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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of a rocky river valley with a village, bridge, and small figures in the foreground, including the sacrifice of Abrah

Sacrifice of Abraham

Hieronymus Cock, 1551

Engraving of an older man drawing a bow beside a kneeling boy with an arrow, with a seated figure under a tree in the backgro

Lamech and Cain

Lucas van Leyden, 1524

Etching of a mounted rider on a rearing horse above sprawled dead soldiers, with cavalry and banners in the distance.

Battlefield

Karel Dujardin, 1652

Watercolor of two mounted soldiers in grey uniforms on a dirt road beside a field, under a cloudy sky.

Two Scouts

Winslow Homer, 1887

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded procession before a classical temple with columns and a statue on a distant column.

A Triumphal Procession in Ancient Rome

Gaetano Gandolfi, c. 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers and grieving women in an interior, depicting the death of Priam.

The Death of Priam

Michael Lucas Leopold Willmann, c. 1660

Shell (Vasum ceramicum)

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1645

Etching of a spiny murex seashell in side view, with a long tapering canal and projecting spines on pale paper.

Shell (Murex brandaris)

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1645

Drawing of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with an angel removing an arrow and three putti below.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Aegidius Sadeler, c. 1620

Etching of a muscular man with a staff reaching to a seated child on a rock, with a landscape behind.

Saint Christopher Giving His Hand to the Infant Jesus

Francesco Amato, 1650s

Etching of a kneeling pope and soldier gazing at angels lifting souls from flames toward heaven.

Saint Gregoire I Delivering Souls from Purgatory

Francesco Fontebasso after Sebastiano Ricci, 1744

Engraving of two women embracing, one holding a staff, both in flowing robes against a hatched landscape background.

The Visitation

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Three Oriental Heads

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770/1775

Two Oriental Heads

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770/1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of four evangelists writing in an arcaded scriptorium with an ox, lion, eagle and angel.

Four Evangelists in a Scriptorium

Master I.K., 1539

Chalk drawing of a boy in a feathered military cap and cravat, looking straight ahead, on tan paper.

A Boy Wearing a Military Cap

Unknown artist

Black chalk drawing of a young man with closed eyes beside a girl in a headscarf, highlighted in white on toned paper.

A Young Man Embracing a Girl

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1743

Architectural drawing with floor plan, elevations, and interior perspective of a circular church with dome, c. 1750.

Plan and Three Views of a Circular Church

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Architectural drawing with interior view, cross-section, floor plan and exterior elevation of a triangular church with dome.

Three Views and a Plan of a Triangular Parish Church

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Engraved architectural drawing of a classical temple interior with Corinthian columns, a central statue, and a barrel-vaulted

Interior of a Temple

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Symmetrical ink and wash plan of a decorated ceiling with rectangular bays, circular niches, rosettes, and figural panels.

Plan for a Decorated Ceiling

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Pen and ink drawing of angels and a putto framing a painted panel of three saints in an architectural design.

Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page")

Unknown artist, Sheets probably 1480-1504; mounting & framework c. 1575/1590

Pen and chalk sketch of a standing nude youth in an octagonal frame on a warm tinted sheet.

Standing Nude Youth

Filippino Lippi, c. 1496

Man with a Stick

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500

Pen and white-heightened sketch on tan ground showing several male figure studies within an ornamental architectural frame.

Various Figure Studies

Filippino Lippi, c. 1493/1495

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dancing nude putto with a swirling drapery, within a ruled frame.

Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery

Filippino Lippi, c. 1493/1497

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a winged angel holding a torch among clouds, within an architectural frame.

An Angel Carrying a Torch

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500/1504

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged angels carrying torches against clouds within an architectural frame.

Two Angels Carrying Torches

Filippino Lippi, c. 1501

Pen and wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil with hands clasped in prayer, framed by a ruled border.

Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer

Filippino Lippi, c. 1488

Pencil sketch of two draped women flanking a herm pillar, with white highlights on the left figure's drapery.

Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm

Filippino Lippi, 1488/1493

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic gate with carved arch and statues, framing a view of a spired church with figures in the foregr

The Erpingham Gate, Norwich

John Carter, 1791

Grey wash drawing of an owl flying above kneeling figures before classical columns and an altar with flames.

Pallas Athene in the Form of a Bird Leaving Nestor and Telemachus

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, c. 1780

Red chalk sketch of a winged old man with a scythe, a seated woman, cherubs and loose figure studies on cream paper.

