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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Red chalk academic study of a seated nude male figure with bowed head, one arm braced on drapery.

Academic Nude Study of a Seated Male

Brown wash drawing of a pagan sacrifice with an altar, a goat, a bearded figure, and women and winged figures on a rocky slop

A Sacrifice to Pan

Andrea Sacchi, 1630

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of two children feeding goats beside a shed, with squash and a bird in the foreground

Still Life with Two Children Feeding Goats

Watercolor of the Colosseum seen across a green valley from a hillside of ruined brick arches and shrubs under a cloudy sky.

The Colosseum Seen from the Palatine Hill

Julius Zielke, 1860

Charcoal portrait of a woman with hair pulled back and dark high collar, gazing sideways on gray paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1898

Charcoal drawing on teal paper of a tree with arching, drooping branches covered in small blossoms.

Fruit Tree in Bloom

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a half-nude woman with raised arms holding dark hair or fabric around her head, against a shaded backgrou

Half-Nude Woman Holding Her Hair Apart

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1898

Saint John at the Foot of the Cross

Maso Finiguerra, 1460

Watercolor of mourning women in black gathered at a garlanded memorial beneath a willow, with a broken column at left.

In Memoriam - Column at Left

Unknown artist, 19th century

Watercolor of a woman in white holding a rose wreath overhead beside a girl in blue, with a tree and green hills.

Dancing Children

Jane Palmer, 1782

Watercolor of a woman holding a floral wreath with a child, two seated girls, and a village with red and green houses.

Mother and Three Children Making a Floral Wreath

Unknown artist, c. 1825

Pastel portrait of a young child in a white bonnet and dress, holding cherries, with a red beaded necklace and locket.

Baby with Locket

Unknown artist, 1813

Watercolor of a woman in a brown dress and plumed black hat holding a striped bag, with trees behind her.

Woman with Plumed Hat

Unknown artist, c. 1825

Pen and ink landscape drawing with grey wash showing rocky cliffs, billowing trees, and small figures at lower right.

Landscape

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated youth on a wall conversing with two turbaned men standing behind him.

Youth Sitting on a Wall in Conversation with Two Men

Salvator Rosa, 1656

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rocky landscape with a rustic house, trees, and two small figures on a path.

Rocky Landscape with a Rustic House

Pen and ink drawing of a city skyline with church spires and sailing ships on a river.

View of Antwerp

Wenceslaus Hollar

Cubist still life drawing of a bottle and wine glass on a table, rendered in graphite and white chalk on brown paper.

Still Life

Roger de La Fresnaye, probably 1920

Pen and brown ink sheet with many studies of standing, kneeling and reclining figures by Perino del Vaga.

Figure Studies [recto]

Perino del Vaga

Pen and ink drawing of an altarpiece with the Madonna and Child flanked by two saints within a classical architectural frame.

Altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with Saints, in Its Architectural Setting

Perino del Vaga, 1528

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored figure gesturing at ornate classical altars before a crowd of onlookers.

Alexander Consecrating the Altars for the Twelve Olympian Gods

Perino del Vaga, 1545

Chalk drawing of a bearded prophet turning toward an angel at upper left, with an open book on a ledge.

A Prophet Addressed by an Angel

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1517

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin holding the Christ Child and a kneeling king offerin

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1650

Misty grey wash landscape with a large tree at left and a small group resting with a donkey on a foreground rise.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, 1682

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river landscape with a large tree, a stone arched bridge, and two small figures.

River Landscape

Claude Lorrain, 1635

Pen and wash drawing of a classical villa with arched loggia and balustrade beside a wall and garden trees.

Villa di Papa Giulio

Claude Lorrain, 1635

Brown ink drawing of classical ruins, seated figures, grazing animals, and trees in a hazy landscape.

Landscape with Ruins, Pastoral Figures, and Trees

Claude Lorrain, 1650

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two women in flowing classical dress standing side by side.

Two Women in Classical Dress

Claude Lorrain, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stone bridge over a river with trees, a standing figure on the bridge and a seated figure.

Landscape with a Bridge

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Red chalk drawing of a tower above trees and a hillside with a low wall in the foreground.

Torione Anticho Fori di Roma

Claude Lorrain, 1630