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National Gallery of Art

1,542 works

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

Grey wash drawing of a walled garden with a well and figures, a stone house at left, and a village of rooftops beyond.

Landscape View

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse on a pedestal with faint measurement lines and proportional notes.

A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]

Raphael, c. 1513

Drawing of a mountainous landscape with castles on cliffs, waterfalls, and tree-lined rocks in grey and pink washes.

Mountainous Landscape with Castles and Waterfalls

Roelant Savery, c. 1606

Watercolor and pen drawing of people skating and playing on a frozen river, with a ship and distant city skyline in winter.

Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel

Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1626

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 brown ink drawing of a hillside village with a tall tower, trees, rocky foreground and distant mountains.

A Village Nestled at the Foot of a Hill (recto)

Circle of Giorgione, 1509/1515

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 wooded landscape with tall trees framing a path and open meadow, with handwritten colour notes.

Wooded Landscape

John Sell Cotman, probably 1841

Brown wash and pencil landscape drawing with a leaning tree at left, bushes below, and a hazy distant hillside with buildings

Hillside and Trees

Pencil sketch of a lake beneath hatched mountains, with sailboats, a distant tower, and rocks and trees in the foreground.

Lake in a Mountainous Landscape

Myles Birket Foster

Grey wash drawing of a misty valley with a rocky cliff, a winding road, and a distant stone arch bridge.

A Picturesque Landscape

Brown wash drawing of a mountain valley with a waterfall, rocks, trees and distant peaks under a hazy sky.

A Mountain Valley with a Waterfall

John Glover, c. 1795

Pencil drawing of a spreading oak tree with a gnarled trunk and branches on a pale sheet.

An Oak Tree

John Glover, c. 1795

Pencil sketch of a wooded riverbank with dense trees, a calm river, two small figures, and a small building at right.

The River at Llangollen

John Glover, c. 1795

Pencil and blue wash sketch of a tree-lined avenue receding under billowing clouds, with a small figure at right.

Avenue of Trees

Pencil drawing of a broad, full-leaved tree with a thick trunk on cream paper, signed W. Hunt in the lower left.

A Tree in Full-Leaf

William Henry Hunt

Pencil sketch of a harvest field with bundled wheat sheaves, rolling hills and trees on tinted paper.

The Harvest Field

John Linnell, c. 1860

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with pollarded willows, reflective water in the foreground, and distant farm buildings.

Landscape in Hertfordshire

John Linnell, 1814

Pale watercolor landscape of a rocky cliff, distant village by water, and hazy mountains with small figures on a path.

Swiss Landscape with a Village in the Distance

Sarah Grace Lushington

Gray wash drawing of a wooded landscape with gnarled tree roots and a sunlit path through dense foliage.

Wooded Landscape

Dr. Thomas Monro

Brown wash drawing of a stone arch bridge beside castle ruins, with a pack horse and travelers under a hazy sky.

Landscape with a Castle and Bridge

Graphite and white chalk drawing of trees and dappled woodland light on blue-grey paper, signed Box Hill 1860.

Trees at Box Hill

William Blake Richmond, 1860

Pencil and chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a wide landscape with a pond, poplars, and a distant flat horizon.

Extensive Landscape with a Pond

Sepia drawing of two figures on a rise overlooking a flat river landscape with distant boats and a streaked sky.

A Couple Admiring a View of the River Ouse(?), Lincolnshire

Unknown artist, 1849

Brown wash drawing of a forest clearing with tall trees, a small figure on a path, and a pale distant sky.

A Clearing in a Forest

John Varley, late 1830s

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tall conifer on a mound, with distant hills and village buildings on a yellow-ochre ground.

Study of Trees in a Landscape

Brown wash drawing of a dense stand of trees with a pencil sketch of trees and figures in the upper right corner.

A Stand of Trees [recto]