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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Ink and wash drawing of an elderly woman with lowered eyes wearing a white head scarf, shoulders draped in muted red and blue

Old Woman Seated

Honoré Daumier

Watercolor of a striped tiger resting on grassy ground with blue mountains behind it.

Tiger

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1830

Pencil sketch of an older seated man with curly hair, wearing a buttoned coat, hands clasped in his lap.

Seated Peasant

Francesco Zuccarelli

Pencil sketch on pale paper showing a crouching nude bather at lower left and a standing and seated figure above.

Bathers

Honoré Daumier

Griff

Francis Seymour Haden, probably c. 1864

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with bathers in the foreground, a hilltop town, and a steep rocky mountain.

Mountainous River Landscape with Bathers

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1752

Study of a Man

Honoré Daumier

Drawing of a man with long wavy hair, mustache and short beard, turned three-quarters, on tinted paper.

Portrait of a Man

Albrecht Dürer, probably 1510

Pencil drawing of a rooster and snake among ancient carved urns, pedestals, and a draped figure amid trees.

Ancient Sculptures with a Cock Fighting a Snake

Pen and ink sketch of courtroom scenes with robed judges, a bench, seated figures and small studies on beige paper.

Scene of the Tribunal (The Verdict)

Honoré Daumier, c. 1865-1867

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a cloaked figure above a river with nude maidens reclining on rocks.

Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens

Henri Fantin-Latour

Grey ink drawing of an ornate rococo fountain with cherubs, a standing child, a seated woman and foliage.

Rococo Fountain with Lovers and the Four Elements

Johann Esaias Nilson

The Smoker

Honoré Daumier

Pencil drawing of a nude woman at a doorway beside a clothed older woman holding linen, with a bathtub in the foreground.

On sonne! Si c'est l'Anglais d'hier maman tu t'en iras!

Jean-Louis Forain

Pen and wash drawing of a stage with a parted curtain, two actors peeking out, and figures tending footlights between columns

Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights

Johann Esaias Nilson

Pencil sketch study of two large men reclining on the ground with smaller figure sketches in a doorway nearby.

Sheet of Studies with Two Large Men on the Ground

Honoré Daumier

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress leaning toward a man holding a top hat beside an armchair.

Comedie Parisienne

Jean-Louis Forain

Grey wash drawing of elegantly dressed people playing board games in a room, with a servant and a garden terrace behind, in a

An Elegant Company Playing Board Games

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1756

Pen and ink sketch sheet with several figure studies, embracing and kneeling men and women, with ink wash in the lower right.

The Prodigal Son

Honoré Daumier

Graphite sketch of two children looking over a crib rail, with a reclining figure in the lower left.

Children Looking over the Edge of a Crib

Jean-Louis Forain

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures playing billiards in an interior, framed by a rococo scrolled border.

Ladies and Gentlemen Playing Billiards

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1756

Loose ink sketch of a centaur carrying a woman, one arm raised, set against swirling cloud-like strokes.

Centaur Carrying Off a Woman

Honoré Daumier

Watercolor sketch of a female singer performing before seated men in red caps at a café concert, with a waiter carrying glass

Le cafe concert des reservistes

Jean-Louis Forain

Pastel portrait of a seated man in a black hat and coat, arms folded over a red chair, with an easel behind him.

Claude Dupouch

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1739

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse with one arm raised and cloak flying behind, on pale paper.

Don Quixote

Honoré Daumier

Charcoal sketch of two men beside a bed, one crouching and one standing, with a hammer on the floor and a caption below.

Peur de Bourreau! Qu'est-ce que tu attends?...

Jean-Louis Forain

Baroque church interior drawing with a columned canopy over an altar and kneeling worshippers in the foreground.

Worshippers at the Tomb of Saint Peter

Matthäus Günther, 1740

Loose ink and wash drawing of an actor in a cloak posing before an oval mirror, with a skull on a ledge.

Actor Posing in Front of a Mirror

Honoré Daumier, 1870s?

Loose watercolor sketch of a reclining woman with flowing hair, arm extended across an empty tan paper.

Farniente

Jean-Louis Forain

Grey wash drawing of a drover on a cart with calves, pulled by two horses along a hillside road under a cloudy sky.

Drover with Calves in a Country Cart

Thomas Gainsborough, 1755