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National Gallery of Art

14,475 works

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a young child in a frilled bonnet looking upward, with white highlights on the face and collar.

Head of a Child

Unknown artist, 1720/1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of foreshortened flying figures with billowing drapery, a study for a ceiling fresco.

Drawing for a Ceiling Fresco

Follower of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family in a skiff with two angels, one winged figure at the bow and another soaring above.

The Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family and Two Angels in a Skiff

Giustino Menescardi

Oval drawn portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and patterned jacket, signed by Carl Gustav von Amling, 1690.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Carl Gustav von Amling, 1690

Brown ink and wash drawing of a three-faced Trinity holding a globe on clouds, with a kneeling haloed woman looking up.

Blessed Maria Vittoria Fornari's Vision of the Trinity

Domenico Piola, 1670

Brown ink drawing of a bearded satyr with a goat, surrounded by putti, a woman, and a dog in a wooded setting.

A Satyr Entertaining His Family

Domenico Piola, 1690

Oval pencil portrait of a smiling woman in a tall bonnet, curled hair, ruffled collar and pearl necklace.

Portrait of a Woman

Richard Cosway, 1790s

Black and red chalk drawing of two studies of a violinist, one raising a bow and one holding a violin, both wearing hats.

Two Studies of a Violinist Tuning His Instrument

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717/1718

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd in period dress gathered before a classical building with a balcony and a soldier at right.

Parade (A Theatrical Procession in Paris)

Attributed to Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Chalk drawing of a young boy with curly hair in a gray jacket and white collar, hand resting on his chest.

Portrait of a Young Boy

Catherine Lusurier

A Young Man

Unknown artist, 16th century

Mr. William Waters

Ruth Henshaw Bascom, 1825

Mrs. William Waters

Ruth Henshaw Bascom, 1825

Etching of tall tree trunks in a forest, with evening light breaking through behind a distant hill.

Large Trees Seen against the Sun (Les grandes arbres: Effet du soir)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a dark woodland scene with tall tree trunks and shadowed undergrowth beneath an open sky.

In the Woods (Dans les bois)

Alphonse Legros

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark coat, signed A. Legros in the lower right.

Thomas Carlyle

Alphonse Legros

Graphite drawing of an elderly bearded man in a buttoned jacket, looking upward, signed A. Legros.

Portrait of an Old Man

Alphonse Legros

Woodcut of Christ with a haloed head beside a woman drawing water from a well, with a castle in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Engraved portrait of seated Cardinal Charles de Bourbon in robes, with a book, crucifix and ornate frame.

Cardinal Charles de Bourbon

Jean de Gourmont the Elder

Engraving of two muscular nude men gesturing in a rocky landscape with a tree and distant hills.

Two Male Nudes Gesturing in a Landscape

Domenico Beccafumi, 1537

Engraving of three boys raiding a sand-swallow colony on a sandy cliff, with birds flying and eggs scattered on the bank.

Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?"

Lagarde after Winslow Homer, published 1874

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a buttoned jacket seated beside a wooden chair, signed Bracquemond, dated 1853.

Charles Meryon

Félix Bracquemond, 1853

Hand-colored lithograph of William Henry Harrison standing in a landscape with a cloak, top hat, cane, and distant domed buil

William Henry Harrison: Ninth President of the United States

Nathaniel Currier

Pastel portrait of a smiling young woman in a yellow gown with blue ribbons and a pink rose in her hair.

A Young Lady in a Yellow Gown with Blue Ribbons

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1767

Caricature lithograph of a standing bearded man in round spectacles with clasped hands, dark coat and white collar.

Ath. L. Charles Coquerel

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Pastel portrait of a man with a powdered wig, gray coat and lace jabot, against a soft brownish background.

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1757

Etching of a feathered warrior with a spear beside a treasure chest of gold coins, with a tree and landscape behind.

Frontispiece: Allegorical Composition (Composition allegorique)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin and Charles Francois Le Tellier, 1767

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palace interior with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and an arched ceiling.

Interior of a Palace

Juste Nathan François Boucher

Etching of a nude man tending a fallen figure beneath a large tree, with soldiers and children around, and French verse below

Heroic Act of a Father Who Sacrifices for His Son (Trait heroique d'un pere qui se sacrifie pour son fils)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin and Charles Francois Le Tellier, 1767

Etching of a running man in a cloak holding a letter aloft, with a leaping animal and sketched landscape behind him.

Envoy to M. de Saint-Denis by M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner [left]

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767