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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Watercolor of a woman in a polka-dot dress gathering eggs in a barn beside barrels, with a rooster on the straw floor.

Fresh Eggs

Winslow Homer, 1874

Grey wash drawing of an illusionistic ceiling with receding columns, coffered vaults, and a central painted oval of clouds an

A Grand Illusionistic Ceiling

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1720/1740

Lithograph of three men with an album seller in a top hat offering albums among stacked prints, 1827.

Débit d'Albums avec Procédés nouveaux (New Methods for the Sale of Lithograph Albums)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1827

Lithograph of a print seller and a boy while a devil snatches albums from the stall, with the date 1825 above.

Le Diable emporte les Albums (The Devil Runs Off with the Lithograph Albums)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1825

Lithograph of a horned devil at a window with a bound man, a stick-wielding figure and a fallen soldier below.

Vainqueurs et vaincus, tout est fricot pour le diable (The Vanquishers and the Vanquished, All Food for the Devil)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1822

Lithograph of mounted lancers with raised lances marching past large trees, with fallen figures in the foreground.

Lanciers en Marche (Lancers on the March)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1831

Lithograph of peasants resting under a large tree on a rocky path, with a misty valley and mountains beyond.

Paysans se reposant dans la Campagne (Peasants Resting in the Countryside)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1831

Oval watercolor portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and striped cravat, on a gray mat.

Portrait of the Artist's Father

Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz

Lithograph of five men crowded around a framed painting, peering through monocles and spectacles at the artwork.

Les amateurs de tableaux (The Picture Enthusiasts)

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1823

Soft gray lithograph of a child with dark hair, head lowered, wearing a patterned collar, signed Renoir.

Claude Renoir, with Lowered Head

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Etching of a peasant couple seated under a tree, the man pouring from a jug into a bowl, with a distant town at right.

Peasant Couple Sitting under a Tree

Willem Basse, c. 1630/1660

Etching of a bearded man standing in a rural landscape with a cottage, a barrel, and trees behind him.

A Cooper

Willem Basse, c. 1630/1660

Brown wash drawing of a dark craggy valley landscape with pale misty sky and light highlights on rocks.

Valley Landscape

Chalk sketch of two figures on a country road beside a cottage and tall trees under a hillside.

Two Figures on a Country Road

Sketch-like print of a domed building with flags and a crowd on a street, under a blue sky with yellow and red accents.

Bismarckfeier (Celebration for Bismarck)

Lovis Corinth, 1915

Pen and watercolor sketch of a rocky headland with windswept cypress trees and surf, labeled Point Lobos.

Point Lobos, California

Samuel Colman, probably 1886

Pen and wash drawing of costumed figures dancing in a village square beside an inn, with a guitarist seated at right.

Dance in a Village Square

Luis Paret y Alcázar, c. 1770/1775

Grey wash drawing of a couple dancing in a palace hall, with seated women and a child at left and onlookers at right.

Dance in a Palace

Luis Paret y Alcázar, c. 1770/1775

Pen and wash drawing of a bound woman on a platform before a domed building, with mounted soldiers and a crowd in the street.

Olindo and Sophronia Saved by Clorinda

Jean-Pierre Norblin

Watercolor of a woman reclining on a divan with a hookah while a servant in a red fez stands beside her.

Oriental Woman with a Waterpipe

Master VCD, probably 1845

Sepia drawing of a cow, horse, and sleeping man with a cat in a rustic stable filled with hay.

Animals in a Stable

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg II

Red chalk drawing of a camel caravan with crated loads, a standing boy in the foreground, and a rider at upper left.

Camel Caravan

Unknown artist

Grey-wash drawing of figures playing cards in an elegant room with a pug, a cat, and an open window.

A Game of Cards [recto]

Anton Weiss, 1764

Grey wash drawing of two turbaned lovers embracing on a divan in a room with a barred window and a ceramic shelf.

Oriental Lovers [verso]

Anton Weiss, 1764

Brown wash drawing of Saint Luke painting at an easel with a winged angel above, and four expressive heads below.

Saint Luke at His Easel and Four Expressive Heads

Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Andrea Celesti, 1775

Red chalk sketch of a woman seated on a see-saw, one arm extended and skirt flowing across the page.

Lady Seated on a See-Saw

Nicolas Lancret

Brown ink drawing of a classical triumphal arch with Corinthian columns, rearing horses, allegorical figures and robed onlook

Monument to King George I

Domenico Maria Fratta, 1732

Engraved-style drawing of a Baroque monument with columns and allegorical figures, figures gathered in the foreground, and hi

Monument to William Chancellor Cowper

Domenico Maria Fratta, 1732

Watercolor of a waterfall flowing through a steep rocky ravine with trees, and buildings on a distant ledge under blue sky.

View of a Waterfall through a Ravine

Attributed to Achille-Etna Michallon

Graphite sketch of a seated draped female figure with faint cherubs, clouds, and a landscape sketched around her.

Seated Angel in a Landscape [recto]

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier