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National Gallery of Art

25,722 works

Sepia engraving of a banquet interior with seated figures, fruit platter, wine glass, and a distant city seen through an arch

The Prodigal Son Squandering His Inheritance on Harlots

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert after Maerten van Heemskerck, c. 1548

Etching of an angel above a sleeping man, with a veiled figure holding a child and animals in a rocky landscape.

Joseph Awakened by the Angel

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1635/1640

Woodcut of Samson seized by Philistine soldiers as Delilah watches, with a stone gate and landscape behind.

Samson and Delilah

Niccolò Boldrini after Titian, c. 1540

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy in ermine-trimmed royal robes, with fleur-de-lis drapery and a crowned coat of arms bel

Louis XV

Nicolas de Larmessin IV after Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1720

Pen drawing of winged warriors battling in the sky above a castle town, with a king and retinue and ladies below.

A King and His Retinue Confronting Ladies under a Celestial Battle

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Chalk portrait drawing of an older man with white hair and a high collar on toned grey paper.

Benjamin Fisher

Attributed to Gilbert Stuart

Chalk portrait drawing of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and shawl, on tan paper.

Mrs. Benjamin Fisher

Attributed to Gilbert Stuart

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude women bathing in a stream beneath trees, with drapery on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing

Thomas Rowlandson

Engraving of a hairy giant with a club and a woman in white gown in a gothic hall, with onlookers behind them.

Canto IV, Verse 294

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, 1803

Engraved oval illustration of figures clustered beneath a lion-like face, one raising a staff, with a printed book page borde

Canto I

William Sharp after Thomas Stothard, 1787-1788

Engraving of a woman in a bonnet reading a newspaper, with a man with a cane and a silver urn on a table nearby.

Illustration for Canto IV

William Sharp after Thomas Stothard, published 1788

Engraved print of a seated elderly man in a wig with a cane, and a standing young woman in a gown beside a door.

Illustration for Canto II

Charles Heath after Thomas Stothard, 1788

Engraved plate of three draped women in an oval, one seated tending a potted plant beneath a garland, 1788.

Illustration for Canto V

James Neagle after Thomas Stothard, published 1788

Engraving of Saint Cecilia with winged angels playing flute, lute and violin at a candlelit table.

Saint Cecilia Accompanied by Heavenly Musicians

Nicolaes Lauwers after Gerard Seghers

Hand-colored engraving of a large white cockatoo with a red-tipped raised crest perched on a branch above moss.

Psittacus albus cristatus maximus

Johann Sebastian Leitner after George Edwards

Engraved print of a mounted man in military uniform on a white horse, raising a sword under a stormy sky.

George Washington on Horseback

William Holl II after John Faed

Engraving of a vestal virgin with a sieve, a reclining river god pouring water, a wolf, putti and a classical Roman cityscape

The Vestal Virgin Tuccia

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, c. 1595

Etching of a vast vaulted interior with two lions, chains, scaffolding and small workmen among towering arches.

The Lion Bas-Reliefs

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1761

Pencil fan design with a central roundel of a female figure and putti, flanked by butterflies, ladybugs, and flowers.

Fan Design [recto]

Lovis Corinth, probably 1906

Pencil sketch of a seated young woman in a short-sleeved dress, head tilted upward, signed and dated 1889 at lower right.

Seated Young Woman [recto]

Lovis Corinth, 1889

Pen drawing of a family seated and standing around a table in an interior, with a mother holding a baby and a man reading.

The Nauwerk Family

Johan Christian Dahl, 1819

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mustached man in a voluminous turban with a jeweled clasp and a bird-shaped ornament.

Oriental in a Fantastic Headdress

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1731/1732

Pen and wash drawing of armed men attacking in a doorway while a figure lies dead on a stone floor.

The Assassination of King Wenzel III

Josef von Führich

Pencil study on tinted paper of two men, one carrying an oar over his shoulder and one gesturing with outstretched arms.

Studies for a Boatman

Studies of Men in Togas [recto]

Watercolor drawing of a town square with an ornate fountain, a tall clock tower, a domed church and mountains behind.

View of Trento

Albert Emil Kirchner

Pencil sketch of horses beside a covered wagon with resting men in the foreground.

Wallachian Wagoners Resting

Johann Adam Klein, probably c. 1813

Sepia drawing of a forest road with two walkers, rocky banks, and a distant village under clouds.

Road through the Woods near Kresselbach

Graphite pencil sketch of broad stone garden steps climbing diagonally past a tree trunk and wooden railing.

Flight of Stone Steps in a Garden

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young couple seated beside massive rock formations covered with trees and shrubs.

