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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Illuminated manuscript page with the Annunciation in a large initial D, angel and Virgin in blue, gold floral borders.

The Annunciation to the Virgin

Belbello da Pavia, 1450/1460

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining young man with a feathered hat holding a mirror, beside a peacock and an hourglass.

An Elegant Young Man Personifying Vanity

Francesco Brizio

Pen and wash title page design with a haloed central figure, Moses with tablets, a saint with keys, and angels.

Title Page for a Bible

Pencil sketch of a woman bathing a toddler in a large tub, drawn on tan paper.

The Bath [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1890-1891

Brown ink drawing of Death with a scythe approaching a kneeling man beside ruins and trees in a landscape.

Death and the Woodman in a Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Ercole Bazzicaluva

Pen and brown ink drawing of men playing boccie beside a village, with a large tree on the right and hills in the distance.

Men Playing Boccie in a Village

Ercole Bazzicaluva

Brown ink and wash drawing of trees and shrubs at the edge of a wood, with a path in the foreground.

The Edge of a Wood

Anthony van Dyck, 1630

Pencil sketch of women and a child in an omnibus interior, with a window and hats at the right.

In the Omnibus [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1890-1891

Black and red chalk drawing of a standing man in a ruff collar and cloak, holding a hat at his side.

Portrait of a Man Standing

Anthony van Dyck

Pen and ink sketch of two seated male figures with loose, overlapping contour lines on grey-brown paper.

Two Seated Male Figures

Anthony van Dyck

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Christ child with a kneeling saint and studies of bearded heads.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Bearded priest kneels at an altar gazing up at a blue-winged angel pointing from a gothic interior with gold border.

The Annunciation to Zacharias

Unknown artist, c. 1400

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate baroque catafalque with spires, candles, flaming urns and statues on a tiled floor.

Magnificent Catafalque in Honor of John III, King of Poland

Alessandro Galli da Bibbiena

Ink and wash drawing of cascading waterfalls over rocks, with a hilltop building and wooded hills behind.

The Waterfalls at Tivoli (recto)

Joachim Franz Beich, 1704

Pen and wash drawing of a foaming river and waterfall beneath overhanging trees and rocky cliffs.

River Landscape with a Waterfall (recto)

Joachim Franz Beich, 1704

Medieval painting of a haloed female saint in red mantle and green gown holding a palm, within a blue arch and gold border.

Saint Susanna

Matteo di ser Cambio di Bettolo, c. 1385

Medieval manuscript page with a column of Latin names in gothic script, each with red and blue decorated initials.

Saint James

Matteo di ser Cambio di Bettolo, c. 1385

Watercolor of well-dressed figures gathered on mossy rock outcrops in a wooded landscape under a pale sky.

A Royal Party Admiring the Sunset atop the Hesselberg Mountain

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1801

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with trees on the right, a seated figure, and mountains and a village in the distance.

Landscape

Unknown artist, 19th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of muscular nude male figures walking in a procession, one with a raised arm.

Triumphal Procession

Baccio Bandinelli

Pen and ink drawing of two standing male nudes, one holding a sword and wearing a plumed helmet, on beige paper.

Two Male Nudes

Baccio Bandinelli, 1520

Pen and grey wash design for a burgonet helmet with a central relief scene, scrollwork, sea gods and a reclining figure.

Design for a Burgonet Helmet

Jean Cousin, 1545

Medieval painted Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by a grieving Virgin in blue and a saint in green.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Painted drawing of an enthroned haloed saint holding a book, with attendant figures in arched bays and decorative borders.

Saint Augustine

after Anonymous Anonymous, 19th century

Medieval manuscript page with square musical notes on red staff lines and gothic script text, with pale decorative border.

Birth of John the Baptist

Nicolò da Bologna, late 14th century

Illuminated page of the Nativity with angels, shepherds, sheep, and a gold-leaf border, in red, blue, and gold.

The Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds

Master of the Dominican Effigies, c. 1340

Illuminated manuscript initial showing a seated bearded saint in a papal tiara holding a key, on gold ground with blue and re

Saint Peter Enthroned

Lippo Vanni, 1345/1350

Manuscript fragment with square chant notes on red staff lines, black gothic text, and a cut-out decorative border.

Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion

Unknown artist, third quarter 15th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, putti and a warrior with spear arranged among clouds.

The Triumph of Virtue and Divine Wisdom

Livio Retti, 1736

Oval graphite and red chalk portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and dark coat, smiling faintly.

James Nares

John Hoppner, c. 1775