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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of a staff-bearing figure in a wooded landscape with a hill behind.

Corisca

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Pen and wash drawing of an archer aiming a bow across a wooded landscape, labeled Silvio und Dorinda.

Silvio and Dorinda

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of hunters and shepherds with staffs gathered around a reclining figure under clouds.

Chorus of Hunters and Shepherds

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Pen and ink drawing with wash of three figures embracing in a wooded landscape under clouds.

Silvio, Dorinda and Linco

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Brown wash drawing of a gesturing figure beside seated shepherds, one playing a pipe, under trees.

Chorus of Shepherds and Ergasto

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining figure gesturing before a rocky, wooded landscape, labeled Ecco et Silvio.

Silvio

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in a classical interior with columns, a domed ceiling, and a crowd of onlookers.

Tirenio, Montano and Carino

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Pen and brown wash drawing of three robed men before a classical colonnade and a crowd, inscribed Montano, Carino, Dameta.

Montano, Carino and Dameta

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Pen and brown wash drawing of a theatre-like interior with columns, seated audience, two figures, and a canopied bed.

Amarilli and Mirtillo

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Brown ink drawing of two men on a path, one bearded with a staff, beside a round classical building and trees.

Titiro and Messo

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Pen and brown wash drawing of two figures conversing before a classical building with columns and a sky of loose clouds.

Corisca and Linco

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1640

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a top hat and long coat with a walking stick and medal, on pale paper.

Study for "Swiss Sentry at the Louvre"

Théodore Géricault, c. 1819

Red and black chalk sketch of a canal with moored sailboats, rooftops, and a large bare tree on the right bank.

Bords de Canal

Johan Barthold Jongkind

Grey wash drawing of figures on a country road under trees, with horseback riders and a loaded wagon beside a gesturing man.

Ragotin declame des vers; des paysans croient qu'il preche

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1737

Christ seated in gold mandorla blessing twelve haloed apostles who kneel and stand in prayer against a blue field.

Christ in Majesty with Twelve Apostles

Workshop of Pacino di Bonaguida, c. 1320

Pen and ink drawing of a monk in a hood beside a chalice-like vessel, shaded with fine hatching on a tan sheet.

Bust of a Monk Assisting at Communion

Martin Schongauer

Watercolor border design with a green leafy branch and red berries over pink and cream panels between ochre bands.

Study for a Border Design

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890

Watercolor study of symmetrical laurel sprays with pink berries on a brown ground, with a scroll border at the right edge.

Study for a Border Design [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890

Pencil studies of decorative border designs with wavy vine scrolls, leaves and berries on pale paper.

Studies for Border Designs

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890

Sepia drawing of three peasant figures on a road beside tall tree trunks, with rolling hills behind them.

The Departure

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Graphite drawing of three women in headscarves bending to harvest grain in a field, with sheaves and a sickle nearby.

The Reapers

Alphonse Legros, 1907

Charcoal and chalk drawing of turbulent rapids over rocks with pine trees and fallen logs along a river.

Dalles of St. Louis

Alfred Waud, 1880

Graphite sketch of a railroad track beside rapids and rocky river, with leaning pine trees on the slopes.

Railroad on the Dalles of the St. Louis

Alfred Waud, 1882

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a rocky river with rushing water, fallen logs, pine trees and misty forest in the distance.

The Dalles of St. Louis

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded elderly man leaning on a windowsill beside a white flower, looking outside.

"Oh, Tax 'em by all means!"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1888

Pen and ink sketch of a busy station buffet with women in long dresses, a boy at left, and a crowd near the counter.

A Station Buffet

Charles Samuel Keene

Seated Man

Charles Samuel Keene

Watercolor and ink drawing of men in hats playing cards at a table, with onlookers crowding around and a smoker at upper righ

Card Players

Théodule Augustin Ribot

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly woman leaning over a table, working with pins and fabric in a plain interior.

Old Woman Working

Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1860

Head of an Old Woman

Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1870