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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of Marsyas hanging from a tree while Apollo and another nude figure stand nearby.

The Flaying of Marsyas

Parmigianino, 1526/1530

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory above three saints and angels.

Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints John the Baptist, Stephen, and Lawrence

Palma il Giovane, 1620/1628

Pen and blue wash drawing of a mounted rider and armored soldiers fighting on a wooden bridge.

A Battle on a Bridge

Giovanni Balducci, c.1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman reaching toward a platter beside armored soldiers and a nude figure in a columned room.

Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Pen and wash drawing of Salome holding a platter with the head of Saint John the Baptist, with a bearded man behind her.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1825/1835

Pen and wash drawing of a village street with a ruined brick tower, tiled houses, a church tower, and tall trees.

Village Landscape

Herman Saftleven, c. 1648

Drawing of a wide flat landscape with a church tower and village, seen from under trees in the foreground.

Extensive Landscape Seen from the Edge of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen, 1666

Black and grey lithograph of fashionably dressed women and a man in a top hat in a crowded, chandelier-lit interior.

Petits Gâteaux (Little Cakes)

Hermann Paul, 1894

Etching of a thatched barn and bare tree beside a flat meadow, with windmills and a village on the distant horizon.

The Sluice

Johannes Ruisscher, and Anthonie Waterloo, 1640-1690

Woodcut print in dark ink on blue paper showing haloed Saint Luke with an ox, an angel, and the Virgin and Child in clouds ab

Saint Luke

after Anthonis Sallaert

Watercolor of a village in rolling countryside under a gilded coat of arms, framed by painted tulips and bulbs.

Le Villaige de Monceaulx

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597

Painted landscape of a village with a church spire below a heraldic shield, with two travelers on a hill in the foreground.

Le Villaige de Brimeu

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597

Brown chalk sketch of a standing nude woman with long hair and a drape, with curved lines arching behind her head.

Study of a Woman (Abundance)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1895

Lithograph of a partially nude woman with bound wrists in a doorway, watched by a man in a fez-like cap.

Hanging Clown (Pierrôt pendu)

Adolphe Willette, 1894

Pen drawing of a winged angel bending toward a kneeling veiled woman, with a glowing object in the angel's hand.

The Annunciation (L'Annonciation)

Carlos Schwabe, 1893

Watercolor of a domed palace facade with balconies and rooftops under a cloudy sky, with trees in the foreground.

Belvedere Palace, Vienna

Attributed to Rudolf von Alt

Watercolor of a wooded pool with trees reflected in the water, a wooden fence, and a distant red-roofed building.

Reflections in a Wooded Pool

Engraving of an allegorical woman holding a sailing ship aloft, with a crowd on a rocky shore and fish in the sea below.

Allegory of Water

Jeremias Wachsmuth

Ink drawing of a man in a top hat with a moustache and cane, dated 1909, by William Merritt Chase.

Self-Portrait

William Merritt Chase, 1909

Engraving of a crowned woman seated with a peacock and sceptre, framed in an oval with coins and treasure motifs.

Juno

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Lithograph portrait of a bald man in a suit and tie, gazing sideways with a stern expression, on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Max Liebermann, 1924

Colour print of a landscape with ruins, a fisherman by a stream, cattle, sheep, horsemen, and a distant village under blue sk

Heroic Landscape with Fisherman, Cows, and Horsemen

John Baptist Jackson after Marco Ricci, 1744

Pencil sketch of a standing female figure in a flowing gown with ruffled hem, head tilted up, on tan paper.

Allegorical Female Figure

John La Farge, 1880s

Watercolor of a dark starling and a speckled lark lying dead on a tan ground with grasses behind them.

A Starling and a Lark

William Page, 1863

Pencil drawing of a reclining infant on a cushion, head turned toward viewer, with handwritten note in lower right corner.

My Poor Sweet Little Angelica

Lilly Martin Spencer, 19th century

Engraving of Minerva in a plumed helmet holding a Medusa shield, with an owl, armor and books around her.

Minerva

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Engraved portrait of a seated bearded man in a skullcap and white collar, holding a hat, with a column behind him.

Ephraim Bonus

Pencil and watercolor drawing of spruce trees and mossy boulders beside a rocky stream, with distant hills.

A Clump of Trees by a Rocky Stream in the Ramsau

Carl Morgenstern, 1832/1833

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with a chariot in the sky above figures gathered in an ornate rococo frame.

A Ceiling with Apollo Presiding over Military and Historical Learning

Anton Kern, 1740s

Etched sheet with four vignettes: a pier with lamppost and figures, a dark shape over water, a hatted figure, and a sketch.

Margins for Landing in England

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879