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National Gallery of Art

236 works

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

A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

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

Black ink print of sailboats with tall masts and sails in a harbor, with reflections in the water below.

Sailboats in the Harbor

Christian Rohlfs, 1905-1910

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

Fishermen haul nets from boats on calm water at sunrise, with sailboats and distant hills in the background.

Tuna Fishing at Sunrise off the Coast near Marseilles

Félix Ziem, 1860s

Watercolor of jagged dark rocks with white surf breaking around them under a grey cloudy sky over the sea.

Seascape with Rocks

William Trost Richards, c. 1890s

Pencil sketch of a misty lake with a rowboat and wooded island, and an oval vignette of a tree, path and cottage.

Seascape and Landscape

Unknown artist, c. 1859

Lithograph of a European man reading a bill while a Chinese man with a queue smiles beside painted folding screens.

Hotel de la Marine

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Pen and ink sketch of a sailing boat on rippling water beside a shoreline with pilings and reeds.

Ships

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Pencil study of a standing man carrying a sack on his shoulders, with grid lines and a faint second figure at left.

Study for "Pêcheurs de la mer du Nord" (Study for "Fishermen of the North Sea")

Eugène Vail, c. 1893

Grid of twelve small engraved views of Dutch sailing ships, barges, and river boats, some with city buildings behind.

Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam (Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam): Part III

Reinier Nooms, c. 1652/1654

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky coast with hatched cliffs, breaking waves and a cloudy sky.

Rocky Coast

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Engraving of three ships between two Non Plus Ultra columns on rocky cliffs, with a decorative cartouche and inscription belo

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1729: The Ships of the Ostend Company and Trieste Company at the Pillars of He…

after Gabriele Valvassori Filippo Vasconi, 1729

Lithograph of a young woman seated on a bench gazing at a dusk sea with boats and village rooftops.

Reverie: Young Woman Sitting by the Sea

Alexandre Lunois, c. 1890

Watercolor of thatched and red-tiled farm buildings beside a grassy path, with tree trunks at left and sea on the horizon.

A Farm near the Sea at Margate, Kent

George Richmond, 1850

Book page with German poem and a black-and-white woodcut of figures in a boat among turbulent waves and birds.

Mit den Fahrenden Schiffen (With Travelling Ships) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Hey…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Lithograph of a Doric temple with columns and pediment on a stepped base, with grass and sea in the foreground.

The Temple by the Sea, Temple of Concord, Girgenti

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Etching of three masted sailing ships moored in a calm harbor, framed by trees, with a rowboat in the foreground.

Ships at Fowey

Theodore Roussel, 1911

Page with German poem Die Meerstädte above a black-and-white woodcut of a city tower, a rider on horseback, and a broken brid

Die Meerstädte (The Sea Cities) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Pencil drawing of a shipyard with gantry cranes, timber scaffolding, partly built hulls, and sailing ships in the distance.

The Sea Lord's Yard / The Walls of Miraflores Lock

Joseph Pennell, c. 1912

Brown ink sketch of sailors working rigging on a ship deck, with seated figures and a faint sea horizon behind them.

At Sea

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1901

Engraving of Neptune reclining nude on a sea monster, holding a trident, with fine hatched lines.

Neptune on a Sea Monster

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520/1525

Lithograph of ruined Doric temple columns and scattered stone blocks under a shaded, cloudy sky.

The Wine-Dark Sea, Sunium

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky coastline with hatched cliffs, calm water, and wispy clouds above.

The Coast

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Engraving of a sailing ship with crowded figures on rough waves, a praying figure on shore, and distant ships under a cloudy

Christ Praying while His Disciples are in a Boat on a Windy Sea

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a nude sea god riding a dolphin-like sea creature through waves, raising a staff in one hand.

Sea-God on a Dolphin Riding to the Left

Jacob Binck after Barthel Beham, after 1525