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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil drawing of a classical interior corner with columns, a sculpted figure, and an arched doorway with ornate relief.

Corner of a Drawing Room

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Pencil sketch of a man with closed eyes, mustache and bow tie, hands extended, on cream paper.

Dr. Koller

Egon Schiele, c. 1918

Charcoal sketch of two nude figures, one seated with knees raised at top, one with hair in a bun at lower left.

Two Nude Figure Studies

Edouard Vuillard, possibly 1900/1905

Watercolor of rear brick buildings, chimneys and a wooden fence in a Philadelphia alley, with a small shed and tree.

A View from an East Window in the Old Sugar House, No.3 Norris' Alley, Philadelphia

Unknown artist, 1811

Pencil sketch of a seated man at a drawing table, with a crowd and arched colonnade in the background.

Self-Portrait

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730/1750

Archer Drawing His Bow

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1510

Pen drawing of a haloed saint reviving a fallen monk as a winged devil breaks through a stone wall above.

Saint Benedict Reviving a Monk Killed by the Devil

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1505

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude figures tumbling downward beneath a winged angel standing on clouds.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels [recto]

Parmigianino, 1524

Drawing of a dense woodland with tall trees and undergrowth in blue-grey tones with white highlights.

In the Hague Woods

Simon de Vlieger

Pen and wash drawing of two hunters and a dog on a path beside tall trees, with a distant tree line and cloudy sky.

Hunters at the Edge of the Woods

Attributed to Jacobus Theodorus Abels, 1833

Black chalk drawing of a twisting nude male figure with raised arms over a faint squared grid on toned paper.

Study for a Prophet

Lattanzio Gambara, 1567

Brown ink drawing of Christ, the Virgin and Saint Roch in clouds above plague victims pleading in a city.

Plague Victims Pleading for Help from Christ, the Virgin, and Saint Roch

Lattanzio Gambara, 1567

Drawing of Christ and two angels above clouds, with a kneeling staff-bearing figure and crowds looking up before a city.

Saint Roch Interceding on Behalf of Plague Victims

Lattanzio Gambara, 1567

Pen and brown wash drawing of Samson pushing down temple columns as figures fall amid collapsing classical architecture.

Samson Destroying the Temple

Lattanzio Gambara, 1550

Pen and brown ink drawing of two arched architectural bays with columns and ornamental scrollwork on a pale sheet.

Two Architectural Studies

Lattanzio Gambara

Pen drawing of a nude bearded man riding a turtle pulled by robed figures and a horned demon, with burning ruins behind.

The Triumph of Job

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1559

Pen drawing of God enthroned on clouds with a winged Satan, nude figures and cherubs, by Maarten van Heemskerck, 1562.

Satan Challenges God to Remove his Protection from Job

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1562

Painting of a young woman in a black hood holding a red prayer book and rosary, set against pink and green walls.

Young Girl Praying

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a man with short hair and an open collar on brown paper.

Andrew W. Mellon

Imitator of Thomas Sully

Pencil and chalk portrait of a woman in a bonnet and lace collar, gazing upward, on a pink-toned sheet.

Sarah Jane Mellon

Imitator of Thomas Sully

Pen and ink portrait of a young man with wavy hair and a buttoned shirt, shaded with red chalk on brown paper.

Son of Thomas Mellon

Imitator of Thomas Sully

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a man in a high collar and bow tie, with a candlestick and clock in the background.

Thomas Mellon

Imitator of Thomas Sully

Grey wash drawing of an allegory with robed figures, a fluted column with a bust, floating putti and a globe.

An Allegory of Wisdom and the Arts

Franz Xavier Karl Palko, 1750

Pen and wash drawing of a man carrying an elderly figure from a burning city, with a boy beside him and smoke rising behind.

Aeneas Carrying Anchises from Burning Troy

Gaspare Diziani, 1733

Ink and wash drawing of Phaeton's chariot plunging downward with rearing horses while figures below raise their arms in alarm

The Fall of Phaeton

Gaspare Diziani, 1745

Brown wash drawing of a reclining sleeping man under a tree, a woman in a circle above, dogs and a distant landscape.

Diana and Endymion

Gaspare Diziani

Drawing of an angel grasping an old man while a kneeling youth sits below in swirling clouds.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Gaspare Diziani, 1755

Brown ink drawing of Rome with Saint Peter's dome, a stone arched bridge over the Tiber, and the round Castel Sant' Angelo.

View of Rome with the Dome of Saint Peter's and the Castel Sant' Angelo

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1744

Red chalk drawing of a resting dromedary camel with its head turned left, lying on the ground with hatched shading.

A Dromedary

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1750

Pencil drawing of a young stag with antlers on a woodland path beside a wattle fence and trees.

A Splendid Young Stag before a Wattle Fence

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1736