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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Etching of veiled women and a robed priest performing a sacrifice at an altar in a colonnaded temple interior.

Antique Sacrifice

Bernhard Rode, 1752

Etching of a wooded river landscape with two hunters and dogs at right, a duck on the water, and distant riders.

Landscape with Duck Hunters

after Jacques Fouquières Jean Morin, mid-17th century

Plate of the moon's southeast lunar surface with craters near Tycho, shown as a framed photograph beside a stippled drawing o

Our Satellite. A Selenography According to The Present State of Science

Dr. A. Le Vengeur d'Orsan, 1862

Hoche, Joubert, and Ossian [Ossian Receiving the Shades of French Heroes]

after Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, 1821

Engraved landscape with a long-haired penitent figure beside a wooden cross, rocky cave, stream and dense trees.

Landscape with a Penitent Magdalene

after Girolamo Muziano Cornelis Cort, 1573

Loose pencil sketch of a head with swirling hair and handwritten name inscriptions along the left edge.

Frank Burty Haviland

Amedeo Modigliani, 1915

Engraving of a seated Madonna lifting a veil over a reclining infant, with a bearded man holding a staff behind her.

The Madonna of the Veil

after Raphael Anonymous, 1570s?

Brown wash drawing of figures fishing in a river, with men wading and hauling a net, people in a rowboat, and trees on the ba

August: Fishing

Claude Simpol, c. 1700

Ink and wash drawing of soldiers, horses and a covered wagon on a road under windblown trees near a rocky outcrop.

Soldiers in a Windy Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, 1770s?

Drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ Child seated before a stone ledge with a flower vase and a bird.

The Madonna and Child Seated before a Ledge

Thierry Bellange, c. 1630

Grey wash drawing of a man gesturing to two seated women on a rocky shore beneath a tree, with a dog and a boat.

A Man and Two Women on a Rocky Shore

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, c. 1765

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by angels, saints and crowds of figures below.

The Virgin, Queen of Heaven

Circle of Francesco Vanni, early 17th century

Standing Musician

Circle of Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1870

Portrait of a Man

Washington Allston, c. 1810

Watercolor of a dead yellow songbird lying on its side with blue wing feathers and loose feathers on a dark brown background.

Dead Bird

Robert Bolling Brandegee, c. 1867

Watercolor of a dead yellow-breasted bird on the ground among dry stems, with a hazy autumn landscape behind it.

Dead Yellow-breasted Bird in Autumn Landscape

Fidelia Bridges, 1870s

Watercolor of pink and white flowers and green leaves in a decorated pale pitcher on a tabletop.

Flowers in a Pitcher

Fidelia Bridges, 1870s

Watercolor still life of a dark shoe over a green book, with a herring and white object on a table, signed George Loring Brow

Shoe, Herring, and Book

George Loring Brown, 1833

Pencil still life drawing of grapes, apples and a pear on a table with leaves, signed James McDougal Hart, 1856.

Still Life with Fruit

James McDougal Hart, 1856

Watercolor still life of a single red-pink peach on a pale table against a dark brown wash background.

A Peach

Otto Heinigke, 1878

Pen and ink sketch of figures, horses and animals gathered among trees on tan paper, signed W. Ranney.

Study for "The Freshet"

William Ranney, 1857

Watercolor sketch of a building facade beside a brown inkwell with quill pen and a red seal on paper.

Untitled - Russell Smith and Mary Wilson Smith, 1851

Russell Smith and Mary Wilson Smith, c. 1851

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a turban and loose robes, one arm extended to the right.

Man in Oriental Costume

Robert Walter Weir, 19th century

Pastel drawing of a ruined building, leaning trees, a camel and a robed figure on a sandy path under a pale sky.

Nile Journey

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil and colored chalk sketch of several Nile feluccas with lateen sails on calm water, with distant cliffs.

Nile Journey, Feluccas (recto)

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil and pastel drawing of two ancient stone colossi on a green plain with pale hills and palms under a grey-blue sky.

Nile Journey, Colossi of Memnon

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Colored pencil sketch of a tiered stone tower with a balcony beside tall palm trees, with handwritten inscription below.

Nile Journey, Manfalout, Through Spyglass

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Ink sketch of a seaside promenade with pedestrians, dark trees, and ship masts rising at the harbor.

Concarneau Terrace / Brittany Street Scene

Robert Henri, c. 1899

Watercolor portrait of a young woman in cream classical drapery, gold headband, with olive sprig and carved frieze behind her

Myrrhine

Edith Martineau, 1873

Pen and ink drawing of a seated bare-chested man in a helmet, leaning on a ledge with legs extended.

Study of a Seated Man Wearing a Helmet

George Richmond, 1824/1830

Pencil sketch of a young boy posing beside a pedestal while a man in a jacket paints at an easel nearby.

