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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Saddled Horse with a Study of a Rider

Edgar Degas, c. 1860s

Pen and ink sketch of a feathered figure crouched over a struggling prone figure on the ground.

A False Scalping Performed by Iowa Tribe Members in Paris

Eugène Delacroix, 1845

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shadowed cloister courtyard with a standing robed monk and a figure at a window.

A Roman Cloister

François Marius Granet, c. 1802/1819

Red and black chalk study of a seated male nude holding up hair or cloth, with white highlights, by Henri Lehmann.

Study for "Rêve d'amour"

Henri Lehmann, 1848

Decorative title page with oval lettering, draped American flag, cannon, battle scene, and military camp vignettes around the

Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War (Volume 1)

Alexander Gardner, 1866

Printed book page with blackletter title 'McLean's House, Appomattox Court-House' above a paragraph of text on a cream backgr

Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War (Volume 2)

Alexander Gardner, 1866

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grand Roman plaza with a curved colonnade, an obelisk, pyramids and small figures.

A Roman Capriccio

Hubert Robert, c. 1763/1764

Bilingual German and French title page for Philipp Veith's portfolio Works of Leisure, framed by a black fleur-de-lis border.

Arbeiten der Musse/Ouvrages de Loisir (Works of Leisure), Part 2

Philipp Veith, c. 1824

Engraving of demons tormenting a magician amid acrobats, musicians and grotesque creatures, with a haloed figure at a doorway

The Fall of the Magician

after Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter van der Heyden, 1565

Pen and watercolor drawing of a pastoral scene with cattle, sheep, a donkey rider and classical columns and ruins.

Arcadian Landscape

Giovanni David, c. 1775

Brown ink drawing of a feathered female figure in a chariot drawn by two unicorns, with an armadillo in the foreground.

America

Maerten de Vos, c. 1585

Engraving of Noah and his family leaving the ark with lions, deer, goats, a porcupine and birds in flight.

Noah Leaving the Ark

after Raphael Giulio Bonasone, 1544

Pale orange and grey printed birth announcement with French text for Marthe Mellerio and a sleeping infant's face at lower le

Birth Announcement for Marthe Mellerio

Maurice Denis, 1896

Sheet with seven small etchings: a woman's head, a tavern brawl, an old man with rosary, mythological and procession scenes.

Sheet with Seven Etchings

Gaetano Gandolfi, c. 1775

Engraved forest landscape with travelers resting near a rustic hut, ruined stone arches, and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Travelers Resting in a Forest near a Hut

Pieter Stevens Aegidius Sadeler II, late 16th/early 17th century

Etched 1786 caricature of four standing men in an interior facing a gesturing clergyman in black robes, with speech scrolls.

The Petitioning Vintners

Unknown artist, 1786

Lithographic album cover showing a clown, a man in a top hat, and a soldier on a stage, with the title Album Lithographique 1

Cover for the Album Lithographique of 1835

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1835

Pencil sketches of tombs on cream paper, including a draped standing figure on a pedestal beneath an arch outline.

Sketches of Tombs

Louis Jean Desprez, 1779 / 1784

Watercolor of thatched and red-tiled farm buildings beside a grassy path, with tree trunks at left and sea on the horizon.

A Farm near the Sea at Margate, Kent

George Richmond, 1850

Engraving of Jupiter in clouds above gods, with nude giants falling and sprawled on rocky ground below.

Jupiter Defeating the Giants

attributed to Girolamo Faccioli, after Perino del Vaga, 1540s

Watercolor of a fishing boat battling rough waves under a dark stormy sky, with a large ship and distant coastline.

The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1840

Watercolor of figures gathering heather and carrying bundles across an open moor under a cloudy blue sky.

The Heather or Broom Gatherers

David Cox, 1851

Charcoal drawing of a stone archway and cobbled street with horses, a carriage, and pedestrians in long dresses.

Pusterla dei Fabbri, Milan

Mosè Bianchi, c. 1888

Engraving of nude muscular smiths hammering at an anvil in a vaulted forge, with winged cherubs working around them.

The Forge of Vulcan

after Francesco Primaticcio Enea Vico, c. 1546/1547

Grey wash drawing of a hawking party on horseback leaving a country house, with hounds and tall trees in the background.

A Hawking Party Setting off from a Country House

Barend Gael, 1660s

Sepia print of a man reclining with a bandaged leg, reading a sheet of paper in a dimly lit room with a lamp.

Self-Portrait with an Injured Foot

Joseph Fischer, 1798

Watercolor and ink drawing of ruined Gothic abbey arches overgrown with ivy under a cloudy sky, with figures at right.

Netley Abbey, Hampshire

Miss Selby, mid-19th century

Watercolor and pencil drawing of old Billingsgate market in London, with brick buildings, awnings and a tall column behind th

Old Billingsgate, London

Edward Duncan, 1835

Pale watercolor of a calm harbor with a moored boat, stone pier, figures, crane, and distant ships under hazy sky.

The Pier, Harwich

Philip Wilson Steer, 1913

Sketch of a village pond with whitewashed cottages, red roofs and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Village Pond at Bishopstoke

Frederick William Watts, 1829