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National Gallery of Art

25,724 works

Pencil sketch of mythological figures, including a standing man, a reclining woman and a cherub, with clouds and a ship.

The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne

Francesco Solimena

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude looking down, one hand gripping a raised knee, on tan paper.

A Seated Male Nude

Charles André van Loo

Pastel drawing of dark clouds layered over a pale sea horizon, with blue and yellow light breaking through the sky.

Clouds over the Sea

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1860/1865

Drawing of a balding cleric in a dark gown and white clerical bands, shaded in charcoal on tan paper.

Half-Length Portrait of a Cleric

Watercolor seascape of a sailboat on choppy water with a distant ship under a pale, cloudy sky.

A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint with a crozier and book in an arched niche, with a reclining cherub at lower right.

A Sculpture of Saint Benedict in a Niche

Jakob Frey, 1735

Red and black chalk drawing of an older man and a curly-haired youth in draped robes, standing side by side.

Two Male Figures: A Youth and an Old Man

Unknown artist

Brown wash drawing of a brick pyramid, classical statue, fountain with lion head, and figures by a basin.

A Roman Capriccio with the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius

Hubert Robert, 1781 or later

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman and winged child under a glowing crescent, with horses and clouds below.

Aurora's Tryst with Time Interrupted

Giuseppe Passeri, c. 1700

Red chalk drawing of a muscular seated male nude with raised arm on a carved pedestal, with a faint second figure at left.

A Seated Nude

Unknown artist

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude leaning against a tree, with a distant landscape and boat behind him.

A Reclining Male Nude

Bernard Picart, 1723

Pencil sketch of a Roman piazza with a tall column topped by a statue, arcaded buildings, and two small figures.

Figures on a Roman Piazza

Pen and ink design for an arched altarpiece showing the Virgin on clouds, a seated saint and a kneeling friar.

The Immaculate Conception

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Watercolor of three travelers on a wooded path under gnarled trees, framed by a blue border with small silhouetted figures an

Travelers on a Wooded Path with a Border of Whimsical Figures and Monkeys

Henri Harpignies, 1895

Loose pencil sketch of a seated woman combing her hair before a mirror, with a bench and interior lines.

A Woman Combing Her Hair in Front of a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural baldachin with columns framing an Annunciation scene with angels and clouds.

A Baldachin with a Painting of the Annunciation

Circle of Andrea Pozzo, c. 1708 or later

Pen and ink sketch of a standing muscular male nude with arms folded and head tilted back, on a cream sheet.

A Heroic Male Nude

Circle of Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bernhard's Whooping Cough Face

Gerhard Wilhelm von Reutern, mid to late 1820s

Watercolor of a rocky Italian coast with cliffs, white buildings, boats on the shore, and a calm sea under a pale sky.

An Italian Coast Scene

John 'Warwick' Smith, possibly 1776/1781

Watercolor and pen drawing of an ornamental wall with a doorway, blue diamond medallions, a candelabrum, and arched vault dec

Pompeiian Wall Decoration

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with figures attending a reclining man on a table and a winged figure above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Ludovico Carracci

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of several muscular male figures in dynamic poses, with arms outstretched.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Attributed to Ludovico Cardi called Cigoli

Pencil studies of nude male figures running and reaching, with a smaller figure pulling a pole across the lower left.

Studies of Men Running

Ink sketch of five muscular male nudes gesturing beside a nude woman entering a dark arched portal.

Five Male Nudes Gesticulating as a Nude Woman Enters a Portal

Theodore M. von Holst

Grey wash drawing of a ruined Gothic abbey with pointed arches, framed by trees and a dirt path in the foreground.

Furness Abbey

Thomas Hearne, 1777

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, standing on a stone block.

A Male Nude Seen from Behind

Unknown artist, c.1760

Watercolor sketch of a Venetian waterfront with a tall campanile, domed buildings, gondolas and sailboats on blue-grey water.

Venetian Capriccio with a Campanile

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor sketch of the circular Temple of Vesta at Tivoli on a hill, with houses and trees in the foreground.

Temple of Vesta at Tivoli

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor of gondolas and a sailboat on a Venetian canal before a sunlit palace with pale ochre walls.

Gondolas Before a Palace on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Loose watercolor sketch of two Venetian palace facades beside a canal, in warm ochre, blue and red tones.

Palaces on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon