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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers killing infants and mothers among classical columns, with bodies on the ground.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1635

Pencil and wash drawing of tall pine trees rising through misty morning light above a hazy open landscape.

Pines in a Morning Fog

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, 1830

Half-length chalk portrait of an older man with white hair holding a tied portfolio against a dark background.

Hubert Robert

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1787

Pen and red chalk drawing of draped standing figures and a reclining nude, with sketched studies of legs and arms.

Spectators Amazed

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1540

Painted Adoration of the Magi: kneeling kings offer gifts to Mary and the infant Jesus in a stable beneath angels.

The Adoration of the Magi

Simon Bening, 1520

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded ruler on a throne wearing a jeweled crown and holding a sword, dated 1523.

An Oriental Ruler Seated on His Throne

After Albrecht Dürer, 1523

Grey wash drawing of a classical triumphal procession with bulls, a chariot, a dolphin, putti and satyrs in a frieze.

Ancient Triumphal Procession

Daniel Lindtmayer

Pen and gray ink drawing of Abraham with a raised knife, an angel descending, and Isaac kneeling on wood beside a ram.

The Sacrifice of Abraham

Daniel Lindtmayer, 1586

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped goddess reaching toward an owl-like bird in clouds, with a child figure at right.

Ceres Changing Ascalaphus into a Bird of Evil Omen

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man in a draped cloak holding a scroll, set in an arched niche, dated 1565.

The Emperor Aulus Vitellius

Paolo Farinati, 1565

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flaying scene beneath a tree, with a nude figure, a standing man and onlookers.

The Flaying of Marsyas

Paolo Farinati, 1570

Brown ink drawing of the Nativity with kneeling saints and a veiled woman adoring the Christ Child in a manger.

The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes

Ludovico Carracci, c. 1605

Pen and brown ink drawing with red chalk of a Madonna and child, a standing man, sheep and angels in clouds.

Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto]

Antonio da Correggio, 1523

Brown ink and white heightening sketch on red-ground paper showing a seated Holy Family study and clusters of nude putti.

Studies of a Holy Family

Brown wash drawing of two nude men, one kneeling on a rock pointing upward, with faint sketched figures above.

The Baptism of Christ

Palma il Giovane

Brown ink and wash sketch of a baptism scene with a standing nude figure and a draped figure pouring water over his head.

Sketch for a Baptism of Christ

Palma il Giovane

Brown ink and wash drawing of a muscular winged angel flying diagonally, one arm raised and one extended.

A Flying Angel

Palma il Giovane, 1580

Pen and brown ink study sheet with several figures, including angels on clouds and a seated woman with clasped hands.

Studies for an Annunciation [recto]

Palma il Giovane

Pen and brown ink studies of muscular male figures on blue-grey paper, with a central framed group of sketched figures.

Figure Studies

Palma il Giovane

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child on clouds with cherubs above three saints on the ground.

Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints John the Baptist, Stephen, and Lawrence

Palma il Giovane, 1620

Pen and brown wash sketch of a rearing horse, a fallen rider, a nude figure and cloud studies on pale paper.

The Conversion of Saint Paul; Adam and Eve

Palma il Giovane, 1590

Pen and brown ink study sheet with several sketches of the Virgin and Child and saints arranged on clouds.

Studies of the Virgin and Child with Saints

Palma il Giovane, 1611

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin crowned in heaven by Christ and God the Father, with angels and saints below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Palma il Giovane, 1585

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing mourners lowering the body of Christ, with a haloed figure at right.

Christ Carried to the Tomb

Palma il Giovane, 1607

Pen and ink study of a flayed figure on a table with attendants, above sketched tangled bodies on pale paper.

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew; The Conversion of Saint Paul

Palma il Giovane, 1590

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash showing several figure studies, including a kneeling robed man and a nude torso.

Studies of Christ Healing the Blind Man, Saint Philip Benizzi, and Saint Sebastian

Palma il Giovane, 1611

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Mark writing in a book, seated on clouds beside a lion, with a radiant halo.

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Peter Candid, 1600

Watercolor of a crumbling stone ruin beside a slender pine tree and dense shrubs under a pale sky.

Landscape with Ruin

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Brown ink drawing of two saints healing a kneeling lame man in a colonnaded hall, with onlookers and a putto.

The Miracle of the Lame Man Healed by Saint Peter and Saint John

Peter Paul Rubens over Anonymous Italian after Parmigianino after Raphael, c. 1606/1608

Pen and brown wash drawing of travellers resting among crumbling Roman ruins, a tall tower and distant city in an oval frame.

Travellers among Roman Ruins