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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Blue chiaroscuro print of an executioner with a raised sword above a kneeling figure, before a seated ruler and crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul

after Parmigianino Antonio da Trento, c. 1530

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse on open ground beside a tree.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Guercino, 1620/1630

Pastel drawing of a sleeping reclining nude woman on a white pillow against a pink and blue background.

Reclining Nude [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1894/1895

Ink sketch of an armored warrior on a rearing horse, arm raised, on toned paper.

Warrior in Renaissance Armor on a Rearing Horse

Workshop of Peter Vischer the Younger, c. 1530/1540

Figure Costumed as Hercules

Unknown artist, c. 1539

Watercolor of a ruined Gothic church interior with open vaults, rubble, and workers among debris below.

The Ruins of Saint Nicolai Church in Hamburg

Martin Gensler, 1871

Pencil and watercolor studies of trees with autumn-colored foliage in yellow, orange and green on a pale sheet.

Studies of Trees

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1886

Pen and brown wash drawing of draped classical figures, a helmeted warrior, and a kneeling woman beside architecture.

Coriolanus before the Women of Rome

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, late 1780s

Watercolor design of a moonlit arcaded courtyard with statues and elegantly dressed figures strolling beneath trees.

A Design for Illuminations to Celebrate the Birthday of King George III

after Giovanni Battista Cipriani Robert Adam, 1763

Oval chalk portrait of a seated woman with tall powdered hair, white dress and red sash, by John Hoppner.

Miss Frances Beresford

John Hoppner, c. 1784/1785

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman with an orange headband leaning on her arm, her draped dress rendered in loose outli

Dancer (Die Tänzerin)

Egon Schiele, 1913

Pen and grey wash drawing of two bearded prophets with a winged angel pointing upward behind them.

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah

Louis-Felix de La Rue after Raphael

Etching of two reclining cows, a woman leaning against a tree with a dog, and grazing cattle on a distant hill.

Two Cows and a Woman Lying Down

Jean-Louis Demarne

Red chalk drawing of tall cypress trees in an Italian park with small figures, a statue, and a stone balustrade.

A Stand of Cypresses in an Italian Park

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1760

Hand-colored woodcut of a crowned, haloed enthroned figure with cherubs, wild men, and Latin scrolls, from the 1493 Nuremberg

Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)

Hartmann Schedel, Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff,and Albrecht Durer, 1493

Muted watercolor of sailboats on grey sea under cloudy sky, with figures on a sandy beach in the foreground.

Violet [Note?]...The Return of the Fishing Boats

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1885

Watercolor sketch of a sandy beach with figures, a tent, beach huts and a distant steamship on the horizon.

Beach Scene

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1885

Watercolor of a brick shop front with arched doorways, a paned window, and two children with a dog on a sunlit street.

Village Shop, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1883/1884

Study in Black and Gold (Madge O'Donoghue)

James McNeill Whistler, 1883/1884

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a hilltop castle, rocky cliffs, large trees, small figures, and clouds.

Landscape with the Baptism of Christ

Attributed to Pieter Cornelisz Kunst, c. 1530

Printed title page of Vasari's 1568 Life of Michelangelo, with an ornate woodcut border and a Florence cityscape.

Vita de' gran Michelagnolo Buonarroti

Giorgio Vasari, published 1568

Brown ink drawing of townspeople skating and playing on a frozen canal beside gabled houses and a castle tower in winter.

Winter Landscape with Skaters

Hans Bol, c. 1584/1586

Red and black chalk sketch of a crowd of figures supporting a reclining nude man in a procession.

The March of Silenus [recto]

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1715/1716

Engraved prison scene of seated women in dark dresses and lace caps, a standing servant, and two men conversing at a desk.

La malheureuse famille Calas (The Unfortunate Calas Family)

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, after Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle, c. 1765

Brown ink and wash sketch of a standing young man with one arm extended, drawn with loose hatched strokes on pale paper.

A Young Man with a Staff

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1765

Watercolor drawing of a dying man on a blue bed attended by two haloed figures beneath a rainbow arc of angel faces.

The Death of Saint Joseph

William Blake, 1803

Color lithograph of a seated female clown in a yellow ruff and black stockings, with a couple standing in the background.

Seated Clowness (La Clownesse assise)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

An Eagle

Titian, 1560/1565

Red chalk drawing of a heap of weathered boulders with small plants growing among the rocks on a pale sheet.

Weathered Boulders

Franz Edmund Weirotter, c. 1769

Fan-shaped painting of wildflowers and butterflies on the left, with a sandy beach, sea and cliffs on the right.

Fan with Wildflowers and Butterflies against the Norman Coast

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1875

Watercolor seascape of dark blue-green waves under a grey cloudy sky with a pale pink horizon.

