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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Brown ink drawing of a village street with cottages, a footbridge over water, a cart with a horse, and a distant church spire

The Village Street

Esaias van de Velde

Chalk drawing of a curly-haired boy in a striped jacket holding a lute, looking upward.

A Boy with a Lute

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1740

Pen and wash drawing of peasants harvesting hay under a sunburst, with a cart, farmhouse and castle in the background.

The Hay Harvest (June)

Jörg Breu the Elder, in or before 1521

Circular drawing of figures harvesting grapes and pressing wine, with barrels and a hillside vineyard behind them.

The Wine Harvest (September)

Jörg Breu the Elder, in or before 1521

Red chalk drawing of a rustic building beside Roman ruins, with trees, a hillside, and small figures in the foreground.

Rustic Building among Roman Ruins

Aureliano Milani

Red chalk drawing of a woman in a headscarf, head turned to the side, with sketched shoulders on pale paper.

The Artist's Wife Esther

Balthasar Denner, 1713

Brown wash drawing of a seated nude figure in a room with stools, a dog, and onlookers beneath an arched niche.

A Quaker Sermon

Alessandro Magnasco, 1712

Pen drawing of a nude male figure beside a tree, with a river, distant domed city and arched bridge behind him.

Apollo Standing in a River Landscape

Donato Creti, 1720

Grey wash drawing of a crowded oval disputation scene with robed scholars, a crowned woman, and soldiers in a classical hall.

The Disputation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Georg Wilhelm Neunhertz, 1727

Watercolor and ink drawing of a spring flower bouquet with tulips and crown imperial in a terracotta vase on a pedestal.

Bouquet of Spring Flowers in a Terracotta Vase

Jan van Huysum, 1720

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornamental frame with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist flanking an empty

Glass Design with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

Hans Kaspar Lang, 1595

Pen and wash drawing of a feathered-hat man seated by a tree, with onlookers, a thatched cottage and a rural landscape behind

William Tell Refusing to Honor Governor Gessler's Hat

Hans Kaspar Lang, 1620

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family seated and standing beneath a large tree with feathery leaves.

The Holy Family under a Tree

Simone Cantarini

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired man in a lace collar beside a sketch of a seated figure on tinted paper.

A Portrait of a Queen and a Study of a Woman Seated on a Cloud; verso, Sleeping Figure

Simone Cantarini

Red chalk drawing of a draped figure with studies of a leg, an arm and rolled cloth folds.

Studies of Legs and Drapery [recto]

Abraham Bloemaert

Circular brown ink drawing of a reclining muscular male figure pointing toward a rocky landscape with small figures.

Acis and Galatea

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590

Brown wash drawing of an artist's studio with a painter at an easel, assistant at right, and paintings covering the walls.

An Artist's Studio [recto]

Frans Francken the Younger

The Head of Christ

Guido Reni, 1623

Pen and brown ink drawing of mounted horsemen in turbans fighting with sabres amid fallen soldiers on a battlefield.

A Battle between Oriental Cavalry and Soldiers

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1636

Oval pastel portrait of a smiling woman with powdered curls, a plumed blue-trimmed hat, and a sprig of pink flowers.

A Fashionable Noblewoman Wearing a Plumed Hat

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1789

Watercolor of classical ruins, a waterfall, and an arched stone bridge with cattle crossing a river under a pale sky.

Dawn Landscape with Classical Ruins

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, 1760

Pen and ink sketch of men in hats gathered around a stone fountain in a garden, with trees behind.

Figures Seated Around a Fountain

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, 1755

Pen and wash drawing of Roman ruins with columns, a wind-bent tree, an inscribed plaque, a fountain and cypresses.

Architectural Fantasy of Roman Ruins with an Inscription Plaque

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, 1768

Pen and ink anatomical study of two human legs with hatched shading and a faint red chalk figure at lower right.

Anatomical Studies

Domenico Beccafumi

Pen and wash drawing of a woodland pond with tall trees, a seated fisherman at the water's edge, and birds in the sky.

Woodland Pond with a Fisherman

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, c. 1617

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large tree over a path, with a tent and sleeping figures at lower left and hills beyond.

Landscape with Sleeping Peasants

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1605

Pencil sketch of a seated woman working at a lace-making frame with a spoked wheel, with a handwritten note beside her.

Venetian Lace Making

William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916

Pencil sketch of a busy city street with carriages, pedestrians, tall buildings and a church spire in the distance.

Fifth Avenue Building from Grace Church

Pencil sketch of a weathered shack, rowboats and a pole on a sandy shore, with sailboats on distant water.

Fishing Boats and Shack

Pencil and chalk drawing of a rocky Maine coast with breaking waves, cliffs, and evergreen trees under a pale sky.

Maine Coast

Aaron Draper Shattuck, 1861