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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and ink drawing of gnarled trees framing a distant castle on a hill, washed in gray and brown tones.

Castle On A Hill (Set for "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"?)

Robert Caney, 1900?

Pen and ink drawing of a shaded garden path arched by trees, with spires rising in the distance.

A Tree-lined Garden Path (Preliminary Sketch for "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"?)

Robert Caney, 1900?

Watercolor stage design with red drapes, columns, and an equestrian Saint George slaying a dragon at center.

Stage Set with a Statue Of Saint George Slaying the Dragon

Pen and wash drawing of a fantastical underground temple with ornate columns, arched vaults, and a seated figure holding a la

A Fantastic Underground Temple (Aladdin's Cave?)

Watercolor stage design with red curtains, armored statues, gilded lions, and chariot scenes in oval panels.

Stage Set With Paintings And Statues

Watercolor interior of an Egyptian temple with carved walls, seated statues, columns and a view to blue sky and greenery.

Interior of an Ancient Egyptian Temple

Robert Caney, c.1888

Red chalk drawing of a smiling boy with closed eyes and flowing hair, sketched on cream paper.

A Smiling Boy with Flowing Hair

Unknown artist, c. 1700

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd stoning a kneeling saint beneath a cloud of angels and cherubs.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Joseph François Parrocel

Sunlit whitewashed chapel with bell tower on rocky cliffs above the blue sea, with cactus and an olive tree.

Santa Maria a Cetrella, Anacapri

William Stanley Haseltine, c. 1892

Grey wash drawing of a studio with a seated draped woman, a standing nude statue, classical busts and drafting tools.

Allegory of Sculpture

Gerard van Houten

Pen sketch of a cove with a sailboat, loose scribbled water and shoreline beneath a sparse sky.

A Cove with a Sailboat

Pen and watercolor drawing of a flowering plant with pink blooms, looping calligraphic scrolls, and the signature Bernard.

Calligraphic Flowers

Jean-Joseph Bernard called Bernard de Paris

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of men in tricorn hats gathered around a reclining figure.

A Convivial Gathering with a Man Playing a Hurdy-Gurdy

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Pen and watercolor drawing of a stout man and a thin man with a cane, captioned May your shadow never be less.

An Unkind Wish

George Cruikshank, c. 1833

Watercolor landscape of billowing clouds over trees and small figures walking a path in the foreground.

A Landscape with Figures Walking along a Path

Henri Harpignies

Pen and brown wash drawing of two men in wide-brimmed hats: one standing from behind, one seated leaning on a cane.

Two Studies of a Man

Remigio Cantagallina

Pen and brown ink drawing of soldiers and horsemen fighting, with fallen figures and a dying horse in the foreground.

Soldiers Fighting

Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo

Ink and wash drawing of a fortified palace with round towers and an ornate gate, flanked by trees, with a statue in front.

A Stage Set with a Statue and a Palace

Daniel Marot the Younger, 1730s (?)

Sepia drawing of two grenadier soldiers in shako hats on a path, with a distant battle scene behind them.

Two Grenadiers

Red chalk drawing of a rocky landscape with a stone tower, waterfall, arched bridge and windswept trees.

A Rocky Landscape with a Stone Tower and a Waterfall

attributed to Adriaen Frans Boudewyns

Pen and brown ink study of robed figures and a bearded head among clouds, with a figure in the sky above.

Studies for a Biblical Scene with God the Father Appearing to a Bearded Male Figure

Unknown artist, mid-17th Century

Sketch of a dramatic interior scene with a fainting woman supported by figures and a crowd watching, on blue paper.

A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman

Small ink drawing by Paul Klee with loose, scratchy abstract forms and cross-hatching across pale paper.

Leiche (Corpse)

Paul Klee, 1913

Pen and brown ink sketch of a falling figure, a spoked wheel, a rearing horse and a helmet, on pale paper.

The Fall of Phaeton

Raymond Lafage, c. 1680

Watercolor of Venice's domed Santa Maria della Salute at sunset, with sailing boats and a gondola on pink-tinted lagoon water

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, at Sunset

Edward Lear, 1865/1884

Charcoal study of three sleeves and a man's torso in a buttoned vest, drawn on tan paper.

Costume Studies

Jean-François Millet, 1854/1855

Pen and wash drawing of robed clergy in procession before a church portico, with ships on the sea and onlookers at left.

Paulinus, Cardinal and Patriarch of Aquileia, Transfers His Seat to Grado

Pietro Antonio Novelli, c. 1796

Pencil and brown wash sketch of figures in outdoor settings with trees, two compositional studies side by side.

Two Studies for a Portrait of the Warren Family

George Romney, c. 1768

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining male river god with long hair, raised arm holding a staff, and drapery.

River God

Unknown artist, 1620/1650

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling friar gazing up at a floating Christ Child among clouds and cherubs.

