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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling jester tying a knot in the tail of a dolphin-like sea creature in wavy water.

"You Are Tying a Dolphin by the Tail" [fol. 17 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of a fool in a donkey-eared hood tipping a basket of flowers into a trough for three pigs.

A Fool Feeding Flowers to Swine [fol. 42 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of a jester with bells on his cap pouring red liquid from a chamber pot, standing on a hatched mound.

"Do Not Put Food in a Chamber Pot" [fol. 24 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man in a red hood feeding meat to a lion in an octagonal pit with other lions.

"Feed Not Things That Have Sharp Claws" [fol. 38 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Colored drawing of a man raising a sword toward a face-like sun, with a second figure in a patterned cloak beside a building.

"Speak Not Against the Sun" and "Do Not Make Water Facing the Sun" [fol. 39 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Colored drawing of an allegorical scene with kneeling figures, a seated ruler on a throne, a woman holding a red heart, and a

The Calumny of Apelles [fol. 6 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pen drawing of an archer aiming a bow upward at a night sky with moon, sun and stars, with a church and hills beside him.

"You Are Shooting at Heaven" [fol. 9 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of a winged figure with a sphere on a column, a woman in a tower niche, and a man pointing, with Latin text.

The Statue of Opportunity, a Passer-by, and Remorse [fol. 8r]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen drawing of a winged statue with a mirror and globe atop a turreted building, with a man passing by and Latin text.

The Statue of Opportunity and the Passer-by [fol. 8 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink allegorical drawing with crowned figures on a platform, skeletons, a winged angel, and an enthroned woman above.

Allegory of the Life of a Scholar in a Rich Household [fol. 3 verso / 4 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink drawing with hand coloring of allegorical figures with Latin scrolls, a crucifixion, and an enthroned ruler on a

"Obliterate the Trace of the Pot in the Ashes" [fol. 32 verso / 33 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pen and ink allegorical drawing of a house, skeleton, dragon, raven, and chariots labeled Saturnus and Mars across two pages.

"Do Not Turn Back When You Arrive at the End" [fol. 26 verso / 27 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pen and watercolor drawing of a standing woman with long hair in a pink cloak and grey gown, with faint inscriptions.

Personification of Friendship (Amicitia) [fol. 2 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Print of a seated man among women at a banquet, with a goblet, lute player, fruit table and distant city through an arch.

The Prodigal Son Living with Harlots

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert after Maerten van Heemskerck, 1548

Pen and ink drawing: a kneeling figure holds a basin as a standing man releases a red stream into it, labeled Dilectio.

"Do Not Make Water on Clippings from Nails or Hair" [fol. 30 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Engraving of a kneeling man embraced by an older bearded father under an arch, with onlookers and a burning town behind.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert after Maerten van Heemskerck, 1548

Brown lithograph of a boy in suspenders bending over a stone beside a hammer, with grass and rocks around him.

The Stone Breaker

Firmin Gillot after Gustave Courbet, after 1849

Pencil sketch of a riverside landscape with trees, shrubs, grassy banks and distant hills under an open sky.

Farmington, Connecticut

James Renwick Brevoort, 1865

Pencil drawing of large boulders on a rocky shore with calm sea and two distant sailboats under a pale sky.

Gloucester, Massachusetts

James Renwick Brevoort, 1872

Etching of a harbor with a large round tower, tall sailing ships, figures carrying cargo, and a distant hilltop town.

Harbor with a Large Tower (Le Port de mer à la grosse tour)

Claude Lorrain, c. 1641

Grey wash drawing of a centaur abducting a struggling woman as an archer aims a bow nearby.

The Rape of Deianira

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1670

Pen and brown ink drawing of a fortified riverside town with a stone bridge, towers, and figures on the bank.

A Fortified Village along a River

Marco Ricci, 1727

Arched drawing of the Virgin's coronation surrounded by angel musicians playing organ, lute and cello, with saints and putti.

The Coronation of the Virgin with Angel Musicians and All Saints

Master J.N., c. 1590

Pen and wash drawing of a nude Christ with a banner among angels, Moses with tablets, and figures in a landscape with a city.

The Way of Salvation

Georg Pecham, c. 1595

Watercolor of a woman in a headscarf standing in a farmyard with chickens, milk cans, and a farmhouse porch behind her.

A Sick Chicken

Winslow Homer, 1874

Watercolor of a boy seated on a tree branch and a girl in gray reaching up toward him beside a rail fence.

On the Fence

Winslow Homer, 1878

Watercolor of a woman and child holding hands on a wooden stile beside a fence, with leafy branches overhead.

On the Stile

Winslow Homer, 1878

Painted landscape of a sunlit pasture with a large tree, resting sheep in the foreground, and grazing flocks on rolling hills

Warm Afternoon

Winslow Homer, 1878

Watercolor of a woman in a brown dress seated on a grassy hill beside a red farmhouse and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Green Hill

Winslow Homer, 1878

Watercolor of a white thatched hut with children in its doorway, a palm tree, banana plants and a rooster in sandy ground.

Native hut at Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1885