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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Grey wash drawing of an architectural entablature with lion and bull heads, acanthus leaves, and Greek key patterns.

Entablature

Auguste Delacouture, 1822

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ bound to a column while two scourgers raise rods in an arcaded interior.

The Flagellation of Christ

after Hendrik de Clerck Anonymous, c. 1620

Pencil drawing of men in period dress gathered at a table under a floral canopy, with dice on the table.

Men Throwing Dice

Unknown artist

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged figure and a bearded muscular man above a carved pedestal with an ornamental cartouche.

The Rescue of Deianeira

Unknown artist

Brown wash drawing of a monumental classical architectural set with colonnade, steps, arches and a domed building.

Stage Design

Unknown artist

Pen and brown wash drawing of a Baroque altar and reredos with columns, cherubs, scrollwork and an arched niche.

Study for an Altar and a Reredos

Unknown artist

Watercolor of the Tempio della Fortuna Virile in Rome with two figures on a path and a round temple in the distance.

Tempio della Fortuna Virile with the Tempio di Vesta in the Distance

Unknown artist

Pen and grey wash drawing of two ornate garden fountains, the left with perched birds and the right with an urn finial.

Two Fountains

Unknown artist

Gray wash drawing of Apollo with a radiant halo in a chariot among clouds, muses, and flying putti.

Apollo and the Muses

Giuseppe Valeriani

Ink and wash drawing of the Raising of Lazarus, with a robed figure gesturing before a crowd near a tomb.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jean-Baptiste van Loo

Pen and grey wash drawing of overgrown Roman ruins with arches and walls, with a carved capital in the foreground.

The Baths of Caracalla, Rome

Willem van Nieuwlandt II

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a draped cloak leaning on a long staff, with white highlights on the sheet.

A Bearded Man with a Staff

Attributed to Simon Vouet

Engraving of an elegant couple smelling flowers on a terrace above a formal garden, with dogs and a draped curtain.

Odoratus, L'Ordorat

Engraving of a standing man in period dress beside a chest and draped garments, with French verses below and leaded windows b

The Valet

Daumier lithograph of two men beside a pile of boots and a shoe brush, one holding a boot and grinning.

C'est-y embêtant de brosser ces machines là...

Honoré Daumier

Daumier lithograph of a man playing an ornate organ while singing, with a woman leaning back beside him in a dim room.

Inconvénient... des domestiques qui ont servi chez M. Duprez

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Brown-toned print of a bearded man in robes raising a knife beside a kneeling boy and a stone altar under clouds.

The Sacrifice of Abraham

After Parmigianino

Pen and ink drawing of a fiery chariot with horses rising through clouds, a robed figure below, and a distant city.

Elisha Watching Elijah in the Fiery Chariot

Hans Jakob Nüscheler, c. 1600

Brown wash drawing of an imaginary Egyptian complex with pyramids, obelisks, sphinx statues, and a broad staircase beneath a

An Egyptian Stage Design

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1815

Red-toned engraving of a man raising a club over a fallen figure in a rocky cave, with a hammer and goblet nearby.

Murder Scene

Engraved title page for The Seraph hymn collection, with a winged recording angel and a reclining figure holding a goblet.

Conscience and the Recording Angel

P. Jones after William Blake, c. 1818

Etching of sheep resting beneath a large tree beside a dirt road, with cattle and a village in the distant meadow.

Sheep at Noon

John Linnell, 1818

Pen and watercolor drawing of an octagonal tower and house with wooden balcony, framed by a large tree and wall.

Tower of a Fortified House [recto]

Friedrich Salathé, 1814/1815

Brown wash drawing of a bay with rocky foreground, bare trees, and distant islands and hills under a pale sky.

View of the Islands of Nisida and Capri

Friedrich Salathé, probably 1819

Pencil sketch of a garden court with a stone staircase, a large stone basin, climbing plants, and urns on a wall.

Corner of a Garden Court

Friedrich Salathé, 1815/1821

Etching of a river toll house beside a wooden landing with boats, figures and tall trees along the bank.

Strasbourg: A Toll House

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632

Etched riverside view of Rüdesheim with towers and rooftops, a sailing boat in the foreground and a distant tree line.

Rudesheim

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632/1636

Etched river view with a crowded boat in front of a towered castle labeled Gelderspach and a distant village skyline.

Gelderspach

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632/1636

Etching of sailing boats on a river before a fortified town with a windmill, labeled Schenkenschanz, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Schenkenschanz

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632

Etching of Roerort showing a castle with towers, a town skyline along a river, and a two-masted boat in the foreground.

Roerort

Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1632