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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Brown wash drawing of soldiers, horses and banners around two men embracing, with a classical building and mountains behind.

The Parting of Saints Peter and Paul

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1785

Brown wash drawing of a crowd reacting around a veiled woman seated before a large stone archway.

The Raising of Tabitha

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of three Punchinello figures hunting waterfowl on a pond with dogs and trees.

Punchinellos Hunting Waterfowl

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1800

Brown wash drawing of God the Father and angels above a seated hooded woman with a child, on clouds.

God the Father and Angels Adoring the Madonna and Child [recto]

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Brown ink wash sheet with sketches of bearded heads and robed standing figures by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Figures and Faces

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Watercolor of a Romanesque cathedral with rose window and tall bell tower, a crowd in a piazza, and ships in harbor.

The Cathedral at Trani

Louis Jean Desprez, 1778

Brown ink drawing of a fortified stone bridge and tower beside a river, with a tall craggy mountain behind.

Fortified Bridge against Distant Mountains

the elder Palmieri Pietro, 1760

Brown ink landscape of two cattle and a goat by a cliff, with a resting shepherd in the foreground and a distant town.

Landscape with Cattle, a Goat, and a Resting Shepherd

the elder Palmieri Pietro, 1774

Pastel drawing of a ballet dancer seen from behind beside three studies of feet in slippers on green paper.

Dancer Seen from Behind and Three Studies of Feet

Edgar Degas, c. 1878

Charcoal and wash drawing of two lawyers in black robes and caps talking, with a courtroom crowd behind them.

Two Lawyers

Honoré Daumier

Sepia pen drawing of a man's head turned upward to the right, with fine hatched shading on the face and neck.

Head of a Man Looking Up to the Right

Alphonse Legros, 1890s?

Study of Delphic Sibyl; Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros after Michelangelo

Brown wash drawing of mourners kneeling and standing around a crucifix and stone tomb, with figures gazing upward.

At the Foot of the Cross

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of robed singers around music stands in a dim Gothic church choir with tall arches.

Choir of a Spanish Church

Alphonse Legros

Pen and wash sketch of three standing women with faint architectural and figure studies around them on aged paper.

Copy After a Historical Painting from the Circle of Paolo Veronese [recto]

Unknown artist, 16th century

Pencil sketch of two men, one shouting in the other's face while holding a hat, on a pale sheet.

Two Men Arguing

Pencil and wash drawing of a foreshore with a windmill, moored boats, workers and sailing vessels under a cloudy sky.

Foreshore Scene with Windmill

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Brown wash drawing of a man in a top hat riding between two women on horseback along a tree-lined road.

Cavalier and Two Ladies on Horseback

Constantin Guys

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a woman's head and bust, with curled hair, a feathered hat and a tied ribbon at the neck.

Head and Bust of a Woman

Joshua Reynolds

Parchment leaf with dark gothic blackletter script in ink and a blue initial letter at the bottom.

The Trinity

Workshop of Master of the Gerona Martyrology, 1414

Grisaille drawing of a scribe at a desk and a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated figure in a Gothic interior with a d

Scribe Writing and the Author Presenting His Book

Georges Hurtrel, in or before 1870

Medieval manuscript spread with gold historiated initial showing two robed figures beside columns of Latin text.

Joshua before the Lord

Unknown artist, c. 1270

Vincenzio Piombi

Jean-Baptiste Wicar

European Elk

Peter Rindisbacher

Medieval manuscript page with gold illuminated initial showing Moses with crowned men, beside two columns of black Latin text

Moses Counting the Children of Israel

Unknown artist, c. 1270

Watercolor of a white country house on a grassy hill, with a seated woman and children under large trees in the foreground.

Sweet Briar

William Russell Birch, 1808

Aged parchment manuscript page with two columns of brown Gothic handwriting and faint coloured margins.

Meeting of Achilles and Hector

Master of Girart de Roussillon, c. 1450 - 1460

Illuminated page of an enthroned bearded patriarch holding a child, surrounded by robed figures, palms, and corner medallions

Paradise with Christ in the Lap of Abraham

Unknown artist, c. 1239

Pen and wash drawing of a forest slope with tall trees, rocks and a small stream in the foreground.

View from the Springhouse at Echo

William Russell Birch, 1808

Medieval illuminated page of the Nativity with angels above and six Dominican monks kneeling in arches below, on gold and blu

The Nativity with Six Dominican Monks

Master of Imola, 1265/1274