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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Pencil sketch of covered cannon on wheeled carriages with wagons at left and right, drawn by John Singer Sargent in 1918.

Cannon Trailers, France

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Pencil and wash sketch of an Italian villa with cypress trees on a hillside, with a bare tree at the left edge.

Italian Villa [recto]

John Singer Sargent, 1870-1872

Study drawing of a winged female nude seated beside a large sphere and open book, in grey chalk on green paper.

Study for "The Eclipse of the Sun by the Moon"

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Grey wash drawing of a chaotic city street with carriages, a crowd, fallen figures, and classical buildings.

New York - Street Scene

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1859-1868

Pencil study of a standing man carrying a sack on his shoulders, with grid lines and a faint second figure at left.

Study for "Pêcheurs de la mer du Nord" (Study for "Fishermen of the North Sea")

Eugène Vail, c. 1893

Pencil and wash drawing of leafless trees on a misty hillside with a small dog in the lower left foreground.

The First Snowfall

Arthur Bowen Davies, c. 1877-1887

Daumier lithograph of a caricatured man in a cloak leaving a sign reading Valachie, watched by a thin man and a small soldier

Quittant le valachie

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Grey wash drawing of a tooth extraction: a man in a feathered hat grips another man's head while a smiling onlooker watches.

Tooth Extraction

William Ranney, 1840s-1850s

Pencil and watercolor drawing of Gothic church ruins with tracery windows, a tree, and stone steps on a rocky slope.

Cathedral Ruins, Bacharach

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1841

Nude Study

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with raised arms beside a seated cherub holding a mirror, set against a shaded forest.

Nude with Cherub Holding a Mirror

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman holding a rose while a winged cupid embraces her from behind.

Nude with Cupid

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil study of two clusters of birch branches with small leaves on tan paper, inscribed Catskill Mountains 1856.

Birch Boughs, Catskill Mountains

John William Casilear, 1856

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a lake with a church steeple, village, and snow-capped mountains behind it.

Lake of Brienz

John William Casilear, late 19th century

Pencil sketch of rolling mountains with pine trees in the foreground and two small figures on a rocky ledge.

Mountain Landscape

John William Casilear, late 19th century

Pencil sketch of two figures embracing, one seated in flowing drapery, with loose hatched shading on pale paper.

An Intimate Concert

Henry Fuseli, 1814

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tiered classical tomb elevation with relief panels and statues, above a ground plan.

An Imperial Tomb: Elevation and Ground Plan

Circle of Antonio da Sangallo, c. 1530

Charcoal drawing of a standing nude figure with long hair, arms crossed, over a faint grid on tan paper.

A Standing Male Nude

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1879

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned, with a kneeling bishop and saint adoring them and cherubs above.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned, Adored by Saints

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1790s(?)

Grey wash drawing of a muscular nude man on a rock, arm raised defiantly toward a dark sky, with billowing drapery behind.

Satan Defying the Powers of Heaven

Henry Fuseli, late 1790s

Luisa Carmignani, the Artist's Mother-in-Law

Francesco Paolo Michetti, c. 1881

Watercolor of a rustic cottage with tall chimneys, a wooden fence, and a tree, by Cornelius Varley, 1806.

A House, West Humble Lane, Norbury, Surrey

Cornelius Varley, 1806

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a robed figure among mocking soldiers, one raising a crown of thorns.

The Mocking of Christ

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1852

Watercolor portrait of a moustached man in a red fez and embroidered jacket against a pale background.

Moustachioed Slav in Belgrade

Théodore Valério, 1854

Engraving of a kneeling friar receiving light from a winged seraph above, with a companion reclining in the foreground among

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

after Federico Barocci Francesco Villamena, 1597

Pen and blue wash drawing of men carrying grapes past a tent, with cherubs and angels in clouds above.

The Spies Returning from Canaan

Giacinto Calandrucci, 1690s(?)

Grey cloth-bound album cover with gold ALBUM lettering and gilt corner ornaments, with brown cords on the edges.

Souvenir Album with Views of Naples, Southern Italy, and Sicily

Antonio Senape, 1848

Watercolor of a white cascade tumbling through a shadowed rocky mountain gorge with green foliage on the cliffs.

A Cascade in the Mountains

Henri Harpignies, 1870s

Black chalk and white heightened studies of the Virgin and Child and other figures on blue-grey paper.

Studies for the Virgin and Child (recto)

Camillo Boccaccino, c. 1532

Grey wash drawing of a cavalry and infantry battle along a river, with fallen horses and soldiers and a sunburst sky.

Battle by a River

Dirk Langendijk, 1780

Etching of a reclining figure with a boar, hound, cauldron and winged putti pouring water in a cloudy sky.

Allegory of Winter with Diana the Huntress

Johann Georg Bergmüller, c. 1750

Watercolor of a Milan street with the white Gothic spires of the Duomo rising above rooftops and busy pedestrians below.

The Duomo in Milan from a Side Street

William Wyld, c. 1834

Black-and-white print of nude women dancing in angular poses around a large black shadow shape in the center.

Nudes Dancing around a Shadow

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1936

Bound volume with red leather spine and brown, red and white marbled paper cover, worn at the corners.

Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris: Sculpture Ornementale (The New Paris Opera: Ornamental Sculpture)

Louis-Émile Durandelle, 1875

Pen and ink drawing with studies of robed saints, a Virgin and Child, and reclining draped figures on pale paper.

Saint Christopher, Saint John the Baptist, the Virgin and Child, and Christ Blessing (recto)

after Martin Schongauer Master of the Drapery Studies, 1485/1495

Pencil portrait drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and collar, in a carved wooden armchair, with a decorative border.

Pauline, the Wife of the Artist

Julius Hübner, 1842

Woodcut portrait of a man in a broad hat and ornate collar, framed by columns, griffins and a coat of arms.

Emperor Maximilian I

Hans Weiditz, II, after Albrecht Dürer, 1519

Engraved allegorical print with draped figures, putti, a seated king, and a framed inset scene with fleur-de-lis shield.

France Crowned with Victory by Louis XIV

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1690s(?)

Engraved title page with a winged woman holding a crown and a winged putto blowing a trumpet above printed text.

Title Page

after Simon Vouet Michel Dorigny, 1647

Brown leather book cover with gilt border lines and ornamented corners, showing a tooled spine with raised bands.

Le vite de pittori, scoltori, et architetti Genovesi

Domenico Piola, Georges Tasnière, Raffaele Soprani, 1674

Grey wash drawing of three men startled by an owl flying from a lectern in a room, framed by an ornamental border.

Le Lutrin: A Night Scene with Boirude, Brontin, and L'Amour Surprised by an Owl Flying Out of a Lectern

Bernard Picart, c. 1718

Fan-shaped print with concentric bands of classical figures processing toward a seated figure, bordered by flowers and medall

A Fan with Classical Figures Processing to Apollo

Unknown artist, c. 1795

Cloth portfolio cover titled Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche with a list of vignettes.

Amor und Psyche [Opus Vb]

Max Klinger, 1880, this edition printed 1893/1907

Watercolor of a gnarled ancient tree beside a path, with a small boy standing at its base under a pale sky.

Ancient Trees in the Roman Campagna

Giovanni Costa, 1850s

Watercolor of a dark rocky grotto interior with light breaking through openings in the stone walls.

Grotto Interior

David Cox, c. 1850

Pastel portrait of a smiling young woman in a lace cap, pearl earrings and choker, against a dark background.

An Elegant Young Lady with a Lace Cap

Pietro Rotari, 1750/1756

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd worshipping a golden calf on a pedestal beneath a mountain with a figure above.

The Adoration of the Golden Calf

Hans Rottenhammer, 1595/1596

Brown monochrome drawing of a monk walking a moonlit path beside a large tree, with a palace and spire on the right.

Moonlit Landscape with a Monk Walking near a Palace

Julius Albert Elsasser, 1852

Satirical lithograph of personified planets seated on clouds, one with a flute and one with a telescope, awaiting a comet.

Les planetes étant elles-mêmes

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Lithograph of two women, one lifting her skirt to show goods hidden in a large crinoline, with a bottle and bread at left.

De l'utilité de la crinoline pour frauder l'octroi

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of two elderly women in bonnets, one holding up a printed page while the other listens with clasped hands.

Oh! Mamechaboulard ... qu'est-ce qu'y va ... arriver ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a woman reading a script beside a toppled table and ladder, with a fallen child on the floor.

Toute entière a l'etude de son role ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a muscular man flexing his biceps beside a thin man and an elderly man in a bathhouse.

N'allant aux bains froids que ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier lithograph of a couple seated on a huge crinoline skirt while three hens peck at its hem in a rural setting.

Une erreur excusable

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph: caricatured deputies shouting in an assembly above, and two men gesturing in a curtained corridor below.

Ce qu'on voit a peu près tous les jours

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph of two men in a winter landscape, one leaning over a wall, the other in a scarf and hat, with a caption ab

Voisin, êtres-vous comme moi? ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Pencil and chalk drawing of workmen hauling ice blocks toward a horse-drawn cart beside bare winter trees.

Workmen Gathering Ice at the Water's Edge

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1850

Grey wash drawing with white highlights showing a centaur embracing a woman in the center, with smaller studies of centaurs a

Nessus and Dejanira in Four Poses, and the Dying Nessus

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1830s

Pen and ink sketch of a muscular Roman warrior from behind, sword raised, with fallen soldiers and mounted riders in battle.

An Ancient Roman Warrior in Battle

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1830

Pen and ink drawing of a gnarled pollard willow beside a stream, with bushes, fallen branches and birds in the sky.

A Pollard Willow by a Stream

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue patterned robe holding a folding fan before a bamboo lattice backdrop.

Kabuki Actor with a Fan

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820s -1840s

Etching of a crowded banquet in a columned hall, with seated diners, servants, and a dog in the foreground.

The Feast in the House of Simon

Pierre-Hubert Subleyras, 1738

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat working a spinning wheel, with a French verse below.

Madame Arlon Spinning Silk

after Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved Jean-Joseph Balechou, 1739

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a hooded figure in a flowing cloak, arm extended, mid-stride.

An Arab Rider on Camelback

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1840