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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with a carved sepulchre, columns and niched statues, framed by an arch opening onto distant

Roman Ruins with a Sepulchre

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

Charcoal drawing of a Gothic cathedral nave with pointed arches, deep shadows, and a small figure standing in light.

A Cathedral Nave

Watercolor of a Gothic church burning on a hill, with a dark demonic figure looming above and small figures below.

An Ecclesiastic Building in Flames with Demons Above

Drawing of a young boy writing at a desk with an inkwell and books, in a dim room with bookshelves behind him.

The Scholar

Edmond Eugène Valton, 1869

Watercolor of a woman in a dark dress walking past a stone balustrade with urns and statues in a shaded park.

A Promenade in the Park at Sanssouci

Franz Skarbina, 1885

Watercolor of a rocky Capri beach with a cliff, breaking waves, a moored wooden boat, and a swimmer in the sea.

The Beach at Marina Piccola, Capri

Franz Skarbina, 1883

Watercolor of Venice with a domed church, bell tower, sailboats on the lagoon, and pedestrians on the waterfront.

Venice

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1903

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a jacket, shown in a ruled border on brown paper, signed Henri Rousseau.

Self-Portrait

Henri Rousseau, 1895

Watercolor of a nude figure standing in a canoe, holding a billowing blue cloth as a sail over calm water.

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa

John La Farge, 1895

Pen and ink sketch of a man seen from behind at an easel, studying a painted portrait head of an older man.

George Reynolds

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1859

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded sculptor working with a tool on a female bust seated on a tall stand.

Johnson Mundy, Sculptor

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1857

Sketching - George Fuller

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1858

Sketching - Emanuel Leutze

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1858

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man seated on a stool, painting at an easel, with a handwritten caption dated 1860.

Sketch Class Series - E.W. Perry

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a top hat seated on a stool beside an ornate stove, dated 1859.

H.K. Brown

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1859

Chalk portrait of a young man with short dark hair, dark jacket and bow tie, drawn on brown paper.

Portrait of a Young Man

Eastman Johnson

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining bearded man beneath processions of figures, dragons, and a radiant sun.

The Dream of Mordecai

Giovanni Guerra

Watercolor of a misty woodland with bare beech trees, mossy rocks, and fallen leaves under a pale sky.

A Winter Morning, Hoar Frost Melting

James Thomas Watts, 1892

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a Havana street market with donkeys, fruit stalls, an umbrella, and figures in hats.

Havana

Jules Pascin, 1915

Watercolor sketch of two women and a child seated on grass beneath a tree, one in blue and one in pink dress.

Nannies with a Child

Jules Pascin, 1917

Watercolor and ink drawing of a barber tending a seated man in a striped shirt beside an arched doorway and column.

The Handsome Barber

Jules Pascin, 1914

Watercolor drawing of several nude bathers in a pool beneath trees, with rolling green hills in the background.

Bathers

Samuel Halpert, 1905

Pen and wash drawing of a seated saint writing beside an eagle in an oval, within an ornate decorative frame.

Saint John on Patmos

Geoffroy Dumonstier, 1547

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged warrior figure pressing down on a serpent-tailed demon, with a robed figure above.

Saint Michael

Giulio Romano, c. 1527/1528

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ touching a kneeling leper while robed onlookers watch beneath a tree.

Christ Healing the Leper

Attributed to Pieter de Jode I

The Camel

Rodolphe Bresdin

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude twisting his torso, with one leg raised and hatched shading behind him.

A Seated Male Nude

Charles André van Loo

Red chalk drawing of a gentleman reclining in a carved armchair, one leg stretched over a footstool.

Gentleman Lounging in a Chair

Charles André van Loo

Brown wash drawing of Saint Paul preaching to a crowd beneath a classical arcade with Corinthian columns.

Saint Paul Preaching in Athens

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1734

Black chalk drawing on tan paper of a muscular satyr leaning back, one arm raised, with shaggy animal legs.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758