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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Brown wash drawing of a fallen armored knight with a lance, a gesturing figure, and a windmill in a sketched landscape.

Don Quixote Defeated by the Windmill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and wash drawing of an armored knight on horseback confronting a turbaned rider, with fallen figures and a broken lance i

Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of two men in a forest, one in armor kneeling, the other pointing, with tall trees framing a distant hill.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Witness the Attack on Rocinante

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge in Venice with gondolas on the canal and palazzi lining the banks under a cloudy sky.

View of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Red chalk drawing of a lady and gentleman with tall curled hairstyles on a street, with onlookers behind them.

A Lady and Gentleman with Exaggerated Headdresses

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1778/1780

Ink and wash drawing of a vast vaulted prison interior with a grand staircase, arches, and an iron grille.

Roman Prison

Follower of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, second half 18th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a villa courtyard seen through an arch, with a fountain, columns, cypresses and small figures.

Courtyard of the Villa Pliniana

Follower of Hubert Robert

Pen and brown wash drawing of ballet dancers in full gowns performing in an ornate columned hall.

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen sketch of dancing women in skirts and bonnets, with heads of putti and scrollwork at the upper right.

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd, carriages and horsemen gathered before troops on a parkland under trees.

Royal Review of the Troops

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760s

Hand-colored architectural drawing with a garden ground plan, two building elevations, and a circular view of a pavilion entr

Project for the House and Gardens of Mlle. Guimard

Jean Testard and Charles-Philippe Campion de Tersan, c. 1768-1770

Red and blue chalk sketch of costumed actors bowing on a stage beneath draped curtains, with a crowd gathered at left.

Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1718

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with putti, scrollwork, and small landscape and battle scenes in the corners

A Ceiling Decoration with Landscapes and Battles

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1620

Watercolor of a hilltop castle complex with a tower above a wooded valley, with two figures on a path under a cloudy sky.

Eichhorn Castle at Evening

Josef Höger, c. 1838

Charcoal drawing of a bizarre rock formation with layered overhanging ledges rising from a dark ground line.

A Bizarre Rock Formation

Alphonse Nicolas-Michel Mandevare

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair, white cravat and dark draped cloak, titled Steffan Wolters, 1684.

Steffan Wolters

Jan Verkolje I after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1684

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and ruff collar, holding a book with a dog beside him.

Justus Lipsius

Hendrick Goltzius, 1587

Engraving of the Virgin Mary on a crescent moon holding the Christ Child, with angels, a star halo and Latin text below.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Helias van den Bossche after Abraham Bloemaert, 1607

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian valley with a river, a domed mausoleum on a bluff, shepherds, sheep and mountains.

Arcadian Landscape with a Mausoleum

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1790s

Grey-washed drawing of a Venetian-style harbor with gondolas, classical buildings, and elegantly dressed figures on a quay.

Venetian Fantasy with the Dogana

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a Rococo arch, rowing boats, figures and a sailing ship under a cloudy sky.

Venetian Fantasy with an Ornamental Arch

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Brown and white drawing of a bearded man lifting a lamp over two nude lovers on a canopied bed, with a helmet and sword below

Vulcan Discovering Venus and Mars

François-Édouard Picot

Brown wash drawing of a corner of the Colosseum with stone arches, piers and overgrown ruins under a pale sky.

A Corner of the Colosseum

Friedrich von Olivier, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a friar in a robe gazing up at a crucifix in the clouds, with a church on a distant hill.

The Stigmatization of Saint Francis

Johann Matthias Kager, 1607

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded figure with a staff and draped cloak, seated at a table, in brown tones.

Janus

Attributed to Hans Steidlin, c. 1600

Red chalk and wash sketch of a seated nude woman with two elders beside her in a rocky landscape.

Susanna and the Elders

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1700

Watercolor interior of a baroque church with frescoed vault, gilded balcony, candlelit altar and kneeling worshippers.

The Interior of the Jacobskirche at Innsbruck

Adolph Menzel, 1872

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone tower on a rocky hill with trees and wooded hills receding into a hazy sky.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Brown wash drawing of a biblical sacrifice: divine light strikes an altar as angels hover above and soldiers lie fallen below

The Sacrifice of Elijah before King Ahab

Nicola Malinconico, 1680s

A Girl in Peasant Dress

Jean-François Clermont, c. 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers working around a cross beneath a cloudy sky, by Albrecht Altdorfer.

Christ Nailed to the Cross

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1512

Engraving of Medea invoking magic under a starry sky, surrounded by an ornate decorative border with grotesques and figures.

The Incantation of Medea

René Boyvin after Leonard Thiry, 1563

Engraved bird's-eye map of ancient Rome showing city walls, hills, the Tiber, and labeled monuments and gates.

Topographical Map of Ancient Rome

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1557

Antique engraved bird's-eye map of Rome with city walls, the Tiber, hills, and a numbered key below.

