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National Gallery of Art

1,161 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing figure and a kneeling man in a columned temple interior with arches.

The Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee

Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650/1655

Ink sketch of a domed building and tower on a mound with trees, cattle and a herder in the foreground.

Antiquities of Dacca

George Chinnery, 1814/1827

Pencil sketch of two loosely drawn male figures, one carrying a long pole, on pale paper.

Two Chinese Laborers

George Chinnery, c. 1838

Pencil sketch in a circle of Victorian men in top hats and women in crinoline dresses strolling under trees.

Kensington Gardens [recto]

Walter Crane, 1863

Head of a Man

Master of the Giants, c. 1779

The Artist's Father, William Hunt

William Holman Hunt, before 1856

Pencil sketch of a woman in a bonnet and shawl, head turned in three-quarter view, on a torn sheet of paper.

A Woman Resting

Sketch of helmeted Minerva in draped robe holding a spear, black and white chalk on rust-toned paper, 1886.

Minerva

Edward Poynter, 1886

Pencil and wash sketch of a horse-drawn carriage with a rounded body, wheel, and harness lines on cream paper.

A Carriage

Pen and grey wash drawing of a young woman in a bonnet leaning over a washtub, her skirt falling in soft folds.

Girl with a Bonnet at Work [recto]

Black chalk and white highlight drawing on blue paper of a seated male nude seen from behind, head turned left.

Seated Male Nude

Samuel Woodforde, probably 1786/1791

Circular engraving of an old personified Winter holding a smoking brazier, with a frozen river and town below.

Winter

Jacob Matham after Hendrik Goltzius, 1589

Etching of a seated couple outside a thatched hut, with a standing man leaning on a staff and a bird on the roof.

The Marriage of Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Pencil sketch of three ragged figures on tan paper, with handwritten signatures beneath them.

Three Hobos on the Artist's Signature

Adolph Menzel, 1887

Circular brown and white drawing of a seated nude woman with a palm frond, cornucopia of grapes, and rising sun.

Drawing for Star of Fortune

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Bust of a Bearded Old Man

Jan Lievens, probably early 1630s

Lithograph of a print seller and a boy while a devil snatches albums from the stall, with the date 1825 above.

Le Diable emporte les Albums (The Devil Runs Off with the Lithograph Albums)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1825

Red chalk sketch of a woman seated on a see-saw, one arm extended and skirt flowing across the page.

Lady Seated on a See-Saw

Nicolas Lancret

Circular sheet with loose graphite sketch lines suggesting a figure, overlapping curves and diagonals, faint brown stains on

Figure Study

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil study on tan paper: a loose conifer branch at upper left and a stylized leafy border sprig at right.

Study for a Border Design with a Sketch of a Tree

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Ink plan of a domed central building with three curved wings of labeled rooms, drawn in French, with a scale bar.

Ground Plan for an Academy of the Fine Arts

Unknown artist, 1750/1790

La bailli

Félicien Rops, 1895

En Hollande (La petite liseuse)

Félicien Rops, 1895

Circular drawing with washes of a submerged man reaching toward a fruit tree with scrolls, framed in wood with gold edge.

Tantalus

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535/1540

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a boy gazing upward, one arm outstretched and the other hand at his chest.

A Boy Gazing Upward in Adoration

Bartolomeo Cesi, c. 1594

Pen drawing of God the Father enthroned with Christ and crowned Mary below, a dove above, and German inscription scrolls.

Christ and Mary Interceding with God the Father

Unknown artist, c. 1485

Etching of two peasants traveling in a landscape, one riding a donkey past a ruined building and trees.

Two Peasants Traveling in a Landscape

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a female satyr nursing a child in a wooded landscape, with a second child and garland at lower left.

Female Satyr Nursing a Child in a Wooded Landscape

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Circular etching of a young satyr reclining by a stream beneath trees, with a small nude figure at left and hills beyond.

Young Satyr at the Bank of a Stream

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a man carrying a heavy sack beside cargo barrels, with a sailing ship and harbor tower in a circular view.

Galley Slave Hauling a Ship's Cargo

Stefano Della Bella, 1656