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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Black chalk drawing of a standing nude man with curly hair, gazing upward, one arm behind him against a tree.

Study of a Standing Male Nude: Saint Sebastian

Jacopo Confortini, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two boys standing with their backs turned, one in a cap and clogs, on a plain ground.

Two Boys Standing with Backs Turned

Karel Dujardin, 1659

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical facade with Corinthian columns, with separate studies of capitals and ornaments at l

Studies of the Cenotaph of Annia Regilla

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750s/1766

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights on horseback in a mock joust, with a plumed figure and a flying shield at right.

Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields and Without Bevors

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored knights on horseback in a mock joust, with broken lances and ornate horse trappings.

Mock Joust of War in Reinforced Field Armor

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of an armored knight on a green patterned horse beside a second rider in red at a tournament barrier.

Italian Joust of Peace

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights fighting with maces, one with a plumed helmet and a shield, with a handwritten capt

Foot Combat with Maces and Tartsche Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored knights fight on foot with war hammers and shields, drawn in watercolor and ink on cream paper.

Foot Combat with War Hammers and Tartsche Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored figures in foot combat with flails, one in red brigandine and one in yellow pleated skirt, on a pale page.

Foot Combat with Flails

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored men fighting with long pikes, one in pleated yellow skirt and plumed helmet, on a cream background.

Foot Combat with Pikes

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights fighting with wooden poles in foot combat, one in blue armor and plumed helm.

Foot Combat with Poles

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights in foot combat, each holding a glaive, one wearing a plumed helmet.

Foot Combat with Glaives

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights wrestling over a halberd, one wearing a crown-like helmet and pleated skirt

Foot Combat with Halberds

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Foot Combat with Awl Pikes

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored men fighting with spears in a foot combat, in blue and ochre tones.

Foot Combat with Spears

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored knights in foot combat, gripping a crossed spear, with shields on the ground.

Foot Combat with Spears and Tartsche Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights grappling in foot combat, with spears and buckler shields on the ground.

Foot Combat with Spears and Buckler Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights fighting with curved falchion swords in foot combat.

Foot Combat with Falchions

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored men in watercolor fight on foot, one with a raised sword, the other with a throwing star and striped shield.

Foot Combat with Swords, Throwing Stars, and Shields (Tartschen)

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored men in foot combat, one holding a large pavise shield and the other a sword.

Foot Combat with Swords and Pavesen Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored men fighting with longswords, one in blue plate armor with a plumed helmet.

Foot Combat with Longswords

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored knights with longswords and decorated shields face off in combat, drawn in watercolor and ink.

Foot Combat with Longswords and Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of two armored men in plate armor fighting with longswords and buckler shields.

Foot Combat with Longswords and Buckler Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Two armored knights in foot combat with swords and buckler shields, drawn in blue and ochre watercolor on paper.

Foot Combat with Swords and Buckler Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of two armored figures fighting with daggers, one in plate armor with a plumed helmet, on cream paper.

Foot Combat with Daggers

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pencil drawing of a young boy with dark tousled hair and downcast eyes, shaded softly against a pale background.

Head of a Youth and a Man with a Moustache

Tito Lessi, c. 1895/1896

Pen and wash plan of a fan-shaped Sorbonne law lecture hall with tiered benches, spiral stair, and French annotations.

Study for the Renovation of a Law Classroom at the Sorbonne

Antoine Laurent Thomas Vaudoyer, 1820

Drawing of a crowned bearded god descending in lightning toward a reclining woman on a draped bed beneath a canopy.

Jupiter and Semele

Unknown artist, 18th century

Lithograph portrait of a woman with lowered eyes, wearing a crown, lace headdress and collar against a shaded background.

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

Francesco Hayez, c. 1827

Brown ink print of Jupiter and Juno in an oval, with cherubs, peacocks and a rainbow below the clouds.

Jupiter and Juno

after Pietro da Cortona Johann Gottlieb Prestel, 1788