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National Gallery of Art

141 works

Drawing of a windmill and thatched cottages on a riverbank with men in rowing boats on the water.

A Windmill and Cottages on a River Bank, Men in Rowing Boats

Esaias van de Velde, early 17th century

Watercolor seascape of a sailboat on choppy water with a distant ship under a pale, cloudy sky.

A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

Etching of a large oak tree over a rowboat with three nude figures, dense foliage and clouds in the sky.

Landscape with Nudes Boarding a Boat

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1799

Black ink print of sailboats with tall masts and sails in a harbor, with reflections in the water below.

Sailboats in the Harbor

Christian Rohlfs, 1905-1910

Lithograph of two sailing boats beached on rocks, with a group of figures standing near one boat under a cloudy sky.

Boats on the Beach

Bernard Gaillot, 1824

Pencil sketch of two boys near a boat and leaning tree, with shrubs and a distant landscape behind them.

Boys with a Boat

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1830-1835

Etching of moored sailing boats with tall masts in a harbor, with stone buildings and a cloudy sky behind them.

Boats at Peel - Isle of Man

J. Alden Weir, 1889

Pen and ink sketch of a sailing boat on rippling water beside a shoreline with pilings and reeds.

Ships

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Pencil sketch of a smiling man in overalls and boots, twisting in a pose, with a translucent overlay sheet partly covering th

Studies for "Dance on a Stone Boat" and "In the Cornfield"

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1844

Grid of twelve small engraved views of Dutch sailing ships, barges, and river boats, some with city buildings behind.

Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam (Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam): Part III

Reinier Nooms, c. 1652/1654

Engraving of three ships between two Non Plus Ultra columns on rocky cliffs, with a decorative cartouche and inscription belo

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1729: The Ships of the Ostend Company and Trieste Company at the Pillars of He…

after Gabriele Valvassori Filippo Vasconi, 1729

Watercolor of a fishing boat battling rough waves under a dark stormy sky, with a large ship and distant coastline.

The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1840

Etching of sailing fishing boats with flags moored at a wooden jetty, with a smaller boat on open water under a cloudy sky.

"Tocht Schuiten"or Spaarndam Fishing Boats

Reinier Nooms, c. 1652 /1654

Engraving of a couple in a decorated boat on a river, with a rower behind them and a cottage and cattle on the bank.

The Little Boat, or The Happy Union

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1804

Book page with German poem and a black-and-white woodcut of figures in a boat among turbulent waves and birds.

Mit den Fahrenden Schiffen (With Travelling Ships) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Hey…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Etching of two sailing vessels struggling in rough seas under stormy clouds, with a small boat in the distance.

An "Isere" Vessel and a Waterschip or Zuiderzee Fishing-Boat

Reinier Nooms, c. 1652 /1654

Sketch of workers building wooden boat hulls inside a timber-framed workshop, with figures on planks and beams.

The Boat Builders

Joseph Pennell, 1917

Etching of three masted sailing ships moored in a calm harbor, framed by trees, with a rowboat in the foreground.

Ships at Fowey

Theodore Roussel, 1911

Etching of night sailing barges on calm water with a distant town and tower under a cloudy sky.

The Night-Boats to The Hague, Delft, and Amsterdam

Reinier Nooms, c. 1652/1654

Engraving of a sailing ship with crowded figures on rough waves, a praying figure on shore, and distant ships under a cloudy

Christ Praying while His Disciples are in a Boat on a Windy Sea

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Etching of two moored flat-bottomed boats, one with figures and a smoking chimney, under a cloudy sky.

Two "Overlanders" or Houseboats

Reinier Nooms, c. 1652/1654