The Christ Child Appearing to Saint Francis

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of mythological figures, including a standing man, a reclining woman and a cherub, with clouds and a ship.

The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne

Francesco Solimena

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude looking down, one hand gripping a raised knee, on tan paper.

A Seated Male Nude

Charles André van Loo

Pastel drawing of dark clouds layered over a pale sea horizon, with blue and yellow light breaking through the sky.

Clouds over the Sea

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1860/1865

Drawing of a balding cleric in a dark gown and white clerical bands, shaded in charcoal on tan paper.

Half-Length Portrait of a Cleric

Watercolor seascape of a sailboat on choppy water with a distant ship under a pale, cloudy sky.

A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint with a crozier and book in an arched niche, with a reclining cherub at lower right.

A Sculpture of Saint Benedict in a Niche

Jakob Frey, 1735

Red and black chalk drawing of an older man and a curly-haired youth in draped robes, standing side by side.

Two Male Figures: A Youth and an Old Man

Unknown artist

Brown wash drawing of a brick pyramid, classical statue, fountain with lion head, and figures by a basin.

A Roman Capriccio with the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius

Hubert Robert, 1781 or later

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman and winged child under a glowing crescent, with horses and clouds below.

Aurora's Tryst with Time Interrupted

Giuseppe Passeri, c. 1700

Red chalk drawing of a muscular seated male nude with raised arm on a carved pedestal, with a faint second figure at left.

A Seated Nude

Unknown artist

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude leaning against a tree, with a distant landscape and boat behind him.

A Reclining Male Nude

Bernard Picart, 1723

Pencil sketch of a Roman piazza with a tall column topped by a statue, arcaded buildings, and two small figures.

Figures on a Roman Piazza

Pen and ink design for an arched altarpiece showing the Virgin on clouds, a seated saint and a kneeling friar.

The Immaculate Conception

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Watercolor of three travelers on a wooded path under gnarled trees, framed by a blue border with small silhouetted figures an

Travelers on a Wooded Path with a Border of Whimsical Figures and Monkeys

Henri Harpignies, 1895

Loose pencil sketch of a seated woman combing her hair before a mirror, with a bench and interior lines.

A Woman Combing Her Hair in Front of a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural baldachin with columns framing an Annunciation scene with angels and clouds.

A Baldachin with a Painting of the Annunciation

Circle of Andrea Pozzo, c. 1708 or later

Pen and ink sketch of a standing muscular male nude with arms folded and head tilted back, on a cream sheet.

A Heroic Male Nude

Circle of Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bernhard's Whooping Cough Face

Gerhard Wilhelm von Reutern, mid to late 1820s

Watercolor of a rocky Italian coast with cliffs, white buildings, boats on the shore, and a calm sea under a pale sky.

An Italian Coast Scene

John 'Warwick' Smith, possibly 1776/1781

Watercolor and pen drawing of an ornamental wall with a doorway, blue diamond medallions, a candelabrum, and arched vault dec

Pompeiian Wall Decoration

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with figures attending a reclining man on a table and a winged figure above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Ludovico Carracci

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of several muscular male figures in dynamic poses, with arms outstretched.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Attributed to Ludovico Cardi called Cigoli

Pencil studies of nude male figures running and reaching, with a smaller figure pulling a pole across the lower left.

Studies of Men Running

Ink sketch of five muscular male nudes gesturing beside a nude woman entering a dark arched portal.

Five Male Nudes Gesticulating as a Nude Woman Enters a Portal

Theodore M. von Holst

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a muscular male nude reclining on draped cloth, head turned to the side.

A Reclining Male Nude

Georg Rafael Donner

Grey wash drawing of a ruined Gothic abbey with pointed arches, framed by trees and a dirt path in the foreground.

Furness Abbey

Thomas Hearne, 1777

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, standing on a stone block.

A Male Nude Seen from Behind

Unknown artist, c.1760

Watercolor sketch of a Venetian waterfront with a tall campanile, domed buildings, gondolas and sailboats on blue-grey water.

Venetian Capriccio with a Campanile

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor sketch of the circular Temple of Vesta at Tivoli on a hill, with houses and trees in the foreground.

Temple of Vesta at Tivoli

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor of gondolas and a sailboat on a Venetian canal before a sunlit palace with pale ochre walls.

Gondolas Before a Palace on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor sketch of two Venetian palace facades beside a canal, in warm ochre, blue and red tones.

Palaces on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of a cornfield at sunset with haystacks, a large tree on the left, and birds flying under a lavender sky.

A Cornfield at Sunset

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Pale watercolor landscape with blue misty mountains, a white tower building at left, and a stream in the foreground.

A Landscape with Mountains and a Stream

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor sketch of Venetian domes and palace facades rising above blue lagoon water under a hazy tan sky.

The Salute and the Palazzo Ducale from the Bacino di San Marco

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon