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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop church with a bell tower, cypress tree, and brick arches in the foreground.

The Church of S. Gregorio Magno on the Celian Hill (verso)

Antonie van den Wyngaerde, 1553

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig holding a quill, with books and papers on a desk beside him.

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

after Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved Jean Daullé, after 1738

Pencil sketch of angular, loosely drawn figure forms on a yellowed sketchbook page with black ink scribble at bottom.

Dancers and Performers (Page from a Sketchbook)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, c. 1911

Allegorical woman with sword faces a tiger on the left and a vulture on the right, Harper's Weekly 1886 cartoon.

The Watch on Spoilers. The Democratic Tigers and Republian Vultures Must Be Kept at Bay

Thomas Nast, 1886

Etching of the Holy Family with saints, the Virgin holding the Christ Child beside elderly men under a draped curtain.

Holy Family with Saints

after Giorgio Vasari Jan de Bisschop, 1671

Engraved portrait of Pope Urban VIII in a papal skullcap and vestments, with a beard, against hatched background.

Pope Urban VIII

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Engraved portrait of a man with mustache and lace collar in an octagonal frame, inscribed with Bernini and Leoni.

Gianlorenzo Bernini

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Pencil drawing of large oak trees beside a dirt road leading to a ruined stone tower on the Appian Way.

Oaks along the Appian Way near Albano

Jean-Paul Flandrin, 1834

Collage of hand-coloured engravings with an oval portrait, a rider, playing cards and a cartouche titled The Eye Deceived.

The Eye Deceived

Sutton Nicholls, c. 1705

Engraved cartoon of a dragon coiled around a decorated vase showing a flag, opium and business scenes, holding a New Treaty s

A Diplomatic (Chinese) Design Presented to U.S.

Thomas Nast, 1881

Engraving of a crowned skeleton awarding a medal to the wreathed figure of Bacchus in a dim courtroom crowded with onlookers.

King Death's Distribution of Prizes. Bacchus Takes the First Premium

Thomas Nast, 1870

Etched title page with a winged figure on a column, falling figures in a starry sky, and a central title cartouche reading DR

Title Page

Max Klinger, 1883

Etching of an ornate terrace with a leaning woman, a sprawled man on steps, a stone urn, and birds in a dark sky.

In Flagranti

Max Klinger, 1883

Watercolor of a rocky beach at low tide with layered cliffs, a moored boat, and distant sailboats under cloudy sky.

The Rocky Beach and Cliffs at Fécamp

Edward William Cooke, mid-1830s

Etching of classical ruins framed by a large arch, with Corinthian columns, a carved sarcophagus, a statue and small figures.

Ancient Forum Seen Beneath an Arch

Pierre Moreau, c. 1750

Brown ink drawing of an empty cartouche framed by a curtain, two female figures, theater mask garlands and an eagle with armo

A Cartouche with Theater Masks

Pierre Philippe Choffard

Monochrome drawing of a rider and dog beside a still pond with rocky banks, trees, and a bird in the sky.

A Rider by a Mountain Pond at Sunset

Adolphe Appian, 1870s

Etching of a helmeted warrior walking beside a veiled older woman holding a leafy branch near a stone pillar.

Aeneas and the Sibyl

Gérard de Lairesse, c. 1670

Etching of a gnarled ancient tree beside a stream and smaller trees, with a flat meadow stretching to the horizon.

Landscape with a Stream and an Ancient Tree

Adriaen Hendriksz. Verboom, 1660s(?)

Print from Drawing Book

Luca Ciamberlano, c. 1610/1620

Engraving of a bearded saint in a hooded habit, gazing upward with hands on his chest, haloed by radiating light lines.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Attributed to Luca Ciamberlano, c. 1610/1620

Book cover with a large pink and red stylized flower over a dense blue-green leafy vine pattern.

The Golden Legend: the Golden Legend of Master William Caxton done anew (volume 1)

William Morris, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, and Jacobus de Voragine, 1892

Engraving of a crowded banquet hall with musicians, dancing couple, feasting guests, and a nude statue in a niche.

A Pleasure House

after Joos van Winghe Jan Sadeler I, 1588

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a youth with wavy hair turned three-quarter view on tan paper.

Portrait of a Youth

Vincenzo Gemito, 1923

Fishermen haul nets from boats on calm water at sunrise, with sailboats and distant hills in the background.

Tuna Fishing at Sunrise off the Coast near Marseilles

Félix Ziem, 1860s

Engraved landscape of fishermen with rods beside a river, a watermill, tall trees, a canoe and ducks, with a distant village.

Fishermen by an Island Watermill

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1610/1615

Etching of an angel pointing from clouds toward a sleeping man in bed within an oval frame.

The Dream of Saint Joseph

after Pierre-Hubert Subleyras Anonymous, c. 1730?

Etching of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily and the Virgin at a prie-dieu beneath a descending dove in clouds.

The Annunciation

after Pierre-Hubert Subleyras Anonymous, c. 1730

Daumier lithograph of a seated painter at an easel watched by a top-hatted man and a bonnet-wearing woman with a cane.

Monsieur dessine un paysage

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Engraving of gnarled ancient trees beside a watermill, with travelers and a dog in the foreground and a distant river valley.

Ancient Trees by a Mountain Watermill

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Engraving of gondolas on a river beside a palace, with figures on the embankment and trees framing the scene.

Gondolas on a River by a Palace

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Engraving of fishermen with lanterns and boats on a river beneath arched fortified bridges and trees, with a distant town.

Night Fishing near Fortified Bridges

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Engraved riverscape with fishermen in boats, a watermill, a tower, and figures on the bank under a cloudy sky.

Riverscape with Fishermen by a Fortified Town

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Pen and ink sketch of a young woman reclining on a chaise longue, dressed in flowing garments, by Domenico Morelli.

The Artist's Daughter Eleonora Reclining on a Chaise-Longue

Domenico Morelli, 1879

Watercolor landscape of a sunlit village church above a lake, with mountains rising behind and figures on a winding road.

A Summer Evening at the Lago Maggiore

Salomon Corrodi, 1845

Oval graphite drawing of a smiling seated boy with short dark hair, white collar and arms folded over his knee.

Seated Boy

Thomas Lawrence

Watercolor drawing of sailors in a rowing boat with oars and a sail, several figures raising their arms on green water.

Greek Sailors on a Venetian Canal

Friedrich Nerly, c. 1851

Sepia drawing of a turreted castle on a hilltop with fortified walls, captioned in German with the name Schloss Landstuhl.

Schloss Landstuhl b. Kaisers, Lautern, den Prinzen v. Sickingen gehürig

Karl Julius von Leypold

Pale brown wash drawing of a medieval castle with towers and walls on a hilltop, by Karl Julius von Leypold, 1806.

Das alte Schloss Gutenfeis bei Caub am Rhein

Karl Julius von Leypold

Sepia wash drawing of a medieval castle with a spired tower on a hilltop, with a half-timbered house below.

Schloss Windeck b. Weinhelm a. d. Bergstrasse

Karl Julius von Leypold

Pale brown wash drawing of a walled town with a large palace, spires and towers behind city walls.

Das Schloss zu Kaiserslautern

Karl Julius von Leypold

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop castle with a tall tower above a medieval town of roofs, towers and spires.

Schloss Lindenfels bei Weinheim im Odenwald

Karl Julius von Leypold

Charcoal sketch of a Spanish dancer in a full skirt, one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with pink accents.

A Spanish Dancer

Ricard Canals Llambí, c. 1900

Brown wash drawing of a bishop at an altar with kneeling worshippers and dynamic figures amid smoke and a temple.

Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

Lukas Stipperger, 1797

Etching of a massive oak over a river, with a seated fisherman holding a rod and a bridge in the distance.

Giant Oak with a Seated Fisherman

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Lithograph of a withered tree beside a pond with reeds, lily pads, and a thatched cottage in the background.

Withered Tree by a Pond

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Lithograph of a landscape with a tree trunk, broad leaves, a hillside and distant buildings under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Tree Trunk

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Print of a rocky forest floor with large ferns, mushrooms, a dead tree on the right and conifers fading into the distance.

Hilly Forest View with a Fern

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Lithograph of dense wetland plants with broad leaves, tall flower umbels, grasses, a butterfly and a distant tree.

Wetland Plants

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Printed Latin text page with woodcut border showing a tree, a nude man and woman, and ornamental figures.

De Claris Mulieribus (Concerning Famous Women)

Master of Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio, Johann Zainer, 1473

Watercolor of a Venetian canal seen through stone arcade arches, with a bell tower, stone bridge, gondolas and figures.

San Giorgio dei Greci, Seen from an Arcade

Samuel Prout, 1824/1829

Engraving of Ezekiel among resurrecting skeletons and ruins, with God and angels in clouds above.

The Vision of Ezekiel

Giovanni Battista Fontana, 1579

Sepia print of a man in a fur hat and patterned jacket leaning on a ledge, holding a pencil, turned to the right.

Carle Van Loo

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder, after Carle Van Loo, c. 1760

Etching of a bacchanal with a reclining nude woman, sleeping figure, garlanded standing woman, and ruins in the distance.

Bacchanal

Giovanni David, 1775

Title page of a book reading ARABESQUES MYTHOLOGIQUES in black capital letters on aged cream paper.

Arabesques Mythologiques

Antoine Joseph Gaitte Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis, 1810

Watercolor of a standing woman in embroidered jacket and white dress beside a patterned rug and cushioned bench.

A Moroccan Woman in Traditional Dress

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1866

Sepia night print of a decorated city square with a temple facade, fireworks overhead, and a large crowd watching.

La Décoration et du Feu d'Artifice... la Naissance de Monseigneur le Daufin (Fireworks Celebrating the Birth of the D…

Victor-Jean Nicolle, 1782

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels in clouds, one playing a lute in the foreground.

Angels in Glory

Jan Müller, 1590

Watercolor of a sunlit Italian street with ornate palazzo balconies, a tower, shopfronts and pedestrians under blue sky.

Corso Sant' Anastasia with the Palazzo Maffei in Verona

William Callow, 1855

Drawing of Adam and Eve led away by an angel past a serpent, set among intricate thorny foliage on red paper.

The Expulsion from Eden

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Drawing of nude Adam and Eve embracing amid two sheep and two doves on a red patterned ground with gold scrollwork.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with Two Sheep and Two Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Adam and Eve stand nude on a red patterned ground with a pair of sheep and two doves in the corners.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with a Pair of Sheep and a Pair of Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Sheet of tonal studies showing two standing figures in turbans and robes, a classical head, and two bearded faces.

Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les tableaux les plus intéressants des palais et des églises de l'Italie (Fra…

Abbé de Saint-Non Jean-Claude-Richard, 1767-1775

Pen and ink sketch of two men in period coats beside a railing, one leaning forward and gesturing, the other pointing.

Two Workmen at Tables (recto)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, early 1770s