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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, St. John, and two angels in a landscape with a palm tree.

Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, St. John the Baptist, and Two Angels in a Landscape

Attributed to Donato Creti

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with five saints in an oval composition, with clouds and cherubs.

Virgin and Child with Five Saints

Attributed to Donato Creti

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling woman and a group of standing and seated men in loose, hatched lines.

Magdalene Washing the Feet of Christ with Eight Disciples Looking On [recto]

Attributed to Donato Creti

Pen and brown ink sketch of a musician playing a horn beside standing and dancing figures on pale paper.

Musician and Dancing Figures

Attributed to Donato Creti

Pen and brown ink sketch of a Holy Family: a seated woman holds an infant while an older man sits to the right.

Holy Family [recto]

Attributed to Donato Creti

Pen and ink sketch of a penitent figure with a skull in a rocky landscape, with two angels flying above.

Penitent Magdalene with Angels in a Landscape [recto]

Attributed to Donato Creti

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crowd with horses, kneeling figures and a child around a central group, with arches behind.

The Adoration of the Magi [recto]

Attributed to Donato Creti

Brown wash drawing of a woman in drapery and armed men gathered before a tent under a dark, stormy sky.

Isabella Abandons Her Home to Follow Odorico and His Men

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Brown wash drawing of a nude woman chained on rocks above a boat, with a sea monster and a trident-wielding figure above.

Angelica Is Exposed to the Orc

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of a man in a boat wielding an anchor amid stormy clouds and waves, with a winged figure above.

Orlando Kills the Orc with an Anchor

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman on a rearing horse, with armored rider, putti and clouds above.

Orlando and Angelica Arrive at Charlemagne's Camp

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Loose sketch of a winged hippogryph in clouds, with an armored rider reaching for it from rocky ground below.

Bradamante Tries to Catch Hold of the Hippogryph [recto]

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing with large trees, clouds, a river, two figures, and distant mountains and towers.

Landscape with Two Washerwomen

Agostino Carracci, 1580s

Grey wash drawing of a village fair with crowds, a horse-drawn cart, tents, and a distant church spire under cloudy skies.

Village Fair

Jan van Goyen, 1656

Grey wash drawing of a rural wayside inn with travelers, a cart, a rowboat, and a large tree under a cloudy sky.

Wayside Inn

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pen and brown wash drawing of a muscular winged angel flying with one arm raised, on tan paper.

A Flying Angel

Palma il Giovane, 1580/1590

Red chalk drawing of herdsmen and cattle crossing a wooden bridge over a rocky waterfall, with fishermen in the foreground.

Herdsmen Crossing a Waterfall

Hubert Robert, 1770/1775

Red chalk drawing of a wild boar resting on the ground, head lowered, with a German inscription above.

Wild Boar

Unknown artist, 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of many figures kneeling and washing at basins and cloths beside a tree and tents.

Ritual Washing of the Israelites

Abraham Bloemaert, 1606

Chalk drawing of an elderly woman with wrinkled face and gray head scarf, with red shawl visible at shoulders.

Bust of an Old Woman Wearing a Head Scarf

Lagneau, c. 1625

Pen and brown ink drawing of tall trees along a river, with two people in a small boat and a hut on the far bank.

Woodland River with a Boat

Agostino Carracci, c. 1590

Sheet of figure studies in grey wash, ink, and red chalk showing a seated woman with children and several mother and infant s

Studies: Major Thomas Biddle and Thomas Wilcocks Sully

Thomas Sully, 1820

Brown ink drawing of gnarled trees over a seated figure and a resting dog, with birds in the sky.

Landscape with Seated Figure and Dog

Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1620

Pencil drawing of covered wagons and horses traveling along a grassy hilltop with a rider and birds in the sky.

Travellers along the Crest of a Hill

Moulin, 1652

Drawing of an oval frame with a faint portrait head, a winged figure above, and a veiled woman writing at a desk below.

Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1769

Heads of a Man and a Woman

Adolph Menzel, 1899

Brown wash drawing of classical ruins with columns, cypress trees, a hill, and figures beside a boat.

Landscape with Ruins

Unknown artist, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Crucifixion with angels above and two kneeling saints below, one with a crozier and one with a st

The Crucifixion with Saints Roch and Augustine

Filippo Bellini

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin standing on clouds with angels kneeling below and cherubs around her.

The Virgin in Glory

Abraham Bloemaert

Red chalk and wash drawing of classical ruins with a tomb inscription, stone arch, urn on column, and large tree.

Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1747