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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in classical dress leaning on a lyre, with a dark shaded background.

Lady Hamilton Playing a Lyre

George Romney, c. 1785

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a plumed cap and puffed breeches, seen from behind, raising a long-necked lute.

Man Playing a Lute [recto]

Matteo Rosselli

Pen and ink sketch of several nude men in violent battle poses, with a shield and bearded heads, on buff paper.

Battle of Nude Men

Peter Paul Rubens

Pencil portrait of a man in a bow tie with clasped hands, drawn by Egon Schiele on tan paper.

Dr. Ernst Wagner

Egon Schiele, 1918

Black chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with young John the Baptist, with a staff and cherubs in clouds above.

The Virgin and Child with John the Baptist

Pen and wash drawing of a border with a reclining river god, putti, a cornucopia of fruit, and reeds.

River God with Putti

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds toward a radiant light filled with angels and putti.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Giambattista Canal, c. 1785

Pen and brown ink sketch of mythological figures, putti and sea creatures among clouds and waves.

Birth of Venus

James Thornhill, c. 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of tritons and nymphs entwined among scrolling sea ornament within an oval frame.

Tritons and Nymphs

Attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi

A Venetian Lawyer at His Desk

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1755/1760

Chalk drawing of a woman's face framed by a white cap and draped veil, with red chalk on cheeks and lips.

Head of a Matron

Anton Johann Tischbein

Brown ink and wash drawing of Charon in a boat holding an oar while a draped woman extends her hand toward him.

Psyche Giving Her Coin to Charon

Attributed to Henry Tresham, 1796

Brown wash drawing of Saint John the Evangelist with a quill, an eagle and an open book on grey-blue paper.

Saint John the Evangelist

Georg Anton Urlaub, c. 1753

Pen and wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, angels in clouds above, and grieving figures below.

The Crucifixion

Benjamin West, 1796/1797

Brown wash drawing of a robed prophet gesturing beside a lion, a fallen man, and a donkey under a tree.

The Disobedient Prophet

Benjamin West, 1793

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, nudes and cherubs among clouds within a quatrefoil frame, by Jacob de Wit.

The Judgment of Paris

Jacob de Wit, c. 1731

Sepia drawing of a man with powdered hair in a great coat and bow tie, looking toward the viewer.

Man in a Great Coat

or Possibly Joseph Badger Anonymous, 18th century

Ink drawing of a vaulted cloister arcade with ribbed arches, columns with carved capitals, and a paved walkway receding into

Koln, Maria-Capitol

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1892

Woman's Head

Brown wash drawing of a striped thylacine beside a platypus on rocky ground, with grasses and a flowering plant.

Illustration for "Bird Beast"

Charles Livingston Bull

Pencil drawing of a fort's stone walls and watchtower above a grassy moat, with small figures on a path.

Moat at Fort Marion, Florida

James Wells Champney, c. 1874

Pencil sketch of a stone fort courtyard with a large arch, stacked cannonballs, a cannon, and two standing figures.

Fort Marion, Florida

James Wells Champney, c. 1874

Charcoal sketch of a woman playing a flute beside two resting lions under a tree.

Idyll

Frederic Stuart Church, 1886

Watercolor street scene of laden donkeys, a resting dog, and a fountain statue seen through a stone archway.

Bernini Fountain, Rome [recto]

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, c. 1867

Josie

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1892

Graphite sketches of a panther and a young lion head, with handwritten labels, on aged paper.

Panther and Young Lion Studies

Arthur Bowen Davies

Woman's Head

Pencil caricature of a standing man with a large curled mustache, hands in pockets, on tan paper, 1859.

Self-Portrait

John Whetten Ehninger, 1859

Pencil drawing of trees and shrubs along a pond edge, with reflections in the water and a fallen branch in front.

Pond Edge

James McDougal Hart, 1858

Ink wash drawing of a stormy sea with waves against a rocky cliff, a sailing ship nearby and wreckage in the foreground.

Shipwreck in Storm