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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a dusk river scene near Rosetta, with palm trees, white birds and wading figures.

Rosetta, Egypt

Charles J. Bridgman, 1871

Engraving of Pandora opening a box, with demons, serpents and a radiant figure in a chariot above.

Pandora Opening Her Box

Master Z.B.M., 1557

Watercolor of a sunset with glowing yellow light through dark clouds over a pond reflecting the sky.

Sunset over a Pond

François-Auguste Ravier, 1880

Pencil and wash drawing of a riverside town with bare trees, rooftops, a church spire and hills under a pale sky.

Approaching Morestal

François-Auguste Ravier, 1845

Watercolor of tree trunks beside a terrace and house with a red roof, with warm yellow light glowing on the ground at dusk.

The Terrace of the Ravier House in Morestel

François-Auguste Ravier, 1880

Etching of Lucifer and demons fleeing from Saint Michael, who hovers above with a spear amid clouds over a city.

Lucifer and Demons Fleeing Saint Michael

Etching of a kneeling figure before a crowned king, with soldiers marching past a city gate and classical columns.

Jereo Before the King of the Huns for the Liberation of Saint Ursula

Etching of lightning striking a temple at left, figures scattering, and a city with domes under dark clouds.

The Striking of the King of the Huns and the Collapse of the Rule of Mart

Charcoal and white chalk study of two nude male figures, one reaching upward and one leaning forward, on grey paper.

Two Male Figures: Study for "The Good Samaritan"

Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1918

Etching of a colonnade with dancing figures in plumed hats below and a crowned saint among clouds in the sky.

The Triumph of Saint Ursula in Heaven and the Roman Conquerors

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a beret cutting with a penknife at a table beside books and an hourglass.

Man with a Penknife

Salomon Koninck

Etching of Cupid seated among trees, looking into a small oval mirror held in his hands.

Cupid Looking in a Mirror

Laurent de La Hyre

Woodcut of the crowned Virgin holding the infant Christ, surrounded by clouds and angels, with a kneeling donor at right.

Madonna and Child

Hans Baldung Grien, 1515/1517

Etching of a man leaning on a broken tree, gazing across a still pond toward a wooded far bank under a sky with birds.

A Man Gazing across a Still Pond

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary, Joseph with a palm frond, and the infant Christ on a stone ledge beside a column.

The Holy Family

Laurent de La Hyre, 1639

The Ludovisi Menander

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

Etching of a wooded landscape with leaning trees, reeds and a river receding toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with a River

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Grey wash drawing of a classically draped woman carrying a water jug on her shoulder, after an antique statue.

The Ludovisi Water Carrier

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

Pencil sketch of a kneeling woman in draped robes, head bowed, with the French caption 'fille de Niobé' below.

One of Niobe's Daughters

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

The Borghese Cybele

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

Pencil drawing of a seated angel gazing upward with draped robes and cloud forms behind, on pale paper.

Angel from the Assumption [recto]

Augustin Pajou after Charles Mellin, 1752/1756

Pen sketch of the Ripetta port in Rome with classical columns, stone steps, small figures and clouds over distant hills.

The Ripetta in Rome [verso]

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

Lion's Head from the Capitoline Staircase

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

Pen and ink sketch of crumbling classical ruins and overgrown foliage along a riverbank.

Ancient Ruins on the Bank of the Tiber

Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756

Charcoal study on brown paper of horses in motion, one with a rider, plus studies of legs and heads.

Study of Horses

Edgar Degas, c. 1886

Charcoal sketch of a horse with its head turned left, carrying a rider seen from behind.

Horse and Rider

Edgar Degas, c. 1878

Self-Portrait

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928

Loose ink and crayon drawing of a seated nude figure in a bath, with bright yellow, orange, green and blue strokes.

Erna Bathing in a Tub

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913/1914

Pen drawing of an imagined city with a classical stone bridge, columned palaces, a loggia, and a ship's masts behind.

A Capriccio of Palaces and a Loggia Facing a Classical Bridge

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1765

Lithograph of a standing man in a top hat and frock coat holding a cane, with a tree and house behind him.

The Senior Government Auditor Rudolf Schadow (The Artist's Brother)

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1824

Etching of the alpine town Radstadt with a castle and church tower, travelers on horseback and peasant women in the foregroun

Radstadt near Tauern

Johann Christoph Erhard and Johann Adam Klein after Carl Ludwig Friedrich Viehbeck, 1818

Black and white woodcut of a cheering crowd behind a striped fence, with a man in a top hat at center and a racket at right.

Le Gagnant (The Winner)

Félix Vallotton, 1898

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical feast with a nude woman, satyrs, putti and a fountain in an arched niche.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Freezes

Johann Matthias Kager, 1590s

Brown wash drawing of the Flagellation of Christ with scourgers, demons, and angels above in an arched frame.

