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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Watercolor of a crowded harbor at dusk with sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and a tall brick tower.

The Harbor of Seville

Samuel Colman, 1867

Brown ink drawing of a witchcraft scene with a looming winged figure, a candle, a column, and a crouched figure in a dark int

Witchcraft Scene with a Vampire [recto]

Jacob de Gheyn II

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop with halo standing over a fallen figure, with a winged figure and landscape behind.

Saint Ambrose Suppressing Heresy

Gottfried Bernhard Götz

A Man Leaning on a Structure

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, later 1760s

Watercolor sketch of a dark sky over glowing horizon light and rocky ground, with handwritten pencil notes.

Clouds at Dawn

James Hamilton Shegogue

Watercolor study of glowing orange and grey clouds across a sunset sky.

Clouds at Sunset

James Hamilton Shegogue

Watercolor portrait of a man in a tall brown top hat, dark coat and white cravat, against a pale background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Hamilton Shegogue, 1830

Etching of a draped resurrected figure rising above a tomb as armored soldiers with shields and spears recoil below.

The Resurrection of Christ

Parmigianino, c. 1528/1529

Etching of a seated woman beside a large tree with a sleeping child in her lap, with an open landscape receding to the right.

Hagar in the Desert

Moses van Uyttenbroeck

Watercolor drawing of a green vase with gilded handles and base on a red plinth, labeled Vase du No 601 with a scale bar.

Catalogue ... du Cabinet du feu M. Randon de Boisset, Receveur Géneral des Finances

Pierre Remy and C.F. Julliot and French 18th Century, 1777

Chalk drawing of a bearded older man in a skull cap, doublet and white collar, facing forward.

Portrait of a Bearded Man in a Doublet and Skull Cap

Follower of Lagneau

Engraving of Christ in half-length with long hair, full beard, and raised hand, with Latin text below.

Christ in Half-Length

Wilhelm Traut, 1652/1662

Pen and brown ink drawing of a deathbed scene with a canopied bed, a robed figure at a table of coins, and a vaulted interior

The Death of the Miser

William Henry Brooke after Hieronymus Bosch

Title page of 1553 French edition of Alberti's architecture treatise, with ornate woodcut border and reclining figures.

L'Architecture et Art de Bien Bastir du Seigneur Leon Baptiste Albert, Gentilhomme Florentin, divisée en dix livres,…

Leon Battista Alberti, published 1553

Engraved plate with interior view, facade elevation, roof truss diagram and architectural details of an old basilica.

Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maximè conspicuis antiquitùs, & recèns ibidem constitutis; Editum Ab…

Carlo Fontana, published 1694

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with low tide pools and small sailboats on the distant sea.

Rocklined Beach with Distant Boats

William Stanley Haseltine, probably 1860/1869

Brown wash drawing of a market with women, children, sheep, poultry, and a sculpture beneath classical columns.

Market Scene with a Fantastic Sculpture

I Jean-Baptiste Hüet, 1797/1798

Etching of a barefoot man in a forest gesturing as a boy drinks from cupped hands, with robed onlookers and tree trunks.

Diogenes Casting away his Bowl

Salvator Rosa, 1662

Engraving of Plato's Cave with a lamp, robed figures, and a crowd gathered before a raised stage in dim light.

Plato's Cave

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1604

Etching of a martyr being stoned beneath a heavenly vision of the Trinity and angels, with a classical city behind.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Shepherds rest with sheep and goats beside a waterfall, with tall trees, a ruined tower and boats in a rocky landscape.

Shepherds Resting by a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1779

Circular drawing of a battle with mounted soldiers, a pointing man in pink, reclining figures and a mythical creature in clou

Allegory on the Turkish Wars

Hans von Aachen, c. 1600

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with head tilted and eyes lowered, shaded softly on white paper.

Venus

Edward Burne-Jones

Chalk study on brown paper of a standing nude male figure beside a draped female figure in long robes.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Edward Burne-Jones

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures and winged putti on clouds, seen from below, with red chalk accents.

Allegorical Figures Seen from Below

Domenico Maria Canuti

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with haloed saints, cherubs, and clouds above a distant town.

Madonna and Child with Saints John and Luke

Jean Cousin the Younger

Pen and ink sketch of two seated male figures with loose hatching for drapery, on toned paper.

Two Seated Male Figures

Anthony van Dyck

Brown ink drawing of a robed man ascending through clouds with winged putti and angels around him.

The Apotheosis of San Vitale

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1781

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a lion head, putti, and dense scrollwork on a footed base.

Fancy Pitcher

Erasmus Hornick

Ink and pencil design of two nude figures holding garlands, framing a central panel of a reclining figure in drapery.

Allegory of Summer

Koloman Moser, in or after 1896