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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Brown wash drawing of a woman in drapery and armed men gathered before a tent under a dark, stormy sky.

Isabella Abandons Her Home to Follow Odorico and His Men

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Brown wash drawing of a nude woman chained on rocks above a boat, with a sea monster and a trident-wielding figure above.

Angelica Is Exposed to the Orc

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of a man in a boat wielding an anchor amid stormy clouds and waves, with a winged figure above.

Orlando Kills the Orc with an Anchor

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman on a rearing horse, with armored rider, putti and clouds above.

Orlando and Angelica Arrive at Charlemagne's Camp

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Loose sketch of a winged hippogryph in clouds, with an armored rider reaching for it from rocky ground below.

Bradamante Tries to Catch Hold of the Hippogryph [recto]

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing with large trees, clouds, a river, two figures, and distant mountains and towers.

Landscape with Two Washerwomen

Agostino Carracci, 1580s

Grey wash drawing of a village fair with crowds, a horse-drawn cart, tents, and a distant church spire under cloudy skies.

Village Fair

Jan van Goyen, 1656

Grey wash drawing of a rural wayside inn with travelers, a cart, a rowboat, and a large tree under a cloudy sky.

Wayside Inn

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Etching of a standing figure in flowing robes beside a chalice with a serpent, against horizontal hatched background.

Saint John

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Engraving of the Marriage of the Virgin: a priest joins a bearded man and veiled woman beneath cherubs scattering flowers.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Lithograph of Aeneas and Dido sheltering under a cloak in heavy rain beside a dark grotto, with French verse below.

Enée et Didon

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Etching of a tree-lined formal garden with two classical statues on pedestals flanking a stone bridge over a pool.

The Two Statues

Abraham Genoels II after Adam Frans van der Meulen

Pen and brown wash drawing of a muscular winged angel flying with one arm raised, on tan paper.

A Flying Angel

Palma il Giovane, 1580/1590

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat holding a skull, with his hand pointing toward it.

Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1519

Red chalk drawing of herdsmen and cattle crossing a wooden bridge over a rocky waterfall, with fishermen in the foreground.

Herdsmen Crossing a Waterfall

Hubert Robert, 1770/1775

Engraving of an elderly nude man standing in a bath basin with a lion-head spout, set in a stone arched niche.

Seneca Standing in the Bath

Cornelis Galle I after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Etching of a bearded saint in a flowing robe raising a book above his head, with radiating halo lines behind him.

Saint Simon

Master F.P. after Parmigianino

Chiaroscuro print of a bearded saint in a draped robe holding a saw, with a radiant halo, within a rectangular frame.

Saint Simon

Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino

Red chalk drawing of a wild boar resting on the ground, head lowered, with a German inscription above.

Wild Boar

Unknown artist, 18th century

Soft gray lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a cap with a tuft, high collar, and loosely tied neckwear.

Gericault

after Léon Cogniet, 1824 or after

Etching of a fantastical ruined landscape with skeletons, urns, garlands, a fountain and figures among classical fragments.

The Skeletons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1759

Etching of a triumphal arch with classical ruins, trophies, a palm tree and figures among scattered armor and debris.

The Triumphal Arch

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1759

Etching of a fantastical overgrown ruin with scrolling ornament, sarcophagus, cypress trees, and a cloudy sky.

The Tomb of Nero

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1759

Etching of ornate garlands, broken architectural fragments, skulls and scrollwork arranged in a fantastical ruined interior.

The Monumental Tablet

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1759

Pen and grey wash drawing of many figures kneeling and washing at basins and cloths beside a tree and tents.

Ritual Washing of the Israelites

Abraham Bloemaert, 1606

Etching of a saddled donkey standing in a field beside willow trees, with small figures and birds in the distance.

Donkey in a Field (L'Ane au pre)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1862

Etching of Apollo leading dancing figures past classical ruins and trees, with a winged figure seated at left.

Time, Apollo, and the Seasons (Le Temps, Apollon et les Saisons)

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a ruff and slashed doublet, holding a sword, with a battle scene behind hi

Balthasar Bathory de Somlyo

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583

Chalk drawing of an elderly woman with wrinkled face and gray head scarf, with red shawl visible at shoulders.

Bust of an Old Woman Wearing a Head Scarf

Lagneau, c. 1625

Engraving of Saint Francis seated with a rosary as a winged angel plays violin above him in a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis Consoled by the Musical Angel

Attributed to Francesco Carracci after Agostino Carracci, c. 1595-1602