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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Charcoal drawing of a leaning tree beside the Colosseum, with a small figure and dog in an open field.

Souvenir: Roman Landscape with the Colosseum

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865

Watercolor landscape of a river with a sailboat, a small foundry building, wooded shores and hills at West Point, New York.

Constitution Island and Foundry from West Point, New York

Seth Eastman, 1837

Pencil sketch of Fort Putnam on a rise above a river, surrounded by trees with hills on the horizon.

Fort Putnam

Seth Eastman, 1837

Watercolor of a river between wooded hills with three sailing boats and dark trees framing the foreground.

View of the North River from the North West Corner of Fort Clinton - West Point

Seth Eastman, 1837

Drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, one hand on hip, the other resting on a pedestal.

Male Nude Study

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1778

Pen and ink drawing of a bacchanal with dancing draped figures, a tambourine, grapes, and a watching bearded figure by a wall

Bacchanal

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770

Pencil sketch of an urn with a lid beside a reclining classical figure and scrolling ornament, with a faint skull at left.

Designs for Decorative Vases

John Hamilton Mortimer

Pen and ink study of a seated woman, a boy playing a pipe, and a standing figure behind them on pale paper.

Study for "The Rustic Dancers"

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of classically robed figures around a bowl, with studies of heads on the upper left and right.

Mucius Scaevolo [recto]

John Hamilton Mortimer

Figure Studies [verso]

John Hamilton Mortimer

Blue-toned rococo drawing of the Virgin and Child with two saints, cherubs and an ornate cartouche.

An Elaborate Rococo Setting with the Virgin and Child and Saints Defeating Evil, Heresy, and Profane Love

Vitus Felix Rigl, 1760

Gray wash drawing of a rococo palace hall with soldiers on a platform and many fallen bodies, framed by ornate scrollwork.

Absalom Orders the Murder of Amnon at a Feast in His Palace

Vitus Felix Rigl, 1760

Pencil sketch of Dante fleeing a lion and wolf up a slope as Virgil stands nearby beneath trees.

Dante Flees the Wild Beasts and Meets Virgil

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1824

Pen drawing of two helmeted warriors fighting over a fallen comrade, with a spear, shield and helmet on the ground.

Two Ancient Warriors Fighting over a Dead Comrade

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Watercolor of a peasant family cooking over a campfire under a tree, with a pot on a tripod and a distant plain.

A Peasant Family Cooking over a Campfire

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Watercolor of a man riding a donkey with a child, a woman walking beside them, and a hilltop town in the distance.

A Peasant Family and Two Donkeys

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Pen and watercolor drawing of hooded penitents and a kneeling woman under an arch, with the Colosseum interior and a processi

La Compagnia dei sacconi al Colosseo (Penitents Praying at Altars in the Colosseum)

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1829

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior addressing a bearded god and seated woman in a rocky underworld cave.

Telemachus Requests Permission from Pluto to Seek His Father in the Underworld

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1809

Head of a Young Man

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1818

Pen drawing of robed men in an arched stone courtyard, one bending to offer coins, with a distant landscape and a figure in a

Peter Paying the Temple Tax

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated nude man with head tilted back, beside a study of draped cloth, on tan paper.

A Seated Man Nude and then Clothed

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820

Watercolor of a forest path with tall trees, a dog drinking from a stream, figures walking, and a thatched cottage at left.

At Donderen, in the Woods of Drenthe

Egbert van Drielst, 1799

Pen and brown ink drawing of seven men in antique dress, one carrying a heavy object in the foreground.

Seven Men in Antique Dress

Heinrich Füger, 1798

Grey-blue wash drawing of two figures in classical dress embracing on a couch beneath a draped curtain.

Embracing Lovers in Classical Dress / A Woman in Classical Dress Looking Up

Heinrich Füger, 1785

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical rotunda with arcades, a statue on a pedestal, urns, and hanging lamps.

Stage Design

Gasparo Galliari

Grey ink and wash drawing of a Gothic rotunda interior with pointed arches, statues, a stained glass window and central altar

Rotunda in Gothic Style

Gasparo Galliari

Watercolor landscape of a wooded valley with steep rocky cliffs, a large tree, a stream, sheep, and a hazy distant plain.

A Wooded Valley with Rocky Cliffs

Johann Conrad Steiner, 1785

Pencil sketch of a woman in a shawl and a man in a wide-brimmed hat standing together on pale paper.

Two Peasants

Daniel Ridgway Knight, 1870

Pencil and wash sketch of a woman playing a flute beside a tree, with two resting lions in the foreground.

Idyll

Frederick Stuart Church, 1886

Pen sketch of a sorceress with a wand beside a lion looking up at her, with handwritten letter text below.

Study after "The Enchanted Monarch"

Frederick Stuart Church, 1886