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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Etching of a turbaned rider with bow and arrows on a rearing horse, with figures, dogs and a distant city in a circular frame

Moorish Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella

Circular etching of a turbaned horseman on a richly harnessed horse, with an attendant and two riders behind.

A Black Horseman

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a Hungarian cavalier in a feathered hat on a prancing horse, with grooms and horses in a landscape.

Hungarian Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a plumed cavalier on horseback seen from behind, with other riders and a distant landscape in a circular frame.

Polish Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a plumed Polish hussar on a prancing horse, with a groom and distant riders in a circular frame.

Polish Hussar

Stefano Della Bella

Charcoal drawing of a Gothic cathedral nave with pointed arches, deep shadows, and a small figure standing in light.

A Cathedral Nave

Etching of Roman ruins with a stone arch, broken masonry and a lone figure walking through rubble in the foreground.

The Ruins of the Colosseum

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Watercolor of a Gothic church burning on a hill, with a dark demonic figure looming above and small figures below.

An Ecclesiastic Building in Flames with Demons Above

Etching of a ruined tower and stone arch on a hillside, with a shepherd and flock of sheep on a dirt path.

The Town of Leoni, near Frascati

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Etching of tall crumbling stone ruins with arches, overgrown trees, and small figures near the rubble in the foreground.

Ruins

Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst

Drawing of a young boy writing at a desk with an inkwell and books, in a dim room with bookshelves behind him.

The Scholar

Edmond Eugène Valton, 1869

Watercolor of a woman in a dark dress walking past a stone balustrade with urns and statues in a shaded park.

A Promenade in the Park at Sanssouci

Franz Skarbina, 1885

Etching of the Holy Family resting under a tree, with an angel offering fruit to the infant Christ beside a river landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?

Watercolor of a rocky Capri beach with a cliff, breaking waves, a moored wooden boat, and a swimmer in the sea.

The Beach at Marina Piccola, Capri

Franz Skarbina, 1883

Etching of a town gate arch by a river, with trees, gabled houses, a round tower and a small rowboat on the water.

Small Town (Town Gate at Gorkum?)

Watercolor of Venice with a domed church, bell tower, sailboats on the lagoon, and pedestrians on the waterfront.

Venice

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1903

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a jacket, shown in a ruled border on brown paper, signed Henri Rousseau.

Self-Portrait

Henri Rousseau, 1895

Etched landscape with a twisted tree, two walking figures on a winding road, and a wooded pond on the right.

Landscape with a Winding Road

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a winding path, a stream, and small figures on the left.

Landscape with a Stream

Watercolor of a nude figure standing in a canoe, holding a billowing blue cloth as a sail over calm water.

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa

John La Farge, 1895

Pen and ink sketch of a man seen from behind at an easel, studying a painted portrait head of an older man.

George Reynolds

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1859

Etching of a leaning tree over a pond, with a fisherman and dog on the bank and trees receding to the horizon.

Landscape with a Bending Tree

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded sculptor working with a tool on a female bust seated on a tall stand.

Johnson Mundy, Sculptor

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1857

Etched landscape of four large trees on a sandy rise beside water, with two small figures standing on the path at right.

Landscape with Four Trees

Sketching - George Fuller

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1858

Etching of a river landscape with a rocky cliff, tall trees, and two figures with a dog on the foreground bank.

Landscape with River and Rock

Sketching - Emanuel Leutze

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1858

Etching of an executioner raising a sword above a headless body, with a severed head on the floor and onlookers in a dim pris

Beheading of John the Baptist

Rembrandt van Rijn and Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1627

Etching of a rocky landscape with a tall stone column on the right, cliffs, trees and distant mountains.

The Column: pl.1

Roelant Roghman and Melchior Küsel

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man seated on a stool, painting at an easel, with a handwritten caption dated 1860.

Sketch Class Series - E.W. Perry

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1860