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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Ink and wash drawing of the Nike Temple on the Acropolis with an inset of two men in traditional Greek dress.

Nike Temple

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of the octagonal Tower of Winds with relief friezes, a palm tree and iron railing, by Eckenbrecher, 1890

Tower of Winds

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Engraving of Attilius Regulus: a man beside a nail-studded barrel holding a head, with armored soldiers behind him in a fores

Attilius Regulus

Georg Pencz, 1535

Sepia drawing of Parthenon ruins with fallen marble blocks, a standing figure, and distant hills under clouds.

Parthenon, Inside

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia-toned drawing of a tree-lined avenue with a fountain, stone urns, strolling figures and classical buildings.

View from the Old Royal Palace of the Hermesstreet

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of ruined ancient columns and fallen stones in front of a gateway, with hills and clouds behind.

The Propylaeum from the East

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens with the Acropolis and Parthenon on the hill behind, framed by cypress tr

Temple of Hyphaestus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical academy building with two statues on tall columns and strollers in front.

Academy

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Red chalk drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, two thieves on crosses, and a crowd of mourners below.

The Crucifixion

Andrea Vicentino, c. 1575

Pen and wash drawing of a small circular columned monument on a stone platform, with buildings and a hill behind it.

Monument of Lysicrates

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Red chalk sketch on tan paper of a standing figure in draped clothing with twisted torso and raised arm.

A Young Woman Looking in a Mirror

Nicolas Lancret, 1742/1743

Ink and wash drawing of the Erechtheion's caryatid porch on the Acropolis, with a standing man at right among ruins.

Erechtheion

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bay with islands and pine trees in the foreground, seen from a hill in Maine, 1850.

Castine from Wasson's Hill, Brooksville, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of Hadrian's Arch in Athens with ruined columns and the Acropolis rising behind it.

Hadrian's Arch

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a harbor town with ships in a bay, mountains behind, and goats on rocks in the foreground.

The Harbor of Piraeus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1891

Pencil drawing of Somes Sound with wooded hills, evergreen trees in the foreground, and a small sailboat on calm water.

Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1855

Engraved landscape with gnarled trees, a rocky arch, a horse-drawn cart with two figures, and a moon over distant hills.

Rocky Landscape

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1638

L'Ange anatomique (The Anatomical Angel) or Dissection of a Woman's Back

Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, 1746

Hand-colored caricature of a restaurant scene: a cook with a carrot, a gesturing man in a striped shirt, and a top-hatted gen

Mr. de Robert Macaire Restaurateur

Honoré Daumier and Edouard Bouvenne, 1836

Hand-colored lithograph of two men at a stone wall, one losing his top hat in the wind, with hills and a railway below.

Inconvenient de quitter

Honoré Daumier and Edouard Bouvenne, 1846

Etching of a nude winged female figure with raised sword riding a winged horse above reclining figures and clouds.

Genius of the Arts

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of a bare-backed seated man leaning on a ledge, with a reclining figure and another man among trees behind him.

Meditation

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of armed horsemen fighting rearing horses and attacking wolves in a chaotic battle scene.

Surprise

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of Perseus on a winged horse beside a nude woman chained to a rock, with a fallen figure in the foreground.

Perseus and Andromeda

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of Perseus in a winged helmet holding up Medusa's snake-haunted head, with his foot on her body on a rocky ledge.

Perseus

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of Diana drawing a bow surrounded by nude nymphs on rocks in a wooded landscape with clouds.

Diana and Her Nymphs

François Chifflart, 1865

Woodcut of Christ shown to a crowd of soldiers and onlookers before a building, with a sun in the sky.

Christ Shown to the People

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1513

Etched sketch sheet with multiple studies of heads, a seated nude seen from behind, a draped figure, and small grouped figure

Sketch Sheet

François Chifflart, 1865

Etching of the Conversion of Saint Paul: a fallen rider and horse below a divine figure and cherubs in clouds.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Laurent de La Hyre, c. 1637

Engraved allegory with winged figures, putti, and trees, with Latin verses in a cartouche below.

Allegory of Intellect, Memory, and Will

Claude Mellan after Simon Vouet, 1625