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National Gallery of Art

25,725 works

Ink line drawing of a bald bearded man in a suit embracing a woman in a tall hat with lace cuffs, eyes closed.

Das Ehepaar (The Married Couple)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Ink drawing of a bald, wide-eyed man in a buttoned coat crouching beside a bowl and a loaf of bread.

Der Ernährer (The Bread Winner)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Pen drawing of a gaunt, bald man in a buttoned uniform with an iron cross, holding a cap, with a grim expression.

Der Erwerbslose (The Unemployed Man)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Ink drawing of a stern bald man with a mustache holding a crying infant against his shoulder on tan paper.

Der Vater (The Father)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Pen drawing of hunched figures in a narrow street beside a building with windows showing figures, on tan paper.

Der Immerwährendeschmerz (Perpetual Pain)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Ink drawing of a sleeping figure on a scrolled couch, with a leg turning into a tall plant with long leaves.

Der Männ mit dem Holzbein Träumt (The Man with the Wooden Leg Dreams)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Ink drawing of a woman reaching toward a tall plant beside a sleeping figure in swirling dark lines on tan paper.

Freundlicher Träum (Friendly Dreams)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Ink drawing of a nude, distorted man facing a shadowed grid cube, with a hand and twisting serpentine forms on tan paper.

Hällucinationen (Hallucinations)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Ink drawing of a twisted bare tree, a seated figure on a mound, and a crouching creature on tan paper.

Der Baum der Sehnsucht (The Tree of Longing)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Black ink drawing on tan paper of a swirling serpentine creature with a bird head beside a small hunched figure.

Am Wegende (End of the Road)

Heinrich Hoerle, 1920

Grey textured portfolio cover with a printed label reading Das Mappenwerk der Insel and a ship emblem, 1899-1900.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Various Artists, published 1900

Profile of a Man with Sidewhiskers

Unknown artist, c. 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a domed temple interior with columns, coffered ceiling, and a radiant sun disk above an altar.

Stage Design for a Domed Temple Interior with a Sun Disk above the Altar

Josef Ignáz Platzer, 1780

Etching of a town skyline with a woman leading a donkey across rough ground under a cloudy sky.

Les Anes de Saint-Medard

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1874

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a wooded pond at dusk, with tall trees and rolling hills under a pale evening sky.

Evening Light on a Wooded Lakeside with Cattle Drinking

Henri Harpignies, 1882

Charcoal sketch of a forge interior with a dome-shaped hearth and hanging tools on blue-grey paper.

Interior of a Forge (recto) / Yard with a Pigsty (verso)

Adolphe Appian, 1860s

Pencil and watercolor panoramic landscape of rolling hills, a wooden fence, a pine tree, and a blue sky.

Countryside near Brezins, between Grenoble and Vienne

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1880s

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a village with rural houses, a dirt road, trees, and two small figures in a blue sky.

A Village near Brezins

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1880s

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowned seated king under a tent with attendants, a stream and trees in the landscape.

The Coronation of Solomon by the Spring of Gihon

Jean Poyet, c. 1500

Loose watercolor and pencil drawing of tall trees on a riverbank with a pale sky and distant trees on the right.

Banks of the Seine at Médan

Paul Cézanne, 1880-1885

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi in a wooded landscape with ruins, mounted soldiers, and cherubs in the clouds.

The Adoration of the Magi

Brown wash drawing of a wide river valley with a large tree at right, rocky cliffs, a stone bridge, and distant hills.

An Extensive River Landscape

Alexander Cozens, c. 1759

Samuel Palmer drawing of a ruined castle on a hilltop at dusk, with birds in an orange sky and dark trees below.

The Enchanted Castle at Dusk

Samuel Palmer, c. 1868

Etching of a dark tree grove on a rise with a small figure, open land and distant hills under a hatched sky.

The Hermit's Woods, or the Banks of Lake Trasimène (Le Bois de l'Hermite, ou les Bords du Lac Trasimène)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1858

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated male nude leaning on one arm, dated 1702.

Male Nude Seated on the Ground

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1702

Red chalk drawing of a shepherd and shepherdess seated and standing beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape.

A Shepherd and Shepherdess Seated under a Tree

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1710

Red chalk sketch of two standing men in period costume, one wearing a plumed hat and the other in a cloak.

Two Standing Soldiers, One Wearing a Hat

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1709/1710

Brown and grey wash drawing of villagers and a child in a rural landscape with straw sheaves, a large tree and a cottage.

October, Drawing the Honey from the Beehives

Claude Simpol, c.1645

Brown wash drawing of two masted boats beached on a flat shore with figures, a small boat, and a distant town.

Honfleur

Richard Parkes Bonington, c. 1821

Watercolor of Derwentwater lake with mountains, tall trees on a cliff, and travelers with an ox cart on a path.

Derwentwater

Paul Sandby, late 18th century