Lesson Study on Jersey Coast

John La Farge, 1881

Pen and brown wash sketch of Bacchus and Ariadne with a raised-arm male figure, reclining woman, and small cherub below.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1745

Etching of an allegorical scene with reclining figures, a winged angel, cherubs, a portrait medallion and a wooded landscape.

An Allegory in Honor of Innocent X

Pietro Testa, 1644

Standing young man in blue coat leaning on ruined wall with classical stone relief and distant arches.

Frederick North, Later Fifth Earl of Guilford, in Rome

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1790

Engraved portrait of a man in a curled wig and velvet cloak, resting his hand on a carved lion head beside a column.

Martin Desjardins

Gerard Edelinck after Hyacinthe Rigaud

Engraved double portrait of a wigged man seated beside his painted likeness holding a palette and brushes.

Jan Maurits Quinkhard

Pieter Tanje after Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1741

Mezzotint portrait of a young man in a fur-collared coat with an open book, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1785.

Francesco Bartolozzi

Thomas Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1785

Circular engraving of Saint George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a kneeling woman, a lamb, and a castle behind.

Saint George and the Dragon

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1465/1470

Engraving of a haloed woman chained to a column, with flames and a burning tree behind her, in fine cross-hatched linework.

Fortitude

Hieronymus Hopfer after Marcantonio Raimondi

Brown ink and wash drawing of a religious procession under a canopy, with a mitred bishop and a crowd around a kneeling figur

The Healing of the Possessed Boy in a Procession of the Volto Santo

Elisabetta Sirani, c. 1659

Etching of a partly nude man, a seated woman, an animal and bearded onlookers near a rocky tomb opening and a tree.

The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, early 1750s

Pen and ink study of robed figures gathered beneath a large arch and columns in a stone interior with steps.

Study after Old Master

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Pen and ink study of robed figures before tall columns, with separate head studies in the corners, after Domenichino.

Study after Domenichino

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Pencil and red chalk study of a man in a pleated garment carrying a child on his shoulders, with sketched heads at right.

Study after Gozzoli

Elihu Vedder, 1858

Pencil sketch of a standing hunter with a wide-brimmed hat, staff, and leash, with two dogs at his feet.

Study of Hunter with Dogs

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Study of a Girl Reading

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Study of a Girl's Head

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Pencil and red chalk sketch of two students in a bohemian room, one seated in a hat and cloak, one reclining, with a trunk an

Students in the Latin Quarter, Paris

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Pencil sketch of a stone archway framing a shaded path, with the inscription Rome and the date 1857.

Rome

Elihu Vedder, 1857

Pen and ink sketch on blue paper of a stone house, thatched hut, flagpole and small figures in a rural landscape.

Tuscany

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Pencil sketch of two women with jars on their heads beside a market stall, with a donkey and figures in the foreground.

Son and Donkey

Elihu Vedder, c. 1859

Pencil sketch of a man riding a donkey past two women and a standing man near cypress trees and an arched doorway.

The Parable of the Miller and the Donkey

Elihu Vedder, c. 1859

Pencil sketch of a kneeling man and standing man with a stick beside women on stone steps, with a horse and distant town.

Father and Son

Elihu Vedder, c. 1859

Pencil sketch of a rider on a donkey above two figures, a man and a boy, walking away from the viewer.

Father, Son, and Donkey

Elihu Vedder, c. 1859

Pencil sketch of figures carrying poles across a sandy ground, with a sailing ship and a dog drawn at the right edge.

Village Scene

Elihu Vedder, c. 1859

Pencil sketch of three cloaked figures under a tree, a man with a staff in the foreground, and a distant rider.

Son and the Donkey

Elihu Vedder, c. 1859

Hand-drawn ground floor plan with colored pencil washes showing rooms, a pergola, and handwritten notes about the hillside si

Ground Floor Plan for Torre Quatro Venti

Elihu Vedder, c. 1905

Drawing of a steamship in distress and two crowded lifeboats tossed on rough grey-green waves under a stormy sky.

The Shipwreck

Elihu Vedder, c. 1880

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a rolling landscape with trees, a winding path, a ruined tower and distant hills.

Roman Landscape

Elihu Vedder, c. 1900

Charcoal sketch of a carved stone fragment with a horse head and draped figure, with handwritten Italian notes on brown paper

Sketch of a Fragment from a Wall in Capri

Elihu Vedder, c. 1897

Pencil sketch of a shadowed archway on a path, with bare trees, a stone wall, and a domed building on the horizon.

Arco Oscuro--Over the Via Fiaminia

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a prostrate figure in a loose robe, head bowed, one arm outstretched, on gray paper.

From the Rubáiyát

Elihu Vedder, c. 1887

Charcoal sketch of a winged figure on a column holding a bowl, with a glowing lamp and a serpent coiled below.

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Circular study of a seated nude woman with a lyre, drawn in charcoal and white chalk on toned paper.

Study for "Music"

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890