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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cross insignia, with a plaque naming Louis Cesar de La Baume-le-Blanc.

Louis Cesar de La Baume-le-Blanc

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Jean Denis L'Empereur

Pierre Gonord after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1761

Jean Monnet

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1765

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs, with an inscription plate reading N. Beaujeon.

N. Beaujeon

Thérèse-Éléonore Lingée after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Drawing of masked commedia dell'arte characters with a horn player, stilt walker and candle-bearer disrupting a dinner in a h

Mezzetin and Harlequin, Disguised as the Captain, Disrupt Pantaloon's Dinner

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey-wash drawing of commedia dell'arte masks in a theatre interior, with a figure cutting a canvas to reveal a harlequin.

Mezzetin "Paints" a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey wash drawing of commedia dell'arte characters carrying a picture frame with a man in an interior.

Mezzetin and Harlequin Use the Picture Frame to Catch Pantaloon and Pierrot

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Grey wash drawing of commedia dell'arte characters fighting with sticks on a garden terrace, with a shield and potted tree.

Pantaloon and the Doctor Fighting with Columbine and Brigatella in the Garden

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate baroque catafalque with scrolled volutes, flaming urns and allegorical statues.

Magnificent Catafalque for a Deceased Noble

Francesco Galli Bibiena

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure with a lion, a cross and an open book among rocks and clouds.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with two figures at a rocky ledge, clouds with cherubs, and a tree.

The Baptism of Christ

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped hermit on a rocky ledge before a crucifix, with a mountain and tree behind.

A Desert Hermit Adoring the Crucifix

Pen and grey wash drawing of the dead Christ draped on rocks, with two kneeling angels at right beneath a cloud and mountains

The Dead Christ with Angels

Brown wash architectural plan of Villa Madama in Rome within an ornate decorative frame with putti and coats of arms.

Villa Madama a Rome

Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, in or before 1809

Pen and wash drawing of a classical courtyard with columns, arcades, a central statue niche and small figures on the pavement

A Venetian Courtyard, in the Procuratie Nuove

Canaletto, c. 1760

Pen and wash drawing of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a seated youth with a staff, and a winged Cupid.

The Judgment of Paris

Joachim Wtewael, c. 1615

Print with a standing horse above a circular portrait of a man in armor and ruff, with ink sketches below.

Sketches of a Horse and a Nobleman

Unknown artist

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar leaning on a table with a scroll, with a landscape and Latin verse below.

Philip Galle

Hendrick Goltzius, 1582

Watercolor sketch of a street sweeper in a fur-collared coat carrying a broom over his shoulder against a gray wash backgroun

The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier)

Paul Gavarni, c. 1848/1852

Grey wash drawing of a snow-capped mountain behind hills and trees, with a rider on horseback at lower right.

Mount Cairo from across the Melfa River

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, c. 1765/1766

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures gathered under bare trees beside a stone bench, with a seated woman and a child.

The Madonna and Child with Saints in a Landscape (Sacra Conversazione)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1500/1510

Engraved landscape with putti playing among willow trees, a rocky stream, arches and ruins in the distance.

Putti Playing in a Fanciful Landscape

after Jean Cousin the Younger Anonymous

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated on a turtle pulled by robed men and a horned figure, with a burning city behind.

The Triumph of Job

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1559

Engraved portrait of Guillaume Thomas Raynal in a turban, writing with a quill at a desk beside books and urns.

Guillaume Thomas Raynal

Nicolas Delaunay after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate chalice with a cross, surrounded by cherubs on clouds and radiating light rays.

Glorification of the Host

Unknown artist, c. 1700

Black and white chalk drawing of a male nude seated on rocks with one arm raised, against a sketched wooded background.

Male Nude Seated on Rocks

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, c. 1710

Watercolor landscape of trees framing a river view toward a distant town under a pale blue sky.

Briare

Henri Harpignies, 1902

Abstract watercolor of stylized birds, crescent moons, stars and geometric shapes in muted pastel colors.

Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales)

Paul Klee, 1917

Blue chiaroscuro print of an executioner with a raised sword above a kneeling figure, before a seated ruler and crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul

after Parmigianino Antonio da Trento, c. 1530

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse on open ground beside a tree.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Guercino, 1620/1630