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National Gallery of Art

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Pen and ink sketch of charioteers driving horse teams and chariots, with running figures on the left.

Charioteers (recto and verso)

Eugène Delacroix

Etched plate of six rococo ornamental designs for tail-pieces, including a fleur-de-lis cartouche, a masked fountain, and cro

Designs for Tail-Pieces: pl. 10

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Ink sketch of horses, charioteers with spears and shields, a pointing warrior, and a dog on a cream sheet.

Charioteers

Eugène Delacroix

Engraved neoclassical chimney piece design with two draped female figures, griffins in the frieze, and a black firebox.

A New Collection of Chimney Pieces, Ornamented to the Style of the Etruscan, Greek and Roman Architecture; Containing…

George Richardson, 1781

Engraved symmetrical ceiling design with ornamental grotesque borders and a central mythological scene, from a 1776 volume.

Vestigia della Terme di Tito e loro interne pitture

Marco Carloni after Franciszek Smuglewicz and Vincenzo Brenna, 1776

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a long coat playing an ornate piano with sheet music, in a room with pilasters.

The Artist's Brother-in-Law, Ludwig Hassenpflug, Preparing to Play the Piano

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1826

Grey wash drawing of a blacksmith shoeing a horse in a workshop, with a woman, child and dog nearby.

The Blacksmith's Shop

after Léon Cogniet after Théodore Gericault, after 1822

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a loose gown beside an open book, with a rooster, ornate vase and religious panels behind.

Clemens Brentano

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1837

Daumier lithograph of a distraught man kicking a rejected canvas marked refusé in a cluttered studio, 1840.

Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Etching of classical gods gathered on clouds, with Jupiter enthroned at left and Mercury holding a caduceus at right.

The Admission of Psyche to Olympia

François Perrier after Raphael, c. 1635

Engraved frieze of a classical wedding feast with reclining gods, putti, winged figures holding garlands, and draped women.

The Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche

François Perrier after Raphael, c. 1635

Painting of a rose-breasted finch hanging upside down from a nail on a dark brown background, with a small insect nearby.

A Rose-Breasted Finch Hanging from a Nail

Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1760

Gooseberry branch with a dragonfly, orange-tip butterfly and caterpillar on a black background, by Barbara Regina Dietzsch.

A Branch of Gooseberries with a Dragonfly, an Orange-Tip Butterfly, and a Caterpillar

Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1725

Etching of a ruined arch with a stone basin, where many birds perch in pine trees and fly across the sky.

Abreuvoir d'oiseaux (The Birds' Watering Place)

Quentin-Pierre Chedel after François Boucher, 1754

Ink and watercolor self-portrait of a man with tousled dark hair, intense eyes, red lips, and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1912

Grey wash drawing of a battle with helmeted warriors, horses, shields and banners, with standing figures at the left.

Battle Scene

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, and standing figures before

The Adoration of the Magi

Biagio Pupini, 1525

Pen and wash drawing of a man carrying two wicker cages of birds on a pole across a cobbled street.

A Poultry Seller

Paul Sandby, c. 1759

Pen and white heightening drawing on blue paper of a winged female figure holding two trumpets, with putti above.

Study for Figure of Fame

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged armored figure with scales and sword standing over a dragon-like demon.

Saint Michael with Lucifer

Giuseppe Porta, 1556

Pen and wash drawing of mythological figures in a landscape with classical urns, a shield, and figures in clouds.

The Purification of Aeneas

Michel Corneille, c. 1663

Grey toned drawing of a hilltop town with a tall tower, stone buildings, a steep retaining wall and a bare tree.

Orvieto

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Drawing of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe walking left, holding a staff, on blue paper with white highlights.

Study of a Man Walking towards the Left Holding a Staff

Girolamo Siciolante

Drawing of an elderly bearded man leaning on a railing by a river, with a moored boat, trees, and a pale evening sky.

Old Man by a River

Elihu Vedder, c. 1863

Pastel sketch of a narrow stone lane between walls, with shrubs and a rocky cliff rising behind under a pale sky.

Capri

Elihu Vedder, 1913

Drawing of a narrow rocky ravine with stone steps leading to an arched door and a tower with a cupola under a grey sky.

Vitré

Elihu Vedder, c. 1877

Circular brown and white drawing of a seated nude woman with a palm frond, cornucopia of grapes, and rising sun.

Drawing for Star of Fortune

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Mary Wood

John Russell, 1794

Pen and wash drawing of an illusionistic architectural vault with coffered ceiling, cornices and arched bays around a central

Illusionistic Architecture for the Vault of San Ignazio

Andrea Pozzo, 1685/1690

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, a man sawing wood, a boy measuring, a woman seated, and an angel

The Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, c. 1755