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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Sketch of a bearded man leaning on a ledge beside a standing woman raising her arm, drawn in dark crayon on cream paper.

Scene in a Private Room (vertical plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1905

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop castle above a river, with figures, a boat, a sledge and tall trees in the foreground.

View of Castle Sachsenburg

Lithograph of a dim gambling room with men in dark suits, a seated woman in a pale gown, and drapery behind them.

Gambling Room

Jean-Louis Forain, 1914

Watercolor of a mountain with a cross-shaped snow pattern above a misty valley, with a waterfall and pines in the foreground.

Mountain of the Holy Cross

Thomas Moran, 1890

Charcoal-style sketch of a bearded, balding seated man in a coat, head bowed, drawn with loose hatched strokes.

Ambroise Vollard

Jean-Louis Forain, 1910

Lithograph of a courtroom with robed lawyers leaning at a wooden barrier and a helmeted guard standing at left.

Lawyer Talking to His Client

Jean-Louis Forain, 1915

Black woodcut print on yellow paper showing a boy holding a cat, with bold angular dark shapes and light gouged areas.

Boy with Cat (Knabe mit Katze)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Etching of Saint Mark with a winged lion, an angel and cherubs among clouds, after Giovanni Lanfranco.

Saint Mark

Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Giovanni Lanfranco, 1761/1764

Lithograph of a slumped seated man and a standing woman in a long dress beside a draped table in a dim room.

Scene in a Private Room (horizontal plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1905

Four Sketches of Ambroise Vollard

Jean-Louis Forain, 1910

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man embracing a kneeling younger man with a staff in a rocky landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Unknown artist, c. 1720

Lithograph of dark-coated men with a top hat hurrying across a paved street beside a wall, by Jean-Louis Forain, 1915.

The Lawyer Pursued

Jean-Louis Forain, 1915

Monochrome red-brown study of a woman's face with soft, blurred features on pale paper.

Étude de femme (Study of a Woman)

Eugène Carrière, 1894

Lithograph of a pale seated woman with bowed head against dark trees and foliage, with a pool below and a faint sketch at low

Mélancolie (Melancholy)

Jean Danguy, 1894

Lithograph of two women and a seated man at a café table at night, with a carafe, glass and sugar lump.

Les femmes à l'absinthe (Women with Absinthe)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1894

Monochrome sketch of a woman in a large hat, finger to lips, framed by an oversized Roman numeral clock face.

L'Heure (The Hour)

Emile Coulon, 1894

Two reddish-brown chalk sketches of nude women: one seated seen from behind, one reclining on her stomach with a raised leg.

Croquis (Sketches)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1895

Pale woman in a dark cloak stands before tall cypress trees and roses, with a printed poem beside her.

Invocation mémoriale

Maurice Dumont and Henri de Régnier, 1895

Invocation mémoriale

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Print of a young girl with dark hair resting her head on her shoulder, wearing a dotted blouse, gazing sideways.

Etude d'enfant (Study of a Child)

Camille Bourget, 1895

Color print of nasturtium vines with orange and red flowers and a dragonfly resting on a red blossom.

Fleurs (Flowers)

Charles-Louis Houdard, 1895

Loose sketch of two intimately embracing figures with dark hatched hair and shadows on pale paper.

Intimité (Privacy)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895

Watercolor of painted antiquities and a parrot in a cage on a balcony overlooking a bay and hills near Naples.

Antiquities by a Balcony Overlooking the Gulf of Naples

Carl Götzloff, 1826

Watercolor of a ruined Doric temple with four columns and a seated figure on the steps, surrounded by trees under a blue sky.

A Temple Ruin in Agrigento

Carl Götzloff, 1825

Brown lithograph of a nude woman leaning on a dresser while an attendant in an apron stands nearby in a room with a window.

La friction au gant de crin (Massage with Coarse Hair Glove)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1895

Watercolor drawing of the Colosseum interior with tiered arches, ruined walls, small figures on the arena floor, and a cloudy

Interior of the Colosseum

Dark blue print of two cloaked figures walking under a crescent moon and starry night sky beside a street.

Nocturne (By Night)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895

Watercolor drawing of the Arch of Titus and Roman ruins with a brick bell tower under a pale blue sky.

The Arch of Titus and the Temple of Venus and Rome near the Roman Forum

Pencil drawing of a bearded seated soldier in a kepi and epauletted coat, leaning on a walking stick.

A Seated Soldier

Hippolyte Bellangé

Black and white drawing of a woman in a loose blouse bent over a book while seated on a bed against a dark background.

Liseuse (The Reader)

George-Daniel de Monfreid, 1895

Pencil sketch of a woman with an infant and a boy seated before a carved pulpit in a church interior.

Figures at a Church Service

Hippolyte Bellangé

Sepia drawing of a crowded 1830s street with a curved columned building, awnings and people in period dress.

View of Muhlendamm

Johann Friedrich Stock, 1834

Monochrome drawing of two seated women beside a tree with large leaves, one holding a fan, on a pale green sheet.

Tahiti

After Paul Gauguin, 1895

Ink and wash drawing of a standing man in a long overcoat, hands in pockets, on tan paper.

Standing Man

Watercolor of a kneeling man in red gazing up at three giant elderly faces beyond a window with curtains.

Gulliver Awed by Three Giant Beggars in the Land of Brobdingnag

Paul Gavarni, 1862

Black and white lithograph of rolling hills, fields and small figures working in a landscape, signed P. Sérusier.

Paysage (Landscape)

Paul Sérusier, 1895

Dark crayon sketch of a hooded figure with bowed head and hands pressed to the face, titled Douleur, on cream paper.

Douleur (Sorrow)

Jules Emmanuel Valadon, 1895

Line drawing of an elderly woman in a frilled cap and ruffled collar, shown in bust length on cream paper.

La vieille (Old Woman)

Eugène Martel, 1895

Tête de femme, profil à droite (Head of a Woman in Profile to the Right)

Antonio de La Gandara, 1895

Etching of three women in an 18th-century bedroom with a canopy bed, candelabra, and a French verse inscription below.

Le coucher

Engraved interior scene of elegantly dressed figures in a decorated room with paintings, a canopy bed, and dogs.

Marriage a la Mode: pl.1

Louis Gérard Scotin, 1745

Engraved interior with a reclining woman, attended figures, a dog at a table, and a window view of a city by a river.

Marriage a la Mode: pl.6

Louis Gérard Scotin, 1745

Brown lithograph of a nude woman with a wreath standing before a dark, smudged background above rippling water.

Apparition

Georges Rochegrosse, 1895

Martyrs

Jean Danguy, 1895

Sepia etching of two harnessed horses beside a horse-drawn cab at a stand, with a tree trunk at right, by Eugène Béjot.

Station de fiacre (Cab Stand)

Eugène Bejot, 1893

Etching of a severed head on a wooden block beside a pale upright candle, set against a dark background.

La supplicié (The Executed)

Henri Charles Guérard, 1895

Cy-devant (Ex-Noble)

Félicien Rops, 1895

Small brown-toned print of a man in a tricorn hat, shown in bust view, centered on a large cream sheet of paper.

Cy-devant (Vieux jeu)

Félicien Rops, 1895

Lithograph of a skeletal figure with bat wings holding a goblet under an arch, with a castle and forest in darkness below.

Le château de la mort (The House of the Dead)

Jean Danguy, 1895

Loose ink sketch of a reclining woman on a bed with a seated figure, pillows, and a small cat in the upper right corner.

Croquis (Sketch)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895

Deuils (Mourning Clothes)

Emile Coulon, 1895

Print of a woman in black mourning dress at a window beside a handwritten French poem titled Deuils.

Deuils (Mourning Clothes)

Emile Coulon and Félicien Champsaur, 1895

Etching of a woman in a long gown standing on a hillside under dark trees, with a distant tower on the horizon.

Carmosine (projet de programme)

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Lithograph of a long-haired man in a dark cloak before a snowy mountain landscape, signed Maurice Dumont.

Brand, acte V (projet de programme)

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Small black woodcut proof of a bald, bust-length figure in white lines, centered on a wide cream sheet.

Essai de bois gravé

Henri Charles Guérard, 1895

Grey-green tonal landscape of tall poplars by a river, with a small hunter and dog on the bank, in a sketched border.

Matinée d'automne (Le petit chasseur)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1895

Red-brown print of a scowling theatrical mask centered on a tan sheet of paper.

Masque

Henri Charles Guérard, 1895

Quelques croquis

Félicien Rops, 1895

Grey lithograph sketch of a shirtless man holding an oar across his body against a dark, loosely brushed landscape.

Etude (Le rameur)

Alexandre Lunois, 1895

Etude de femme

Etude de femme (Study of a Woman)

Line drawing of a young girl with pigtails looking forward, hands raised to her collar, on cream paper.

Petite fille

Eugène Martel, 1895

Kneeling Shepherd

Line drawing of a young girl with pigtails and a ruffled collar, looking directly at the viewer on cream paper.

Petite fille (Young Girl)

Eugène Martel, 1895