A Young Couple Seated near a Massive Rock Formation

Johann August Nahl II

Pencil drawing of Capri town with domed buildings, trees in front, and a steep rocky mountain behind.

View of Capri

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm, 1841

Watercolor and pencil drawing of tall spruce and leafy trees beside grazing cattle and herders, with misty mountains behind.

Alpine Landscape

Friedrich Salathé, 1814

Charcoal sketch on gray paper showing two studies of hands, one raised with curled fingers and one resting below.

Studies of Hands

John Singer Sargent

Charcoal figure studies on paper showing a nude youth's leg, torso, foot and hand in loose sketched lines.

Figure Studies of a Nude Youth

John Singer Sargent

Vincenzio Piombi

Jean-Baptiste Wicar

Pencil portrait of a young woman with hair in a bun and beaded necklace, set in an oval frame with flower garland and ribbon.

Portrait of a Girl

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped female figure holding a radiant shield above a rocky landscape with a village.

Allegorical Female Figure in a Landscape [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Pen and brown wash drawing with allegorical figures Aqua, Terra, Autumnus and Hyems around ornamental cartouches.

Water and Earth/Autumn and Winter

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Seated Girl in Peasant Costume

Unknown artist, 19th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of two heads: a man with curled hair and lace collar, and a woman in a plumed hat.

Cavalier with a Harlot

Unknown artist, 17th century

Head of an Old Man

Attributed to Gerrit Claesz Bleker

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat, lace collar and ruffled cuffs, leaning on a stool.

Seated Cavalier

Attributed to Jan Philipz van Bouckhorst, c. 1630

Pencil drawing of an older bearded man seated by a window, with trees and shrubs visible in the garden outside.

Jacob Meyer-Heine

Félix Bracquemond, 1872

Pen and wash drawing of a female warrior in classical armor holding a sword, with faint preparatory sketch lines.

Erminia

Peter von Cornelius

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with a bell tower seen through trees, with handwritten colour notes below.

View through the Trees at Tivoli [recto]

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1848

Brown wash drawing of a man in a cap poling a flat boat through marsh reeds, with white highlights on the grasses.

The Poleman in the Ma'sh

Thomas Eakins, c. 1881

The Angel of the Annunciation

Guercino, c. 1638/1639

Standing Nude Girl

Thomas Hovenden

Brown wash drawing of women and a child around a candle in a dim interior, one woman holding a jug.

"It is good candles which light the way"

Jacob Jordaens, 1640s

Graphite drawing of the Presentation in the Temple, showing figures with an infant before tall classical columns and an arche

The Presentation in the Temple

Laurent de La Hyre, c. 1648

Head of a Macedonian Soldier

Atelier Assistant of Charles Le Brun, c. 1668

Pastel drawing of an older bearded man with curly gray hair and a yellow garment against a pale blue-gray background.

Head of a Bearded Man

Benedetto Luti, 1715

Pink-washed drawing of a king on a throne judging two kneeling women as a soldier raises a sword in an arcaded hall.

The Judgment of Solomon

Master of the Liechtenstein Adoration, c. 1550

Chalk study of an elderly woman's upturned face in a veil, with two hand studies, on blue-gray paper.

Studies for Saint Anne in "Education of the Virgin"

Agostino Masucci

Charcoal sketch of a man in a hat raising a glass to drink, with studies of his arms and torso.

Studies of a Man Drinking

Adolph Menzel, 1888

Charcoal drawing of a sunlit garden with a bound tree, shrubs, flower pots, and two thatched cottages behind hedges.

Sunlit Garden

Jean-Baptiste Millet

Graphite sketch of a seated bearded man in a turban with surrounding studies of heads and a standing figure in a tall hat.

Caliph Aladin and His Counselors

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, late 1730s

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in classical dress leaning on a lyre, with a dark shaded background.

Lady Hamilton Playing a Lyre

George Romney, c. 1785

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a plumed cap and puffed breeches, seen from behind, raising a long-necked lute.

Man Playing a Lute [recto]

Matteo Rosselli

Pen and ink sketch of several nude men in violent battle poses, with a shield and bearded heads, on buff paper.

Battle of Nude Men

Peter Paul Rubens

Pencil portrait of a man in a bow tie with clasped hands, drawn by Egon Schiele on tan paper.

Dr. Ernst Wagner

Egon Schiele, 1918

Black chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with young John the Baptist, with a staff and cherubs in clouds above.

The Virgin and Child with John the Baptist

Pen and wash drawing of a border with a reclining river god, putti, a cornucopia of fruit, and reeds.

River God with Putti

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds toward a radiant light filled with angels and putti.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Giambattista Canal, c. 1785