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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pencil studies of nude male figures running and reaching, with a smaller figure pulling a pole across the lower left.

Studies of Men Running

Ink sketch of five muscular male nudes gesturing beside a nude woman entering a dark arched portal.

Five Male Nudes Gesticulating as a Nude Woman Enters a Portal

Theodore M. von Holst

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a muscular male nude reclining on draped cloth, head turned to the side.

A Reclining Male Nude

Georg Rafael Donner

Grey wash drawing of a ruined Gothic abbey with pointed arches, framed by trees and a dirt path in the foreground.

Furness Abbey

Thomas Hearne, 1777

Watercolor sketch of a Venetian waterfront with a tall campanile, domed buildings, gondolas and sailboats on blue-grey water.

Venetian Capriccio with a Campanile

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor of gondolas and a sailboat on a Venetian canal before a sunlit palace with pale ochre walls.

Gondolas Before a Palace on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor sketch of two Venetian palace facades beside a canal, in warm ochre, blue and red tones.

Palaces on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of a cornfield at sunset with haystacks, a large tree on the left, and birds flying under a lavender sky.

A Cornfield at Sunset

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Pale watercolor landscape with blue misty mountains, a white tower building at left, and a stream in the foreground.

A Landscape with Mountains and a Stream

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor sketch of Venetian domes and palace facades rising above blue lagoon water under a hazy tan sky.

The Salute and the Palazzo Ducale from the Bacino di San Marco

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of a gondola passing under an arched bridge in Venice, with hazy buildings and blue water beyond.

A Gondola Passing Under a Bridge in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor sketch of whitewashed city walls with lilac shadows, small figures in red robes, and a wooden railing under blue s

Walls of a North African City

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of the Pantheon in Rome with an obelisk and fountain in the foreground and small figures in the square.

The Pantheon

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Etching of a Navajo family group with riders on horseback, a seated pair, children and a bare-backed youth in a desert landsc

Navajo Family

Francis Luis Mora

Horizontal woodcut print of stylized figures and trees in dark ink on tan paper, set on a pink sheet.

Laundry (La Lessive)

Émile Bernard, 1889

Pencil sketches on two facing pages showing shells, flower stems, combs, small figures and bead strands for jewelry designs.

Studies for Jewelry Designs [verso]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, late 19th century

Etching of an elderly shepherd with a staff leading sheep and cattle along a rocky path, with a woman on a donkey.

An Elderly Shepherd Leading the Flock

after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Gaetano Zompini, 1758/1759

Trompe l'oeil drawing of a poker hand, poker chips, and a five dollar bill on a dark background.

Trompe l'Oeil: A Full House with Chips and a $5 Bill

Unknown artist, c. 1895

Charcoal drawing of three women laying linens to dry in a grassy orchard under leafy trees.

Washerwomen Setting the Linens Out to Dry

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1884

Monochrome drawing of a rocky mountain valley with a dark lake and a pale sun setting between the peaks.

The Dawn of Creation

Samuel Jackson, 1830s

Etching of a woman standing by a leafing tree in an open field at dusk, with a path and distant trees.

After Glow

Benjamin Lander, 1885

Watercolor of wine barrels being loaded from a plank onto a sailing barge on calm water, with a distant sailboat.

Wine Barrels Loaded onto a Sailing Barge at Vevey

Johann Jacob Ulrich, c. 1850

Pencil portrait of a woman with short hair and a ruffled collar, looking toward the viewer against a sketched background.

The Artist's Sister, Marie von Kalckreuth

Leopold von Kalckreuth, 1897

Charcoal drawing of two children sleeping side by side on a bed, with dark foliage in the upper left corner.

The Artist's Children Wolf and Anna Asleep

Leopold von Kalckreuth, c. 1900

Watercolor of a studio corner with pink roses in a glass vase on books, a yellow patterned cloth, and a wooden easel.

A Corner of a Studio

Henri Harpignies

Printed 1820 German religious diagram of winding paths, spirals and crossroads with text labels and a sun with a face.

Ein kleiner Abriss von denen Irr= und Abwegen, derer von Gott gerufenen Seelen

after Heinrich Ezechiel Sangmeister Joseph Bauman, 1820

Engraved 1729 map of Venice with canals, sailing ships, allegorical figures and a border of small city views.

Iconografica Rappresentatione della Inclita Città di Venezia (Iconongraphic Representation of the Illustrious City of…

Sebastiano Ricci, Lodovico Ughi, Giovanni Antonio Faldoni for the map, with Francesco Zucchi for the views, 1729

Watercolor of a large feathery tree before a distant mountain peak, with a flat plain and misty horizon.

Two Ancient Trees before a Mountain Peak

attributed to Jules Dupré, c. 1830

Charcoal drawing on yellow paper of a reclining nude figure and a seated woman with dark hair, in bold angular lines.

Fränzi Reclining

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Charcoal sketch of rocky boulders and scrubby vegetation in a mountain landscape, by Egon Schiele, 1917.

Mountain Stream

Egon Schiele, 1917