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140,210 works

Brown wash drawing of men in a boat carrying off a struggling woman, with a domed rotunda on the shore at right.

The Abduction of Helen

Giuseppe Salviati, mid-16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing with white highlights of a standing woman in flowing drapery holding a fan.

Allegorical Figure of a Woman

Pietro Antonio Novelli, ca. 1745-55

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in the rain, one kneeling by iris plants under a parasol, one on a veranda.

Viewing Iris in the Rain

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-70

Woodblock print of a teahouse garden with stepping stones, a bamboo fence, and women in kimono beneath cherry blossoms.

Mukojima no Zu (Hira-Iwa)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Color woodblock print of two women in kimono at a reedy riverbank with thatched houses behind them.

Two Young Ladies at the Shore

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono catching water from a waterfall beside a maple tree on a cliff.

Parody of the Legend of Kyoyu and Sofu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-72

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded painter working at an easel in a cluttered studio with a skull and bust.

A Painter at Work in his Studio

Thomas Wijck, 1663-77

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head with white highlights on tan paper, with a small figure sketched below.

Self-Portrait

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, ca. 1865

Charcoal and red chalk portrait of a woman with curly hair and earrings, looking sideways with a faint smile, on tan paper.

Portrait of Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1919

Pencil sketch of a boy leading a horse and cart past cottages, with figures walking in the background.

Boy with a horse-drawn cart against the background of a cottage

Józef Chełmoński, 1880

Pastel drawing of a young girl with long dark hair wearing a green myrtle wreath with a blue band, in a bust portrait.

Castitas, bust of a girl with a myrtle wreath on her head

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Colored pencil sketch of a tall tower with a pointed tiled roof and surrounding stone and timber rooftops.

Sketches from Nuremberg. City buildings at the river

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil drawing of a woman in an elaborate headdress and jeweled gown within a Gothic arch frame with heraldic shields.

Bona Sforza

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Ink drawing of ornate sixteenth-century book binding designs with floral scrollwork and a figure in an arched panel.

Drawing copies from sixteenth-century Italian book bindings

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil and watercolor copy of a bearded saint in a jeweled mitre and cope holding a processional cross.

Saint Gregory. Copy of a wall painting from the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Brown wash drawing of rocky cliffs above water under a stormy sky, with a small arched building and trees on the right.

Mountain landscape with lake

Anton Melbye, 1855

Pencil and ink architectural sketch of a palace wall with columns, panels, a cornice and seated female figures above.

Sketch for the southern wall in the Hall of State at the Royal Palace in Stockholm

Carl Hårleman, 1730

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of a cow, geese, and a child, signed by Viggo Johansen in the lower left.

Studies from Dragør

Viggo Johansen, 1920

Etched portrait of a seated bearded man in a dark jacket, turned to the right, with a hand raised near his face.

Paul Signac (Portrait de Paul Signac)

Camille Pissarro, c. 1890

Brown wash drawing of a nude man holding a torch and a flaming orb, with a dog, tree, and small crowd behind him.

Ignis

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1586

Ink drawing of a man in a striped shirt carrying a long plank on his shoulder, with French poster text on a tan sheet.

Man Carrying Lumber

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1893

Two Cows and a Sheep

Adriaen van de Velde, c. 1657/1659

Etching of a quack doctor displaying potion bottles to villagers under a canopy beside a large tree.

Quack Doctor Presenting his Potions to a Group of Bystanders

Adriaen van Ostade, 1648

Chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin Mary in prayer beside the haloed infant Christ, with an angel above.

Madonna and Child

Andrea Andreani after Francesco Vanni, 1591/93

Etching of wooden houses on stilts over a canal in Amsterdam, with figures on porches and their reflections in the water.

Long House - Dyer's - Amsterdam

James McNeill Whistler, 1889

Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto]

James McNeill Whistler, 1871/1874

Brown ink drawing of a mounted armored warrior on a horse with soldiers and shields, before a walled city with towers.

Horatius Cocles Defending Rome

Unknown artist, 16th century

Engraving of nude Hercules raising a club as a centaur grips him from behind beside a bare tree.

Hercules and Nessus

Marcantonio Raimondi, c. 1504/1509

Red chalk drawing of a robed older man bending over a kneeling nude youth on rocky ground.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Workshop of Luca Signorelli, c. 1500

Black and white chalk drawing of a seated elderly man in classical drapery, gesturing with one arm, on brown paper with grid

An Elderly Man in Classical Drapery

Unknown artist, 18th century

Brown wash and white heightening drawing of a standing woman holding a scroll, on blue-grey paper.

Standing Woman Holding a Scroll

Twilight marsh landscape with tall bare trees on the left, reflective pools, distant village and an orange-to-blue sky.

Marsh Landscape at Twilight

François-Auguste Ravier, c. 1880