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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Brown wash drawing of Saint Jerome in the desert with an angel, cherub, open book, and lion beside him.

Saint Jerome in the Desert Listening to the Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1732

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child surrounded by bishops, monks and kneeling women, with a cross at left.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Bishops, Monks, and Women

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735/1740

Black and red chalk drawing of a woman with lowered eyes wearing a lace cap, necklace, and bow-trimmed dress.

Seated Woman Looking Down

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1720/1721

Sepia wash drawing of a seated woman in a long gown turned toward another figure seen from behind in an interior.

The Reading

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1765/1775

Grey wash drawing of a family visit: a woman in bed holds an infant while visitors, a child and a dog gather around her.

Visit to the Nurse

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1780/1790

Graphite drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and shawl, with an obelisk and Roman buildings behind her.

Mrs. Charles Badham

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1816

Pencil and watercolor sketch of women harvesting peas in a field, some kneeling and some bending over the plants.

Pea Harvesters [recto]

Camille Pissarro, c. 1880

Pencil sketch of a country road with a horseback rider, a large tree at right, and distant poplars across an open field.

Montmorency Road

Camille Pissarro, c. 1850/1860

Laundress Carrying Linen

Edgar Degas, c. 1885/1895

Loose watercolor sketch of green and blue trees along a horizon with faint bird-like strokes in the pale sky above.

Mont Sainte-Victoire [recto]

Paul Cézanne, c. 1895

Ink drawing of a rural landscape with a thatched cottage, bare trees and a grassy field on tan paper.

Landscape at Pont-Aven

Paul Gauguin, c. 1888

Parau No Te Varau Ino (left); Tahitian Legend (right)

Paul Gauguin, c. 1890/1895

Tahitian Heads

Paul Gauguin, c. 1891/1893

Pencil sketches of geese in various poses and studies of two girls wearing bonnets on a two-panel sheet.

Geese; Girls in Bonnets, Geese [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1886

Pencil sketch of a monkey head and cottage on left; colored pencil drawing of a seated boy in a blue hat on right.

Monkey and Cottage; Little Breton Boy [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1886

Two Studies of a Child's Head; Two Studies of a Child's Head, a Woman in Profile, and a Man Wrestling an Animal [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Five Studies of Heads; A Boy in Profile with Studies of Hands and Feet [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two handwritten manuscript pages: a list of addresses on the left and a page of synthetic notes in ink on the right.

Address List; Manuscript Page [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketches and a handwritten drink list on two pages, with angular marks, wavy lines, and a small face drawing.

"Neige" (Snow); Itinerary [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketch on tan paper with four loose forms, including leg-like shapes and a curved hand or tapering object.

Four Fantastic Forms [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Profile of a Boy and Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884/1886

Heads of a Boy and a Man (Self-Portrait?) [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Three Studies of a Man Wearing a Hat [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Head of a Cow [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Graphite sketch of a bearded man's head above a smaller drawing of a dog's head on pale paper.

Head of a Bearded Man with a Head of a Dog [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a figure seated on the ground, drawn in loose contour lines with the arms and legs outlined.

Figure Seated on the Ground [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketch sheets with a man leaning on a wall, two bearded men in hats, and several small figure and hand studies.

A Man Leaning on a Wall with Five Other Studies; Two Bearded Men Wearing Hats, and Five Other Studies [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Graphite sketch sheet with studies of three men's heads, a hand, and rough figure lines, plus handwritten notes.

Two Figures and a Bench; Three Studies of Men's Heads and One of a Hand [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two Head Studies and a Crouching Nude Woman; Two Women's Heads and a Head of Child [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Landscape with a Cottage; Profile of Boy, Profile of Man, Two Women in a Landscape, and Five Other Studies [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketches on two sheets: a tree and landscape with a man's head, and a face inside a hatched square.

Landscape and Head of Man; Head of Monkey Inside a Square [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Drawing of a boy in a blue hat in colored pencil beside graphite studies of a pig and a crouched washerwoman.

Little Breton Boy; A Pig and a Washerwoman [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two handwritten French manuscript pages in brown ink on pale paper, mounted on a grey backing.

