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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil sketch of two young women in long full dresses with puffed sleeves, standing side by side.

Study of Two Young Women [recto]

Valentine Cameron Prinsep

Painted birth and baptismal certificate for Anne Andres with red lettering, floral borders, houses, trees, and costumed figur

Birth and Baptismal Certificate for Anne Andres

Johannes Ernst Spangenberg, c. 1783

Symmetrical folk-art arrangement of many animals, including giraffes, elephants, lions and peacocks, in rows on a beige groun

Cutout of Animals

Unknown artist, second quarter 19th century

Mrs. John Bard

Sharples Family, 1796/1801

Watercolor of moored boats with red sails along a Venetian waterfront, with a bell tower and gondola under a cloudy sky.

Shipping Along the Molo in Venice

William Stanley Haseltine

Watercolor of a snow-capped mountain across a calm lake, with trees and reeds on the right shore under a pale sky.

Mount Tacoma

William Stanley Haseltine, 1899

Watercolor of a calm lagoon with a dark rowing boat, a red-sailed boat, and distant buildings under a grey sky.

A Venetian Lagoon

William Stanley Haseltine, 1871/1874

Pen and brown ink sketch of a nude woman bending over a reclining man, with a draped figure and small study figures beside.

Venus Lamenting Adonis

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1608-1612

Pencil sketch of a cabbage field with a tree on the left and a farm building and hedgerow in the background.

Le champ de choux

Camille Pissarro, 1880

Grey pencil and wash drawing of a grove of trees with tall poplars on a flat meadow under an open sky.

Grove of Trees

Camille Pissarro, 1859

Graphite drawing of two gabled houses on a hillside above a stone wall and a road, by Camille Pissarro, 1859.

Houses by a Road

Camille Pissarro, 1859

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a seated woman working among shrubs and trees in a garden.

Woman Working in a Garden

Camille Pissarro

Red chalk drawing of a deathbed scene with a reclining figure, draped bed, and surrounding mourners in an interior.

A Deathbed Scene [recto]

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1521

Graphite sketch of a running male figure with a billowing cloak and raised arm on toned paper.

Fleeing Barbarian

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1520

Red chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated nude woman with a winged figure lifting a wreath behind her.

Cupid Stealing Venus' Floral Crown

Antoine Coypel, 1705

Head of an Old Man

Antoine Coypel, 1716

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, with a priest, angels, and kneeling onlookers on

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple [recto]

Antonio Zanchi, 1700

Pen and brown ink drawing of a couple in a chariot pulled by two lions, with putti and torch-bearers in a wooded landscape.

The Triumph of Marriage

Pen and ink wash drawing of costumed commedia dell'arte performers on a stage with classical columns and arches.

A Performance by the Commedia dell'Arte

Claude Gillot, 1710

Red chalk drawing of a stage scene with a man riding a donkey past costumed onlookers and a reclining figure.

Scene from "The Tomb of Master André"

Claude Gillot, 1705

Grey wash drawing of skaters and figures on ice beside a stone city gate, with bare trees and a tower.

Skaters Outside a City Wall

Hendrik van der Straeten

Pencil study of a grotesque animal-like mask surrounded by curling scrolls, with smaller ornamental sketches below.

Ornamental Sketches with Grotesque Masks

Brown wash drawing of nine children listening to a girl under a garland, and two children on a canopied bed with a purse.

Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated on a Bed

Hubert François Gravelot, 1757

Red chalk drawing of a woman in a long dress surrounded by men in plumed hats beside classical columns.

Je suis vengé de toi: l'on te hait, et l'on m'aime

Hubert François Gravelot

Red chalk drawing of a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting, with a seated man, a kneeling figure, and a spear-bearing sol

Quoi donc, les vrais Chrétiens auraient tant de vertu

Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil drawing of two startled figures in robes and turbans gesturing near a pedestal in a columned interior room.

Calmine, quel objet vient Effrayer ma vue?

Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil drawing of a Roman crowd around a draped body on a litter beside a columned building and a carved urn.

Du plus grand des Romains voilà ce qui vous reste

Hubert François Gravelot

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman listening to a gesturing elderly man in an interior with columns, with figures behind.

Quoi! Vous servez Valois...

Hubert François Gravelot

Red chalk drawing of a crowd with banners and a drummer processing past a building, with a kneeling cloaked figure at right.

Mayenne qui de loin voit leur folle Entreprise...

Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil drawing of armed soldiers climbing a stone wall, one raising a fleur-de-lis banner while others brandish swords.

Il monte: il a déjà de ses mains triomphantes...

Hubert François Gravelot