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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Drawing of the risen Christ holding a red cross banner above a tomb, with two soldiers at the edges inside an ornate gold fra

The Resurrection

Giorgio Colonna, c. 1560

Watercolor of pink roses and rose buds in a brass vase on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Pink Roses in a Vase

Attributed to Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1838

Brown wash and white heightening drawing of a standing woman holding a scroll, on blue-grey paper.

Standing Woman Holding a Scroll

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of a nude man holding a skull, with loose sketched figures behind him on tan paper.

The Headhunter and His Family

Odilon Redon, c. 1870

Etching of Christ seated and crowned with thorns by a helmeted soldier, while another man holds a reed staff behind him.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Annibale Carracci, 1606

Etching of a seated man being consecrated by mitred bishops beneath a dove, with candlebearers and a kneeling priest.

The Consecration of a Bishop

after Sir Peter Paul Rubens Pieter Claesz Soutman

Engraved portrait of a veiled woman in a dark habit holding a rosary, framed by cherubs and an ornate border.

Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain

after Sir Peter Paul Rubens Paulus Pontius

Pencil sketch of a narrow London backstreet with huddled figures, a cloaked man, and a small child beneath tall buildings.

A Backstreet in London

Gustave Doré, 1868

Woodcut of an elderly bearded man in a long fur-trimmed robe, standing beside a heraldic crest, dated 1561.

Philip Melanchthon

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1561

Twilight marsh landscape with tall bare trees on the left, reflective pools, distant village and an orange-to-blue sky.

Marsh Landscape at Twilight

François-Auguste Ravier, c. 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a seated armored knight greeted by robed monks beneath gothic arches.

Rinaldo is Welcomed by the Monks

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and wash drawing of an armored knight and a veiled woman seated across a table, with sketched winged figures above.

Olympia Tells Roland Her Sad Story

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pencil portrait of an infant in a bonnet seated in a high chair, framed with ruled borders and the name Eduard.

Eduard, the Artist's Infant Son

Julius Hübner, 1842

Dark drawing by Charles Angrand showing a faint luminous figure emerging from shadow, with a signature in the lower left corn

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Charles Angrand, 1894

Title page with a large ornate initial and gothic lettering reading Apocalipsis cum figuris, on pale paper.

Title Page

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Daumier lithograph of two caricatured soldiers in formal uniform, one in a tall shako saluting beside a mustached officer.

Un Jour de Grande Tenue

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Pen and grey wash design with two saints flanking a blank central panel, scrollwork frame and a dated cartouche at the base.

Glass Design with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

Hans Kaspar Lang the Elder, 1595

Pen and brown ink drawing of a haloed saint holding a cross, wheat, and Passion instruments beside open books.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux with the Instruments of the Passion

Pieter de Jode, c. 1625

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing woman in a veil holding a child beside an inscribed scroll, labeled Sibila Eritrea.

Eritrean Sibyl

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of a Chinese peasant with a shoulder pole and basket, standing on open ground beside rocks.

A Chinese Peasant

George Chinnery, 1839

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery turning toward a standing man against a shaded background.

Two Figures in Classical Dress

Henri-Pierre Danloux

Pen and ink drawing of a group of slender trees with bare branches and leafy clumps above low undergrowth.

Trees

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with sea figures and waves around a shell-shaped saltcellar design.

A Design for a Saltcellar

Unknown artist

Watercolor of a woman in a red bonnet and a bearded man swimming in the sea near a cliffed shoreline.

Male and Female Bathers

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a putto, scrolls, and an urn with foliage.

An Elaborately Sculpted Frame

Unknown artist

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man in a cap holding tongs across his torso, grimacing, on aged paper.

A Tormentor With Tongs

Follower of Taddeo Zuccaro

Pen and ink study of a costumed man with a feathered hat and staff, with smaller sketches at right.

Studies for a Scene from Dante's "Inferno"

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Madonna and Child with saints in several overlapping groups on a pale sheet.

The Madonna and Child with Saints

Unknown artist, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a bare-chested risen figure above draped women looking upward, with white highlights.

The Women at the Sepulchre with Christ of the Noli me Tangere

Ercole Procaccini il Giovane, 1650s

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a man's head in three-quarter view with tousled hair and a mustache.

Head of a Man

Italian or French 16th/17th Century, 1580/1610 (?)