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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Hand-colored print of a fox hunt: riders tumble from horses on a hillside while hounds race across the open landscape.

The Chase

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1787

Hand-colored print of hunters on horseback and hounds surrounding a fox beneath a large tree, one rider blowing a horn.

The Death of the Fox

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1786

Hand-colored print of men in period coats raising wine glasses at a rowdy dinner, with armor statues and dogs in the room.

The Dinner

Thomas Rowlandson, 1787

A Mastiff with a Gold-Tooled Collar

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling penitent figure praying in a forest beside a cross and skull, with angels in clouds above.

Mary Magdalene Praying in the Wilderness

Johannes Wierix

Engraving of the muscular hero Hercules standing nude with a lion skin and club, with small struggling figures in a rocky lan

The Great Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Brown wash drawing of ruined towers on rocks above a river valley with a distant castle and windblown trees.

Ruined Towers Overlooking the Rhine

Karl Bodmer, c. 1835

Pen and brown ink study sheet showing seven draped women in varied poses, standing and reclining, some holding urns.

The Attitudes of Lady Hamilton

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1791

Red chalk drawing of a man in a tricorn hat and curled wig, shaded against a hatched background.

Portrait of a Man in a Tricorn Hat

Georg Friedrich Schmidt

Chiaroscuro print of the Madonna with haloed head holding the Christ Child, who reaches toward a bishop holding a crozier.

Madonna and Child with a Bishop

Andrea Andreani after Alessandro Casolani, 1591

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a lace ruff collar, with inscription F. Baroche d'Urbin below.

Federico Barocci

Antoine Aubert after Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar after Federico Barocci

Brown ink sketch of horseback riders and a figure crossing a landscape with trees, a stream and a bridge.

Figures in a Landscape [recto]

Pen and brown ink sketch of a landscape with feathery trees, small figures in the foreground, and distant buildings.

Figures in a Landscape [verso]

Two small birds with long tails beside a textured nest among holly branches with red berries, on a pale background.

Coral Buntings and Their Nest in a Holly Tree

Harry Bright, 1878

Two goldfinches with a moss nest among white apple blossoms, one bird carrying nesting material, in a soft pale landscape.

Gold Finches and Their Nest in an Apple Tree

Harry Bright, 1878

Pen drawing of Ely Cathedral's southwest facade with tall towers, pinnacles and arched windows, with trees at left.

Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, S.W. View

John Coney, 1820

Watercolor of a white horse pulling a cart of women and children through a stream past a cottage with trees.

Children in a Cart

Myles Birket Foster

Grey wash drawing of a lake framed by trees and cliffs, with a cottage on the shore and a rowing boat in the foreground.

View of Ullswater

Pencil study of five sheep in varied poses, some facing forward and others seen from behind, on pale paper.

Five Sheep

Pencil sketch sheet of many cattle studies: standing bulls, reclining cows, and small grazing herd figures on pale paper.

Studies of Cattle

Etching of three horses in a grassy field beside a tree, with a fence and distant building on the right.

Three Horses in a Field

Pieter van Laer, 1636

Watercolor of a country lane with a woman and child, grazing sheep, autumn trees and distant hills.

Way into Abergavenny from Llanfoist

Roberto Angelo Kittermaster Marshall

Watercolor of a sunlit country lane with sheep, a woman and child, and hedgerows opening onto distant rolling hills.

Squirrel Lane, near Magham Down, Sussex

Roberto Angelo Kittermaster Marshall

Pen and gray wash drawing of Aldenham Church with a tower, gravestones, trees, and a man with a dog.

Aldenham Church, Hertfordshire

Henry Monro, 1812

Watercolor of a spring hillside with blossoming trees, grazing sheep, a figure with a dog, and a hazy valley beyond.

Spring

Joseph Rubens Powell

Watercolor of a summer field with red poppies, a girl carrying flowers, a woman on a dirt path, and hills under a pale sky.

Summer

Joseph Rubens Powell

Watercolor of a winding country road through autumn heathland, with a figure carrying a bundle and hazy hills beyond.

Autumn

Joseph Rubens Powell

Watercolor of a snowy village landscape with bare trees, a figure carrying sticks on a path, and a church tower in the distan

Winter

Joseph Rubens Powell

Watercolor street scene of a French town with an ornate medieval turret, an awning, and figures carrying baskets.

French Street Scene with a Medieval Turret

Watercolor of women washing laundry by a river beneath half-timbered houses and a tall stone tower.

Laundresses before the Wasserturm, Nuremberg