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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pencil sketch of a draped classical figure with raised arm above a stepped stone base, faint architectural outlines behind.

Two Greek Classical Figures

John Flaxman, in or after 1797

Pen and ink drawing with graphite underlay showing two male nude figures seen from above, overlapping in loose contour lines.

Two Male Nudes seen from Above

Pencil and wash sketch of a reclining man in a hat above a looser study of two seated women on tan paper.

Reclining Man; Two Women

Two Women's Heads

Pencil and grey wash sketch sheet with a standing draped warrior, a child, and several smaller figures.

Sheet of Studies, including Warrior with Child [recto and verso]

Illuminated choir book leaf with square musical notation on red staff lines and decorated red and blue initials.

Saints Peter and Paul

Ludovico Gaci, 1489

Pencil sketch of a seated figure resting its head on a hand, with a faint standing figure with bowed head beside it.

Study for a Monument

Two-page handwritten manuscript spread in gothic script, with columns of chronicle text about King John.

King John [right side]

Unknown artist, 16th century

Pencil drawing sheet with several loose sketches of draped figures in groups, one framed at upper left.

Sheet of Studies

John Flaxman, in or after 1798

Pencil drawing of a woman's face in frontal view, wearing a headscarf tied at the top, on pale paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Pencil sketch of a Gothic arched monument with cusped tracery and two standing figures in side niches.

Sketch for a Gothic Monument (the Simcoe Monument?)

John Flaxman, c. 1814?

Pencil sheet with six sketches of figures, mostly small children crawling, kneeling and sitting in various poses.

Studies of a Male Figure

Grey wash design for a monument with a blank inscription tablet, a circular medallion, and a draped cloth swag.

Three Inscription Fields

Pencil sketch of three reclining female figures grouped together on a stained, pale sheet of paper.

Three Reclining Female Figures

Pencil sketch of an architectural structure with niches holding robed figures and smaller standing figures beside it.

Structure with Figures in Asian Dress (Illustration for “The Casket”?)

John Flaxman, c. 1812?

Pencil sketches of three monument designs with figural reliefs and pedimented tops on a pale sheet of paper.

Designs for Monuments [recto and verso]

Pencil sheet with sketched studies of seated, reclining and standing figures in loose light lines.

Studies of Seated and Reclining Figures

Pencil sketch of two struggling figures, one lifting the other overhead, study for The Fury of Athamas by John Flaxman.

Study for "The Fury of Athamas"

John Flaxman, probably c. 1790/1794

Pencil sketch of a sphinx on a pedestal with reclining figures in the foreground, by John Flaxman.

Sphinx with Reclining Figures in Foreground

Pencil sketches of cloaked figures in long drapery on a pale, stained sheet of paper.

Sheet of Studies of Cloaked Figures

Pencil sheet of studies with many small sketched figures, some kneeling, bending and standing, on aged paper.

Sheet of Studies [recto and verso]

Pencil sketch of an ornamental border with interlocking looping forms decorated with scrolls on pale paper.

Ornamental Border Design with Winged Female Figures

Pencil sketch of a standing man facing a rearing centaur, drawn with loose overlapping strokes on grey paper.

Battle between Man and Centaur

Pencil sketch of two clusters of huddled figures drawn loosely on pale paper, one larger group above a smaller one.

Two Groups of Huddled Figures

Pen and brown ink sketch of two seated female figures with arms raised overhead on an irregular sheet of paper.

Two Seated Female Figures with Arms Lifted Overhead

Faint pencil sketch on cream paper showing columns, a standing figure, and a pedestal-like architectural form.

Designs for a Monument

Pencil sketches of two standing figures in draped clothing, one holding a small child, on a pale sheet of paper.

Two Studies of Standing Figure and Child

Pencil sketch of a group of standing draped figures with arms around one another on a pale sheet.

Group of Figures

Loose pencil sketch of a seated figure with outstretched arms, with hatched forms below on cream paper.

Seated Figure with Arms Outstretched

Pencil sketch of two figures embracing, drawn in light outline on cream paper with a brown stain at upper right.

Two Figures Embracing

John Flaxman, late 18th or early 19th century