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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Drawing of a heavyset cleric in a dark robe and white collar holding a book, with rooftops and a spire behind him.

Cleric

Drawing of a standing woman arguing with a seated man at a table with a pot and bottle in a room.

Domestic Dispute

Lithograph of a crowd queuing at a Paris theatre under stone arcades, with a soldier, top-hatted men, and women in bonnets.

Queue du premier Theâtre français

Jean Henri Marlet

Lithograph of robed brothers leading boys in a line past a church facade, with a street vendor at left.

Les Frères Conduisent les Enfants, à St. Nicolas des Champs

Jean Henri Marlet

Lithograph of an older man leaning toward a boy on a cobbled street beside a tavern sign and church tower.

Ah Ben!...

Edmé Jean Pigal, 1841

Lithograph with eight small genre vignettes of beggars, a soldier, a woman at a doorway, horses and a child.

Eight Vignettes of Genre Incidents

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

Lithograph of a demonic hunt: riders and a pale horse charge through a dark forest among leaping hounds and writhing figures.

Chasse Infernale

Louis Boulanger, 1835

Lithograph of a seated scholar, a cloaked figure with a sword, and a churchyard with gravediggers and clergy.

Scenes from Faust

Louis Boulanger, 1830s

Satirical lithograph of a flying figure with a cross and proclamations above startled men beside a treaty box, 1830s.

Résurrection de don Carlo...

Benjamin Roubaud, 1830s

Satirical lithograph of a blindfolded man in a coat rising on clouds with winged figures and a constitution scroll.

Ascension du Constitutionnel

Unknown artist, 1830/1835

Lithograph of a man and a woman dancing in a ballroom while top-hatted men look on, in a satirical 1831 print.

Pas d'Infanterie

Charles Vernier

Lithograph of a bearded hunter with a rifle startling a young woman in a white dress on a forest path.

Hunter Surprised

Célestin François Nanteuil

Lithograph of a woman with a thorn crown beside a grotesque masked figure with a hooked nose in a crowded interior.

The Woman Behind the Mask

Célestin François Nanteuil, 1830s

Brown ink and white highlight drawing of a bearded man in plate armor with a plumed cap, holding a sword, on red paper.

A Man in Armor

Unknown artist

Fan-shaped watercolor of Spanish dancers and musicians with a guitarist and figures in a mountain landscape.

Spanish Dancers and Musicians

Edgar Degas, 1868/1869

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Death of the Virgin, with mourners around a deathbed and angels in clouds above.

The Death of the Virgin

François Boucher, 1750s

Black and white chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman with head thrown back, on tan paper, with a small study at upper left

Reclining Nymph

François Boucher, c. 1752

Chalk drawing of a reclining female nude on tan paper, head turned left, one knee raised, with red and white highlights.

Venus

François Boucher, c. 1754

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular male nude raising an arm to his mouth, on tan paper.

A Triton Blowing a Conch Shell

Jean-Baptiste Nattier, 1724

Sketch of a bearded knight raising a sword beside a helmet on a pedestal in a vaulted interior.

Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and wash drawing of a muleteer raising a club over a fallen armored knight, with distant horsemen on a hill.

The Muleteer Attacking Don Quixote as He Lies Helpless on the Ground

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Ink and wash drawing of an armored knight on a horse charging into a windmill with broken sails.

Don Quixote Attacking the Windmill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of a fallen armored knight with a lance, a gesturing figure, and a windmill in a sketched landscape.

Don Quixote Defeated by the Windmill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and wash drawing of an armored knight on horseback confronting a turbaned rider, with fallen figures and a broken lance i

Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of two men in a forest, one in armor kneeling, the other pointing, with tall trees framing a distant hill.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Witness the Attack on Rocinante

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge in Venice with gondolas on the canal and palazzi lining the banks under a cloudy sky.

View of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Red chalk drawing of a lady and gentleman with tall curled hairstyles on a street, with onlookers behind them.

A Lady and Gentleman with Exaggerated Headdresses

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1778/1780

Ink and wash drawing of a vast vaulted prison interior with a grand staircase, arches, and an iron grille.

Roman Prison

Follower of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, second half 18th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a villa courtyard seen through an arch, with a fountain, columns, cypresses and small figures.

Courtyard of the Villa Pliniana

Follower of Hubert Robert

Pen and brown wash drawing of ballet dancers in full gowns performing in an ornate columned hall.

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748