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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Drawing of a bearded saint leaning on a large open book, seen from behind, in brown wash and red chalk.

A Saint Holding a Book

Attributed to Gioacchino Assereto, c. 1640

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated crowned woman with angels holding Passion instruments and a cross above.

Ecclesia Surrounded by Angels Holding the Instruments of the Passion

Attributed to Bernardo Strozzi

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin, infant Christ, angels and kneeling shepherds.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giuseppe Passeri

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ bound to a column while two scourgers raise rods in an arcaded interior.

The Flagellation of Christ

after Hendrik de Clerck Anonymous, c. 1620

Engraved title page for The Seraph hymn collection, with a winged recording angel and a reclining figure holding a goblet.

Conscience and the Recording Angel

P. Jones after William Blake, c. 1818

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor with curled hair, lace collar, sash and cross, with a coat of arms below.

Jean Saint Bonnet de Toiras

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Francis in ecstasy, held by an angel, with putti and sketched figures in clouds.

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis [recto]

Sebastiano Ricci, 1706/1720

Hand-colored print of Mary Magdalene kneeling with a skull and open book, attended by three angels, with a church in the back

Saint Mary Magdalene Pray for Us

Unknown artist, c. 1820

Etching of the Annunciation: a kneeling Virgin faces a winged angel beneath a dove and radiating light in an interior.

The Annunciation

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Engraving of a baptism scene with a bearded man holding an infant beside a stone basin, surrounded by onlookers and columns.

The Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Etching of an angel descending toward a sleeping man under a large tree, with travelers and a distant town in the landscape.

The Angel Appearing to Joseph

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Pen and brown wash drawing of two bearded prophets in robes with a winged putto pointing upward above them.

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah

Raphael, c. 1510

Sketch in brown ink and red chalk of a seated Madonna nursing a child, a standing man, and cherubs among clouds in an arch.

Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto]

Antonio da Correggio, 1523/1524

Brown wash drawing of Saint Jerome in the desert with an angel, cherub, open book, and lion beside him.

Saint Jerome in the Desert Listening to the Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1732

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child surrounded by bishops, monks and kneeling women, with a cross at left.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Bishops, Monks, and Women

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735/1740

Drawing of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with an angel removing an arrow and three putti below.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Aegidius Sadeler, c. 1620

Etching of a muscular man with a staff reaching to a seated child on a rock, with a landscape behind.

Saint Christopher Giving His Hand to the Infant Jesus

Francesco Amato, 1650s

Etching of a kneeling pope and soldier gazing at angels lifting souls from flames toward heaven.

Saint Gregoire I Delivering Souls from Purgatory

Francesco Fontebasso after Sebastiano Ricci, 1744

Pen and brown wash drawing of four evangelists writing in an arcaded scriptorium with an ox, lion, eagle and angel.

Four Evangelists in a Scriptorium

Master I.K., 1539

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a winged angel holding a torch among clouds, within an architectural frame.

An Angel Carrying a Torch

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500/1504

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged angels carrying torches against clouds within an architectural frame.

Two Angels Carrying Torches

Filippino Lippi, c. 1501

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint and several onlookers in the background.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1618

Pen and ink drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet beside an angel holding a flowing standard, with red grid lines.

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard

Fra' Bartolomeo, c. 1500

Pen and brown ink drawing of two hermit saints receiving bread from a dove beneath trees and a radiant light.

The Hermit Saints Paul and Anthony Receiving Bread from a Dove

Domenico Campagnola, 1530s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a risen figure with a banner above a tomb, with sleeping armored soldiers below.

The Resurrection

Francesco Salviati, 1545/1548

Brown ink drawing of a grand palace interior with arcades, staircase and a crowd of figures, one carrying a large cross.

Christ Led Captive from a Palace

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1740/1745

Painted miniature of the Adoration of the Magi: kneeling kings offer gifts to Mary and the infant Christ beside an ox and don

The Adoration of the Magi

Simon Bening, mid-1520s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman lifted by winged angels, with a cherub and sketched studies on the sheet.

Saint Mary Magdalene Lifted by Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740

Pen and wash drawing of Christ on the cross, head bowed under a crown of thorns, with a draped loincloth.

Christ on the Cross [recto]

Master of the Drapery Studies, mid- to late 1470s

Watercolor drawing of a gilded chandelier topped by the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, with angels on its scrolled arms.

A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child

Frederic William Burton, 1840s/1850s