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Cleveland Museum of Art

6,365 works

Brown wash drawing of workers building a large wooden ark while a bearded robed man points at the group.

Building of the Ark

Alessandro Magnasco, first half 1700s(?)

Ink and wash drawing of a receding palace interior with arcades, balconies, and heraldic cartouches for a stage set.

Design for a Stage Set: Interior of a Palace with Arcades

Giovanni Battista III Natali, mid-1700s

Charcoal sketch of a seated nude woman with head bowed and arms around her knees, set against a faint rocky landscape.

Study of a Female Nude (possibly for an unrealized allegorical painting) (recto)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Pen and wash drawing of a street vendor under an umbrella selling small heads, with a cloaked customer and caricature face.

Study for "Au Bouquet de persil," (A Bouquet of Parsley)

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1833

Pencil drawing of the Eddystone Lighthouse on a calm sea with a sailboat at left and soft clouds above.

Eddystone Lighthouse

Mary Altha Nims, 1840

Watercolor of pink, white and yellow roses with green leaves and buds arranged in a bouquet on cream paper.

June Roses

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Painted drawing of varied seashells and red coral on a green seaweed background, labeled Shells in Seaweed.

Shells in Seaweed

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pen and wash drawing of the Quirinale palace in Rome with a mounted guard, carriage, and horse statues.

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Quirinale

Liévin Cruyl, 1664

Watercolor landscape of a stream flowing past dark rocks toward distant green trees under a pale hazy sky.

Landscape (recto)

Antoine-Louis Barye, c. 1823-75

Botanical drawing of a branch with three green leaves and six red apples on cream paper.

Siberian Apple

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil drawing of a valley with mountains, trees, shrubs and a winding path, signed R. Fry 1921.

Landscape

Roger Fry, 1921

Watercolor of a rocky shoreline with seaweed-covered stones, grassy slopes, and a pale sea under a grey sky.

Over the Ledges

Dwight Blaney, 1922

Pencil drawing of a kneeling shepherdess with a sheep and staff in an open field under cloudy sky.

The Shepherdess

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, fourth quarter 19th century or first quarter 20th century

Watercolor sketch of the Bercy riverbank with a cart, a stone bridge, city buildings and a cloudy blue sky.

Bercy

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1868

Four panels showing a skeleton trumpeter over falling figures, including two black-and-white prints and two sketch studies.

La Mort et les Passions fondant sur la terre

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff landscape with a waterfall and a wooden structure set into a cave opening.

Rocky Landscape with a Cave Chapel

Johann Martin von Rohoden, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of two large oak trees beside a dirt road, with a wooden structure and figures on the right.

Landscape (recto)

Georges Michel, 1800-1843

Pencil drawing of crumbling stone arches and a wall with an arched window, overgrown with vines and scattered rubble.

Ruins

Mary Altha Nims, c. 1840

Grayscale drawing of a harbor with sailboats, a paddle steamer, a stone pier, and a rowboat with figures.

Harbor Scene

Mary Altha Nims, 1850s or 60s

Soft grey drawing of a gothic stone church with crenellated towers and pointed windows beside a bare tree.

A Gothic Church by Moonlight

Mary Altha Nims, 1840

Painted coral dahlia with a yellow center on a green stem with serrated leaves, on a cream background.

Dahlia

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of cows resting on a sandy beach beside cliffs and calm sea under a hazy sky.

Landscape

Thomas Francis Wainwright, 1885

Watercolor of a white magnolia flower with yellow stamens and three large green leaves on a cream background.

Magnolia

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated figure with clasped hands before a large cross, surrounded by a crowd of bearded men.

The Verification of the True Cross

Filippo Bellini, c. 1590

Watercolor botanical study of a pink damask rose branch with buds, serrated green leaves and a thorny stem.

Damask Rose

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Painting of a red camellia-like flower with a speckled yellow center and dark green leaves on a stem, on cream paper.

Chinese Flower

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Sheet of pencil and ink studies of a seated old man in a cap and long cloak holding a walking stick, with hand sketches.

Le roi Pierre de Serbie

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Graphite sketch of a seated nude woman with her hair up, one knee raised, resting her hand on a dark rock.

Seated Nude

William Etty, c. 1807-49

Shaded drawing of an obelisk tomb behind an iron lattice fence with arched corners and shrubs, under a pale sky.

Tomb of Messina

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor drawing of a butterfly with green red-veined wings, blue-grey lower wings and rust-colored eyespots on cream paper

Butterfly

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s