New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

National Gallery of Art

14,479 works

Brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, with a high priest, kneeling girl, doves and attendants.

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Attributed to Federico Barocci, c. 1600

Brown ink drawing of a grand palace interior with arcades, staircase and a crowd of figures, one carrying a large cross.

Christ Led Captive from a Palace

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1740/1745

Pen and ink drawing of a woman with lowered eyes, wearing a wide hat with inscribed band and a headscarf.

A Sibyl

Swabian 15th Century, c. 1470

Pen drawing of an armored knight on a rearing horse with a plumed helmet, surrounded by heraldic shields.

Maximilian, Duke of Austria, on Horseback

Primary Master of the Strassburg Chronicle, 1492

Pen drawing with white highlights on blue-green paper of a boy with curly hair looking upward.

Head of a Boy

after Albrecht Dürer Anonymous, second half of 16th Century

Chalk drawing of a man in a broad-brimmed hat, turned to the left, with red-tinted lips and a loose white shirt.

Portrait of a Man in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

after Hans Holbein the Younger Anonymous, c. 1526

Ink drawing of a seated peasant man in a cap playing a bagpipe on a wooden stool.

The Bagpipe Player

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562

Hand-colored drawing of seven labeled historical figures in medieval dress, with a walled city and tents.

Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History

Barthélémy d' Eyck, c. 1442

Drawing of a woman with upswept hair and a large pleated ruff collar, looking forward, with pencil sketch lines around the co

Portrait of a Noblewoman (Madame de Pellegars?)

François Quesnel, 1590/1595

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with a winged cupid reaching toward a raised wreath behind her, on blue paper.

Cupid Stealing Venus's Floral Crown

Antoine Coypel, 1705/1708

Chalk drawing of an elderly bald man with curly grey hair, a white cravat, and upturned gaze on tan paper.

Bust of an Old Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, probably 1763

Pencil and watercolor costume design of a standing warrior in ornate armor, plumed helmet, and decorated cloak.

Pittacus the Tyrant in War Costume

Gustave Moreau, 1883

Pen drawing of a turbaned woman riding a grey horse past rocky cliffs and a pool, with robed figures at left.

Oriental Horsewoman in a Desolate Mountain Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Ink drawing of a turbaned horseman on a white horse in a rocky mountain ravine, with a second rider behind him.

Oriental Horseman in a Desolate Mountain Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash: six draped men converse above, and nude warriors fight with swords and shields below.

Six Conversing Men and Ten Battling Nudes

Studio of Francesco Squarcione, 1460s/1470s

Standing Youth

Florentine School, c. 1475/1500

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman lifted by winged angels, with a cherub and sketched studies on the sheet.

Saint Mary Magdalene Lifted by Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740

Brown wash drawing of Venus and Cupid beside the reclining body of Adonis beneath a tree.

Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740

Pen and wash drawing of Christ on the cross, head bowed under a crown of thorns, with a draped loincloth.

Christ on the Cross [recto]

Master of the Drapery Studies, mid- to late 1470s

Drawing of a knight in plate armor with a helmet, holding a halberd upright, rendered in brown ink and white highlights.

Knight in Armor, Holding a Halberd

Swabian School, c. 1500

Pen and ink drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, hands clasped in prayer, head covered by a cloth.

Female Nude Praying

Albrecht Dürer, 1497/1500

Drawing of a nude woman offering her breast to a chained, turbaned old man seated beside a pillar, dated 1540.

Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)

Sebald Beham, 1540

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and white ruff collar against a green background.

Christian II of Denmark and Norway

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1523

Pen and ink drawing with wash of an enthroned king beside allegorical figures Susanna and Sensualitas, with Latin inscription

"Always Have the Bedclothes Folded up" [fol. 41 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular man reclining backward on an animal skin, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758/1765

Red chalk drawing of a nude man kneeling with arms bound above his head beside a tree trunk.

Kneeling Man Bound to a Tree

Unknown artist, c. 1685

Brown wash drawing of tall cypress trees framing a staircase and villa facade with small figures in a garden.

The Avenue of Cypresses at Villa d'Este

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1760 and c. 1765

Pencil sketch of a woman's head and neck, face turned slightly, gazing outward, on pale paper.

Head of a Woman

Thomas Melhuis Strudwick

Chalk drawing of a carved antique frieze fragment with scrolling foliage and drapery, shaded in dark pencil on tan paper.

A Fragment from an Antique Frieze

Edward Burne-Jones

Watercolor drawing of a gilded chandelier topped by the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, with angels on its scrolled arms.

A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child

Frederic William Burton, 1840s/1850s