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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Red chalk drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, two thieves on crosses, and a crowd of mourners below.

The Crucifixion

Andrea Vicentino, c. 1575

Pen and wash drawing of a small circular columned monument on a stone platform, with buildings and a hill behind it.

Monument of Lysicrates

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Red chalk sketch on tan paper of a standing figure in draped clothing with twisted torso and raised arm.

A Young Woman Looking in a Mirror

Nicolas Lancret, 1742/1743

Ink and wash drawing of the Erechtheion's caryatid porch on the Acropolis, with a standing man at right among ruins.

Erechtheion

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bay with islands and pine trees in the foreground, seen from a hill in Maine, 1850.

Castine from Wasson's Hill, Brooksville, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of Hadrian's Arch in Athens with ruined columns and the Acropolis rising behind it.

Hadrian's Arch

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a harbor town with ships in a bay, mountains behind, and goats on rocks in the foreground.

The Harbor of Piraeus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1891

Pencil drawing of Somes Sound with wooded hills, evergreen trees in the foreground, and a small sailboat on calm water.

Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1855

Engraved landscape with gnarled trees, a rocky arch, a horse-drawn cart with two figures, and a moon over distant hills.

Rocky Landscape

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1638

L'Ange anatomique (The Anatomical Angel) or Dissection of a Woman's Back

Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, 1746

Hand-colored caricature of a restaurant scene: a cook with a carrot, a gesturing man in a striped shirt, and a top-hatted gen

Mr. de Robert Macaire Restaurateur

Honoré Daumier and Edouard Bouvenne, 1836

Hand-colored lithograph of two men at a stone wall, one losing his top hat in the wind, with hills and a railway below.

Inconvenient de quitter

Honoré Daumier and Edouard Bouvenne, 1846

Etching of a nude winged female figure with raised sword riding a winged horse above reclining figures and clouds.

Genius of the Arts

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of a bare-backed seated man leaning on a ledge, with a reclining figure and another man among trees behind him.

Meditation

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of armed horsemen fighting rearing horses and attacking wolves in a chaotic battle scene.

Surprise

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of Perseus on a winged horse beside a nude woman chained to a rock, with a fallen figure in the foreground.

Perseus and Andromeda

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of Perseus in a winged helmet holding up Medusa's snake-haunted head, with his foot on her body on a rocky ledge.

Perseus

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of Diana drawing a bow surrounded by nude nymphs on rocks in a wooded landscape with clouds.

Diana and Her Nymphs

François Chifflart, 1865

Woodcut of Christ shown to a crowd of soldiers and onlookers before a building, with a sun in the sky.

Christ Shown to the People

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1513

Etched sketch sheet with multiple studies of heads, a seated nude seen from behind, a draped figure, and small grouped figure

Sketch Sheet

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of the Conversion of Saint Paul: a fallen rider and horse below a divine figure and cherubs in clouds.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Laurent de La Hyre, c. 1637

Engraved allegory with winged figures, putti, and trees, with Latin verses in a cartouche below.

Allegory of Intellect, Memory, and Will

Claude Mellan after Simon Vouet, 1625

Woodcut print of a bleeding bearded face with a crown of thorns, framed by a draped veil.

The Sudarium

Anthonis Sallaert

Etching of a seated cloaked man among skulls, bones, ruins and tall plants, with an inscribed tomb reading VANITAS in the for

Democritus Meditating

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, 1654

Engraving of three men in period dress playing wind instruments, standing on grassy ground with pebbles at their feet.

Three Musicians

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551

Engraving of a curly-haired man in a draped robe writing beside an eagle at a stone pedestal, with ruined masonry behind him.

Saint John the Evangelist

Lambert Suavius, c. 1545

Etching of a horned devil figure pouring from a vessel atop a mound, with writhing nude figures below and shadowy figures in

The Silver Devil

François Chifflart, 1865

Black and white woodcut of a wooden house among trees and flowers, with radiating sunlight lines across the sky.

Mountain House

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Etching of a man in a fur hat and cloak, his raised hand near his face, rendered in dense cross-hatched lines.

Man with a Scroll

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/1647

Engraving of soldiers killing infants and mothers, with nude figure studies and standing men on a pedestal at right.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1585-1586

Watercolor of a tall waterfall down a cliff, two figures on a rock ledge, and a leaning pine in the foreground.

Cascade dessus Wasserberg (Waterfall above Wasserberg)

Caspar Wolf, c. 1774

Watercolor of a ruined arched hall framing a watermill by a stream, with a seated figure reading near the water.

Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill

Caspar Wolf, 1760s

Sepia print of a man in powdered wig and armor within an oval frame, inscribed Louis Quinze, Roy de France.