James Jebusa Shannon Painting a Portrait of the Young John Manners

Marchioness of Granby Violet Manners, 1897

Brown wash drawing of reclining nude naiads and dolphins among clouds, with a male figure at left.

Naiads and Dolphins

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1762/1765

Sepia print of bandits in turbans robbing kneeling fishermen beneath a large tree, with fish and a net on the ground.

Banditti Robbing Fishermen

after John Hamilton Mortimer Peter Perez Burdett, 1771

Sepia print of Diana leaning over sleeping Endymion under a tree, with two cherubs above and two dogs in the foreground.

Diana and Endymion

François-Philippe Charpentier, after Nicolas Le Sueur, after Sebastiano Conca, 1763

Brown-toned print of a peasant woman in a headscarf leaning on a stone ledge beside a basket, looking downward.

Italian Peasant Woman

after Jean-Baptiste Greuze François-Philippe Charpentier, 1762/1766

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate urn with serpent handles, draped women and a winged putto, signed Lagrenée 1784.

Composition with Antiquities

Jean Jacques Lagrenée II, 1784

Sepia print of mourners carrying a dead warrior on a stretcher past a stone wall, with weeping women and a child in the scene

The Death of Hector on the Ramparts of Troy (recto) / Tancred and Erminia (verso)

Watercolor of a Rhine river scene with a horse cart, figures in costume on the shore, hills, and a tower under clouds.

Oberlahnstein on the Rhine

James Duffield Harding, c. 1839

Pencil and white chalk drawing on blue paper of open fields with a line of trees and small figures under a pale sky.

Paddington Fields, London

John Linnell, 1811

Grey wash drawing of an Italian landscape with an umbrella pine, a stone tower, figures, a cow, and distant mountains.

A View in Italy with Mountains in the Distance

Richard Wilson, c. 1754

Watercolor of wicker eel traps at a wooden weir on a river, with thatched cottages, a church tower and cloudy sky.

Eel Bucks at Goring

William James Müller, c. 1843

Brown ink drawing of an arched niche design with a nude female figure, flanking atlantes, a coat of arms and a shell basin.

A Design for a Wall Decoration or Fountain

Cherubino Alberti, 1590s?

Black chalk drawing of a standing nude man with curly hair, gazing upward, one arm behind him against a tree.

Study of a Standing Male Nude: Saint Sebastian

Jacopo Confortini, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two boys standing with their backs turned, one in a cap and clogs, on a plain ground.

Two Boys Standing with Backs Turned

Karel Dujardin, 1659

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical facade with Corinthian columns, with separate studies of capitals and ornaments at l

Studies of the Cenotaph of Annia Regilla

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750s/1766

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights on horseback in a mock joust, with a plumed figure and a flying shield at right.

Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields and Without Bevors

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored knights on horseback in a mock joust, with broken lances and ornate horse trappings.

Mock Joust of War in Reinforced Field Armor

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of an armored knight on a green patterned horse beside a second rider in red at a tournament barrier.

Italian Joust of Peace

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights fighting with maces, one with a plumed helmet and a shield, with a handwritten capt

Foot Combat with Maces and Tartsche Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored knights fight on foot with war hammers and shields, drawn in watercolor and ink on cream paper.

Foot Combat with War Hammers and Tartsche Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored figures in foot combat with flails, one in red brigandine and one in yellow pleated skirt, on a pale page.

Foot Combat with Flails

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored men fighting with long pikes, one in pleated yellow skirt and plumed helmet, on a cream background.

Foot Combat with Pikes

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights fighting with wooden poles in foot combat, one in blue armor and plumed helm.

Foot Combat with Poles

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights in foot combat, each holding a glaive, one wearing a plumed helmet.

Foot Combat with Glaives

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights wrestling over a halberd, one wearing a crown-like helmet and pleated skirt

Foot Combat with Halberds

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Foot Combat with Awl Pikes

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored men fighting with spears in a foot combat, in blue and ochre tones.

Foot Combat with Spears

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored knights in foot combat, gripping a crossed spear, with shields on the ground.

Foot Combat with Spears and Tartsche Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights grappling in foot combat, with spears and buckler shields on the ground.

Foot Combat with Spears and Buckler Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights fighting with curved falchion swords in foot combat.

Foot Combat with Falchions

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored men in watercolor fight on foot, one with a raised sword, the other with a throwing star and striped shield.

Foot Combat with Swords, Throwing Stars, and Shields (Tartschen)

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored men in foot combat, one holding a large pavise shield and the other a sword.

Foot Combat with Swords and Pavesen Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored men fighting with longswords, one in blue plate armor with a plumed helmet.

Foot Combat with Longswords

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored knights with longswords and decorated shields face off in combat, drawn in watercolor and ink.

Foot Combat with Longswords and Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515