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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and ink study sheet with four figures: two winged angels among clouds, a standing woman, and a seated woman in prayer.

Studies for an Annunciation [recto]

Palma il Giovane

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude man seen from behind, standing with one arm extended, by Jacopo Palma il Giovane.

Nude Man Seen from Behind [verso]

Palma il Giovane

Etching of a busy street with a crowded fish shop under an awning, with figures and tenement windows above.

The Fish Shop, Busy Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1886

Red chalk drawing of a young girl with curled hair and a cloth headdress, gazing upward.

A Young Girl Looking Upward

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1778

Watercolor drawing of a violinist standing beside a seated woman and a man in a red coat at a music stand near a column.

Monsieur and Madame Blizet with Monsieur Le Roy the Actor

called Carmontelle Louis de Carrogis, c. 1765

Red chalk drawing of a poppy plant with lobed leaves and a bud at upper right, on pale paper.

Poppy in Bloom

I Jean-Baptiste Hüet, mid 1760s

Red chalk drawing of a poppy plant with ruffled leaves, open blossoms and seed pods on tall stems.

Poppies with Seed Pods

I Jean-Baptiste Hüet, mid 1760s

Red chalk drawing of a flowering plant with serrated leaves, small blossoms and grass blades on a pale sheet.

Flowering Plant with Grass

I Jean-Baptiste Hüet, mid 1760s

Red chalk drawing of a leafy plant with budding stems growing from rocks, with a second sketched plant at upper right.

Flowering Plant with Buds

I Jean-Baptiste Hüet, mid 1760s

Watercolor of a stone bridge over a waterfall in a mountain gorge, with riders on horseback and warm sunlit cliffs.

Pont Aberglaslyn

John Varley, 1812

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing woman in a ruffled gown beside a balustrade and garden, 1734.

Portrait of a Standing Lady

John Vanderbank, 1734

Etching of small plumed cavaliers on horseback, some fighting in pairs, scattered across a pale sheet of paper.

Fighting Cavaliers

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of twenty-four plumed cavaliers on horseback arranged in an oval, several holding swords, on a pale field.

Twenty-Four Cavaliers in an Oval

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of plumed cavaliers on prancing horses, paired in sword combat, arranged in four groups across the sheet.

Cavaliers Fighting with Swords

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Pencil sketch of a seated nude man with curly hair, one leg bent, looking toward the viewer, on tan paper with grid lines.

Hector Posing Nude

Ferdinand Hodler, 1901

Pale watercolor of a leaning tree and ivy-covered trunk beside a wooden fence and green foliage.

Trees at Beddington

Robert Hills, possibly c. 1805

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache, wrapped in a cloak and holding a rolled document, within a garland

Nicolas Poussin

Frederick II

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Barthelemy Blaise, 1803

Catherine II

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1802

Isaac Newton

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1801

Engraved title page with central oval portrait, putti, two side portrait medallions, and text reading Commentaire sur la Henr

Commentaire sur la Henriade

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Clément-Pierre Marillier, 1775

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered curled hair and fur-collared coat, labelled S. N. H. Linguet, 1780.

Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1780

Red chalk drawing of a weathered garden gate under trees, with a woman carrying a jar on her head on a path.

The Garden Gate

Hubert Robert, 1760/1765

Pencil drawing of a draped figure with both arms raised high, the head tilted back, robe folds in soft shading.

The Virgin Swooning [recto]

Ford Madox Brown, 1844

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a Gothic cathedral tower beside an arcaded gallery and a warm-toned wall with a gargoyle.

Tower of the Cathedral at Sens

John Ruskin, c. 1845

Printed book page in black letter with red headings and an ornate foliate initial, two columns of Middle English verse.

A Leaf from the Kelmscott Chaucer

William Morris, published 1896

Pencil sketch of a hollow-trunked tree beside a rail fence and a road leading to cottages.

Trees by a Rail Fence

Attributed to John Frederick Kensett, early 1850s

Graphite sketch of a nude winged male figure in a twisting seated pose holding a staff, on grayish paper.

Mercury

Parmigianino, c. 1523/1524

Red chalk drawing of elegant figures and a falconer gathered under a tree in an open landscape with distant hills.

A Fête Galante with Falconers

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1711-1712

Colored print of hunters on horseback and a pack of hounds gathering under a large tree in the morning.

Going Out in the Morning

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1786