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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Grey wash drawing of two women in full skirts and upswept hair, with sketched figures behind them.

Two Women of Pleasure

Constantin Guys, 1860s?

Brown wash drawing of a figure with a stick on a path, beside a hill with trees and a small building.

Landscape along a Riverbank with a Figure

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Pen and ink sketch of robed figures on steps, one raising an arm, with a crowd of onlookers at right.

Figures on Steps (Studies for an Assumption of the Virgin)

Attributed to Carlo Maratta, late 17th century

Brown ink and wash sketch of several standing female figures in varied poses, studies by William Etty.

Studies for Joan of Arc

William Etty, 1843/1847

Pen and brown ink elevation drawing of a classical building with colonnade, statues in niches, and a domed clock tower.

Architectural Study

Giuseppe Valeriani, mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with an arched stone bridge, a horseback rider, figures, trees, and distant villa b

Landscape with a Bridge

Francesco Zuccarelli, mid-18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of armored horsemen fighting in a dense battle, with rearing horses and fallen soldiers.

A Battle on Horseback

Domenico Campagnola, 1510s

Engraved landscape of a kneeling penitent before a rocky cave, with a skull, book and hourglass in the foreground.

Landscape with Penitent Saints

Veronese 16th Century, 16th Century

Etching of Saint Roch with a halo giving alms to a crowd of poor figures beneath colonnaded arches.

Saint Roch Distributing Alms

after Annibale Carracci Guido Reni, 1610

Engraving of Christ at a well speaking with the Samaritan woman, disciples nearby, with a town and trees in the background.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

after Annibale Carracci Francesco Brizio, 1595 (published 1610)

Etching of a staff-bearing man beside a large urn, with a cherub, seated figures, books and a ruined column in the background

Temporalis Aeternitas [Second Version]

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1655

Etching of an allegorical scene with a bearded man pointing at a pedestal, an urn, garlands, a seated woman, and a child.

Temporalis Aeternitas [Second Version]

after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Anonymous, late 17th century

Etching of a woman holding a drinking child beside a bending man and a dog, with resting peasants and a stone wall nearby.

A Drinking Child with Resting Peasants

Sébastien Bourdon, 1636/1640

Etching of the Holy Family on an arch with two infants, a lamb, an elderly man with a staff, and classical ruins.

Holy Family Seated on an Arch

Sébastien Bourdon, 1642/1652

Etching of a wooded river landscape with two hunters and dogs at right, a duck on the water, and distant riders.

Landscape with Duck Hunters

after Jacques Fouquières Jean Morin, mid-17th century

Hoche, Joubert, and Ossian [Ossian Receiving the Shades of French Heroes]

after Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, 1821

Brown wash drawing of figures fishing in a river, with men wading and hauling a net, people in a rowboat, and trees on the ba

August: Fishing

Claude Simpol, c. 1700

Ink and wash drawing of soldiers, horses and a covered wagon on a road under windblown trees near a rocky outcrop.

Soldiers in a Windy Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, 1770s?

Grey wash drawing of a man gesturing to two seated women on a rocky shore beneath a tree, with a dog and a boat.

A Man and Two Women on a Rocky Shore

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, c. 1765

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by angels, saints and crowds of figures below.

The Virgin, Queen of Heaven

Circle of Francesco Vanni, early 17th century

Watercolor of a dead yellow songbird lying on its side with blue wing feathers and loose feathers on a dark brown background.

Dead Bird

Robert Bolling Brandegee, c. 1867

Watercolor still life of a dark shoe over a green book, with a herring and white object on a table, signed George Loring Brow

Shoe, Herring, and Book

George Loring Brown, 1833

Pencil still life drawing of grapes, apples and a pear on a table with leaves, signed James McDougal Hart, 1856.

Still Life with Fruit

James McDougal Hart, 1856

Watercolor still life of a single red-pink peach on a pale table against a dark brown wash background.

A Peach

Otto Heinigke, 1878

Pen and ink sketch of figures, horses and animals gathered among trees on tan paper, signed W. Ranney.

Study for "The Freshet"

William Ranney, 1857

Pastel drawing of a ruined building, leaning trees, a camel and a robed figure on a sandy path under a pale sky.

Nile Journey

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil and pastel drawing of two ancient stone colossi on a green plain with pale hills and palms under a grey-blue sky.

Nile Journey, Colossi of Memnon

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Colored pencil sketch of a tiered stone tower with a balcony beside tall palm trees, with handwritten inscription below.

Nile Journey, Manfalout, Through Spyglass

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of a young boy posing beside a pedestal while a man in a jacket paints at an easel nearby.

James Jebusa Shannon Painting a Portrait of the Young John Manners

Marchioness of Granby Violet Manners, 1897

Brown wash drawing of reclining nude naiads and dolphins among clouds, with a male figure at left.

Naiads and Dolphins

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1762/1765