Mythological Composition with Chronos and Harpies [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Book cover with red line drawing of a sailing boat, reeds, water lilies and a village on a Norfolk Broads waterway.

Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads

Peter Henry Emerson and T.F. Goodall, 1886

Tan cover of Whistler's Notes portfolio with spaced capital title, a small ornament, and the artist's name in italic.

Notes

James McNeill Whistler, published 1887

Woodcut of two bearded pilgrims and a child beside a roadside shrine with a crucifix, under tall trees.

Pilgrims at a Wayside Shrine

Hans Burgkmair, 1508

Red chalk drawing of a windblown tree, wheelbarrow, and a woman and seated man in conversation within an ivy-framed arch.

The Gallant Gardener

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1711-1712

Etching of a man leading a donkey at night, lit by a lantern, with a veiled woman riding in the dark background.

The Flight into Egypt

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etched bust portrait of a bald old man with a long flowing beard, set against dark hatched shading.

Old Man with a Beard

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1762

Pencil sketch of thatched cottages and willow trees on a riverbank, with a sailboat on calm water to the right.

Cottages by a River

Jan van Goyen, c. 1627/1629

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat playing a psalterium, with onlookers in feathered caps behind him beside a stone pil

A Young Man Playing a Psalterium

Christoffel van Sichem I after Hendrik Goltzius, c. 1600

Etching of monkeys in clothing running a barber shop, one shaving a customer in a chair, others at work in a cluttered room.

The Monkeys' Barber Shop

Coryn Boel after David Teniers the Younger, mid 17th century

Hand-colored print of a bird-headed man fishing and a bird-headed woman in a blue gown seated by a harp near a pond.

Metamorphoses of the Day: A Conventional Marriage

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville, 1829

Hand-colored 1829 caricature of animal-headed figures in period dress reading street posters on a pole.

Metamorphoses of the Day: Regrets, or Never till the Next Time

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville, 1829

Hand-colored caricature of an insect with antennae reclining in a chair while a doctor checks his pulse, with two insect visi

The Ailing Cricket

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville, 1829

Hand-colored print of a crowded evening scene at Vauxhall Gardens, with an orchestra on a balcony and strollers under trees.

Vauxhall Gardens

Robert Pollard and Francis Jukes after Thomas Rowlandson, published by John Raphael Smith, 1785

Pastel portrait of a young man in a blue military-style coat with red facings and silver trim, wearing a powdered wig.

Portrait of a Young Man in Uniform

Unknown artist, 1790s

Portrait of a Young Man in Profile

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Hellene von Sleben

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Madame La Duchesse de Mortemart

French late 18th/early 19th Century

Brown ink drawing of two seated women in a landscape with a tree and wooden fence, one in a tall headdress.

Two Russians Seated in Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Grey wash drawing of a walled garden with a well and figures, a stone house at left, and a village of rooftops beyond.

Landscape View

Brown ink drawing of a port with workers, a loaded cart, a church tower, large trees and distant ship masts.

View of a Port

Unknown artist

Red chalk drawing of an allegory with a youth holding a wreath, helmeted warrior, and figures on clouds in an oval.

Allegory of Fame

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1773

Circular drawing of a nude figure falling through the sky above a landscape, with crowns, scepter and orb in the foreground.

Man Falling from the Sky

Unknown artist

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing bearded man in sixteenth-century costume with a cloak and ruffled collar.

Standing Man in Sixteenth-Century Costume

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Oval pastel portrait of a woman with powdered hair and black lace veil, in a brown dress against a grey-blue background.

Lady Holland (Lady Mary Fitzpatrick)

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, c. 1770

Daniel Kemper

after Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin Anonymous, 19th century

Elizabeth Marius Kemper

after Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin Anonymous, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental helmet design with scrolling strapwork, mythological figures and a central classical me

Design for a Burgonet Helmet

Jean Cousin the Elder, c. 1545

Two Studies of Virgil

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, c. 1812 and c. 1825

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse on a pedestal with faint measurement lines and proportional notes.

A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]

Raphael, c. 1513

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint and several onlookers in the background.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1618

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flat landscape with a wooden shed, reeds, a water channel, and distant houses under an open s

View of Houtewael near the Sint Anthoniespoort [recto]

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650