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National Gallery of Art

25,734 works

Engraved title vignette with two eagles flanking a crowned coat of arms, framed by fruit garlands, flowers and a sunburst.

Vignette for Title Page of Balthasar Cordier, Catena Patrum Graecorum in Sanctum Ioannem

Cornelis Galle I after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1630

Red printed device with two allegorical figures, an arch, fruit cornucopia and a motto banner, mounted on a cream page.

Printer's Device for the Plantin Press

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1613/1646

Watercolor interior of a seated woman in pink with a book, and a girl in blue holding a doll near a doorway.

Mother and Child

Eunice Pinney, 1815

Watercolor of a seated woman in a yellow dress facing a standing woman in a red dress and bonnet, framed by green drapery.

Mother and Daughter

Brown ink drawing of a priest's procession passing robed figures through an arched medieval street with stone walls.

A Priest Processing through a Medieval Street in Viterbo

François Marius Granet

Bedouin Women

John Singer Sargent, 1890-1891

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted cloister arcade with a cloaked figure walking past a doorway toward a sunlit courtyard.

A Cloister

François Marius Granet

Pen and watercolor fantasy of a grand ancient mausoleum with columns, statues, lions and an arched gateway in the distance.

Architectural Fantasy of a Magnificent Ancient Mausoleum

Giuseppe Borsato, 1815

Charcoal and white chalk study of a hooded, draped standing figure on grey paper.

Study of Ezekiel for "Frieze of Prophets"

John Singer Sargent, 1890-1892

Watercolor of a forest waterfall with two men on a rocky bank, one in a top hat pointing toward the falls.

View of the Second Falls on the Sawkill River

John Rubens Smith, 1840

Charcoal study on cream paper of a figure with bowed head and draped arm, loose shading and sketched outlines.

Study for "The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord"

John Singer Sargent, 1909-1916

Charcoal sketch of a muscular, partly nude man seated with one arm raised to his head and the other across his chest.

Study for "Hell"

John Singer Sargent, 1903-1916

Brown wash drawing of a crowd gathering water from a rock, with jars, kneeling figures and a collapsed nude figure at left.

Moses Drawing Water From the Rock

Brown wash drawing of a bearded Moses pointing upward as nude figures writhe and reach toward him amid serpents.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a ruff collar, framed by foliage and surrounded by armor, a helmet and a military map.

Henri de Bourbon, Roi de Navarre

Simon Charles Miger after François-André Vincent, 1786

Pen and wash drawing of an elderly man gesturing to a revelling crowd with wreathed women in a colonnaded hall.

Noah's Warning about the Coming Flood Goes Unheeded

Ink and wash drawing of Moses and Aaron before a seated Pharaoh, with serpents coiled on the ground and onlookers behind.

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh, with the Rods Turned into Serpents

Sepia etching of sailing boats tossed by rough waves beside a stone pier, with a distant town on the horizon.

Calais Pier

Francis Seymour Haden after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1874

Pen and grey wash sketch of a hunting party on horseback and with dogs resting near a statue on a pedestal, with hills behind

An Elegant Hunting Party Resting by a Fountain

Pieter Bout, 1685

Watercolor of a wooded ravine with a waterfall over rocks, a stream in the foreground, and a small figure standing at left.

Waterfall in the Dingle at Badger Hall

Peter De Wint, 1841

Watercolor landscape of a country road with a horse cart, trees, and a distant castle with towers under a hazy sky.

Landscape

Etching of a bearded man with a lantern beside a ram skull, dog, rooster, and a bust among trees.

Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640/1647

Watercolor of a horse and cart and rider on a wide sandy beach, with surf, cliffs, and a distant castle under cloudy skies.

Travelers on the Sands near Redcar

Peter De Wint, 1838

Print of David playing a harp before a seated king Saul, surrounded by attendants, soldiers and a dog in an interior.

David Playing the Harp before Saul

Frans Floris, 1555

Etching of a man in period dress and plumed hat posing before trees and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Indifferent (L'Indifférent)

After Antoine Watteau, c. 1730

Brown wash drawing of a ruined classical monument, leafless tree, small figures and a stag, with a temple behind.

Capriccio with Antique Ruins

Johann George Böhm, 1730s

Colored drawing of an ice skate in side view, with a wooden sole, toe spike, and a long curved steel blade.

Ice Skate

Margaret Stottlemeyer, 1937

Drawing of a red decorated plate with a cream bird, flowering branch, and spiral border, with a small bowl in the corner.

Pa. German Dish

Margaret Stottlemeyer, 1936

Pencil sketch of two mounted Union soldiers on horseback in a field, by Winslow Homer, 1865.

Two Scouts

Winslow Homer, 1865

Drawing of a brown glazed stoneware jar with a wide rim, shaded with soft highlights on cream paper, dated 1939.

Stone Fruit Jar

Margaret Stottlemeyer, 1939