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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Drawing of a youth in a cap with long hair, gazing upward, rendered in brown ink with white highlights.

Head of a Youth Looking Up

Pinturicchio, c. 1485

Pen and brown ink drawing of classical figures, candelabra, a lion and ornamental pedestals arranged in an architectural comp

Studies for Small Bronzes with Classical Motifs

Circle of Andrea Riccio, 1490s

Grotesque Head of an Old Woman

Leonardo da Vinci, 1489/1490

Pen and ink drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet beside an angel holding a flowing standard, with red grid lines.

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard

Fra' Bartolomeo, c. 1500

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and four women in veils and robes, with a small standing male figure at the right.

The Virgin and Four Other Women

Vittore Carpaccio, 1505/1510

Pen and brown ink drawing of two hermit saints receiving bread from a dove beneath trees and a radiant light.

The Hermit Saints Paul and Anthony Receiving Bread from a Dove

Domenico Campagnola, 1530s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a risen figure with a banner above a tomb, with sleeping armored soldiers below.

The Resurrection

Francesco Salviati, 1545/1548

Brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings carrying a young man upward through clouds.

The Rape of Ganymede

Niccolò dell' Abate, c. 1545

Brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, with a high priest, kneeling girl, doves and attendants.

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Attributed to Federico Barocci, c. 1600

Brown ink drawing of a grand palace interior with arcades, staircase and a crowd of figures, one carrying a large cross.

Christ Led Captive from a Palace

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1740/1745

Pen and ink drawing of a woman with lowered eyes, wearing a wide hat with inscribed band and a headscarf.

A Sibyl

Swabian 15th Century, c. 1470

Pen drawing of an armored knight on a rearing horse with a plumed helmet, surrounded by heraldic shields.

Maximilian, Duke of Austria, on Horseback

Primary Master of the Strassburg Chronicle, 1492

Pen drawing with white highlights on blue-green paper of a boy with curly hair looking upward.

Head of a Boy

after Albrecht Dürer Anonymous, second half of 16th Century

Chalk drawing of a man in a broad-brimmed hat, turned to the left, with red-tinted lips and a loose white shirt.

Portrait of a Man in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

after Hans Holbein the Younger Anonymous, c. 1526

Painted miniature of the Adoration of the Magi: kneeling kings offer gifts to Mary and the infant Christ beside an ox and don

The Adoration of the Magi

Simon Bening, mid-1520s

Ink drawing of a seated peasant man in a cap playing a bagpipe on a wooden stool.

The Bagpipe Player

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562

Drawing of a mountainous landscape with castles on cliffs, waterfalls, and tree-lined rocks in grey and pink washes.

Mountainous Landscape with Castles and Waterfalls

Roelant Savery, c. 1606

Watercolor and pen drawing of people skating and playing on a frozen river, with a ship and distant city skyline in winter.

Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel

Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1626

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

Hand-colored drawing of seven labeled historical figures in medieval dress, with a walled city and tents.

Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History

Barthélémy d' Eyck, c. 1442

Drawing of a woman with upswept hair and a large pleated ruff collar, looking forward, with pencil sketch lines around the co

Portrait of a Noblewoman (Madame de Pellegars?)

François Quesnel, 1590/1595

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with a winged cupid reaching toward a raised wreath behind her, on blue paper.

Cupid Stealing Venus's Floral Crown

Antoine Coypel, 1705/1708

Pen and ink drawing of rococo ornamental scrollwork, cartouches, columns and architectural interior details.

Studies of Ornament and Architecture

Claude Gillot, c. 1710

Chalk drawing of an elderly bald man with curly grey hair, a white cravat, and upturned gaze on tan paper.

Bust of an Old Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, probably 1763

Pencil and watercolor costume design of a standing warrior in ornate armor, plumed helmet, and decorated cloak.

Pittacus the Tyrant in War Costume

Gustave Moreau, 1883

Pen drawing of a turbaned woman riding a grey horse past rocky cliffs and a pool, with robed figures at left.

Oriental Horsewoman in a Desolate Mountain Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Ink drawing of a turbaned horseman on a white horse in a rocky mountain ravine, with a second rider behind him.

Oriental Horseman in a Desolate Mountain Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash: six draped men converse above, and nude warriors fight with swords and shields below.

Six Conversing Men and Ten Battling Nudes

Studio of Francesco Squarcione, 1460s/1470s

Standing Youth

Florentine School, c. 1475/1500

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a hound chasing a leaping hare across a sketched landscape.

