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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Brown wash drawing of a rider struck down under heavenly light, with horses, soldiers and a descending angel.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1640

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with large trees, a fisherman with a long pole, and a moored boat.

Fisherman in a River Landscape

Allart van Everdingen

Wash drawing of a rocky cove with a tree-topped cliff, rowing boats with figures, and sailing ships on the water.

Figures in Rowing Boats in a Rocky Cove, Sailing Ships Beyond

Allart van Everdingen

Brown wash drawing of a large rock beside trees and a tall pine, with small figures walking on a path below.

Landscape with Large Rock

Allart van Everdingen

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate classical architectural design with a nude statue in an arch and two dogs.

Design for a Wall Decoration [recto]

Jacob Jordaens, 1640/1645

Red chalk drawing of a wide landscape with a column of mounted soldiers and a hilltop town beyond the hills.

French Troops before Salins and the Surrounding Hills

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1668

Michael d'Aicing

Melchior Lorck, 1565

Black chalk studies of folded drapery on tan paper, with white highlights and a small red chalk accent at upper right.

Drapery Studies [recto]

Baldassare Franceschini, 1650

Graphite sketch of a bearded fisherman standing in a boat with a mast, while two children play on a shore behind him.

The Poor Fisherman (Le Pauvre pêcheur)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1897

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a figure gazing upward with an outstretched arm, with hand studies below.

Ascension of the Magdalene

Baldassare Franceschini, 1650

Red chalk drawing of a standing female saint holding a banner, with smaller figure studies and angels sketched around her.

Female Saint Carrying a Banner [recto]

Baldassare Franceschini

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin ascending through swirling clouds, with angels and loose cloud studies around her.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Baldassare Franceschini, 1667

Pencil and red chalk sketch of the Flight into Egypt with a Virgin and Child, angels in clouds, and architectural studies.

The Flight into Egypt

Baldassare Franceschini, 1664

Pencil sketch of many small market figures, peasants with baskets, and horse-drawn carts arranged across a sheet of paper.

Studies of Market Figures

David Teniers the Younger

Red-toned circular woodcut of a robed woman raising a cup beside a seated man, with other figures and a serpent.

Circe

After Parmigianino

Etching of infant Jupiter nursed by goat Amalthea, watched by a nymph and two satyrs in a wooded landscape.

Jupiter Nourished by the Goat Amalthea

after Jacob Jordaens Remoldus Eynhoudts, 1652

Engraving of two angels leading a bearded man away from a city while women follow behind, with a tree on the left.

Lot and His Daughters Leaving Sodom

Hendrik Goltzius after Anthonie van Blocklandt, 1582

Engraved hunt scene of mounted hunters spearing wolves beneath a sunburst sky, with a horn-blowing hunter and Latin inscripti

The Wolf Hunt

Willem van der Leeuw after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Engraving of a drunken Silenus held up by companions while a man pours from a jug under a grapevine.

Drunken Silenus

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Engraving of the dead Christ on a white cloth, with the grieving Virgin and two angels in a rocky setting.

Virgin Supporting the Dead Christ

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Engraving of the risen Christ with a staff above startled soldiers and sleeping guards at a rocky tomb, with angels above.

The Resurrection

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Engraved title page with a baroque fountain, putti, a coat of arms, and figures in turbans beside a building.

Title Page

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Engraved dedication page with a winged putto, a central coat of arms, sea creatures and a banner reading Virtutis Praemium, 1

Dedication Page

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Etching of a palace courtyard with arcaded galleries, a domed central tower, and figures, horses and dogs on the pavement.

Escorial, Spain

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers killing infants and mothers among classical columns, with bodies on the ground.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1635

Etching of a grand Florentine palace facade with columns, statues and figures strolling on a piazza, dated 1681.

Palace, Florence

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Etching of the Borghese palace facade with a garden fountain, statue, strolling figures and sarcophagi in the foreground.

Borghese Palace and Gardens

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Etching of the Piazza di Spagna in Naples with a sailing ship, a crowd of figures, palazzi and a winged statue.

Piazza di Spagna, Naples

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Etching of a villa behind a formal garden with statues lining a tree-shaded path and small groups of people.

Villa Aquaviva

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681

Etching of garden statues under large trees, with a reclining bearded figure on a carved base and two small figures in front.

Gardens of Prince Mattei, Rome

Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1681