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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

The Rhinoceros "Miss Clara"

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1748

Pen and wash drawing of a stag with large antlers standing beside a great oak in a wooded landscape.

A Stag beneath a Mighty Oak

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1735

Pen and wash drawing of a seated female allegorical figure holding scales and a sword, gazing upward.

Justice

Cherubino Alberti

Red chalk drawing of a standing bearded figure in flowing drapery, one hand raised to the chest.

Prudence [recto]

Cherubino Alberti, 1601

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of two draped standing male figures, one holding a key, in a religious composition.

Saints Peter and Paul

Cherubino Alberti

Brown ink and wash drawing of two standing draped male figures on tan paper.

Two Draped Figures

Cherubino Alberti

Brown ink wash drawing of a draped standing man holding a staff, with a faint pencil study of a second figure beside it.

Draped Figure with a Staff

Cherubino Alberti

Pen and wash drawing of Judith with a sword beside the reclining Holofernes on a bed, with a maidservant behind.

Judith and Holofernes

Hans von Aachen

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two Saints John, with kneeling winged angels in front.

The Madonna Enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

Hans von Aachen, 1589

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling woman praying in a forest beside a cross and skull, with angels above.

Mary Magdalene Praying in the Wilderness

Johannes Wierix

Pencil sketch of a columned portico house with stone steps framed by tall trees and foliage.

House with a Portico at Ermenonville

Édouard Bertin

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a terrace with columns, palm tree, flowering trees, and a domed building beyond.

A Terrace and Garden on Capri [recto]

Édouard Bertin, 1822

Pencil and chalk drawing of a deep stone quarry with cliffs, trees, an arcaded structure, and a small figure below.

Sorrento

Édouard Bertin

Watercolor of a hilltop castle with a church spire above forested valleys, with a shepherd and flock resting under a tree.

A Fortress in a Mountain Landscape at Sunrise

Jakob Wilhelm Hüber, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint George on horseback lancing a dragon beneath a tree, by Moritz von Schwind.

Saint George and the Dragon

Moritz von Schwind, 1825

Red ink drawing of a fortified castle with towers and gabled roofs above dense trees on a rocky cliff.

Fortified Castle on a High Cliff

Moritz von Schwind, 1830

Pen and ink architectural study with scrolls, a medallion, and a seated woman embracing a child in an arched niche.

Architectural Details for a Wall Decoration with Empress Maria Theresia Embracing the Young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Moritz von Schwind, 1864

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rider startled by a glowing white female apparition in a forest under a crescent moon.

The Apparition in the Forest

Moritz von Schwind, 1823

Pencil panorama of Rome showing St. Peter's dome on the left, rooftops, a stone wall, and a tree branch in the upper right.

Fantasy Panorama of Rome from St. Peter's to the Castel San Angelo

Peter von Hess, 1820

Watercolor of a mounted lancer leading bound prisoners along a ridge past a stone monument under a cloudy sky.

Three Armed Riders Escorting Prisoners near Reims

Peter von Hess, 1825

Sepia drawing of an armored man with a spear beside a tree, looking over a distant plain and mountain.

Bandits on the Lookout

George Hayter, 1839

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a chalk path above a calm sea, with grazing cows and a tall cliff on the right.

Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight

George Hayter, 1839

Loose ink and wash sketch of robed figures tending a body in a stone interior, mourners in the background.

The Laying Out of Christ

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded magician in a robe and headdress pointing upward, with a faint winged spirit beside him

A Magician

George Hayter, 1826

Ink and wash drawing of a maiden embraced by an armored knight, with a winged creature and sword below.

A Maiden Embraced by a Knight in Armor

George Hayter, 1838

Pencil sketch of a crowned seated woman holding a sceptre on a stepped dais, with curtains behind her.

Study for "Queen Victoria"

George Hayter, 1838

Pencil sketch of two seated men in oriental dress, one bearded in a turban, engaged in conversation.

Two Men in Oriental Dress

George Hayter, 1827

Ink sketch of a cloaked man with a tall hat and staff, with smaller figure studies and a handwritten Dante note beside him.

Studies for a Scene from Dante's "Inferno"

Ink and wash drawing of a winged muscular man grappling with a serpent coiled around his body among clouds.

Saturn Wrestling with a Snake

Tommaso Minardi, 1800

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a male nude seen from behind, gripping a bar and stepping to the left.

A Male Nude Moving to the Left

Tommaso Minardi