New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Brown

140,386 works

Brown wash drawing of an allegory: an armored warrior fights a lion beneath arches, with winged figures above and a gentleman

Allegory in Honor of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, 3rd quarter of the 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a carriage pulled by two reddish horses past townhouses, with a coachman in a top hat on the box.

The Strawberry Roans

Attributed to Constantin Guys

Engraved print of a curly-haired nude man struggling to pin a second nude figure down beside a gnarled tree and distant lands

Cain Killing Abel

Jan Gossaert, c. 1525

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular man reclining backward on an animal skin, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758/1765

Brown wash drawing of Saint Mark seated with a lion, flanked by two bishops with crosiers and two hovering putti.

Saint Mark with Two Bishops and Putti

Attributed to Jacopo Palma il Giovane, c. 1580

Black ink bookplate on tan paper showing an ornate key with knotted cord and the name W. M. Stone below.

Wilbur Macey Stone

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in a bonnet cradling a sleeping infant beside an ornate fireplace.

Mme Victor Hugo endormant l’un de ses enfants (François-Victor) - étude pour Le Coin du feu

Eugène Devéria, 1828

Charcoal drawing of a robed archer aiming a bow at the night sky beside a large eagle on a wooden ship.

Nemrod

Georges Rochegrosse, 1888

Charcoal and chalk drawing on brown paper of a young girl with dark hair and a ruffled dress, by Whistler.

Baby Leyland

James McNeill Whistler

Engraving of a dim enchanted hall with a sleeping woman on a bed, surrounded by motionless courtiers, cobwebs and vines.

Until he reached the grandest room of all, the banquet-hall

Gustave Doré, 1865

Colored print of hounds attacking a fox near a thatched cottage, with riders in red coats at a gate and a horse nearby.

Fox Hunting. The Death

George Morland, 1800-1801

Engraved print with an oval portrait of Marie Antoinette surrounded by allegorical figures, cherubs, and clouds, with a dedic

A la Reine - Marie Antoinette

Sepia caricature print of a grinning balloon face over a crowded garden with fashionable onlookers and a trumpeter.

An English balloon 1784

Hand-colored print of passengers boarding a rowboat from a stormy beach, with sailing ships on rough seas beyond.

Embarking from Brighthelmstone to Diepp

Thomas Rowlandson, 1787

Brown wash drawing of a crowned king asleep in a canopied bed as a young man in a dark doublet leans toward him.

King Henry IV, part II, IV, 2

Alfred Edward Chalon

Painting of a seated woman in a gold gown and a bowing man with a staff in a garden, with an attendant watching.

Twelfth night, Olivia and Malvolio

Charles Buchel, 1901-1920

Watercolor sketch of costumed figures in a chaotic interior, a man in red breeches gesturing near an overturned table.

Taming of the Shrew; act IV, scene 1

John Augustus Atkinson

Watercolour of a man in a plumed cap reaching from a tree toward a woman leaning over a balcony under the moon.

A scene from Romeo and Juliet - the balcony scene

John Massey Wright

Watercolor of torch-bearing men and a sword-wielding young man in a forest, with a seated woman at right.

Scenes from Two gentlemen of Verona

John Massey Wright

Ink and wash drawing of a Renaissance-style courtroom with a robed judge, a cloaked man with a knife, and armed guards.

Merchant of Venice, IV, 1

Max Cowper, 1905

Brown and cream marbled paper with green floral motifs including leaf and clover shapes, dated 1900.

Gezogenes Marmorpapier (mit floralen Motiven)

Hugo Ochmann, 1900

Lithographed paper with a dense repeating pattern of tan rosettes and radiating lines on a dark background.

Lithografiertes Papier (Flächenmuster)

Otto Hupp, 1885 - 1904

Lithographed decorative paper with a repeating pattern of dark green stylized leaves and tendrils on tan ground.

Lithografiertes Papier (ornamentales Flächenmuster)

Otto Hupp, 1885 - 1904

Engraving of a young sower striding forward with outstretched arm, sack on shoulder, plowing horses and a church in the backg

Sower

Hans Thoma, 1897

Watercolor stage set design of a columned palace hall with a bull relief, gilded doors and a small figure in red.

Cinna - maquette de décor - actes 2 et 3, le palais d’Auguste

Alexandre Bailly, 1922

Ink drawing of a ruined village street with a cafe, a walking woman with a cane, and a broken wagon wheel under a stormy sky.

Gerbéviller

Georges-Bertin Scott, 1915

Pen and wash design drawing of a fireplace with pink marble mantel, arched mirror, and a pink portrait bust above.

Dessin d’une cheminée

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1749

Fashion plate of two women in 1931 outfits, one sleeveless with a long skirt, one in a patterned jacket, beside a flower vase

Créations Jenny

G-P. Joumard, 1931

Book cover with a black and white drawing of a town skyline with church towers reflected in water, above red printed title te

Skizzen aus Litauen, Weissrussland und Kurland - cover

Hermann Struck, 1916

Book cover with a lighthouse and breakwater over the sea, title lettering, and a map of Pomerania with city markers.

Heimatatlas für Pommern - cover

Karl Reinke, 1926

Painted cover of a book showing men gathered under a white tent canopy with two drummers, domed buildings behind.

Turcja i Egipt (Türkiye and Egypt) - cover

Wiktor Poraj-Chlebowski, 1925

Colored scientific plate of freshwater polyps with long tentacles, a water flea, green algae and plant stems on grey backgrou

Ferskvandspolyp

Karl Ludwig Alfred Fiedler, 1910