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Cleveland Museum of Art

6,365 works

Pencil sketch of sand dunes with trees and driftwood along a calm lakeshore, drawn on pale paper.

Sand Dunes, Lake Ontario

Homer Dodge Martin, c. 1874

Watercolor of a man standing in a small boat spearing eels on calm water, with a shingled house on the shore.

Spearing Eels

Pastel drawing of a blonde woman gazing upward, wearing a studded steel gorget over red drapery.

Head of a Woman (Beatrice)

Rosalba Carriera, 1700-1750

Painting of a blue star-shaped flower with yellow center and green leaves on a slender stem, on cream paper.

Star Flower

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor design of a tall ornate portable altar with canopy, gilded angels, painted panels and a red carpeted staircase.

Portable Field Altar for Charles X

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1824-1830

Soft grey drawing of a crenellated castle tower and walls under a pale moon in a misty sky.

Ruins by Moonlight

Mary Altha Nims, 1840

Pencil drawing of a tall stone lighthouse with a domed lantern and weathervane, labeled Buffalo Light House.

Buffalo Lighthouse

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil drawing of Chillon Castle with towers, dark roofs and flags on a hill, with a tree at left.

Chillon Castle

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Soft grey drawing of a white swan with a red bill, neck curved, reflected in still water below.

Swan

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Painting of several moored schooners with red masts and rigging at a wharf, reflected in calm harbor water.

Idle Days, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Caroline E. Coit, c. 1920

Watercolor of an orange and yellow butterfly with green-edged wings resting on a branch with serrated green leaves.

Rose Bush and Butterfly

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Loose painted sketch of a woman in white bending over a seated child on white bedding, with soft golden light.

Child Worship

Charles Sims, c. 1926

Brown wash drawing of a craggy rock outcrop with a ruined wall, tree, and small house at its base.

The Rock of Beauregard, Lyon

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1780-1790(?)

Pencil drawing of two trees side by side: a tall upas tree with spreading crown on the left, a twisted maple on the right.

Studies of Upas and Maple Trees

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Two pen and wash drawings: a tree-lined road with large oaks, and a riverside street with houses and a distant bridge.

Landscape (recto) Two Views of Paris (verso)

Georges Michel, first half 1800s

Brown wash drawing of a man in a red turban riding a prancing white horse with a decorated saddle.

Arab on Horseback

Horace Vernet, 1800s

Woman in headscarf pointing across a pale plain toward a distant village with smoke, with a child beside her, in watercolor a

It Was Our House

Jean-Louis Forain

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a feathered hat facing a man leaning over a desk, with a second figure behind him.

The Client

Jean-Louis Forain

Grey wash drawing of soldiers whipping a bound, kneeling figure in an arched hall, with onlookers and a balcony above.

The Flagellation

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1788

Four sketches of a street shooting with soldiers, rifles raised, and civilians fleeing past buildings and smoke.

Fusilade dans une rue

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Three versions of a portrait of a French officer in kepi and uniform with a cross medal, two inked with 'Liège 1914'.

Général Leman

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Ink drawing of a battleship's gun turrets aiming forward as a shell explodes in a burst of smoke and spray.

Bombe explosant sur un cuirasse aux canons braques

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Study of Two Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, 1818-1819

Portrait of a Young Woman

Octave Tassaert, c. 1854-1858

Pencil portrait of a woman with hair in a smooth bun, faint smile, and sketched shoulders on tan paper.

Portrait Head of a Woman

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Watercolor bust of a bare-shouldered woman with dark braided hair, turned to one side, on a sheet with pencil guidelines.

Bust of Sophie

Walt Kuhn, c. 1900-1929

Pen and wash drawing of a barrel-vaulted arcade with receding columns opening onto a distant town.

Barrel-Vaulted Arcade Rendered in Perspective

Francesco Battaglioli, c. 1780-96

Graphite drawing of a bearded field worker asleep against a rock, with a sickle beside him and a horse and woman in the dista

Sleeping Field Worker

Dominque Louis Papety, 1842

Pen drawing of a crowded London street with a scaffolded department store draped for the 1937 coronation celebrations.

Selfridges, Oxford Street; Coronation of George VI

Muirhead Bone, 1937

Pen and ink drawing of a medieval walled city with round towers, a Gothic church, and figures walking along the rampart path.

The Temple, Paris

Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1904