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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Watercolor drawing of an underwater scene with pale rock forms, green washes, swaying seaweed lines and a small orange glow.

Underwater Scene

Watercolor of jagged glowing mountains under a starry blue sky, with rocky cliffs framing the foreground.

Fantastic Mountainous Landscape with a Starry Sky

Watercolor and ink set design of a Gothic cathedral interior with an altar, draped purple banners and stone columns.

"Harold Scene 3 Cathedral (The relics covered with cloth at centre)"

Pen and ink stage design sketch of rocky ledges and trees labeled Incantation Scene from Der Freischutz.

Incantation Scene from "Der Freischutz"

Pen and ink drawing of gnarled trees framing a distant castle on a hill, washed in gray and brown tones.

Castle On A Hill (Set for "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"?)

Robert Caney, 1900?

Pen and ink drawing of a shaded garden path arched by trees, with spires rising in the distance.

A Tree-lined Garden Path (Preliminary Sketch for "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"?)

Robert Caney, 1900?

Watercolor stage design with red drapes, columns, and an equestrian Saint George slaying a dragon at center.

Stage Set with a Statue Of Saint George Slaying the Dragon

Pen and wash drawing of a fantastical underground temple with ornate columns, arched vaults, and a seated figure holding a la

A Fantastic Underground Temple (Aladdin's Cave?)

Watercolor stage design with red curtains, armored statues, gilded lions, and chariot scenes in oval panels.

Stage Set With Paintings And Statues

Watercolor interior of an Egyptian temple with carved walls, seated statues, columns and a view to blue sky and greenery.

Interior of an Ancient Egyptian Temple

Robert Caney, c.1888

Sunlit whitewashed chapel with bell tower on rocky cliffs above the blue sea, with cactus and an olive tree.

Santa Maria a Cetrella, Anacapri

William Stanley Haseltine, c. 1892

Pen sketch of a cove with a sailboat, loose scribbled water and shoreline beneath a sparse sky.

A Cove with a Sailboat

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of men in tricorn hats gathered around a reclining figure.

A Convivial Gathering with a Man Playing a Hurdy-Gurdy

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Pen and watercolor drawing of a stout man and a thin man with a cane, captioned May your shadow never be less.

An Unkind Wish

George Cruikshank, c. 1833

Pen and brown wash drawing of two men in wide-brimmed hats: one standing from behind, one seated leaning on a cane.

Two Studies of a Man

Remigio Cantagallina

Pen and brown ink drawing of soldiers and horsemen fighting, with fallen figures and a dying horse in the foreground.

Soldiers Fighting

Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo

Ink and wash drawing of a fortified palace with round towers and an ornate gate, flanked by trees, with a statue in front.

A Stage Set with a Statue and a Palace

Daniel Marot the Younger, 1730s (?)

Red chalk drawing of a rocky landscape with a stone tower, waterfall, arched bridge and windswept trees.

A Rocky Landscape with a Stone Tower and a Waterfall

attributed to Adriaen Frans Boudewyns

Pen and brown ink study of robed figures and a bearded head among clouds, with a figure in the sky above.

Studies for a Biblical Scene with God the Father Appearing to a Bearded Male Figure

Unknown artist, mid-17th Century

Small ink drawing by Paul Klee with loose, scratchy abstract forms and cross-hatching across pale paper.

Leiche (Corpse)

Paul Klee, 1913

Watercolor of Venice's domed Santa Maria della Salute at sunset, with sailing boats and a gondola on pink-tinted lagoon water

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, at Sunset

Edward Lear, 1865/1884

Charcoal study of three sleeves and a man's torso in a buttoned vest, drawn on tan paper.

Costume Studies

Jean-François Millet, 1854/1855

Pen and wash drawing of robed clergy in procession before a church portico, with ships on the sea and onlookers at left.

Paulinus, Cardinal and Patriarch of Aquileia, Transfers His Seat to Grado

Pietro Antonio Novelli, c. 1796

Pencil and brown wash sketch of figures in outdoor settings with trees, two compositional studies side by side.

Two Studies for a Portrait of the Warren Family

George Romney, c. 1768

Pencil sketch of mythological figures, including a standing man, a reclining woman and a cherub, with clouds and a ship.

The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne

Francesco Solimena

Pastel drawing of dark clouds layered over a pale sea horizon, with blue and yellow light breaking through the sky.

Clouds over the Sea

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1860/1865

Watercolor seascape of a sailboat on choppy water with a distant ship under a pale, cloudy sky.

A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude leaning against a tree, with a distant landscape and boat behind him.

A Reclining Male Nude

Bernard Picart, 1723

Watercolor of three travelers on a wooded path under gnarled trees, framed by a blue border with small silhouetted figures an

Travelers on a Wooded Path with a Border of Whimsical Figures and Monkeys

Henri Harpignies, 1895

Watercolor of a rocky Italian coast with cliffs, white buildings, boats on the shore, and a calm sea under a pale sky.

An Italian Coast Scene

John 'Warwick' Smith, possibly 1776/1781