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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Sketch of a dramatic interior scene with a fainting woman supported by figures and a crowd watching, on blue paper.

A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman

Pen and brown ink sketch of a falling figure, a spoked wheel, a rearing horse and a helmet, on pale paper.

The Fall of Phaeton

Raymond Lafage, c. 1680

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining male river god with long hair, raised arm holding a staff, and drapery.

River God

Unknown artist, 1620/1650

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling friar gazing up at a floating Christ Child among clouds and cherubs.

The Christ Child Appearing to Saint Francis

Unknown artist

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude looking down, one hand gripping a raised knee, on tan paper.

A Seated Male Nude

Charles André van Loo

Drawing of a balding cleric in a dark gown and white clerical bands, shaded in charcoal on tan paper.

Half-Length Portrait of a Cleric

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint with a crozier and book in an arched niche, with a reclining cherub at lower right.

A Sculpture of Saint Benedict in a Niche

Jakob Frey, 1735

Red and black chalk drawing of an older man and a curly-haired youth in draped robes, standing side by side.

Two Male Figures: A Youth and an Old Man

Unknown artist

Brown wash drawing of a brick pyramid, classical statue, fountain with lion head, and figures by a basin.

A Roman Capriccio with the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius

Hubert Robert, 1781 or later

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman and winged child under a glowing crescent, with horses and clouds below.

Aurora's Tryst with Time Interrupted

Giuseppe Passeri, c. 1700

Red chalk drawing of a muscular seated male nude with raised arm on a carved pedestal, with a faint second figure at left.

A Seated Nude

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of a Roman piazza with a tall column topped by a statue, arcaded buildings, and two small figures.

Figures on a Roman Piazza

Pen and ink design for an arched altarpiece showing the Virgin on clouds, a seated saint and a kneeling friar.

The Immaculate Conception

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Loose pencil sketch of a seated woman combing her hair before a mirror, with a bench and interior lines.

A Woman Combing Her Hair in Front of a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural baldachin with columns framing an Annunciation scene with angels and clouds.

A Baldachin with a Painting of the Annunciation

Circle of Andrea Pozzo, c. 1708 or later

Pen and ink sketch of a standing muscular male nude with arms folded and head tilted back, on a cream sheet.

A Heroic Male Nude

Circle of Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bernhard's Whooping Cough Face

Gerhard Wilhelm von Reutern, mid to late 1820s

Watercolor and pen drawing of an ornamental wall with a doorway, blue diamond medallions, a candelabrum, and arched vault dec

Pompeiian Wall Decoration

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with figures attending a reclining man on a table and a winged figure above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Ludovico Carracci

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of several muscular male figures in dynamic poses, with arms outstretched.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Attributed to Ludovico Cardi called Cigoli

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, standing on a stone block.

A Male Nude Seen from Behind

Unknown artist, c.1760

Watercolor sketch of the circular Temple of Vesta at Tivoli on a hill, with houses and trees in the foreground.

Temple of Vesta at Tivoli

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of a woman in a blue patterned silk robe seated beside an easel in a painter's studio with stacked canvases.

A Painter's Studio with a Model Wrapped in Japanese Silk

Louis Emile Adan, 1890s

Etching of an elderly man in a patterned headband and beaded necklace, holding a small ring, by Wallace Leroy De Wolf.

Navajo Trader

Wallace Leroy De Wolf, 1929

Pen and ink drawing of a standing sibyl holding a staff with a banner, beside a cartouche labeled Resurrection.

Egyptian Sibyl

Unknown artist

Watercolor of two bathers in the sea beneath a pink umbrella, with a reddish cliff on the distant shore.

Male and Female Bathers with Umbrella

Illuminated manuscript page with Latin text, gold and blue initials, and a border with foliage, a peacock and a bird.

Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours (incip. Passionis)

Unknown artist, 1390

Medieval manuscript leaf with two columns of Latin text, a tall gilded initial, and a small figure in a historiated initial.

Manuscript Leaf from a Bible (Deuteronomy)

Unknown artist, c. 1240

Illuminated manuscript page with a painted Adoration scene of Mary and the Christ child, kneeling king, and standing attendan

Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Illuminated manuscript leaf with gothic text in two columns, blue and gold initials, and marginal creatures and foliage.

Manuscript Leaf from the Beauvais Missal

Unknown artist, 1285