid.

Coverlet

Sarkis Erganian, c. 1940

Painted rendering of a needlework sampler with alphabets, numerals, a floral border, and a central inscription and roses.

Sampler

Douglas Campbell, c. 1942

Mauve-toned textile design of monkeys, an archer, birds and tropical foliage on a stippled pink ground.

Block Print

George Loughridge, c. 1936

Watercolor textile design of red flowers, brown leaves and buds on a light patterned ground with a decorative border.

Chintz

George Loughridge, c. 1936

Grayscale design of a printed cotton textile with rose bouquets and scrolling foliage in a repeating pattern.

Printed Cotton

George Loughridge, c. 1936

Watercolor of a red earthenware bowl with cream and brown scale-pattern glaze on its lower body, on a pale background.

Pa. German Bowl

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Three views of a redware pottery dish with yellow wavy slip decoration, painted in reddish-brown tones on cream paper.

Pa. German Pie Plate

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Etching of a man in a cap blowing a horn beside hanging bread loaves under a wooden stall canopy.

Baker Sounding His Horn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1664

Etching of a bearded peasant man in a pointed cap and fur collar, glancing sideways within a plain border.

Peasant Wearing a Pointed Cap

Adriaen van Ostade, 1640

Etching of a smiling man in a plumed hat smoking a clay pipe at an open window with ivy and a shutter.

Smoker at a Window

Adriaen van Ostade, 1667

Etching of a smiling peasant woman in a headscarf in an arched doorway, with a grinning man behind her and ivy at right.

Peasant Couple in a Doorway (Village Romance)

Adriaen van Ostade, 1667

Watercolor drawing of a round reddish ceramic plate with a wavy green glaze border and a faded central motif.

Plate

Etching of an older man in a hat speaking with a woman carrying a basket, before a rustic cottage and trees.

Man and Woman Conversing

Adriaen van Ostade, 1673

Etching of a woman holding a doll as a child reaches for it, with a seated man under a vine arbor and a pot on a stool.

Child Reaching for a Doll

Adriaen van Ostade, 1679

Etching of three peasants in a dim tavern, one in a wide hat raising his fist in a quarrel beside a lattice window.

Peasants' Quarrel

Adriaen van Ostade, 1653

Etching of three men singing together at a window, one holding a lit candle and another reading from a sheet of music.

The Singers

Adriaen van Ostade, 1667

Etching of an elderly peasant with a bent back, leaning on a walking stick, within an arched border.

Peasant with a Crooked Back

Adriaen van Ostade, 1675

Painting of two white chalkware roosters with spread wings in red, gold and green, standing on a rust-colored rectangular bas

Chalkware Roosters

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Etching of a rustic barn interior with hay bales, chickens on the floor, a barrel, a wagon wheel and a ladder.

Interior of a Barn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Two painted drawings of chalkware lovebird figurines on pedestal bases, each pair with beaks touching, in gray, green and red

Chalkware Lovebirds

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Etching of a couple walking arm in arm, the man in a tall pointed hat and the woman in a hooded shawl.

Couple Walking

Adriaen van Ostade, 1638

Watercolor drawing of a reclining chalkware deer with green-tinted antlers and a green oval base on a cream background.

Pa. German Chalkware Deer

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Etching of a seated woman winding thread on a reel beside a cottage, with a standing man, a flowering tree, and chickens.

Woman Winding upon a Reel (La Devideuse)

Adriaen van Ostade, 1684