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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of two figures in masquerade costumes, one with a globe-like body and one with a plumed helmet.

Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: The Earth and a Parade Helmet

Stefano Della Bella, 1645

Pen and brown ink drawing of a feathered-hat huntsman with a staff pulling a hound on a leash.

Huntsman with a Hound on a Leash

Stefano Della Bella

Pencil drawing of two young women in a woodland setting, one standing by a large tree and one seated on the ground.

Two Girls in a Landscape

Attributed to George Frost

Pencil sketch of a horned nude figure with arms raised, holding up a large curved disc surrounded by zigzag lines.

Los Supporting the Sun [recto]

William Blake, probably c. 1793

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman beside a pale horse and a red lizard, with handwritten French text above.

Nave Nave Fenua

Paul Gauguin, probably 1894

Brown and grey wash drawing of cattle, deer, a milkmaid and herdsman in a meadow beneath large trees.

A Meadow with Cattle and Deer

Francis Barlow, 1684

Chalk drawing of a bearded head of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, with white highlights on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Johann Ulrich Mayr, 1670

Misty mountain valley with two figures leaning over rocks at right, drawn in soft washes of blue, ochre and grey.

Mountain Landscape with two Figures at the Right

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Pen and brown wash drawing of the biblical flood with figures on rocks, an ark, a crowded boat, and storm clouds.

The Flood

Georg Pencz, 1530

Pen drawing of a seated bishop saint with a mitre, halo, crozier and book, with dense hatched robes.

Saint Nicholas

Watercolor of a flowering garden with pink and purple blooms, a lawn, trees, and a house in the distance.

Parmelee Estate in Bloom

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1920

Watercolor of two moored sailing ships with rigging at a harbor dock, with waterfront buildings and a smokestack behind.

Ships at the Dock

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1893

Watercolor of a formal garden with hedges, a stone urn, flower beds, a small pavilion, and tall trees under a pale sky.

Parmelee Garden

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1920

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of about nine heads in varied expressions, signed George Luks in the lower left.

Ten Heads

George Luks, 1905

Charcoal sketch of figures walking a path beneath a shady canopy of trees, with a bench at the right.

Under the Trees

Pastel drawing of children with baskets queuing outside a glowing bakery window labeled BAKERY.

Breadline

George Luks, 1900

Watercolor of a sunlit room with a seated figure in a blue armchair, a flower bouquet on a table, and blue vases by the windo

Self-Portrait: Interior of My New York Apartment

George Luks, 1927

Loose watercolor sketch of an elderly bearded man in a hat holding a red Bible, inscribed by George Luks, 1919.

The Man with the Red Bible

George Luks, 1919

Watercolor of a thatched hut with a seated man holding a child in the doorway, chickens in the yard, and a palm tree.

Hut in Trinidad

Man in Top Hat, Smoking a Cigar

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a young cadet in a military cap and buttoned uniform against a gray-blue ground.

The Cadet

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a suit and bow tie holding a briefcase on grey paper.

Standing Man

Graphite study of a young child with bangs and shoulder-length hair, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer.

Study for "Portrait of Esther Haydin"

Robert Vonnoh, 1886

Pencil sketch of two women in a theater box, one holding an open fan, with a balcony rail and flower basket above.

The Loge [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1882

Illuminated manuscript page with a haloed saint writing at a desk in an arched frame, surrounded by colorful floral borders.

Saint John

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Luke writing at a desk beside an ox, framed by blue and red floral borders.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Mark writing beside a lion, framed by colorful flowers, leaves and birds.

Saint Mark

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Miniature of Saint Matthew writing at a desk with an angel beside him, framed by ornate red, blue and gold foliage.

Saint Matthew

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Saint in green patterned robe holding a gridiron, painted on gold leaf within a red and blue decorated initial border.

Saint Lawrence

Master of the Murano Gradual, 1440/1450

Illuminated manuscript page showing the Crucifixion with Christ flanked by two haloed figures in blue robes, above Latin text

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, late 12th century