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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and wash drawing of mythological figures in a landscape with classical urns, a shield, and figures in clouds.

The Purification of Aeneas

Michel Corneille, c. 1663

Grey toned drawing of a hilltop town with a tall tower, stone buildings, a steep retaining wall and a bare tree.

Orvieto

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Drawing of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe walking left, holding a staff, on blue paper with white highlights.

Study of a Man Walking towards the Left Holding a Staff

Girolamo Siciolante

Drawing of an elderly bearded man leaning on a railing by a river, with a moored boat, trees, and a pale evening sky.

Old Man by a River

Elihu Vedder, c. 1863

Pastel sketch of a narrow stone lane between walls, with shrubs and a rocky cliff rising behind under a pale sky.

Capri

Elihu Vedder, 1913

Drawing of a narrow rocky ravine with stone steps leading to an arched door and a tower with a cupola under a grey sky.

Vitré

Elihu Vedder, c. 1877

Circular brown and white drawing of a seated nude woman with a palm frond, cornucopia of grapes, and rising sun.

Drawing for Star of Fortune

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Mary Wood

John Russell, 1794

Pen and wash drawing of an illusionistic architectural vault with coffered ceiling, cornices and arched bays around a central

Illusionistic Architecture for the Vault of San Ignazio

Andrea Pozzo, 1685/1690

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, a man sawing wood, a boy measuring, a woman seated, and an angel

The Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, c. 1755

Grey wash drawing of a timber-framed cottage with a gabled roof and chimney beside a stream, with a small figure and trees.

A Cottage at Dorking in Surrey

John Sell Cotman, c. 1800/1801

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude figure with head tilted, on warm buff paper.

Male Nude

Gian Antonio Guardi, 1750s

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead and head turned, on cream paper.

Male Nude

Gian Antonio Guardi, c. 1725

Tolozan de Montfort

Charles Ange Boily, 1786

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white collar, inscribed Anibal Caras Pictor at top.

Annibale Carracci

Unknown artist

Pen and brown ink drawing of a boy fishing on a grassy bank, with trees, hills, a rider and a distant tower.

Landscape with a Boy Fishing

Domenico Campagnola, 1516

Oval engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and cravat, inscribed Mengs below, by James Neagle.

Anton Raphael Mengs

Head of a Man

Domenico Campagnola

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative ceiling design with clouds and gods, grape foliage, classical columns and reclining figu

Illusionistic Ceiling with a Grape Arbor, Figures Poised on Galleries, and a Central Scene of Olympian Gods

Unknown artist, c. 1580/1590

Red chalk drawing of ruined vaulted arches and brick walls with small figures and a fountain, by Piranesi.

The "Canopus" of the Villa Adriana at Tivoli

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Pen and ink drawing of a shepherd playing a flute and leading sheep and cattle through a rocky landscape with a distant town.

Shepherd Playing a Flute and Leading His Flock

Domenico Campagnola

Pen and gray wash drawing of a city square with an equestrian monument and arcaded palace facades under a cloudy sky.

Piazza with an Equestrian Monument and a Palace

Alessandro Sanquirico, c. 1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of a garden with stone terraces, obelisks, and weeping willows framing a fountain.

A Palatial Garden with Circular Terraces

Alessandro Sanquirico, c. 1810

Blue monochrome drawing of river rapids below wooded rock cliffs, with a wooden bridge and figures at right.

River Rapids by Wooded Cliffs

Claude Louis Châtelet, c. 1780

Brown wash drawing with red chalk of armed figures and smoke in a dark wooded setting, sketched in loose strokes.

A Young Woman Overcome by Love [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, c. 1763

Etching of classical ruins with a large arch, fallen columns, a statue on a pedestal and figures resting among the stones.

Landscape with Classical Ruins

Marco Ricci, 1720

Black and red chalk sketch of a woman with raised arm and loose studies of drapery and figure contours.

A Reclining Nude with Her Right Arm Raised over a Swift Composition Study [verso]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, c. 1763

Etching of a Venetian church and hospital facade on a canal, with gondolas, a stone bridge and pedestrians along the quay.

Chiesa et Hospitale de Mendicanti (plate 35)

Luca Carlevarijs, 1703

Etched view of a baroque church facade with statues on top, crowds of people in a square, and a dome behind.

Facciata della Chiesa del'Ospitaletto (plate 33)

Luca Carlevarijs, 1703

Engraving of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin with a winged angel, crown of thorns at lower left.

Pietà

Agostino Carracci after Veronese, 1582

Engraving of allegorical figures, cherubs and a fleur-de-lis shield framed in a central oval scene, dated 1690.

France Crowned with Victory by Louis XIV

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1690

Black and white print of a crowded funeral procession in a city square, with clergy, a draped hearse, flags and a Gothic chur

Les Funérailles de L'Amiral Courbet

Auguste Lepère and Louis Tinayre, 1885

Engraving of a military funeral procession along a city boulevard, with cavalry, carriages and crowds on rooftops and streets

Les Honneurs militaires rendus à la Depouille mortelle de L'Amiral Courbet

Auguste Lepère and Louis Tinayre, 1885

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing ship and rowboats at a harbor with a statue, spired buildings and clouds.

