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Cleveland Museum of Art

2,542 works

Brown ink drawing of a fisherman seated by a river beneath a large tree, with reflections in still water and a hazy sky.

The Fisherman (The Fisherman)

Théodore Rousseau, c. 1840-45

Pastel drawing of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan; reverse shows a pencil sketch of a standing woman lifting her

Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto); Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1872

Watercolor of a dirt road lined with tall autumn trees, beside a river with a small boat and clouds overhead.

On the Harlem River

William Rickarby Miller, 1855

Ink drawing of a dragon, phoenix and lion head among scrolling foliage and clouds, with gold-edged blue corners.

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Sahkulu, mid-1500s

Night desert scene with a sphinx, a woman holding an infant, a sleeping figure, and a grazing donkey, in charcoal and chalk.

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Luc-Olivier Merson, c. 1879

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child above a blank pedestal, with four evangelists, a bull, a lion, and angels around it

The Three Theological Virtures: Faith, Hope, and Charity, Surrounded by the Four Evangelists

Pieter I de Jode, before 1634

Pencil sketch of two rowers in a scull on a river, with a steamboat and sailboats in the background.

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

Thomas Eakins, 1873

Watercolor study of a spiny thistle-like plant in a green field with distant trees under a pale sky, signed Léon Bonvin 1862.

Study of a Plant, Possibly Thistle

Léon Bonvin, 1862

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of Venus reclining with Cupid beside her on grey-blue paper.

Venus and Cupid

François Boucher, second or third quarter 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of travelers with pack mules on a wooded road, with a valley, city and mountains beyond.

Landscape with Travelers

Jan Brueghel, 1605

Pen and brown ink drawing of seven winged archangels on clouds, with a central armored figure holding a sword and shield.

The Seven Archangels (recto)

Massimo Stanzione, c. 1620s

Pencil drawing of a hilltop church and buildings above a garden wall, with rolling hills and distant mountains beyond.

Saint Agostino from Bulagajo, Perugia (Saint Agostino from the side of the Bulagajo, Perugia)

Edward von Steinle, 1829

Pen and wash drawing of a manor house behind tall trees, with a long avenue of clipped trees leading to it.

The Manor House, Cresswells

Hendrick Danckerts, c. 1665

Blue-toned drawing of two monks seated beside a rocky cliff, with trees, a rural building and a winding road in the distance.

Landscape with Two Monks

François-Édouard Bertin, c. 1840

Pencil drawing of five people gathered around a piano in a draped interior, one woman playing while others listen.

Musicale at the Prellers'

Friedrich Preller, 1838

Pen and ink drawings on two sheets showing theatre-like scenes with figures in period dress, one with red wash.

Theatre Scene (recto); Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1765-75

Brown wash drawing of two dancers on a theater stage above a brass orchestra, with glowing gas lamps and audience members.

Valmy and Léa

Jean Béraud, c. 1885-95

Brown wash drawing of the Pyramid of Cestius flanked by city walls, ruins, figures and a bell tower under a cloudy sky.

The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome

Michiel van Overbeek, c. 1650-80

Grey pencil drawing of Isola Bella on Lago Maggiore under stormy clouds, with terraced palace gardens, a sailboat and figures

Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore

Edward Lear, 1839

Watercolor of convolvulus flowers with a hawk moth, caterpillars, pupae and smaller insects on pale background.

Convolvulus and Metamorphosis of the Convolvulus Hawk Moth

Maria Sibylla Merian, c. 1670-90

Red chalk drawing of a muscular seated male nude with wings rising behind him against a hatched rocky background.

Male Academy with Wings

François Boucher, 1745-50

Watercolor of the Ruby Range in Nevada, with pinkish rocky mountain slopes rising above a flat valley under a grey sky.

The Ruby Range, Nevada

Thomas Moran, 1879

Brown wash drawing of a hazy valley with distant ridges, seen through bare trees and rocks in the foreground.

A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y.

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1843

Pen and ink sketch of a winged archangel with a banner beside a wind god blowing on a cloud.

Studies of an Archangel and a Wind God (verso)

Massimo Stanzione, c. 1620s

Pen and gray wash drawing of costumed figures in a forest clearing around a garlanded pedestal with a foliage urn.

Design for the Divertissement from "La Pastorale" (First Entrée of the opera-ballet "Les Muses" by Danchet and Campra")

Jean I Bérain, 1703

Watercolor and pencil drawing of figures in straw hats gathered on a rocky beach, with sailboats on the sea behind them.

A Clam-Bake

Winslow Homer, 1873

Charcoal drawing of a village with a church spire across a still river, trees on the left, and two figures on the bank.

North Easton, Massachusetts

William Morris Hunt, 1877

Watercolor landscape of a ruined abbey among trees, with small figures in the foreground and blue hills under a cloudy sky.

Bolton Abbey

David Cox, c. late 1840s-1857

Watercolor study of about ten insects, including a large cicada, beetles with long antennae, and a grasshopper, on a cream ba

Studies of Insects

Johannes Bronckhorst, c. 1665-1727

Pen and ink drawing of two rib cages surrounded by ornamental scrollwork and foliate motifs on aged paper.

Rib Cages

Battista Franco Veneziano, early 1540s