Louis Quinze, Roy de France (Louis XV)

Jean-Charles François, 1767

Grey-blue wash drawing of two classically dressed lovers embracing in an interior with draped curtains.

Embracing Lovers in Classical Dress / A Woman in Classical Dress Looking Up

after Raphael Heinrich Friedrich Füger, 1785/1790

Pencil study of a reclining nude male corpse with handwritten measurements and smaller sketches of the body on tan paper.

The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)

Félix Vallotton, 1893

Pencil sketch of crumbling Roman brick walls with three arched openings, overgrown foliage, and scattered rubble in the foreg

Roman Walls

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a walled garden entrance with classical gateway, figures and tall trees behind a low wall.

Entrance to a Walled Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woodland copse with tall trees, exposed roots and rocks in grass, signed and dated 1863.

A Copse of Trees

Karl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

Pencil drawing of a house with an arched door, tall trees, a lattice fence and a garden fountain in the foreground.

House and Trees across a Garden Wall

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a classical colonnade with fluted Corinthian columns, an entablature, and a glimpse of a balustrade beyond.

Portico of the Palazzo Nuovo, on the Campidoglio

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of an arcaded loggia with a statue, a dog, and large trees in a garden setting.

Loggia and Statuary in an Italian Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a balustraded terrace by a river, with a villa and tall trees behind it.

Terrace by a River with a Villa and Trees Beyond

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and the Muses on a rocky height, with a winged horse drinking at a spring below.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer, c. 1640

Graphite sketch of an arched stone wall beside a pond with figures on top, framed by dense trees.

The Fishpond at Villa Madama

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Graphite drawing of a waterfall tumbling down rocky cliffs beneath buildings on a hilltop, with sketched foliage below.

Cliffs with a Waterfall at Tivoli

Claude Thiénon

Pencil sketch of Roman rooftops with classical columns, a balustrade, tall trees and buildings with windows.

Roman Rooftops

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Black and white chalk drawing of a seated elderly man in classical drapery, gesturing with one arm, on brown paper with grid

An Elderly Man in Classical Drapery

Unknown artist, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a stone arched bridge leading to a fortified town gate with round towers and trees.

A Stone Bridge and the Fortified Entrance to a Town

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Watercolor drawing of a brown field mouse seen from above, limbs spread and tail curled, on pale paper.

A Field Mouse, from Above

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Pencil drawing of a garden fountain with stone steps and classical balustrade beneath tall trees.

Fountain of Pomona in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Two Studies of a Woman Dressing

Félix Vallotton, 1890s

Pencil sketch of a shady pergola and stone archway in a valley, with a hillside village in the distance.

A Shady Arbor in the Valley of Gragnano

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Engraving of a sleeping young woman in a bonnet, holding knitting needles, with a yarn basket beside her.

La tricoteuse endormie

Claude Donat Jardinier, 1765

Ink and chalk drawing of a leafy oak beside a woodland path, with white highlights on the trunk and branches.

A Leafy Oak by a Woodland Path

Johann Caspar Huber, 1780s

Printed page indexing numbered Italian landscape views with artist names, in Italian and French columns.

Collection ou Suite de Vues Pittoresques de l'Italie

Johann Christian Reinhart, Albert Christoph Dies and Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1798

Watercolor drawing of a field mouse standing upright, with a graphite head study showing bared teeth in the upper right.

A Field Mouse, from Below

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Etching of a formal garden with a pool, a reclining statue on a pedestal, balustrade, and trees.

Pool in a Formal Garden

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a rocky pond with large boulders, leaning trees, and birds flying over distant hills.

A Rocky Pond

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a landscape with a large tree and rocks at left, a winding valley, rolling hills, and distant mountains under a pa

Mountainous Landscape

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a skeletal Death on horseback riding over a battlefield strewn with fallen soldiers and smoke.

La Mort sur un champ de bataille [Death on a Battlefield]

Stefano Della Bella, 1648

Dark bound book cover with a gold-stamped tan leather label reading Abraham Bosse, Les vierges folles et les vierges sages.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Woodcut of a heraldic eagle with spread wings and a shield on its breast, by Hans Burgkmair I, c. 1505.

Coat of Arms with a Single Eagle

Hans Burgkmair, c. 1505

Engraving of a skull beside a glass vase of roses and a round box on a ledge, with Latin text below.

Still Life with a Skull and a Vase of Roses

after Philippe de Champaigne Jean Morin, 1645/1650

Engraving of a crowded interior where a preacher bends over a fallen young man, surrounded by mourning women and listeners un

The Fall of Euthychus