Seascape

Rodolphe Bresdin

Drawing of a whimsical thatched farmhouse village with ducks and chickens by a pond under a cloudy sky.

Fantasy Farmhouse

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1853

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur-collared coat, set within an ornate architectural frame on a pedestal.

Paolo Caliari

Agostino Carracci

Engraving of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin Mary and an angel, with a crown of thorns on the ground.

Pietà

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of the crowned Virgin spreading her cloak over two kneeling bearded men in robes, with clouds and a halo behind her

The Madonna Protecting Two Members of a Confraternity

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of Mercury with a caduceus and the Three Graces in a wooded landscape, with Latin text below.

Mercury and the Three Graces

Agostino Carracci, 1589

Engraving of a bearded man with curly hair holding a comic theatre mask, with an inscription below.

Giovanni Gabrielli

Agostino Carracci, 1599

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary seated with the sleeping Christ Child, and an elderly Joseph beside her.

The Holy Family

Agostino Carracci, 1597

Art Nouveau poster print with a flowing female figure, a bearded man, twisting branches, and cast list text in a decorative b

La Cloche engloutie

Paul Ranson, 1897

Embossed cream sheet showing a faint nude figure with raised arms above a horizontal line, by Alexandre Charpentier, 1889.

L'École des veufs; Au Temps de la ballade

Alexandre Charpentier, 1889

Embossed female figure in a dancing pose on tan paper, beside printed cast lists for Le Théâtre Libre programme.

La Dupe; Son petit coeur

Alexandre Charpentier, 1891

Theatre poster for Nell Horn showing a stylized nude female silhouette with outstretched arms against red and yellow.

Nell Horn

Alexandre Charpentier, 1891

Bust of a Bearded Old Man

Jan Lievens, probably early 1630s

Dark tavern scene of a violinist standing among seated listeners in hats around a lit table, rendered in hatched tones.

The Mandolin Player (Mandoliniste)

Henri Patrice Dillon, 1893

Etching of sheep grazing on a rocky coastal slope with the sea and distant headlands under a cloudy sky.

A Bit on Marblehead Neck

James David Smillie, 1883

Pen and ink drawing with brown wash of allegorical figures around a winged figure standing on a wheel, with labeled scrolls.

A Dialogue on Human Favor (recto) [fol. 15 verso / 16 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Etching of a fallow hillside with grazing sheep, trees, and a stone wall under a cloudy sky.

A Fallow Field

James David Smillie, 1883

Pen and ink drawing of kneeling and standing figures gazing upward at serpent-like forms and rays in the sky.

"Turn Your Body as You Worship" [fol. 37 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Tonal landscape print of a pond with a low dam, a tall tree on the left, and wooded hills under a broken sky.

An Old Dam Near Montrose

James David Smillie, 1891

Pen and ink drawing of a crowned man extending his hand to a group of men reaching up toward him.

"Do Not Give Your Right Hand to All and Sundry" [fol. 13 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Colored drawing of a courtier between Covetousness, a crowned piper with money bags, and a hooded Dissimulation, with a wolf

A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a young man among allegorical figures, a Latin scroll, and a crouching figure labeled Ma

"Do Not Walk outside the Public Highway" [fol. 35 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Etching of a gnarled tree on a rocky coast with a sea horizon and stormy sky, by James David Smillie, 1880.

Old Cedars, Coast of Maine

James David Smillie, 1880

Etching of a young woman standing beside a seated older man in a top hat with a cane, in a room with a fireplace.

The Reprimand

Walter Shirlaw, 1882

Pen drawing of allegorical figures around a knight whose red heart is being grasped with pincers, with labeled banners.

"Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink drawing of a haloed bearded man carrying sticks, a crucifix, a lion, and a seated youth under a tree.

"Help Him Who Takes up His Burden, Not Him Who Lays It down" [fol. 31 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of allegorical figures: a crowned man with scales, two blindfolded women turning a wheel, and two men holding a h

"Friendship Is Equality; A Friend Is Another Self" [fol. 10 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink drawing of a building facade with labeled allegorical figures, a staircase, and banners reading Cras and Tempus.

"Do Not Sit on the Grain Measure" [fol. 12 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink drawing of a spectacled woman riding a horse beside a veiled woman, with banners reading Credulitas and Mater spe

Credulity Preparing to Nurse the Mother of Hope [fol. 18 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink allegory: Hope reaches toward a banner among sad monks, joyful dancers, fearful figures and soldiers.

Hope, Reaching for Heaven, Stands among Sad and Happy Men, Joys, and Fear [fol. 19 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Ink and wash drawing of a sick man in bed, a miser, a kneeling man, and a red-robed ape beside an apple tree.

An Ape in Purple with a Sick Man, a Good Man, and a Miser [fol. 36 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515