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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Watercolor of a small tapered ink bottle with a dark stained top and knob stopper, centered on a pale background.

Ink Bottle

John Jordan, c. 1936

Pie Plate and Cup Plate

Cora Parker, c. 1938

Watercolor of a glazed reddish-brown stoneware pickle jar with a mottled surface and wide rim on a cream background.

Pickle Jar

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Woodcut of two muscular nude men wrestling, one lifting the other, with a rocky cave and distant castle town.

Hercules and Antaeus

Woodcut of Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion beside a tree and rocks, with a second lion in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Watercolor drawing of a pale ceramic teapot with green floral sprigs on its body and a curved handle and spout.

Teapot

Thomas Holloway, c. 1936

Watercolor of a carved wooden chest on a stand with iron strap hinge and rosette and floral panel carvings.

"Casa en Mesita" or Chest on Stand

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Woodcut of a muscular bearded man draped in cloth, surrounded by flames and smoke, with weapons scattered below.

The Death of Hercules

Watercolor of a rustic wooden armchair with slatted back and plank seat on a pale background.

Chair

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1938

Woodcut of a muscular nude Hercules grappling with a bull while cattle crowd the wooded background, with a club on the ground

Hercules Carrying Off the Cattle of Geryon

Pencil landscape drawing of wooded hills and mountain peaks under soft clouds, with a small hilltop town in the distance.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Richter, 1824

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden chair with stepped crest and horizontal panels, shown in three-quarter view.

Wooden Chair

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Panoramic landscape of rocky peaks, a castle on a summit, a bay below, and figures around a campfire on a cliff.

Balaklava

Carlo Bossoli, 1857

Sketch of workmen cutting and hauling ice blocks beside a horse-drawn cart near bare winter trees.

Workmen Gathering Ice at the Water's Edge

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1850

Grey wash drawing with white highlights showing a centaur and a woman in several poses, plus a dying centaur on rocks.

Nessus and Dejanira in Four Poses, and the Dying Nessus

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1830

Pen and ink sketch of a muscular warrior seen from behind, sword raised, with mounted soldiers in the upper right.

An Ancient Roman Warrior in Battle

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1830

Pen and ink drawing of a pollard willow beside a stream, with shrubs, clouds and a flock of birds in the sky.

A Pollard Willow by a Stream

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1840

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a hooded figure in a flowing cloak gesturing outward, on blue paper.

An Arab Rider on Camelback

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1840

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a kneeling monk in a robe gazing upward, with sketched studies beside him on blue paper.

A Young Benedictine Monk Kneeling

Jean-Léonard Lugardon, 1824

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a hooded robed figure kneeling with clasped hands, gazing upward.

A Young Priest Kneeling

Jean-Léonard Lugardon

Children rest with goats and kids beside a felled tree in a woodland meadow, watercolor by Ludwig Richter.

Children and Goats Resting by a Felled Tree

Ludwig Richter, 1868

Brown wash drawing of a chariot, a helmeted warrior, a veiled woman in robes, trumpeters and a temple by Norblin, 1818.

Castor and Pollux Rescuing Helen

Sébastien Norblin, 1818

Painted rendering of a tall highboy chest with brass pulls, shell carving, and cabriole legs on a cream background.

Highboy

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1939

Painted wooden toy trotting horse pulling a red-wheeled sulky with a small driver figure, on a plain background.

Trotter in Action

Henry Murphy, 1935/1942

Etching of robed figures and armed men with torches and staves confronting a haloed figure in a wooded landscape.

Jesus Confronting His Detractors

Wenceslaus Hollar

Painted study of a brown toy rooster with a red comb and dark tail feathers on a green rock base.

Toy Rooster

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Etching of Jesus kneeling on the Mount of Olives as an angel appears above and armed men with torches approach.

Jesus on the Mount of Olives

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of armed men with torches seizing a robed figure before a rocky landscape and a tree at right.

Jesus Taken

Wenceslaus Hollar

Watercolor drawing of a Hepplewhite armchair with striped floral upholstery and a fabric swatch beside it.

Hepplewhite Arm Chair

Elizabeth Curtis, 1936

Etching of Jesus before Pilate, with a robed figure on a raised platform before a stone building and onlookers below.

Jesus before Pilate

Wenceslaus Hollar