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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Sepia print of bandits in turbans robbing kneeling fishermen beneath a large tree, with fish and a net on the ground.

Banditti Robbing Fishermen

after John Hamilton Mortimer Peter Perez Burdett, 1771

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate urn with serpent handles, draped women and a winged putto, signed Lagrenée 1784.

Composition with Antiquities

Jean Jacques Lagrenée II, 1784

Sepia print of mourners carrying a dead warrior on a stretcher past a stone wall, with weeping women and a child in the scene

The Death of Hector on the Ramparts of Troy (recto) / Tancred and Erminia (verso)

Watercolor of a Rhine river scene with a horse cart, figures in costume on the shore, hills, and a tower under clouds.

Oberlahnstein on the Rhine

James Duffield Harding, c. 1839

Pencil and white chalk drawing on blue paper of open fields with a line of trees and small figures under a pale sky.

Paddington Fields, London

John Linnell, 1811

Grey wash drawing of an Italian landscape with an umbrella pine, a stone tower, figures, a cow, and distant mountains.

A View in Italy with Mountains in the Distance

Richard Wilson, c. 1754

Watercolor of wicker eel traps at a wooden weir on a river, with thatched cottages, a church tower and cloudy sky.

Eel Bucks at Goring

William James Müller, c. 1843

Etching of the Supper at Emmaus showing Christ at a table with two men, a standing servant, bread, fruit and a jug.

The Supper at Emmaus

Pierre Fatoure and Gabriel Lejeune, after Caravaggio, c. 1609/1610

Graphite and white chalk study on blue paper of a youth pulling ropes, with several hand and arm studies.

Studies of a Youth Pulling Ropes (recto); Faint Study of a Youth Pulling a Rope (verso)

Aurelio Lomi, 1610s

Brown wash drawing of women gathered around jewelry while a warrior woman with spear and shield stands among them and a beard

The Discovery of Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes

James Thornhill, c. 1710

Brown wash drawing of a grotto with arched openings revealing trees and ruined walls beyond, by Francis Place.

A Grotto (The Stables of the Villa Maecenas, Tivoli?)

Francis Place, c. 1700

A Sheep

Jean-Ferdinand Chaigneau, 1860s

Chalk drawing with white highlights on grey paper showing two standing sheep and faint studies of sheep heads above.

Studies of Sheep

Jean-Ferdinand Chaigneau, 1860s

Etched landscape with a winged angel and a young man beside a river, large trees at right, cattle and a shepherd, and distant

River Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

John Galioth Nardois, c. 1648

Charcoal drawing of figures struggling around a water jug, one man holding a spear, another lying prone on the ground.

The Siege of Tortona, or The Thirst of the People of Tortona (La Costanza dei tortonesi)

Andrea Gastaldi, 1866-1867

Colored drawing of Christ with a halo in a doorway, a kneeling apostle reaching toward him, and robed onlookers around.

Christ with Doubting Thomas and the Apostles

Henri Lehmann, mid-19th century

Grey wash drawing of a grand Baroque ceremonial facade with arches, statues, a central fountain, and small figures in the for

Design for "The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1774: Hercules and the Dragon in the Garden of the Hesperides"

Paolo Posi and Giuseppe Palazzi, 1774

Engraved title page with a reclining lion, rocks and trees, and French lettering reading Recueïl de Lions, 1729.

Recueïl de Lions: Dessinés d'après nature par divers maitres et gravés par B. Picart (Collection of Lions: Drawn from…

Bernard Picart with plates after Albrecht Dürer, after Charles Le Brun and after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1729

Au Théâtre Antoine

Edouard Vuillard, c. 1889

Watercolor of an autumn forest with bare birch trees, mossy rocks, a dirt path, and birds flying across a cloudy sky.

Autumn Landscape in the Forest of Fontainebleau

Auguste Allongé, c. 1860

Pen and watercolor study of a reclining male nude, head resting on one arm, one leg raised, on a pale studio ground.

Study of a Male Nude

William Mulready, c. 1852

Black chalk drawing of a bearded, shirtless sailor seated at a ship's rigging, holding an oar, with stars above.

Navigation (Allegory of the Navy)

Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1876

Watercolor of fallow and red deer resting in a wooded parkland glade, with rolling hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

Stags in Knole Park, Kent

Robert Hills, 1839

Pencil drawing of a Gothic cathedral tower and nave seen from a lawn, with large trees framing the scene.

Bristol Cathedral from College Green

Thomas Girtin, 1797?

Watercolor of fortified ramparts and towers beside tidal water, with a rocky hill and a small boat in the foreground.

The Ramparts, Mont St. Michel, France

Alfred William Hunt, c. 1876

Brown wash drawing of a conical mountain with a plume of smoke, framed by trees and a flat valley in the foreground.

The Wrekin, Shropshire

Francis Towne, c. 1777/1783

Watercolor of Oxford's spires and towers seen across autumn trees, with cattle resting and two figures on a path.

View of Oxford from Headington Hill

William Turner, 1830

Engraving of mourners around a nude fallen hero, with hunting dogs, a boar, and figures with bows in the clouds.

The Death of Meleager

after Francesco Salviati Nicolas Beatrizet, 1543

Title page of Opera Hopferiana, printed in German serif type, Frankfurt am Main, 1802.

Opera Hopferiana

Daniel Hopfer, Hieronymus Hopfer, and Lambert Hopfer, 1802

Two Studies of the Head of a Young Man Crowned with a Laurel Wreath

Jacques-Louis David, 1775/1780