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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Loose watercolor and pencil drawing of tall trees on a riverbank with a pale sky and distant trees on the right.

Banks of the Seine at Médan

Paul Cézanne, 1880-1885

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a wooded landscape with ruins, mounted soldiers, and cherubs in the clouds.

The Adoration of the Magi

Brown wash drawing of a wide river valley with a large tree at right, rocky cliffs, a stone bridge, and distant hills.

An Extensive River Landscape

Alexander Cozens, c. 1759

Samuel Palmer drawing of a ruined castle on a hilltop at dusk, with birds in an orange sky and dark trees below.

The Enchanted Castle at Dusk

Samuel Palmer, c. 1868

Etching of a dark tree grove on a rise with a small figure, open land and distant hills under a hatched sky.

The Hermit's Woods, or the Banks of Lake Trasimène (Le Bois de l'Hermite, ou les Bords du Lac Trasimène)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1858

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated male nude leaning on one arm, dated 1702.

Male Nude Seated on the Ground

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1702

Red chalk drawing of a shepherd and shepherdess seated and standing beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape.

A Shepherd and Shepherdess Seated under a Tree

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1710

Red chalk sketch of two standing men in period costume, one wearing a plumed hat and the other in a cloak.

Two Standing Soldiers, One Wearing a Hat

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1709/1710

Brown and grey wash drawing of villagers and a child in a rural landscape with straw sheaves, a large tree and a cottage.

October, Drawing the Honey from the Beehives

Claude Simpol, c.1645

Brown wash drawing of two masted boats beached on a flat shore with figures, a small boat, and a distant town.

Honfleur

Richard Parkes Bonington, c. 1821

Watercolor of Derwentwater lake with mountains, tall trees on a cliff, and travelers with an ox cart on a path.

Derwentwater

Paul Sandby, late 18th century

Pencil sketch of Tewkesbury Abbey's tall Gothic tower above a tiled roof and trees, drawn in fine grey lines.

Tewkesbury Abbey No. 2

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1793

Grey wash drawing of a columned classical building and pines above a foreground of Roman rooftops and a tall tower.

The Roman Circus near Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Jacques-Louis David, 1775/1780

Pen and wash drawing of six commedia dell'arte characters in theatrical costumes, numbered XII, by Claude Gillot.

Six Studies of Commedia dell'Arte Actors: Polchinelle, Columbine, Pierrot, a Captain, Harlequin "en femme," and Scara…

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in masks and costumes, by Claude Gillot.

Four Commedia dell'Arte Figures: Harlequin "en femme," Mezzetin(?), Scaramouche, and Harlequin

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of peasant musicians and a couple dancing, numbered XIX, signed Gillot.

Peasant Musicians and Dancers

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in costume, one with a tambourine and two in feathered hats.

Four Singing Commedia Dell'Arte Characters

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Watercolor of a tall waterfall tumbling through a shadowed wooded gorge with rocky brown cliffs and a sandy foreground.

The Waterfall at Lydford Gorge, Devon

Paul Huet, 1862

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman tending a sleeping infant beside a bearded man under a tree.

Holy Family Resting on the Flight into Egypt

Laurent de La Hyre, mid-17th century

Young Man in a Soft Cap

Guercino, 1630/1640

Woodcut of an armored warrior with a spear beside a feathered grotesque figure, with a radiating spider web above.

Von der Artzney bayder Glück (De Remediis Utriusque Fortuna) (On the Remedies of Good and Evil Fortune)

Francesco Petrarch and Hans Weiditz, II, 1532

Four etched plates showing mythological scenes of the four times of day, with satyrs, a rooster, a goat, and figures by a fir

The Four Times of Day

Charles Le Brun, c. 1640

Print of Christ seated on steps while soldiers in armor press a crown of thorns onto his head, framed by a sunburst.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, after Titian, 1550s

Etching of women gathering around a kneeling figure holding an infant beneath a large tree, with a nude figure standing at le

The Finding of Moses

Battista Angolo del Moro, after Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, 1540s

Engraving of a risen nude figure standing on a tomb above sleeping soldiers amid clouds and rocks.

The Resurrection

after Francesco Salviati Anonymous, 1546/1550

Blue-toned print of Perseus holding a sword and Medusa's severed head above classical ruins.

Perseus

Giovanni Gallo after Marco Pino, 1570/1580

Etching of the Holy Family resting in a wooded landscape, with a donkey drinking from a stream beside them.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Camillo Procaccini, c. 1595-1600

Etching of a reclining youth with a staff as a female figure with a crescent moon swoops toward him from the upper right.

Diana and Endymion

Daniël van den Dyck, c. 1650

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with large trees, a dirt path, a wooden fence, and a distant church spire.

Wooded Landscape

Thomas Hearne, late 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded standing saint wrapped in a draped mantle, with hatched shading.

A Standing Saint

Domenico Beccafumi

Pen and brown ink sketch of a Last Judgment scene with a cross, angels, and nude figures, with studies in the margins.

The Last Judgment

after Aurelio Lomi Giulio Benso

Stippled oval drawing of a river landscape with distant trees, a winding path, a dark hillock, and a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

Albert Dubois-Pillet, c.1888

Charcoal study of two women in long dresses, one reaching toward the other against a sketchy leafy background.

