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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Pencil study of two hands gripping a staff and a riding crop or glove, with sleeve sketched above, on tan paper.

A Left Hand Holding a Staff and a Right Hand Holding a Glove and Riding Crop(?)

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim

Pen and wash drawing of the hilltop town of Ariccia with a domed church and arched aqueduct across a valley.

Ariccia Seen from across a Valley

August Christian Geist, 1866

Watercolor landscape of ruins on a rocky hill above a valley, with a wooden bridge, grazing cattle and a thatched cottage.

The Ruins of the Monastery of Oybin in the Zittau Mountains

Philipp Veith, 1792

Watercolor of three fisher women with baskets and a net on a rocky shore, with sailboats on a stormy sea.

Three Fisher Girls, Tynemouth

Winslow Homer, 1881

Wash drawing of a woman in a crinoline reading on a sandy beach beside a folding chair, with faint figures and sea behind her

Woman in a Crinoline on the Beach of Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865

Woodcut title page with two crowned kings, labeled Ninus and Friedrich II, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

Chronicon Abbatis Urspergen

Daniel Hopfer and Burchardus Biberacensis, Provost of Ursperg, 1515

Watercolor of a sunlit mountain valley with craggy cliffs and trees, with a seated man at lower right.

A Seated Man Contemplating a Sunlit Mountain Valley

Jakob Alt, c. 1825

Charcoal drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with wavy hair, looking upward, by Michael Sweerts.

Jan van den Enden

Michiel Sweerts, c. 1651

Watercolor and ink drawing of a hunched blue figure beside a brown log against red and gray washes.

Hölzfaller (recto)

Wilhelm Morgner, 1913

Graphite sketch of a bearded man gesturing to a crowd of citizens under a colonnade, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Timoleon Thanked by the Citizens of Syracuse

Jean-Claude Naigeon, c. 1790

Engraving of nude winged putti flying among clouds with radiating light rays, a group of angels in glory.

A Group of Angels in Glory

Unknown artist, 1607

Engraving of a skeleton with wings among crowds of nude and robed figures in a rocky cave, some grieving or fleeing.

The Skeletons

after Baccio Bandinelli Marco Dente, c. 1518

Engraving of winged Saint Michael with a spear standing over a defeated demon beneath a halo and radiating light.

Saint Michael

Marco Dente after Raphael, c. 1520

Grey woodcut of bare winter trees, a snowy balustrade and a diagonal staircase with railing on pale paper.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Anton Albers, 1900

Pale lithograph of rocky cliffs above calm sea with hills receding into hazy sky, by Paul Baum.

Annater Muiden

Paul Baum, 1900

Woodcut-style print of a stone church with arched doorways beside trees, set against a dense pattern of small pale flowers.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Wilhelm Laage, 1900

Grey lithograph of a seated nude woman with long hair, on textured paper with a faint floral pattern.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Georges Lemmen, 1899

Pale drawing of two standing women in an interior with a flower vase, overlaid with white snowflake-like linear patterns.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Max Arthur Stremel, 1900

Lithograph with grey and ochre abstract forms overlaid with white circles and dots on cream paper.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Edouard Vuillard, 1900

Watercolor of a mounted soldier in blue uniform with a rifle, horse in a clearing, other cavalry riders among trees.

Chasseur à Cheval (Soldier on Horseback)

Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, 1885

Pen and wash drawing of classical ruins, fallen columns, a wind-bent palm, and a river winding toward a distant mountain.

Antique Ruins along a Mountain Coast

Johann Franz Ermels, 1670s

Engraved equestrian portrait of a bearded man in armor and laurel wreath on a plumed horse, with a city behind.

Maximilianus II

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1604

Etching of a vaulted classical interior with steps, a central statue on a pedestal, and a colonnade with reliefs.

Porch before a Circular Temple

Pierre Moreau, c. 1750

Grey and white chalk drawing of forest treetops on blue-grey paper, with light striking the foliage on the right.

Forest Treetops Struck by Light

Heinrich Rieter, c. 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop church with a bell tower, cypress tree, and brick arches in the foreground.

The Church of S. Gregorio Magno on the Celian Hill (verso)

Antonie van den Wyngaerde, 1553

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig holding a quill, with books and papers on a desk beside him.

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

after Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved Jean Daullé, after 1738

Pencil sketch of angular, loosely drawn figure forms on a yellowed sketchbook page with black ink scribble at bottom.

Dancers and Performers (Page from a Sketchbook)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, c. 1911

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a rocky cliff beside a fenced path, with figures and farm buildings across an open plain.

Campagna di Roma (Roman Countryside) (recto)

Julius Jacob the Elder, 1851

Allegorical woman with sword faces a tiger on the left and a vulture on the right, Harper's Weekly 1886 cartoon.

The Watch on Spoilers. The Democratic Tigers and Republian Vultures Must Be Kept at Bay

Thomas Nast, 1886

Etching of the Holy Family with saints, the Virgin holding the Christ Child beside elderly men under a draped curtain.

Holy Family with Saints

after Giorgio Vasari Jan de Bisschop, 1671