The Flagellation of Christ

Claudio Ridolfi, 1619

Watercolor and pencil landscape of a twin-peaked volcano with smoke rising, under cloudy sky, with sketched town and trees be

Panoramic Views of Vesuvius and Monte Pellegrino

Carl Rottmann, 1827

Etching of classical ruins and a fallen column in the foreground, with a river, bridge, and distant castle town beyond.

Landscape with Ruins

Attributed to Antonio Francesco Lucini, 17th century

Etching of fishing boats with sails and rigging moored on calm sea, a rowboat in front, and a rocky coastline at right.

Barque de Pecheurs

Adolphe Appian, 1874

Watercolor trompe l'oeil of folded papers, playing cards, drawing tools, a garden plan, and a flower urn on a ruled ground.

Trompe l'oeil

Giuseppe Voltolini, 1846

Pen and ink drawing of a vertical grotesque panel with an urn, acanthus scrolls, and a satyr figure at the base.

Grotesque with a Satyr

Unknown artist

Engraved print of the Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine, a bearded saint, and a child with a scroll before classical colu

Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine

Giovanni Gallo after Marco Pino

Woodcut of mourners grieving over a nude dead man in a landscape with trees and hills.

The Lamentation

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Etching of a road beside tall trees and a hillside, with small figures walking and a building in the distance.

Part of the Via Flaminia

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639/40

Pen and ink drawing of two thatched cottages with chimneys, small doors and windows, and climbing vines under an open sky.

Two Cottages

Eugène Isabey, c. 1844

Sheet of pen and ink studies showing a rearing horse, a male torso, several heads, and a draped standing figure.

Sheet of Studies

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a walled town with a tower and cypress trees beside a winding path under a cloudy sky.

An Italian Walled Town Seen through Trees

François Lemoyne, c. 1724

Pen drawing of robed men beneath arches, one bending to offer a coin, with a figure looking from a window at right.

Peter Paying the Temple Tax

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820/1821

Lizard

Workshop of Johann Teyler, c. 1685-1697

Hand-colored print of a blue, red and yellow macaw perched on a wooden stand above grass.

Parrot (Ara)

Workshop of Johann Teyler, c. 1685-1697

Etching of a centaur and a triton battling with clubs, with onlookers and a rocky shore under a rising sun.

Battle between a Centaur and a Triton

Circle of Jusepe de Ribera, c. 1620-1640

Cream page with printed French limitation note and a green handwritten signature beneath a numbered copy label.

Yvette Guilbert

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Gustave Geffroy, 1894

Chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin Mary in prayer beside the haloed infant Christ, with an angel above.

Madonna and Child

Andrea Andreani after Francesco Vanni, 1591/93

Pen and wash drawing of a proposed Trevi Fountain design with a grand palazzo facade and sculpted basin.

Proposal for the Trevi Fountain

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1730/1732

Lithograph of a classical female figure holding a tablet labeled Égalité, a staff with a cap, and chains at her feet.

La République Française

Monogrammist G.H. after Pierre Paul Prud'hon, c. 1848

Lithograph of a woman in a costume with a full skirt and veil, leaning on an ornate pedestal and holding a fan.

Costume de Paquita dans la Reine d'Espagne

Eugène Lami, 1831

Grey lithograph of a Roman garden fountain with arching water jets, tall pines, and small figures in period dress on a gravel

Fontaine de Jardin Borghese

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1822

Monochrome print of ruined stone walls and an arch, with two seated figures picnicking on fallen blocks in the foreground.

Rustics Picnicking in Ruins

Jean René Méliand

Lithograph sheet with five vignettes: a soldier with plumed shako, an old man talking to a boy, a kneeling woman, a cottage,

Five Vignettes

Hippolyte Bellangé

Lithograph with three vignettes: a mounted soldier beside two horses, a man in a hat by a wall, and a woman reading with a ch

Three Vignettes

Hippolyte Bellangé

Lithograph of armed insurgents at a barricade with a tricolour flag, cavalry and smoke in a city street.

L'Allocution, 20 juillet, 1830

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1830

Lithograph of armoured cuirassiers charging on horseback past an overturned cannon on a battlefield.

Cuirassiers Charging

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Lithograph of a mounted carabinier in a plumed helmet on a dark horse, with soldiers and trees in the background.

Carabinier

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

Lithograph of armored crusader knights on horseback with lances and shields in a dusty plain with palm trees.

Croisés en Campagne

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

Lithograph of armed men and a boy handing out cartridges beside a cobblestone barricade, with smoke and gunfire in a city str

Les Munitionaires du 28 Juillet

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, c. 1830

Brown ink drawing of a soldier, woman and child beside a horse and a canopy in a wooded encampment.

Soldier's Family Encamped

Horace Vernet, c. 1818