Topographical Map of Modern Rome

Sebastiano di Re after Giovanni Antonio Dosio, 1561

Engraving of the bronze Capitoline Wolf suckling twins Romulus and Remus on a pedestal, with Latin inscription below.

Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus

Unknown artist, 1552

Engraving of an equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on a tall pedestal with a Latin inscription beneath.

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Monogrammist CB after Nicolaus Beatrizet, 1548

Engraved print of a triumphal arch with three openings, Corinthian columns, relief panels, and a Latin inscription over a che

Arch of Constantine

Unknown artist

Engraving of a three-arched Roman gateway with Corinthian columns, pedimented niches and inscribed stone panels above.

Arch of the Claudian Aqueduct

Unknown artist, 1549

Engraved cutaway view of the Colosseum showing exterior arcades on the right and interior tiered seating and arena on the lef

Colosseum

Attributed to Nicolaus Beatrizet

Engraving of the ruined Colosseum in Rome with tiered arches, overgrown upper walls, and two small figures on a hillside.

Colosseum

Unknown artist

Engraving of an ancient marble tomb with Latin inscription, winged figures and a griffin relief on a weathered stone base.

Tomb of Nero

Unknown artist, 1551

Engraved interior with a monk and a nun at a dining table by a fireplace, a dog and cat nearby, and figures praying at a wind

The Amorous Nun between the Abbot and the Monk

Hans Collaert the Elder, c. 1560

Drawing of winged Cupid leaning over reclining Psyche on a canopied bed, lit by a lamp, in grey wash with white highlights.

Cupid with Psyche Extinguishing the Lamp

François-Édouard Picot

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted soldier in armor loading and firing a long caliver, with smoke rising from the barrel.

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Preparing to Fire His Caliver

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1597

Engraving of three nude goddesses, Venus, Juno and Minerva, on clouds with a cupid, a peacock and Minerva's helmet and shield

Venus, Juno and Minerva

Adriaen Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1587

Sepia drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a Doric temple, waterfall, lake, large tree and small figures.

Arcadian Landscape with a Doric Temple

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1790s

Pen drawing of a crucifix in a church with kneeling and standing saints in robes beneath arches and columns.

A Crucifix in a Church with Saints Thomas Aquinas, Mary Magdalene, Albertus Magnus, and Others

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, 1655

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Tamping His Caliver

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1597

Hand-colored print of a girl steadying a boy in a red jacket on stilts in a garden with trees and roses.

Les Échasses

I Louis-Marin Bonnet after Jean-Baptiste Hüet, c. 1790

Sepia oval print of two men and a woman in a book-lined room, with a dog and a framed hunting scene on the wall.

The Sportsmen Resting

Isaac Cruikshank

Sepia oval print of a sportsman with a gun and dogs, while a couple embraces in a doorway beside him.

The Sportsmen's Departure

Isaac Cruikshank

Tonal print of a pale nude woman lying on a ledge, with a seated man in shadowed drapery bending over her.

Levite of Ephraim and His Dead Wife

M.G. Fuchs after Jean-Jacques Henner, c. 1898

Grey wash drawing of a young woman hurrying past a pedestal with a Cupid statue in a garden with trees.

Sacrifice to Love

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1766

Pen and red chalk sheet of figure studies, including a seated draped man, a standing nude, and foreshortened figures.

Figures from the Farnese Palace and from Life

Gaspar van Wittel after Annibale Carracci, c. 1710

Sepia oval drawing of a vaulted Roman interior with columns, a relief frieze, and small figures near draped cloth below.

Interior of a Roman Villa

Abbé de Saint-Non after Hubert Robert Jean-Claude-Richard, 1765

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man with eyeglasses and tousled hair, shown in loose dark strokes on cream paper.

Arno Holz

Lovis Corinth, 1922

Lithograph of a cloaked man in a top hat shivering in falling snow on a city street, with a dog lying in the snow.

Oh Patrie!!!

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Daumier lithograph of a robed lawyer striding past a man in a top hat and a uniformed officer by a doorway.

Tiens v'la peut-etre une pratique

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures, putti and a warrior floating among clouds in a celestial triumph scene.

The Triumph of Wisdom

Bartolomeo Tarsia, c. 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of two monks standing and kneeling beside a prostrate man on the ground.

Two Monks with a Prostrate Man

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1725

Red chalk drawing of a robed older man bending over a kneeling nude youth on rocky ground.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Workshop of Luca Signorelli, c. 1500

Grey wash drawing of the Judgment of Paris in a landscape, framed by an ornate rococo cartouche with clouds and cherubs above

The Judgment of Paris

Unknown artist, c. 1745

Oval engraving of an allegorical chariot scene with a nude woman, a winged archer, a skeleton with torch, and animals.

Lust

Léon Davent after Luca Penni, c. 1547

Etched landscape of a watermill and buildings on rocky hillside, with trees and a distant town beside a river.

Landscape with a Mill

Dominique Barrière after Titian, c. 1650