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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Daumier lithograph of two men in a winter landscape, one leaning over a wall, the other in a scarf and hat, with a caption ab

Voisin, êtres-vous comme moi? ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Pencil and chalk drawing of workmen hauling ice blocks toward a horse-drawn cart beside bare winter trees.

Workmen Gathering Ice at the Water's Edge

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1850

Grey wash drawing with white highlights showing a centaur embracing a woman in the center, with smaller studies of centaurs a

Nessus and Dejanira in Four Poses, and the Dying Nessus

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1830s

Pen and ink sketch of a muscular Roman warrior from behind, sword raised, with fallen soldiers and mounted riders in battle.

An Ancient Roman Warrior in Battle

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1830

Pen and ink drawing of a gnarled pollard willow beside a stream, with bushes, fallen branches and birds in the sky.

A Pollard Willow by a Stream

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue patterned robe holding a folding fan before a bamboo lattice backdrop.

Kabuki Actor with a Fan

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820s -1840s

Etching of a crowded banquet in a columned hall, with seated diners, servants, and a dog in the foreground.

The Feast in the House of Simon

Pierre-Hubert Subleyras, 1738

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat working a spinning wheel, with a French verse below.

Madame Arlon Spinning Silk

after Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved Jean-Joseph Balechou, 1739

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a hooded figure in a flowing cloak, arm extended, mid-stride.

An Arab Rider on Camelback

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1840

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a cluster of chrysanthemum blossoms with curling petals on grey paper.

Chrysanthemums

Claude Emile Schuffenecker, 1890s?

Grey wash drawing of a trompe-l'oeil coffered ceiling with receding columns and a central panel of sketched putti and clouds.

Design for a Trompe-l'oeil Ceiling Decoration

Pietro de Angelis, c. 1780

Engraved perspective of a classical hall with rows of columns, a barrel vault with oval openings, and a tiled floor.

A Hall with a Barrel Vault

Lucas van Doetechum and Johannes van Doetechum, the Elder, after Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Watercolor botanical study of blue Gladiolus ringens flowers on a tall stem with pencil dissections of petals and stamen belo

Gladiolus ringens

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Watercolor of a white Narcissus calathinus plant with bulb, leaves, and botanical dissections of flower and seeds.

Narcissus calathinus

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Watercolor botanical study of Diasia iridifolia with bulbs, narrow leaves, arching stem and star-shaped flowers.

Diasia iridifolia

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Watercolor of a yellow iris with tall green leaves, with numbered pencil dissections of its floral parts below.

Iris curtopetala

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Woodcut print of a standing nude woman wearing a necklace, surrounded by stylized leaves and angular marks on tan paper.

Nude with Jewelry

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1906

Etching of partly ruined Roman baths with arches, classical statues, a fountain, an obelisk and small figures in the foregrou

Veterum Romanorum Thermae semirutae

Pietro Gaspari, 1771

Watercolor of three travellers resting beside a path in a shaded woodland glade with large trees and a fallen log.

Travellers in a Woodland Glade

William Payne, c. 1800

Watercolor of a ruined abbey with ivy beside a waterfall, three figures on a path, hills in the distance.

A Ruined Abbey by a Waterfall

William Payne, c. 1800

Pen and watercolor study of a dense stand of pine trees on a grassy slope, with faint sketched outlines of hills and trees.

A Study of Pine Trees

Johann Jakob Dorner the younger, c. 1820

Standing Nude with a Patterned Robe

Egon Schiele, 1917

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of an angel above a veiled Virgin with downcast eyes and flowing drapery.

The Virgin Crowned by an Angel

Circle of Federico Barocci, after 1575

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing sibyl holding a scroll beside a large feathered form, with wash shading.

A Standing Sibyl with a Scroll

Luca Cambiaso, mid 1550s

Grey wash drawing of a steep snowy mountain with mules, a rider and resting cattle on a grassy path below.

The Grimsel Pass

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1776/1780

Engraving of Saint Roch with a dog and a kneeling donor in fur, beneath a sunburst and leafy trees.

Saint Roch with a Donor

after Parmigianino Francesco Brizio, c. 1603

Pencil sketch of a man seen from behind in a hat, with studies of a leg, a hand and two figures with a wheelbarrow.

Studies of Peasants with Wheelbarrows [verso]

John Singer Sargent, 1870-1872

Loose watercolor study of a leafy tree with green and brown foliage and visible branches on tan paper.

Tree [verso]

Jr Enoch Wood Perry, c. 1870-1900

Grey wash drawing of a man in a wide hat seated on a cask on a wheelbarrow, facing a river and distant city.

Man Sitting on a Cask on a Wheelbarrow

Jacob van Strij, c. 1787

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman in a long gown, head bowed, with red grid lines overlaid.

Seated Woman (recto)

Antoine Toussaint de Chazal, c. 1815