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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Pen sketch of dancing women in skirts and bonnets, with heads of putti and scrollwork at the upper right.

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd, carriages and horsemen gathered before troops on a parkland under trees.

Royal Review of the Troops

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760s

Hand-colored architectural drawing with a garden ground plan, two building elevations, and a circular view of a pavilion entr

Project for the House and Gardens of Mlle. Guimard

Jean Testard and Charles-Philippe Campion de Tersan, c. 1768-1770

Red and blue chalk sketch of costumed actors bowing on a stage beneath draped curtains, with a crowd gathered at left.

Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1718

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with putti, scrollwork, and small landscape and battle scenes in the corners

A Ceiling Decoration with Landscapes and Battles

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1620

Watercolor of a hilltop castle complex with a tower above a wooded valley, with two figures on a path under a cloudy sky.

Eichhorn Castle at Evening

Josef Höger, c. 1838

Charcoal drawing of a bizarre rock formation with layered overhanging ledges rising from a dark ground line.

A Bizarre Rock Formation

Alphonse Nicolas-Michel Mandevare

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair, white cravat and dark draped cloak, titled Steffan Wolters, 1684.

Steffan Wolters

Jan Verkolje I after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1684

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and ruff collar, holding a book with a dog beside him.

Justus Lipsius

Hendrick Goltzius, 1587

Engraving of the Virgin Mary on a crescent moon holding the Christ Child, with angels, a star halo and Latin text below.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Helias van den Bossche after Abraham Bloemaert, 1607

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian valley with a river, a domed mausoleum on a bluff, shepherds, sheep and mountains.

Arcadian Landscape with a Mausoleum

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1790s

Grey-washed drawing of a Venetian-style harbor with gondolas, classical buildings, and elegantly dressed figures on a quay.

Venetian Fantasy with the Dogana

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a Rococo arch, rowing boats, figures and a sailing ship under a cloudy sky.

Venetian Fantasy with an Ornamental Arch

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Brown and white drawing of a bearded man lifting a lamp over two nude lovers on a canopied bed, with a helmet and sword below

Vulcan Discovering Venus and Mars

François-Édouard Picot

Brown wash drawing of a corner of the Colosseum with stone arches, piers and overgrown ruins under a pale sky.

A Corner of the Colosseum

Friedrich von Olivier, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a friar in a robe gazing up at a crucifix in the clouds, with a church on a distant hill.

The Stigmatization of Saint Francis

Johann Matthias Kager, 1607

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded figure with a staff and draped cloak, seated at a table, in brown tones.

Janus

Attributed to Hans Steidlin, c. 1600

Red chalk and wash sketch of a seated nude woman with two elders beside her in a rocky landscape.

Susanna and the Elders

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1700

Watercolor interior of a baroque church with frescoed vault, gilded balcony, candlelit altar and kneeling worshippers.

The Interior of the Jacobskirche at Innsbruck

Adolph Menzel, 1872

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone tower on a rocky hill with trees and wooded hills receding into a hazy sky.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Brown wash drawing of a biblical sacrifice: divine light strikes an altar as angels hover above and soldiers lie fallen below

The Sacrifice of Elijah before King Ahab

Nicola Malinconico, 1680s

A Girl in Peasant Dress

Jean-François Clermont, c. 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers working around a cross beneath a cloudy sky, by Albrecht Altdorfer.

Christ Nailed to the Cross

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1512

Engraving of Medea invoking magic under a starry sky, surrounded by an ornate decorative border with grotesques and figures.

The Incantation of Medea

René Boyvin after Leonard Thiry, 1563

Engraved bird's-eye map of ancient Rome showing city walls, hills, the Tiber, and labeled monuments and gates.

Topographical Map of Ancient Rome

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1557

Antique engraved bird's-eye map of Rome with city walls, the Tiber, hills, and a numbered key below.

Topographical Map of Modern Rome

Sebastiano di Re after Giovanni Antonio Dosio, 1561

Engraving of the bronze Capitoline Wolf suckling twins Romulus and Remus on a pedestal, with Latin inscription below.

Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus

Unknown artist, 1552

Engraving of an equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on a tall pedestal with a Latin inscription beneath.

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Monogrammist CB after Nicolaus Beatrizet, 1548

Engraved print of a triumphal arch with three openings, Corinthian columns, relief panels, and a Latin inscription over a che

Arch of Constantine

Unknown artist

Engraving of a three-arched Roman gateway with Corinthian columns, pedimented niches and inscribed stone panels above.

Arch of the Claudian Aqueduct

Unknown artist, 1549