Two Studies of Madame Lemmen

Georges Lemmen, 1885

Head of a Man

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pencil sketch of figures in period dress on a hilltop overlooking a distant sea and coastline.

Figures on Top of a Hill, Overlooking the Sea

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Tonal print of a seated nude man with bound hands, a figure behind him, and draped cloth above, with an inscription below.

A Naked Man, Seated, with His Hands Tied

John Skippe after Baccio Bandinelli, 1782

Pen and wash drawing of Minerva and nine Muses playing instruments in a wooded landscape with a distant castle.

Minerva and the Muses

Hans Rottenhammer, c. 1610

Watercolor of a hilltop town with terracotta roofs and a tower overlooking a wide flat landscape and distant hills.

Tivoli and the Roman Campagna

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Muted brown watercolor of a crescent moon over hazy mountains and a flat meadow with trees.

New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 or 1828/1835

Watercolor and pen drawing of a sunlit woodland path lined with tall trees and dense undergrowth.

Rays of Sunlight Striking a Woodland Path

Friedrich Salathé, c. 1815

Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral interior with an ornate spiral staircase and women in shawls on the stone floor.

The Interior of the Cathedral of Saint Stephen at Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1841

Watercolor of a seated crowned woman reading a book beside a jeweled crown, a double-headed eagle shield and heraldic arms.

Germania

Philipp Veit, 1833/1836

Brown and grey wash drawing of white waterfalls cascading over rocks, with a domed building on a hilltop behind trees.

The Waterfalls at Tivoli (recto)

Joachim Franz Beich, 1704/1714

Watercolour of a balcony with painted antique vases, a grey parrot in a cage, pigeons, and a view over a bay with a hillside

Antiquities by a Balcony Overlooking the Gulf of Naples

Carl Götzloff, 1826

Pen and watercolor drawing of a bishop in robes addressing a crowd before a classical city gate, framed by rococo scrollwork.

Saint Ignatius Leaving Antioch

Johann Baptist Enderle, 1773

Watercolor of a blue alpine lake in a mountain valley, with a seated hunter and dog among boulders in the foreground.

"The Blue Pool" in the Rein Valley near Garmisch

Max Josef Wagenbauer, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a bishop with lightning bolts striking demons, while a woman with a book sits beside him.

Saint Augustine Subdues Heresy with Lightning Bolts from His Pen

Joseph Hartmann, 1770s(?) (or 1780s?)

Watercolor of rocky woodland with oak trees, a sandy path, and shepherds tending sheep on a hillside in the distance.

Rocks and Oaks in the Serpentara

Victor Paul Mohn, 1869

Watercolor of a rocky valley with boulders, scrub, and a hilltop village under distant blue mountains.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano, Seen from Civitella

Victor Paul Mohn, 1869

Watercolor of a town with church towers beyond green hills, with two figures in traditional dress and sheep in the foreground

The City of Arnberg in the Oberpfalz

Carl Heinzmann, 1823

Watercolor of two workmen by a forge with a water wheel, a young man in blue, and a mountain landscape behind.

Fridolin and Two Workmen by the Forge

Peter Fendi, 1833

Watercolor of hazy hills with hilltop villages, ochre fields and distant blue mountains under a pale sky.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Deurer, 1835

Watercolor and pencil landscape of rolling hills, a wooded slope, and a castle on a hill in the distance.

Hilly Landscape with Landsberg Castle

Carl Wagner, 1830/1836

Grey wash drawing in an oval of the Adoration of the Magi, with kneeling king, Virgin and Child, and a broken ship's hull.

The Adoration of the Magi

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1756

Watercolor interior of an officer saying farewell to a woman in pink as a child, dog and soldiers with packs look on.

A Young Officer Saying Farewell to His Family

Carl Schindler, 1841

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man, a nude youth standing before him, and two female figures in an interior.

The Golden Age I

Hans von Marées, 1879

Watercolor of a figure reading a green book while lying in bed, with loose grey and cream washes.

The Artist's Wife Reading in Bed

Leopold von Kalckreuth, 1885/1890

Watercolor and pen drawing of a hunting party feast with dogs, dead game, cherubs and figures in a scrolled frame.

Diana Resting after the Hunt

Johann Baptist Enderle, 1775/1780

Watercolor of Dresden's skyline across the Elbe, with a stone bridge, church towers, and workers loading boats on the bank.

Dresden from the Banks of the Elbe River

Adrian Zingg, 1782

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a river, trees, a hilltop town and a round temple on the cliff above.

Tivoli and the Temple of the Sibyl Above the Aniene Gorge

Carl Wagner, 1824

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a city gate elevation and section with a coat of arms and ground plan, 1746.

Design for a City Gate in Trier

Balthasar Neumann, 1746

Watercolor of a marmot seated on a rock beside a branch of purple plums and a small fly.

A Groundhog or Marmot with a Branch of Plums

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605

Watercolor of a misty river valley with hills, a stone tower, a village, tall trees and figures resting in the foreground.

Oberwesel

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Watercolor of a calm river curving past dense trees and flat-topped cliffs under a blue sky.

Along the Jordan River (recto)

August Löffler, 1849/1850