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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Medieval manuscript leaf with a kneeling bearded figure in green robes in a gold illuminated initial, beside Latin text and m

David in Prayer

Follower of Master of the Golden Bull, 1400/1405

Medieval manuscript leaf with square musical notation, Gothic script, and red and blue decorated initials.

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Follower of Master of the Golden Bull, 1400/1405

Medieval manuscript page with a bearded robed man beside an illuminated initial and Latin text in brown and red ink.

The Judge Judah (?)

Unknown artist, 1210/1220

Black and red chalk drawing on blue paper of a woman in flowing drapery bending over a small child.

A Man Lifting a Bundle

Leandro Bassano, 1592

Black chalk sketch of a wooded landscape with a man walking a path and a dog on a hillside.

Landscape with a Man and a Dog

Leandro Bassano, 1580

Two hares on a grassy hillside, one white and one gray, with mountains and cloudy sky behind them.

Arctic Hare

John James Audubon, 1841

Watercolor of a hermit thrush perched on a branch, with speckled breast and rusty tail, on cream paper.

Hermit Thrush

John James Audubon, 1820

Watercolor drawing of a blue warbler perched on a branch with red flowers and green leaves, with handwritten labels.

Blue Yellow Back Warbler

John James Audubon, 1812

Drawing of a standing nude woman among trees and blue-green foliage, rendered in loose crayon and ink strokes.

Standing Nude in a Landscape

Colored crayon and watercolor drawing of two nude women bathing among green grasses beside a blue sea.

Two Bathers

Otto Mueller, c. 1920

Medieval illuminated initial showing the Virgin's death, with haloed apostles reading around her bed and Christ above in blue

Death of the Virgin

Attributed to Joshua Master, c. 1410

Illuminated initial showing three haloed women at a tomb with an angel and sleeping soldiers, beside red-ruled musical staves

The Three Holy Women at the Tomb

First Master of the Cortona Antiphonaries, 1250/1275

Brown wash drawing of bearded God the Father raising his right hand in blessing, with radiating light and an open book.

God the Father with His Right Hand Raised in Blessing

Girolamo dai Libri

Drawing of men restraining a fallen figure beside a cart, fence and horse under trees, in brown wash with white highlights.

Ragotin lie par les parents du fou

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1727

Drawing of an interior where a man lies dead on the floor as startled women and a kneeling figure react beside a fireplace.

On trouve le corps mort de l'hote que l'on avait cache

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1727

Grey wash drawing of two men conversing in an interior by a fireplace, with a woman at left and a bed at right.

Ragotin enivré par La Rancune

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1726/1727

Grey wash drawing of horseback travelers arriving at a stone inn with an arched doorway and hanging sign.

L'Arrivee de l'Operateur dans l'hotellerie

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1727

Drawing of a room with a woman by a bed, a chest, an armchair, an open window, and two men at a doorway.

Ragotin dans le coffre

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1737

Chalk drawing of a rider and horse tumbling into mud, a figure on a stretcher, a pointing man, and trees in a landscape.

La Rancune en brancard, abattu dans le bourbier

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1726

Loose drawing of a seated nude woman seen from behind, set among blue and brown reeds and trees.

Bather

Watercolor landscape of village houses and trees above striped red, green and yellow fields under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Christian Rohlfs, 1870s

Pen and wash drawing of hunters and dogs chasing a stag through a forest with a pond in the distance.

The Hunts of Maximilian: The Stag Hunt (August)

Bernard van Orley, 1528

Bust-length drawn portrait of a bearded man in a white hat and pale robe against a dark background.

Pfalzgraf Friedrich III

Peter Gertner, 1539

Drawing of a young woman in a white feathered hat and red headdress against a dark background, with sketched gown outlines.

Maria Markgräfin zu Brandenburg

Peter Gertner, 1539

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored soldier attacking an elderly man while mourning women gather in a columned interior.

The Death of Priam

Michael Willmann, 1660

Pen and ink drawing of tall tree trunks and leafy undergrowth in a forest, by Heinrich Dreber, 1840.

A Stand of Trees

Heinrich Dreber, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of rocky cliffs, trees and shrubs, with a ruined tower and buildings on a distant hill.

Rock Formations near Olevano

Heinrich Dreber, 1847

Pen and ink sketch of slender leaning trees in the foreground with shrubbery and distant buildings in a landscape.

Clump of Trees at Civita Castellana

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1826

Pencil drawing in oval format of pine trees framing a sea view with buildings on the shore and small figures on a path.

Souvenir of Tuscany

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1844

Pencil drawing of a nude woman reclining on a grassy slope before a wooded landscape with trees and rocks.

A Nude Reclining in a Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1825