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National Gallery of Art

25,729 works

Sketch of a bearded man leaning on a ledge beside a standing woman raising her arm, drawn in dark crayon on cream paper.

Scene in a Private Room (vertical plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1905

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop castle above a river, with figures, a boat, a sledge and tall trees in the foreground.

View of Castle Sachsenburg

Lithograph of a dim gambling room with men in dark suits, a seated woman in a pale gown, and drapery behind them.

Gambling Room

Jean-Louis Forain, 1914

Watercolor of a mountain with a cross-shaped snow pattern above a misty valley, with a waterfall and pines in the foreground.

Mountain of the Holy Cross

Thomas Moran, 1890

Charcoal-style sketch of a bearded, balding seated man in a coat, head bowed, drawn with loose hatched strokes.

Ambroise Vollard

Jean-Louis Forain, 1910

Lithograph of a courtroom with robed lawyers leaning at a wooden barrier and a helmeted guard standing at left.

Lawyer Talking to His Client

Jean-Louis Forain, 1915

Black woodcut print on yellow paper showing a boy holding a cat, with bold angular dark shapes and light gouged areas.

Boy with Cat (Knabe mit Katze)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Etching of Saint Mark with a winged lion, an angel and cherubs among clouds, after Giovanni Lanfranco.

Saint Mark

Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Giovanni Lanfranco, 1761/1764

Lithograph of a slumped seated man and a standing woman in a long dress beside a draped table in a dim room.

Scene in a Private Room (horizontal plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1905

Four Sketches of Ambroise Vollard

Jean-Louis Forain, 1910

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man embracing a kneeling younger man with a staff in a rocky landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Unknown artist, c. 1720

Lithograph of dark-coated men with a top hat hurrying across a paved street beside a wall, by Jean-Louis Forain, 1915.

The Lawyer Pursued

Jean-Louis Forain, 1915

Monochrome red-brown study of a woman's face with soft, blurred features on pale paper.

Étude de femme (Study of a Woman)

Eugène Carrière, 1894

Lithograph of a pale seated woman with bowed head against dark trees and foliage, with a pool below and a faint sketch at low

Mélancolie (Melancholy)

Jean Danguy, 1894

Lithograph of two women and a seated man at a café table at night, with a carafe, glass and sugar lump.

Les femmes à l'absinthe (Women with Absinthe)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1894

Monochrome sketch of a woman in a large hat, finger to lips, framed by an oversized Roman numeral clock face.

L'Heure (The Hour)

Emile Coulon, 1894

Two reddish-brown chalk sketches of nude women: one seated seen from behind, one reclining on her stomach with a raised leg.

Croquis (Sketches)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1895

Pale woman in a dark cloak stands before tall cypress trees and roses, with a printed poem beside her.

Invocation mémoriale

Maurice Dumont and Henri de Régnier, 1895

Invocation mémoriale

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Print of a young girl with dark hair resting her head on her shoulder, wearing a dotted blouse, gazing sideways.

Etude d'enfant (Study of a Child)

Camille Bourget, 1895

Color print of nasturtium vines with orange and red flowers and a dragonfly resting on a red blossom.

Fleurs (Flowers)

Charles-Louis Houdard, 1895

Loose sketch of two intimately embracing figures with dark hatched hair and shadows on pale paper.

Intimité (Privacy)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895

Watercolor of painted antiquities and a parrot in a cage on a balcony overlooking a bay and hills near Naples.

Antiquities by a Balcony Overlooking the Gulf of Naples

Carl Götzloff, 1826

Watercolor of a ruined Doric temple with four columns and a seated figure on the steps, surrounded by trees under a blue sky.

A Temple Ruin in Agrigento

Carl Götzloff, 1825

Brown lithograph of a nude woman leaning on a dresser while an attendant in an apron stands nearby in a room with a window.

La friction au gant de crin (Massage with Coarse Hair Glove)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1895

Watercolor drawing of the Colosseum interior with tiered arches, ruined walls, small figures on the arena floor, and a cloudy

Interior of the Colosseum

Dark blue print of two cloaked figures walking under a crescent moon and starry night sky beside a street.

Nocturne (By Night)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895

Watercolor drawing of the Arch of Titus and Roman ruins with a brick bell tower under a pale blue sky.

The Arch of Titus and the Temple of Venus and Rome near the Roman Forum

Pencil drawing of a bearded seated soldier in a kepi and epauletted coat, leaning on a walking stick.

A Seated Soldier

Hippolyte Bellangé

Black and white drawing of a woman in a loose blouse bent over a book while seated on a bed against a dark background.

Liseuse (The Reader)

George-Daniel de Monfreid, 1895