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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Watercolor and pencil sketch of architectural interior details with decorative panels, medallions, and an arch.

Sketch of an interior - architectural details

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil drawing of a rustic courtyard with timber buildings, a ladder, hanging laundry, and figures on tan paper.

Barnyard Scene

Émile Frédéric Nicolle, 1862

Watercolor of a root beer seller's cart with two customers drinking on a city sidewalk, a street sign nearby.

The Rootbeer Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Loose watercolor sketch of a hooded woman in a cloak beside a tree, with a shadowy standing figure in the distant woods.

Figure in woods - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Portrait of a Cardinal

José Villegas Cordero, 1875

Watercolor of a man in a blue coat driving a horse-drawn rubbish cart with a raised whip.

The Rubbish Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil sketch of an arched mural composition with standing draped figures, architectural forms and loose scribbled lines on a

Composition study for "Science Revealing the Treasures...": sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harris…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Charcoal drawing of a frontal face with half-closed eyes and bold, hatched outlines on pale paper.

Head

Gustaw Gwozdecki, 1921

Pen and ink study sheet with multiple sketched figures, including a central standing nude and a figure with outstretched arms

Studies for the Resurrection

called Il Cigoli ( Ludovico Cardi, 1590

Pencil sketch of an arched interior with a balustrade and a mural above, including a lion figure.

Drawing after John Singer Sargent's "Prophets" mural in Boston

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink drawing of a fortified hilltop town with hatched hills, cloudy sky and two ornamental cartouches with cherubs.

A Fortified Town (recto); A Geometric Design (verso)

Leonardo Scaglia, 1645

Pencil sketch on tan paper of abstract geometric forms, vertical lines, and stepped rectangles, with small Chinese characters

Original drawings and manuscripts by the artist, and documentary material

Viking Eggeling

Study of a young man's face, in profile

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown wash drawing of Phaeton struggling with rearing horses in a chariot beneath a radiant Apollo figure in clouds.

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Apollo

Jean Jouvenet, 1680

The Rags Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Circular red wash study with zodiac figures over a pencil geometric grid, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Composition study with zodiac figures for "The Hours" ceiling mural, House Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol at Har…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, bent over a book, with faint grid lines on the paper.

Woman Reading, sketch for Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower

Watercolor of a horse-drawn baker's cart loaded with bread, with a man in a blue jacket handing a loaf to a woman.

The Baker's Cart

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil study of concentric circles, squares and a stepped platform on aged paper, with handwritten annotations.

Study for an unidentified ceiling decoration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink and wash drawing of a skeleton in a helmet riding a rearing horse, raising a banner against a pale sky.

Death on a Horse, study for the etching in the "Five Deaths" series

Stefano Della Bella, 1648

Watercolor of a man in a green coat and top hat talking with a cane seller holding a cane beside a bundle of canes.

The Cane Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Charcoal study of a colonial soldier in a tricorn hat holding a musket, drawn on gray paper.

Figure study for "Valley Forge" mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1909

Brown ink and wash drawing of rearing horses and a fallen figure in a dramatic mythological scene.

Hippolytus

Abraham Bloemaert

Watercolor drawing of a man in a yellow hat playing a banjo while dancing on a wooden platform.

The Negro Banjo Player

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly man seated on a park bench near a street lamp while a child runs past.

Man on park bench - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil contour drawing of a standing male nude with raised arms and turned head, on cream paper.

Male Nude No. 12

Gaston Lachaise

Pen and brown ink sketch of three male figures in different poses, one kneeling, one standing, one reaching upward with poles

Three Figure Studies

Stefano Della Bella

Watercolor and ink sketch of a dark cloaked figure walking across green hills under a pale blue sky.

Cloaked man in landscape - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a milk man driving a horse cart with two metal milk cans and red-rimmed wheels.

The Milk Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Colorful watercolor landscape with horses, a red tree, and angular blocks of yellow, purple, and blue.

Landscape with Horses

Paul Gaulois, 1926