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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Watercolor of a sunlit city wall with stone blocks, a street, and distant mosque minarets and dome under a pale sky.

Cairo

John Singer Sargent, c. 1891

Watercolor of a sunlit tree-lined road with red and blue flags beside a stone wall and hedges.

A War Memorial

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Red chalk style print of a reclining male nude with one arm raised and legs crossed over a draped cushion.

Academie (639)

Gilles-Antoine Demarteau after Edme Bouchardon, c. 1785

Title page of Heinrich Hoerle's 1920 lithograph portfolio Krüppel, with a centered list of twelve plate titles in black capit

Krüppel (Cripples)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Etching of nude women attending a seated figure on a rocky shore, with cherubs above and a sea creature in waves.

The Toilet of Thetis

Pierre Brébiette, 1625

Red chalk drawing of the Annunciation: the Virgin at left looks up at a winged angel descending on clouds, with angels above.

The Annunciation

Alexandre Ubeleski, 1690

Brown ink and wash drawing of two caricatured figures, one gesturing with a basket and the other holding a large ball.

A Caricature with Ball Players

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli

Hand-colored woodcut of the Crucifixion with Mary and Saint John, above a column of German verse in gothic script.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, 1470s

Hand-colored drawing of a dying man in bed praying as robed figures gesture beside him, above a column of German verse.

The Virgin Appearing to a Dying Priest

Unknown artist, 1470s

Judith in a crown raises a sword to behead Holofernes lying on a bed, in a colored pen drawing with a Latin caption.

Judith Killing Holofernes

Unknown artist, c. 1460

Medieval painting of a woman in blue striking a tent peg into the head of a seated armored man, with Latin text below.

Jael Killing Sisera

Unknown artist, c. 1460

Loose watercolor of a woman in a fur-trimmed coat and purple skirt walking with a parasol on a cobbled street.

Elegant Young Woman en Promenade

Etching of soldiers and fleeing figures in a crowded square, with a burning temple and tall column behind them.

The Sack of the Temple at Jerusalem

Luigi Ademollo, c. 1838

Ink and wash drawing of a steam locomotive with smoke, a crowd of figures, and a windmill under a dark sky.

Frontispiece for L'Illustration Nouvelle: The Burial of the Burin

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1877

Sketch of a street in rain with a horse-drawn carriage, umbrella-carrying figures, and a dog, in dark ink.

A Sketch: Street in Driving Rain

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Watercolor of a ruined circular colonnade seen through a rocky natural arch, with a waterfall and small figures.

Architectural Fantasy: Ruins of a Circular Temple Seen through a Natural Arch

Pierre-Adrien Pâris, c. 1785

Engraving of a flood scene with nude figures swimming and clinging to trees and rocks, ruins and a boat in the background.

The Deluge

after Jan van Scorel Willem Liefrinck, c. 1530

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey on a path, with shepherds and sheep in the foreground and palm trees.

The Holy Family Descending a Path near Shepherds

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1752/1753

Abstract figure of a fire clown in dark brushstrokes over red, framed by olive and green washes, on a cream mount.

Feuer Clown I (Fire Clown)

Paul Klee, 1921

Watercolor of a seated woman in a white gown resting her head on her hand on a stone bench in a leafy garden.

Woman Seated in a Bower

Attributed to Eugène Devéria

Watercolor of a ruined brick building with arched openings, overgrown with plants, under a cloudy sky.

The Temple of Minerva Medica

Unknown artist

Watercolor of a half-timbered rustic house, stone well and villagers under a cloudy sky.

Rustic Landscape

Unknown artist, 1830

Watercolor of two men near arched market stalls with dates and jars, white buildings and trees behind.

Arab Market

Sepia drawing of a woman asleep on a bed beside a draped curtain and a flowered hat with ribbons.

Illustration for "Jestrab Kontra Hrdlicka, XXII" (Girl asleep on a bed)

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, c. 1890

Watercolor botanical study of a tall wildflower with serrated leaves, dark buds, yellow-tipped flowers and seed heads on a cr

Botanical-Milt

Vítězslav Karel Mašek

Watercolor and pencil botanical sketch of red flowers, buds, a grass stalk and a white flowering sprig on cream paper.

Botanical Sketch

Vítězslav Karel Mašek

Pencil and watercolor ornamental design of two swallows above peaches and leaves, with a repeating fan-like pattern above.

Ornamental design with two birds pecking at fruit

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, c.1890s

Watercolor study of a spiny branch with red, green and brown holly-like leaves on a tan background.

Study of the shrub

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of crinoline-clad women with parasols and a man in a straw hat on a beach promenade.

Crinolines on the Beach

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865

Pencil and watercolor sketch of fashionably dressed people on a beach with a dog, striped deckchair and sea horizon.

Noon at Deauville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865