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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Brown wash drawing of a historical scene with a seated ruler, armored warrior, mounted horse, soldiers and banners.

Historical Scene

Unknown artist, third quarter 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of a flood with struggling figures, a large ark, boats, a bent tree, and rain clouds.

The Flood

Georg Pencz after Michelangelo, 1530s

Ink and wash drawing of a grand church interior with receding arches, Corinthian columns and coffered vaults.

The Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome

Unknown artist, first quarter 17th century

Brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin with women attending an infant and God the Father among cherubs above.

Birth of the Virgin

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed youth teaching bearded elders with books in a columned hall.

Christ among the Doctors

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated at a well speaking with a woman beside a water jar, with a classical tower behind

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a dying friar on a bed, with an angel and putti above and kneeling monks in prayer.

Death of a Holy Friar

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a reclining saint with a cross, cherubs nearby, and angels playing music on clouds above.

Death of the Magdalene

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of a dying saint with a lion and angels playing music in the clouds above.

Death of Saint Jerome

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of the Deposition: Christ's body lowered from a cross by men on a ladder, with mourning women at left.

The Deposition

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a saint's funeral with angels above, torch bearers, kneeling mourners and a processional cross.

Funeral Procession of a Saint with Angels

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Saint Jerome receiving communion from an angel, with a lion, skull, and putti in the clouds.

Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a female saint's martyrdom with soldiers, a kneeling woman, cherubs, and classical architecture.

Martyrdom of a Female Saint

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Saint Andrew kneeling before a diagonal cross, with soldiers, angels in clouds, and a rider behind.

Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man raising a staff on a rocky height while figures below writhe and reach toward him.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed figure gesturing to a crowd as men move a stone beside a rocky hill and a city.

The Raising of Lazarus

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed risen figure with a banner rising from a tomb, while soldiers sleep or recoil below.

The Resurrection

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child on a cloud, with angels, putti, an ox and an arched interior.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Supper at Emmaus: a haloed figure at a table with disciples in a stone interior with stairs.

Supper at Emmaus

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown ink drawing of a large tree, an obelisk, classical buildings and a distant mountain in a landscape.

Heroic Landscape

Fan-shaped ink and wash drawing of the Death of the Virgin, with mourning apostles gathered around a reclining woman on a bed

Death of the Virgin

Johann Matthias Kager, 1620s

Pen and brown ink drawing of two helmeted soldiers in a wood beside a sleeping woman and a cupid.

Three Soldiers Discovering a Sleeping Woman

Nicolas-Raymond de La Fage

Charcoal sketch of three seated figures seen from behind in a meadow, wearing hats, with hatched grass in front.

Three Figures Seated in a Meadow, Seen from the Back

Unknown artist, late 19th century

Grey-ground pen drawing with white highlights showing six medieval figure studies, including seated, standing and reclining f

Studies for Six Figures (sheet from a model book) [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1450/1460

Pen and brown ink drawing of a smoking volcanic crater with rocky cliffs and tiny figures on the ground below.

Forum Vulcani: The Hot Springs at Pozzuoli

Joris Hoefnagel, 1578

Charcoal portrait of an elderly woman with hair pulled back, seated in a chair, dated 11 February 1923.

Mrs. Hedwig Berend

Lovis Corinth, 1923

Pen and watercolor landscape of a red-brick chateau on a hill, with a river, boat, bridge and distant town under clouds.

Landscape with Chateau on a Hill

Joos de Momper II

Head of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate palace staircase with columns, arches, statues and balustrades in deep perspective.

An Elaborate Staircase in a Palace

Ink and wash drawing of many nude figures tumbling downward in a dense, swirling mass, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1712/1715