A Hound Chasing a Hare

Benozzo Gozzoli, c. 1456/1459

Pencil sketch of three bearded men seated at a table, one wearing a turban, with books on the table.

Three Philosophers

Vittore Carpaccio

Pen and brown ink drawing of rustic houses built over stone ruins on a hillside, framed by trees.

A Complex of Rustic Houses Built Over Ruins

Circle of Giorgione, 1509/1515

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hillside village with a tall tower, trees, rocky foreground and distant mountains.

A Village Nestled at the Foot of a Hill (recto)

Circle of Giorgione, 1509/1515

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman lifted by winged angels, with a cherub and sketched studies on the sheet.

Saint Mary Magdalene Lifted by Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740

Brown wash drawing of Venus and Cupid beside the reclining body of Adonis beneath a tree.

Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740

Pen and wash drawing of Christ on the cross, head bowed under a crown of thorns, with a draped loincloth.

Christ on the Cross [recto]

Master of the Drapery Studies, mid- to late 1470s

Drawing of a knight in plate armor with a helmet, holding a halberd upright, rendered in brown ink and white highlights.

Knight in Armor, Holding a Halberd

Swabian School, c. 1500

Pen and wash drawing of a farmstead with red and thatched roofs surrounded by dense trees and a winding path.

A Farmstead in a Wood

Nuremberg School, 1500/1510

Pen and ink drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, hands clasped in prayer, head covered by a cloth.

Female Nude Praying

Albrecht Dürer, 1497/1500

Pen and wash drawing of the Man of Sorrows with grieving Mary and John, angels and cherubs above a hilly landscape.

Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows

Hans von Kulmbach, c. 1514

Drawing of a nude woman offering her breast to a chained, turbaned old man seated beside a pillar, dated 1540.

Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)

Sebald Beham, 1540

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and white ruff collar against a green background.

Christian II of Denmark and Norway

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1523

Pen and ink drawing with wash of an enthroned king beside allegorical figures Susanna and Sensualitas, with Latin inscription

"Always Have the Bedclothes Folded up" [fol. 41 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular man reclining backward on an animal skin, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758/1765

Red chalk drawing of a nude man kneeling with arms bound above his head beside a tree trunk.

Kneeling Man Bound to a Tree

Unknown artist, c. 1685

Brown wash drawing of tall cypress trees framing a staircase and villa facade with small figures in a garden.

The Avenue of Cypresses at Villa d'Este

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1760 and c. 1765

Pale watercolor and pencil drawing of a gilded throne room with a draped curtain, ornate ceiling, and a small standing figure

The Throne Room at Fontainebleau

Thomas Allom, c. 1845

Watercolor of a town along a bay under a stormy sky, with a rainbow at left and a steep mountain at right.

Cape Town

Maxwell Balfour, 1900

Watercolor landscape of a fort on a hill above trees and meadow, in muted green, ochre and mauve tones.

The Fort, Srinagar

Maxwell Balfour, 1896

Pencil sketch of an arcaded interior with flags, patterned rugs, columns, and small seated figures under a hanging lantern.

Constantine

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, c. 1867

Watercolor and chalk sketch of an ornate courtyard with a patterned canopy, green doorways, and a dark wooden pillar.

Interior of an Exotic Palace

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, c. 1867

Pencil sketch of a woman's head and neck, face turned slightly, gazing outward, on pale paper.

Head of a Woman

Thomas Melhuis Strudwick

Chalk drawing of a carved antique frieze fragment with scrolling foliage and drapery, shaded in dark pencil on tan paper.

A Fragment from an Antique Frieze

Edward Burne-Jones

Watercolor drawing of a gilded chandelier topped by the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, with angels on its scrolled arms.

A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child

Frederic William Burton, 1840s/1850s

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

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched village hut with resting goats, a woven basket, and figures near other huts on a hillside.

A Village Hut in India [recto]

George Chinnery, 1814/1824

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a hat extending one arm forward, with handwritten notes above about a Pellew drawing.

Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

George Chinnery, first quarter 19th century

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 of a seated woman embraced by a standing man, with a flying figure above and a dog at lower left.

Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Black chalk and white heightened study of a bearded classical figure in drapery, with a second head sketched behind.

Studies of a Classical Figure

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Pen and grey wash sketch of several draped female figures and heads in varied poses on one sheet.

Figure Studies [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Bearded Head after the Antique

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a turban and loose robes holding a staff, on pale paper.

A Turk [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Brown ink drawing of a woman at a table reading while a child leans against her shoulder.

Woman Reading to a Child

Charles West Cope