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National Gallery of Art

25,725 works

Pencil sketch of Tewkesbury Abbey's tall Gothic tower above a tiled roof and trees, drawn in fine grey lines.

Tewkesbury Abbey No. 2

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1793

Grey wash drawing of a columned classical building and pines above a foreground of Roman rooftops and a tall tower.

The Roman Circus near Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Jacques-Louis David, 1775/1780

Pen and wash drawing of six commedia dell'arte characters in theatrical costumes, numbered XII, by Claude Gillot.

Six Studies of Commedia dell'Arte Actors: Polchinelle, Columbine, Pierrot, a Captain, Harlequin "en femme," and Scara…

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in masks and costumes, by Claude Gillot.

Four Commedia dell'Arte Figures: Harlequin "en femme," Mezzetin(?), Scaramouche, and Harlequin

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of peasant musicians and a couple dancing, numbered XIX, signed Gillot.

Peasant Musicians and Dancers

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in costume, one with a tambourine and two in feathered hats.

Four Singing Commedia Dell'Arte Characters

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Watercolor of a tall waterfall tumbling through a shadowed wooded gorge with rocky brown cliffs and a sandy foreground.

The Waterfall at Lydford Gorge, Devon

Paul Huet, 1862

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman tending a sleeping infant beside a bearded man under a tree.

Holy Family Resting on the Flight into Egypt

Laurent de La Hyre, mid-17th century

Young Man in a Soft Cap

Guercino, 1630/1640

Woodcut of an armored warrior with a spear beside a feathered grotesque figure, with a radiating spider web above.

Von der Artzney bayder Glück (De Remediis Utriusque Fortuna) (On the Remedies of Good and Evil Fortune)

Francesco Petrarch and Hans Weiditz, II, 1532

Four etched plates showing mythological scenes of the four times of day, with satyrs, a rooster, a goat, and figures by a fir

The Four Times of Day

Charles Le Brun, c. 1640

Print of Christ seated on steps while soldiers in armor press a crown of thorns onto his head, framed by a sunburst.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, after Titian, 1550s

Etching of women gathering around a kneeling figure holding an infant beneath a large tree, with a nude figure standing at le

The Finding of Moses

Battista Angolo del Moro, after Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, 1540s

Engraving of a risen nude figure standing on a tomb above sleeping soldiers amid clouds and rocks.

The Resurrection

after Francesco Salviati Anonymous, 1546/1550

Blue-toned print of Perseus holding a sword and Medusa's severed head above classical ruins.

Perseus

Giovanni Gallo after Marco Pino, 1570/1580

Etching of the Holy Family resting in a wooded landscape, with a donkey drinking from a stream beside them.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Camillo Procaccini, c. 1595-1600

Etching of a reclining youth with a staff as a female figure with a crescent moon swoops toward him from the upper right.

Diana and Endymion

Daniël van den Dyck, c. 1650

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with large trees, a dirt path, a wooden fence, and a distant church spire.

Wooded Landscape

Thomas Hearne, late 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded standing saint wrapped in a draped mantle, with hatched shading.

A Standing Saint

Domenico Beccafumi

Pen and brown ink sketch of a Last Judgment scene with a cross, angels, and nude figures, with studies in the margins.

The Last Judgment

after Aurelio Lomi Giulio Benso

Stippled oval drawing of a river landscape with distant trees, a winding path, a dark hillock, and a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

Albert Dubois-Pillet, c.1888

Charcoal study of two women in long dresses, one reaching toward the other against a sketchy leafy background.

Two Studies of Madame Lemmen

Georges Lemmen, 1885

Head of a Man

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pencil sketch of figures in period dress on a hilltop overlooking a distant sea and coastline.

Figures on Top of a Hill, Overlooking the Sea

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Tonal print of a seated nude man with bound hands, a figure behind him, and draped cloth above, with an inscription below.

A Naked Man, Seated, with His Hands Tied

John Skippe after Baccio Bandinelli, 1782

Pen and wash drawing of Minerva and nine Muses playing instruments in a wooded landscape with a distant castle.

Minerva and the Muses

Hans Rottenhammer, c. 1610

Watercolor of a hilltop town with terracotta roofs and a tower overlooking a wide flat landscape and distant hills.

Tivoli and the Roman Campagna

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Muted brown watercolor of a crescent moon over hazy mountains and a flat meadow with trees.

New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 or 1828/1835

Watercolor and pen drawing of a sunlit woodland path lined with tall trees and dense undergrowth.

Rays of Sunlight Striking a Woodland Path

Friedrich Salathé, c. 1815

Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral interior with an ornate spiral staircase and women in shawls on the stone floor.

The Interior of the Cathedral of Saint Stephen at Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1841