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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and ink drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, hands clasped in prayer, head covered by a cloth.

Female Nude Praying

Albrecht Dürer, 1497/1500

Pen and wash drawing of the Man of Sorrows with grieving Mary and John, angels and cherubs above a hilly landscape.

Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows

Hans von Kulmbach, c. 1514

Drawing of a nude woman offering her breast to a chained, turbaned old man seated beside a pillar, dated 1540.

Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)

Sebald Beham, 1540

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and white ruff collar against a green background.

Christian II of Denmark and Norway

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1523

Pen and ink drawing with wash of an enthroned king beside allegorical figures Susanna and Sensualitas, with Latin inscription

"Always Have the Bedclothes Folded up" [fol. 41 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular man reclining backward on an animal skin, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758/1765

Red chalk drawing of a nude man kneeling with arms bound above his head beside a tree trunk.

Kneeling Man Bound to a Tree

Unknown artist, c. 1685

Brown wash drawing of tall cypress trees framing a staircase and villa facade with small figures in a garden.

The Avenue of Cypresses at Villa d'Este

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1760 and c. 1765

Pale watercolor and pencil drawing of a gilded throne room with a draped curtain, ornate ceiling, and a small standing figure

The Throne Room at Fontainebleau

Thomas Allom, c. 1845

Watercolor of a town along a bay under a stormy sky, with a rainbow at left and a steep mountain at right.

Cape Town

Maxwell Balfour, 1900

Watercolor landscape of a fort on a hill above trees and meadow, in muted green, ochre and mauve tones.

The Fort, Srinagar

Maxwell Balfour, 1896

Pencil sketch of an arcaded interior with flags, patterned rugs, columns, and small seated figures under a hanging lantern.

Constantine

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, c. 1867

Watercolor and chalk sketch of an ornate courtyard with a patterned canopy, green doorways, and a dark wooden pillar.

Interior of an Exotic Palace

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, c. 1867

Pencil sketch of a woman's head and neck, face turned slightly, gazing outward, on pale paper.

Head of a Woman

Thomas Melhuis Strudwick

Chalk drawing of a carved antique frieze fragment with scrolling foliage and drapery, shaded in dark pencil on tan paper.

A Fragment from an Antique Frieze

Edward Burne-Jones

Watercolor drawing of a gilded chandelier topped by the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, with angels on its scrolled arms.

A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child

Frederic William Burton, 1840s/1850s

Ink sketch of a domed building and tower on a mound with trees, cattle and a herder in the foreground.

Antiquities of Dacca

George Chinnery, 1814/1827

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched village hut with resting goats, a woven basket, and figures near other huts on a hillside.

A Village Hut in India [recto]

George Chinnery, 1814/1824

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a hat extending one arm forward, with handwritten notes above about a Pellew drawing.

Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

George Chinnery, first quarter 19th century

Pencil sketch of two loosely drawn male figures, one carrying a long pole, on pale paper.

Two Chinese Laborers

George Chinnery, c. 1838

Pencil sketch of a seated woman embraced by a standing man, with a flying figure above and a dog at lower left.

Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Black chalk and white heightened study of a bearded classical figure in drapery, with a second head sketched behind.

Studies of a Classical Figure

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Pen and grey wash sketch of several draped female figures and heads in varied poses on one sheet.

Figure Studies [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Bearded Head after the Antique

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a turban and loose robes holding a staff, on pale paper.

A Turk [recto]

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Brown ink drawing of a woman at a table reading while a child leans against her shoulder.

Woman Reading to a Child

Charles West Cope

Pencil and chalk drawing on blue paper of a man in a plumed hussar headdress riding a prancing horse.

The Prince Regent as a Hussar

John Singleton Copley, 1804/1809

Pencil sketch of a wooded landscape with tall trees framing a path and open meadow, with handwritten colour notes.

Wooded Landscape

John Sell Cotman, probably 1841

Graphite sketch on blue-grey paper of tall rock pillars above water, with sailboats and reflections on the right.

The Devil's Tower

John Sell Cotman, 1833/1834

Pencil sketch of a distant country house framed by trees, with small figures on an open lawn in the foreground.

Chatsworth [recto]

David Cox, possibly 1831