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National Gallery of Art

14,478 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dancing nude putto with a swirling drapery, within a ruled frame.

Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery

Filippino Lippi, c. 1493/1497

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a winged angel holding a torch among clouds, within an architectural frame.

An Angel Carrying a Torch

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500/1504

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged angels carrying torches against clouds within an architectural frame.

Two Angels Carrying Torches

Filippino Lippi, c. 1501

Pen and wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil with hands clasped in prayer, framed by a ruled border.

Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer

Filippino Lippi, c. 1488

Pencil sketch of two draped women flanking a herm pillar, with white highlights on the left figure's drapery.

Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm

Filippino Lippi, 1488/1493

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic gate with carved arch and statues, framing a view of a spired church with figures in the foregr

The Erpingham Gate, Norwich

John Carter, 1791

Grey wash drawing of an owl flying above kneeling figures before classical columns and an altar with flames.

Pallas Athene in the Form of a Bird Leaving Nestor and Telemachus

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, c. 1780

Tan cover of Whistler's Notes portfolio with spaced capital title, a small ornament, and the artist's name in italic.

Notes

James McNeill Whistler, published 1887

Woodcut of two bearded pilgrims and a child beside a roadside shrine with a crucifix, under tall trees.

Pilgrims at a Wayside Shrine

Hans Burgkmair, 1508

Red chalk drawing of a windblown tree, wheelbarrow, and a woman and seated man in conversation within an ivy-framed arch.

The Gallant Gardener

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1711-1712

Etching of a man leading a donkey at night, lit by a lantern, with a veiled woman riding in the dark background.

The Flight into Egypt

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etched bust portrait of a bald old man with a long flowing beard, set against dark hatched shading.

Old Man with a Beard

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1762

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat playing a psalterium, with onlookers in feathered caps behind him beside a stone pil

A Young Man Playing a Psalterium

Christoffel van Sichem I after Hendrik Goltzius, c. 1600

Pastel portrait of a young man in a blue military-style coat with red facings and silver trim, wearing a powdered wig.

Portrait of a Young Man in Uniform

Unknown artist, 1790s

Portrait of a Young Man in Profile

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Hellene von Sleben

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Madame La Duchesse de Mortemart

French late 18th/early 19th Century

Brown ink drawing of two seated women in a landscape with a tree and wooden fence, one in a tall headdress.

Two Russians Seated in Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing bearded man in sixteenth-century costume with a cloak and ruffled collar.

Standing Man in Sixteenth-Century Costume

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Oval pastel portrait of a woman with powdered hair and black lace veil, in a brown dress against a grey-blue background.

Lady Holland (Lady Mary Fitzpatrick)

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, c. 1770

Daniel Kemper

after Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin Anonymous, 19th century

Elizabeth Marius Kemper

after Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin Anonymous, 19th century

Two Studies of Virgil

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, c. 1812 and c. 1825

Drawing of a youth in a cap with long hair, gazing upward, rendered in brown ink with white highlights.

Head of a Youth Looking Up

Pinturicchio, c. 1485

Grotesque Head of an Old Woman

Leonardo da Vinci, 1489/1490

Pen and ink drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet beside an angel holding a flowing standard, with red grid lines.

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard

Fra' Bartolomeo, c. 1500

Pen and ink drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet beside an angel holding a flowing standard, with red grid lines.

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard

Fra' Bartolomeo, c. 1500

Pen and brown ink drawing of two hermit saints receiving bread from a dove beneath trees and a radiant light.

The Hermit Saints Paul and Anthony Receiving Bread from a Dove

Domenico Campagnola, 1530s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a risen figure with a banner above a tomb, with sleeping armored soldiers below.

The Resurrection

Francesco Salviati, 1545/1548

Brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings carrying a young man upward through clouds.

The Rape of Ganymede

Niccolò dell' Abate, c. 1545