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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Red and black chalk drawing of a young man with shoulder-length hair and a collar, on a toned buff sheet.

Portrait of a Young Man

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1615

Watercolor of a man in a dark suit descending stone steps beside a carved balustrade and arched colonnade.

Sir Neville Wilkinson on the Steps of the Palladian Bridge at Wilton House

John Singer Sargent, 1904/1905

Title page of Heinrich Hoerle's 1920 lithograph portfolio Krüppel, with a centered list of twelve plate titles in black capit

Krüppel (Cripples)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Red chalk drawing of the Annunciation: the Virgin at left looks up at a winged angel descending on clouds, with angels above.

The Annunciation

Alexandre Ubeleski, 1690

Hand-colored woodcut of the Crucifixion with Mary and Saint John, above a column of German verse in gothic script.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, 1470s

Hand-colored drawing of a dying man in bed praying as robed figures gesture beside him, above a column of German verse.

The Virgin Appearing to a Dying Priest

Unknown artist, 1470s

Loose watercolor of a woman in a fur-trimmed coat and purple skirt walking with a parasol on a cobbled street.

Elegant Young Woman en Promenade

Ink and wash drawing of a steam locomotive with smoke, a crowd of figures, and a windmill under a dark sky.

Frontispiece for L'Illustration Nouvelle: The Burial of the Burin

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1877

Abstract figure of a fire clown in dark brushstrokes over red, framed by olive and green washes, on a cream mount.

Feuer Clown I (Fire Clown)

Paul Klee, 1921

Watercolor of a seated woman in a white gown resting her head on her hand on a stone bench in a leafy garden.

Woman Seated in a Bower

Attributed to Eugène Devéria

Watercolor of two men near arched market stalls with dates and jars, white buildings and trees behind.

Arab Market

Sepia drawing of a woman asleep on a bed beside a draped curtain and a flowered hat with ribbons.

Illustration for "Jestrab Kontra Hrdlicka, XXII" (Girl asleep on a bed)

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, c. 1890

Watercolor botanical study of a tall wildflower with serrated leaves, dark buds, yellow-tipped flowers and seed heads on a cr

Botanical-Milt

Vítězslav Karel Mašek

Watercolor and pencil botanical sketch of red flowers, buds, a grass stalk and a white flowering sprig on cream paper.

Botanical Sketch

Vítězslav Karel Mašek

Watercolor study of a spiny branch with red, green and brown holly-like leaves on a tan background.

Study of the shrub

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of Marsyas hanging from a tree while Apollo and another nude figure stand nearby.

The Flaying of Marsyas

Parmigianino, 1526/1530

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory above three saints and angels.

Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints John the Baptist, Stephen, and Lawrence

Palma il Giovane, 1620/1628

Pen and wash drawing of Salome holding a platter with the head of Saint John the Baptist, with a bearded man behind her.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1825/1835

Black and grey lithograph of fashionably dressed women and a man in a top hat in a crowded, chandelier-lit interior.

Petits Gâteaux (Little Cakes)

Hermann Paul, 1894

Woodcut print in dark ink on blue paper showing haloed Saint Luke with an ox, an angel, and the Virgin and Child in clouds ab

Saint Luke

after Anthonis Sallaert

Watercolor of a village in rolling countryside under a gilded coat of arms, framed by painted tulips and bulbs.

Le Villaige de Monceaulx

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597

Painted landscape of a village with a church spire below a heraldic shield, with two travelers on a hill in the foreground.

Le Villaige de Brimeu

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597

Brown chalk sketch of a standing nude woman with long hair and a drape, with curved lines arching behind her head.

Study of a Woman (Abundance)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1895

Lithograph of a partially nude woman with bound wrists in a doorway, watched by a man in a fez-like cap.

Hanging Clown (Pierrôt pendu)

Adolphe Willette, 1894

Engraving of an allegorical woman holding a sailing ship aloft, with a crowd on a rocky shore and fish in the sea below.

Allegory of Water

Jeremias Wachsmuth

Ink drawing of a man in a top hat with a moustache and cane, dated 1909, by William Merritt Chase.

Self-Portrait

William Merritt Chase, 1909

Engraving of a crowned woman seated with a peacock and sceptre, framed in an oval with coins and treasure motifs.

Juno

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Lithograph portrait of a bald man in a suit and tie, gazing sideways with a stern expression, on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Max Liebermann, 1924

Pencil sketch of a standing female figure in a flowing gown with ruffled hem, head tilted up, on tan paper.

Allegorical Female Figure

John La Farge, 1880s

Engraving of Minerva in a plumed helmet holding a Medusa shield, with an owl, armor and books around her.

Minerva

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596