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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Designs for Two Spoons and a Dog Whistle

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Pen and brown wash drawing of the biblical flood with figures on rocks, an ark, a crowded boat, and storm clouds.

The Flood

Georg Pencz, 1530

Pen drawing of a seated bishop saint with a mitre, halo, crozier and book, with dense hatched robes.

Saint Nicholas

Watercolor of a flowering garden with pink and purple blooms, a lawn, trees, and a house in the distance.

Parmelee Estate in Bloom

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1920

Watercolor of two moored sailing ships with rigging at a harbor dock, with waterfront buildings and a smokestack behind.

Ships at the Dock

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1893

Watercolor of a formal garden with hedges, a stone urn, flower beds, a small pavilion, and tall trees under a pale sky.

Parmelee Garden

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1920

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of about nine heads in varied expressions, signed George Luks in the lower left.

Ten Heads

George Luks, 1905

Charcoal sketch of figures walking a path beneath a shady canopy of trees, with a bench at the right.

Under the Trees

Pastel drawing of children with baskets queuing outside a glowing bakery window labeled BAKERY.

Breadline

George Luks, 1900

Watercolor of a sunlit room with a seated figure in a blue armchair, a flower bouquet on a table, and blue vases by the windo

Self-Portrait: Interior of My New York Apartment

George Luks, 1927

Loose watercolor sketch of an elderly bearded man in a hat holding a red Bible, inscribed by George Luks, 1919.

The Man with the Red Bible

George Luks, 1919

Watercolor of a thatched hut with a seated man holding a child in the doorway, chickens in the yard, and a palm tree.

Hut in Trinidad

Man in Top Hat, Smoking a Cigar

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a young cadet in a military cap and buttoned uniform against a gray-blue ground.

The Cadet

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a suit and bow tie holding a briefcase on grey paper.

Standing Man

Graphite study of a young child with bangs and shoulder-length hair, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer.

Study for "Portrait of Esther Haydin"

Robert Vonnoh, 1886

Engraving of five seated women in a candlelit interior by a fireplace, one reading, with oil lamps on a table.

Les Vierges sages, Nul vain objet...

Pencil sketch of two women in a theater box, one holding an open fan, with a balcony rail and flower basket above.

The Loge [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1882

Etching of a moored rowboat with oars on a grassy canal bank, with tall trees and reflections in still water.

Canal Seen by Morning Light (Le canal: Effet du matin)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two tall pine trees in the foreground above shaded, hatched hills under a pale open sky.

Sunset (Coucher du soleil)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two elderly beggars seated together, a bearded man holding a walking stick and a woman in a headscarf beside a bas

Two Beggars (Les deux mendiants)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of rolling hills dotted with shrubs and grasses under an empty sky, signed A. Legros in the lower right.

Banks of the Yanne (Les bords de la Yanne)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Etching of a thatched cottage, tree and wooden cart on a dirt road, with fields and a distant village receding to the right.

Wheelwright's Home (La maison du charron)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a wide rural landscape with two figures on a foreground hill, shrubs, and a distant ruin under an open sky.

Prospect (Le point de vue)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a grassy hillside with a small figure and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

The House of the Well (La maison du puits)

Alphonse Legros

Lord A. Tennyson, 3rd plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a thatched cottage and haystacks beside a wooden cart with a large wheel, with a tree at left.

Cottage with a Cart (Chaumiere a la charette)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly woman in a headscarf and a seated man leaning on her, with a basket at their feet.

Man and Wife Seated by the Road with a Basket(Homme et femme assis au bord de la rou te aven un panier)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a dense forest with tall trees, textured foliage, and deep shadows in the undergrowth.

German Forest, Downley

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a man with a punt on a calm river, tall slender trees along the bank, and a hazy sky.

Man with a Punt, Figure to the Right (Pecheurs des truites)

Alphonse Legros