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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Three Oriental Heads

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770/1775

Two Oriental Heads

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770/1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of four evangelists writing in an arcaded scriptorium with an ox, lion, eagle and angel.

Four Evangelists in a Scriptorium

Master I.K., 1539

Chalk drawing of a boy in a feathered military cap and cravat, looking straight ahead, on tan paper.

A Boy Wearing a Military Cap

Unknown artist

Black chalk drawing of a young man with closed eyes beside a girl in a headscarf, highlighted in white on toned paper.

A Young Man Embracing a Girl

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1743

Architectural drawing with floor plan, elevations, and interior perspective of a circular church with dome, c. 1750.

Plan and Three Views of a Circular Church

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Architectural drawing with interior view, cross-section, floor plan and exterior elevation of a triangular church with dome.

Three Views and a Plan of a Triangular Parish Church

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Engraved architectural drawing of a classical temple interior with Corinthian columns, a central statue, and a barrel-vaulted

Interior of a Temple

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Symmetrical ink and wash plan of a decorated ceiling with rectangular bays, circular niches, rosettes, and figural panels.

Plan for a Decorated Ceiling

Pierre Varin, c. 1750

Pen and ink drawing of angels and a putto framing a painted panel of three saints in an architectural design.

Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page")

Unknown artist, Sheets probably 1480-1504; mounting & framework c. 1575/1590

Pen and chalk sketch of a standing nude youth in an octagonal frame on a warm tinted sheet.

Standing Nude Youth

Filippino Lippi, c. 1496

Man with a Stick

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500

Pen and white-heightened sketch on tan ground showing several male figure studies within an ornamental architectural frame.

Various Figure Studies

Filippino Lippi, c. 1493/1495

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dancing nude putto with a swirling drapery, within a ruled frame.

Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery

Filippino Lippi, c. 1493/1497

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a winged angel holding a torch among clouds, within an architectural frame.

An Angel Carrying a Torch

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500/1504

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged angels carrying torches against clouds within an architectural frame.

Two Angels Carrying Torches

Filippino Lippi, c. 1501

Pen and wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil with hands clasped in prayer, framed by a ruled border.

Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer

Filippino Lippi, c. 1488

Pencil sketch of two draped women flanking a herm pillar, with white highlights on the left figure's drapery.

Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm

Filippino Lippi, 1488/1493

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic gate with carved arch and statues, framing a view of a spired church with figures in the foregr

The Erpingham Gate, Norwich

John Carter, 1791

Grey wash drawing of an owl flying above kneeling figures before classical columns and an altar with flames.

Pallas Athene in the Form of a Bird Leaving Nestor and Telemachus

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, c. 1780

Red chalk sketch of a winged old man with a scythe, a seated woman, cherubs and loose figure studies on cream paper.

Mythological Composition with Chronos and Harpies [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Book cover with red line drawing of a sailing boat, reeds, water lilies and a village on a Norfolk Broads waterway.

Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads

Peter Henry Emerson and T.F. Goodall, 1886

Tan cover of Whistler's Notes portfolio with spaced capital title, a small ornament, and the artist's name in italic.

Notes

James McNeill Whistler, published 1887

Woodcut of two bearded pilgrims and a child beside a roadside shrine with a crucifix, under tall trees.

Pilgrims at a Wayside Shrine

Hans Burgkmair, 1508

Red chalk drawing of a windblown tree, wheelbarrow, and a woman and seated man in conversation within an ivy-framed arch.

The Gallant Gardener

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1711-1712

Etching of a man leading a donkey at night, lit by a lantern, with a veiled woman riding in the dark background.

The Flight into Egypt

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etched bust portrait of a bald old man with a long flowing beard, set against dark hatched shading.

Old Man with a Beard

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1762

Pencil sketch of thatched cottages and willow trees on a riverbank, with a sailboat on calm water to the right.

Cottages by a River

Jan van Goyen, c. 1627/1629

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat playing a psalterium, with onlookers in feathered caps behind him beside a stone pil

A Young Man Playing a Psalterium

Christoffel van Sichem I after Hendrik Goltzius, c. 1600

Etching of monkeys in clothing running a barber shop, one shaving a customer in a chair, others at work in a cluttered room.

The Monkeys' Barber Shop

Coryn Boel after David Teniers the Younger, mid 17th century