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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Brown ink sketch of a youth carried aloft by a large eagle, with small figure studies in the corners of the sheet.

Ganymede

Unknown artist

Pen and ink architectural study with a sketched figure, column capital, and scroll ornaments on aged paper.

An Architectural Study with an Atlantid

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of a chandelier over seated figures in an interior, with a curtained doorway and studies below.

A Gathering in an Interior; A Curtained Doorway

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Graphite sketch of a seated nude man twisting to point his arm to the right, on tan paper.

A Seated Nude Man Pointing to the Right

Francesco Solimena

Pen and ink sheet with multiple sketched heads, profiles and small full-length figures in hats and coats.

Studies of Figures and Heads

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Pen and brown ink drawing of an armored warrior on a shore with soldiers, kneeling figures, and classical architecture behind

The Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland

after Luca Cambiaso Giulio Benso

Etching of a landscape with a tall tree, figures by a stream, a distant castle on a hill, and clouds above.

Woman with a Donkey Driver

Joachim Franz Beich, c.1700-1725

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with a waterfall, a hunter with a dog in the foreground, and small figures on a distant l

The Hunter

Joachim Franz Beich, c.1700-1725

Etching of a landscape with two goats by a stream, a large tree, small waterfalls, a rocky cliff and figures.

Two Goats by the Water

Joachim Franz Beich, c.1700-1725

Etching of a rocky waterfall landscape with pine trees and two fishermen at the water's edge in the lower right.

The Two Fishermen

Joachim Franz Beich, c.1700-1725

Etched landscape with a rocky cliff, pine trees, a stream with dogs, and two figures, one on horseback, under a cloudy sky.

A Woman with a Horse and a Standing Man

Joachim Franz Beich, c.1700-1725

Etching of tall trees, two riders on horseback by a pond with reeds, and a dog on a path under cloudy sky.

Riders by a Pond

Alexandre Calame, 1841

Brown ink sketch of a standing nude beside a washstand and mirror, drawn with loose angular strokes and hatched shading.

Nude with a Mirror, Standing Before a Washstand

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908-1910

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman in a wide-brimmed hat, legs crossed, drawn in loose outline on cream paper.

Dodo Seated

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Charcoal sketch of two nude women standing in a studio beside a window, one reaching toward the other.

Fränzi and Marcella in the Studio

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Ink sketch of two angular dancers on brown paper, with a cat sitting in the lower left corner.

Two Dancers with a Cat

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913

Charcoal line drawing of a seated female nude leaning left, head bowed, arm across knee, on tan paper.

Female Nude Bending to the Left

Egon Schiele, 1918

Green and magenta woodcut poster with a stylized face, mountain shapes, and bold lettering announcing a Kirchner exhibition i

Bern Kunsthalle: März 33: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Davos

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1933

Etching of a nude bound figure, arm raised, leaning against a hatched tree trunk with a draped cloth at the hips.

St. Sebastian, Bound to a Tree

Bartholomeus Spranger, c. 1589

Hand-colored woodcut of an enthroned God, a kneeling haloed figure, angels among clouds, and a walled town below.

Der Schatzbehalter oder Schrein der waren Reichtümer des Heils und ewige Seligkeit

Stephan Fridolin,, Michael Wolgemut, and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, 1491

Pink broadside by José Guadalupe Posada showing a woman and a human-faced hen before a town skyline, with Spanish verse below

Gran Alarma Escandalosa

José Guadalupe Posada, 1904

Printed broadside titled Serafina with song lyrics and a central woodcut of a standing woman in period dress.

Serafina

José Guadalupe Posada, 1914?

Red broadside with black line drawing of a woman surrounded by men in hats, with printed verse and decorative border.

La Mujer de Cien Maridos - Como Alfileres Prendidos

José Guadalupe Posada, 1901

Woodcut title page with ornate border, central scene of an enthroned woman receiving a book from a kneeling scholar.

De plurimis claris selectisque Mulieribus

Unknown artist, published April 1497, borders dated 1493

Engraving of Saint Catherine's martyrdom with turbaned men, kneeling women, angels in clouds, and a castle in the background.

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Master MZ, c. 1500

Blue-toned watercolor of a market square with figures and awnings before a Gothic cathedral with tall spires.

A Market Square before a Cathedral

Luigi Aloys François Joseph Loir, 1870s/1880s

Ferdinand Hodler

Emil Orlik, 1904

Expressive lithograph of a large man in a cap holding hands with a small girl beside a bare tree trunk.

Man Leading a Little Girl

René Beeh, 1921

Lithograph of six figures crowded around a table, drawn in heavy black strokes on cream paper.

Six Diners at Table

René Beeh, 1921

Black ink lithograph of a street with a crippled figure on crutches, a man in a cap, and gaunt figures behind a fence.

Street Scene with a Cripple and a Praying Man

René Beeh, 1921