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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palace interior with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and an arched ceiling.

Interior of a Palace

Juste Nathan François Boucher

Watercolor of an attic room with a woman in white, a seated mother with an infant, a dog, and a boy with a drum.

Young French Marquise in Exile in Lausanne

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, 1789

Grey paper sheet with chalk studies of feet, hands, heads, a woman with a basket, and a bearded nude man in a turban.

Study for Miraculous Draught of Fishes (?)

Drawing with a black chalk reaching male figure above two red chalk studies of upturned heads on brown paper.

Man Reaching Down and Two Studies of Heads (recto)

Jean Jouvenet, 1698

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a fallen log over water, a bare tree at left, and overhanging foliage.

Landscape (after Paul Bril)

Herman van Swanevelt

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with gnarled trees, a grassy path, and a distant hilltop town.

Pool at the Edge of a Wood

Herman van Swanevelt

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a large leaning tree, a path, and rocky cliffs with buildings in the distance.

A Landscape with a Great Tree

Herman van Swanevelt

Loose sketch of a jockey in pale clothing riding a brown horse, drawn in ochre, teal and charcoal on cream paper.

Jockey

Edgar Degas, c. 1898

Medieval manuscript page with Latin chant text, square notation on red staff lines, and a blue decorated initial S.

The Triumph of the Church

Unknown artist, second half 13th century

Gilded medieval panel of Christ and the Virgin enthroned above rows of haloed saints, framed by ornate roundels and angels.

Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Forty Saints

Master of the Dominican Effigies, c. 1340

Circular pen drawing of a haloed bearded saint with a staff and a church model, framed by scrolled foliate ornament.

Saint Sebald Carrying the Model of His Church in Nuremberg

Sebald Beham, c. 1521

Pen and brown ink sketch of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap reading a large book on a lectern.

Jan Cornelisz Sylvius, the Preacher

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644/1645

Watercolor of the three-masted schooner Minnie G. Loud under full white sails on choppy blue sea, with an American flag.

The Tern Schooner "Minnie G. Loud"

Louis Roux, 1876

Pen and wash drawing of seated Christ in Majesty within a mandorla, with an angel and eagle above and a floral border.

Christ in Majesty [recto]

Unknown artist, early 12th century

Illuminated miniature of Pentecost with crowned Mary at center, apostles around her, and a dove descending above on gold grou

Pentecost

Unknown artist, mid 13th century

Illuminated manuscript page with a gilded wedding scene, historiated initials of a kiss and a woman, and dense text columns.

The Marriage; the Kiss of the Bride (initial P); the Bride Abandoned (initial D)

Nicolò da Bologna, 1350s

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a man with a shield standing among draped female figures with halos, before a Gothic hilltop

Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions

William Blake, 1824-1827

Brown ink drawing of a dense forest with a path, a pond at left, and small deer resting among the trees.

Deer Park

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded reclining river god beside an eagle, with a winged staff and distant classical figures

River God with an Eagle

Brown wash drawing of a robed woman with a torch and vessel at night beside a house, with a crescent moon above.

Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

Leonaert Bramer

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bear standing upright with raised paws, with a smaller sketch of another bear in the upper le

Studies of a Bear

Leonaert Bramer, 1620

Brown wash drawing of a pastoral landscape with classical ruins, a large tree, cattle, and a herdsman under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Style of Claude Lorrain

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped funeral interior with a raised bier and standing mourners in period dress.

Maniere d'exposer les nobles apres leur mort

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Pencil drawing of a nude male statue on a pedestal beside a seated woman, with sketched architecture behind them.

Rendezvous in the Palais Royal

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1774

Manuscript calendar page with numbered days, saints' names in black and red script, and a blue and gold illuminated initial a

Page from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1400?

Pen and ink drawing of a seated nude young model resting her head on her arms, with hatched shading around the figure.

Nude Model Seated

Alphonse Legros

Pen and ink drawing of a seated elderly nude man seen from behind, with head bowed and body shaded by cross-hatching.

Old Man

Alphonse Legros

Pencil study of a child's head with curly hair and a calm gaze, signed A. Legros 1904.

Study of Cupid (Head of a Girl)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Watercolor drawing of a snowy village lane with bare trees, a loaded horse cart, cottages, and walking figures with a dog.

Winter Scene

Jacob Cats, 1790

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a dark bodice and pale skirt holding a baby close to her shoulder.

Mother and Baby

Honoré Daumier