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National Gallery of Art

25,725 works

Watercolor of a seated crowned woman reading a book beside a jeweled crown, a double-headed eagle shield and heraldic arms.

Germania

Philipp Veit, 1833/1836

Brown and grey wash drawing of white waterfalls cascading over rocks, with a domed building on a hilltop behind trees.

The Waterfalls at Tivoli (recto)

Joachim Franz Beich, 1704/1714

Watercolour of a balcony with painted antique vases, a grey parrot in a cage, pigeons, and a view over a bay with a hillside

Antiquities by a Balcony Overlooking the Gulf of Naples

Carl Götzloff, 1826

Pen and watercolor drawing of a bishop in robes addressing a crowd before a classical city gate, framed by rococo scrollwork.

Saint Ignatius Leaving Antioch

Johann Baptist Enderle, 1773

Watercolor of a blue alpine lake in a mountain valley, with a seated hunter and dog among boulders in the foreground.

"The Blue Pool" in the Rein Valley near Garmisch

Max Josef Wagenbauer, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a bishop with lightning bolts striking demons, while a woman with a book sits beside him.

Saint Augustine Subdues Heresy with Lightning Bolts from His Pen

Joseph Hartmann, 1770s(?) (or 1780s?)

Watercolor of rocky woodland with oak trees, a sandy path, and shepherds tending sheep on a hillside in the distance.

Rocks and Oaks in the Serpentara

Victor Paul Mohn, 1869

Watercolor of a rocky valley with boulders, scrub, and a hilltop village under distant blue mountains.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano, Seen from Civitella

Victor Paul Mohn, 1869

Watercolor of a town with church towers beyond green hills, with two figures in traditional dress and sheep in the foreground

The City of Arnberg in the Oberpfalz

Carl Heinzmann, 1823

Watercolor of two workmen by a forge with a water wheel, a young man in blue, and a mountain landscape behind.

Fridolin and Two Workmen by the Forge

Peter Fendi, 1833

Watercolor of hazy hills with hilltop villages, ochre fields and distant blue mountains under a pale sky.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Deurer, 1835

Grey wash drawing in an oval of the Adoration of the Magi, with kneeling king, Virgin and Child, and a broken ship's hull.

The Adoration of the Magi

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1756

Watercolor interior of an officer saying farewell to a woman in pink as a child, dog and soldiers with packs look on.

A Young Officer Saying Farewell to His Family

Carl Schindler, 1841

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man, a nude youth standing before him, and two female figures in an interior.

The Golden Age I

Hans von Marées, 1879

Watercolor of a figure reading a green book while lying in bed, with loose grey and cream washes.

The Artist's Wife Reading in Bed

Leopold von Kalckreuth, 1885/1890

Watercolor and pen drawing of a hunting party feast with dogs, dead game, cherubs and figures in a scrolled frame.

Diana Resting after the Hunt

Johann Baptist Enderle, 1775/1780

Watercolor of Dresden's skyline across the Elbe, with a stone bridge, church towers, and workers loading boats on the bank.

Dresden from the Banks of the Elbe River

Adrian Zingg, 1782

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a river, trees, a hilltop town and a round temple on the cliff above.

Tivoli and the Temple of the Sibyl Above the Aniene Gorge

Carl Wagner, 1824

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a city gate elevation and section with a coat of arms and ground plan, 1746.

Design for a City Gate in Trier

Balthasar Neumann, 1746

Watercolor of a marmot seated on a rock beside a branch of purple plums and a small fly.

A Groundhog or Marmot with a Branch of Plums

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605

Watercolor of a misty river valley with hills, a stone tower, a village, tall trees and figures resting in the foreground.

Oberwesel

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Watercolor of a calm river curving past dense trees and flat-topped cliffs under a blue sky.

Along the Jordan River (recto)

August Löffler, 1849/1850

Watercolor of a village street with timber-framed houses, chimneys, an archway and a seated woman by a washing line.

Saint John's Hospital, Canterbury

Peter De Wint, 1845

Pen and ink drawing of a wooden footbridge over a river leading to a town, with trees framing the scene and hills beyond.

River Landscape with a Footbridge

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1546

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant Christ, Saint Joseph, young John the Baptist and a lamb in an architectural

The Holy Family

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1690

Etching of a lagoon scene with an arched stone building, a rowing boat in the foreground, and a distant domed church under cl

L'Vom da morte divide...

Fabio Berardi after Canaletto, c. 1760

Etching of a classical arch opening onto a courtyard palazzo, with a stone bridge, figures, and an obelisk in the distance.

L'età che non devora...

Fabio Berardi after Canaletto, c. 1760

Monochrome print of a large tree with spreading branches over a flat field, a distant treeline, and a grazing animal.

The Large Tree

Wilhelm Leibl, 1874/1875

Etching of a bacchanal with satyrs, putti, a large urn, a lion and a dog in a wooded rocky landscape.

Bacchanal

Giovanni Andrea Podestà, 1640

Trompe l'oeil pinned arrangement of letters, cards, a newspaper and a book title page on a dark ground with red cords.

A Deception

Samuel Lewis, c. 1780