Manuscript Pages [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two-panel sketch: left shows loose figure studies in pencil; right shows a colored crayon village street with rooftops and fi

Two Breton Figures; Bridge at Pont-Aven [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two Breton Figures and Studies of Two Geese; Man Wearing Hat [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketches on two sheets: a large eye and part of a headscarfed face on the left, and three small figure studies on the

Eye and Part of Face; A Breton Woman and Two Men [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

A Caricature and Five Forms; A Man in Profile, a Winged Creature and a Boy [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil studies of a pig beside a colored pencil drawing of a boy in a hat carrying a jug, with green foliage behind.

Three Studies of a Pig; Breton Boy Walking with a Jug [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1886

Two-panel pencil sketch with angular studies of standing and seated human figures, an easel, and rough landscape lines.

Group of Human Forms; A Man Seated [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Figure Studies; Studies of Soldiers [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketch on two panels: a man's bust-length self-portrait on the right, and circles with handwritten numbers on the left

Circles and Numbers; Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Gauguin, c. 1884/1886

Two Heads; Studies of Sheep [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Head of a Man with a Study of His Back; Various Sketches with a Peasant Woman and a Goose [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil hand study and ink sketches of a woman's head and a bearded man's head with hands on cheek and ear.

A Grazing Cow; Head of a Woman with Her Hand on Her Cheek, and Head of a Man with His Hand on His Ear [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two sheets of sketches: a pencil drawing of a Breton woman and standing man, and a colored head study with a hand.

A Breton Woman and a Standing Man; Head and Hand of a Monkey [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil and colored crayon sketch of two women in white headdresses and blue dresses, with a graphite study on the right.

Two Breton Women; Landscape [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two sheets of sketches: pencil studies of sheep on the left, and brown ink heads of a woman and a bearded man on the right.

Five Sheep; Head of a Woman and Head of a Bearded Man [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketches of a man in a hat seen from behind and a standing woman, with handwritten color notes above.

A Head of Man with Hat, Seen from Behind; A Standing Woman [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Studies of Jugs and Vases; A Man with Moustache and a Boy with a Hat [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketches on two sheets: studies of soldiers' heads in caps, a woman's face, and a standing figure with hands.

Five Studies of Soldiers and a Woman's Face; Two Figures [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Soldiers; Four Soldiers and a Seated Figure [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketches on beige paper: a church tower with spire on the left, and a loose figure study with a dome outline on the ri

Church Tower; A Sketch of a Fan [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two sketch pages: a brown ink boy's face on the left and pencil studies of a sheep head and lines on the right.

Boy's Face; Two Sheep [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

A Profile and Four Shapes; Sketch of a Man's Head [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil drawing of a small cottage with a steep roof, two chimneys and shuttered windows beside a path and trees.

The Magrot House, Cuesmes

Vincent van Gogh, c. 1879/1880

Pencil drawing of a row of rustic cottages with steep roofs and chimneys beside a road, under a cloudy sky.

The Zandmennik House

Vincent van Gogh, c. 1879/1880

Sketch of an elderly bearded man in a top hat carrying a basket, drawn in pencil on brown paper.

Old Man Carrying a Basket, Facing Right

Vincent van Gogh, 1882

Pencil and chalk drawing of an elderly man in a long coat and cap polishing a boot beside a wooden counter.

Man Polishing a Boot

Vincent van Gogh, 1882

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with a young girl leaning against her knee, both looking toward the viewer.

Margot Leaning against Reine's Knee

Mary Cassatt, c. 1902

Pencil sketch of a smiling young girl in a ruffled bonnet seated in an armchair, drawn with loose lines.

Smiling Margot Wearing a Ruffled Bonnet

Mary Cassatt, c. 1902

Pen and brown ink sketch of farm buildings and dense trees beside a pond, with a path and small figure in the foreground.

A Landscape with Farm Buildings among Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650/1655

Red chalk drawing of a park with a small temple among tall trees, a man with a wheelbarrow, and stone lions in the foreground

Italian Park with a Tempietto

Hubert Robert, 1763

Lithograph of caricatured deputies seated in tiered legislative benches, some dozing, with a top hat on the front desk.

Le Ventre Législatif (The Legislative Belly)

Honoré Daumier, 1834

Daumier lithograph of men hauling an overloaded cart through a street while a woman waves a flag and crowds watch.

Grrrrand Déménagement du Constitutionnel

Honoré Daumier, 1846