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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash drawing of a river flowing past rocks and trees, with hills and clouds in the background.

River landscape

Pencil sketches of four figures in Spanish dress with a grey wash behind one figure, on cream paper.

Sketches of Four Figures, Spain

Eugène Delacroix, Thursday, May 26, 1832

Ink and wash sketches of a rearing horse attacked by a lion, plus a lion wrestling a serpent in brown wash.

Studies of a Rearing Horse Attacked by a Lion and a Lion Wrestling with a Serpent

Eugène Delacroix, 1830s

Grey wash drawing of a tall pine and cypress above shrubs, with a bare tree at left and soft hills beyond.

Bäume bei Rom

Johannes Jansz. Collaert

Pen and grey wash drawing of horses at a hay rack in a stable yard beside a thatched barn, with pigs resting nearby.

Stable Yard with Horses

Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-1795

Bildnis Carl Philip Fohr

Franz Horny, 1817

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with trees, rocks, a stream and a small waterfall.

Waldlandschaft bei Tivoli

Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Watercolor of an officer in a blue coat reviewing ranks of soldiers and drummers on a parade ground under a cloudy sky.

The Review

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1800

Watercolour of a river between wooded hills, with five small figures wading across the current under a cloudy sky.

On the Buller River, Near Lake Arthur, Rotoiti

William Fox KCMG

Pen and ink drawing of several horned goats grazing and resting beneath pine branches beside a stream and rocks.

Grazing goats

Brown ink and wash drawing of a garden with a tall tree, a banquet group, and a reclining figure with two dogs in the foregro

Der reiche Prasser und der arme Lazarus

Hans Rottenhammer

Pencil drawing of a standing woman with bowed head and clasped hands, wearing draped robes, on tan paper.

Büßende Magdalena

Graphite study sheet with white highlights showing two male figures, one raising an arm and one lifting a hat.

Studienblatt: heimkehrender Schnitter

Charcoal self-portrait sketch of a man's face in three-quarter view, dated 27 April 1922, with dark shading.

Selbstbildnis

Lovis Corinth, 1922

Grey wash drawing of a stone arch bridge over a river, with riders, a rocky cliff and hilltop houses.

Italienische Landschaft mit Brücke

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a standing man in a long coat, embroidered waistcoat and fur hat, facing left.

Hessischer Bauer, nach links stehend

Pen drawing of a rustic Italian farmhouse with chimney smoke, a leaning tree, and small figures and a dog in the foreground.

Italienisches Gehöft

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Brown wash drawing of two men in a rowing boat with an oar, framed by foliage.

Zwei Männer im Ruderboot

François Boucher

Grey paper with pencil studies: a foreshortened child at upper right and a kneeling woman seen from behind below.

Studienblatt: Kinderfigur, daneben Skizze einer Personengruppe

Watercolour branch with red berries, pale fluffy flowers and reddish and green leaves, signed by Fanny Richardson.

Untitled [Coprosma male and female]

Fanny Richardson

Pencil drawing with white highlights of a seated nude woman leaning on one arm, legs stretched out, looking toward the viewer

Sitzender weiblicher Akt

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a young woman with bobbed hair holding a curved sickle, on gray paper.

Eine Schnitterin mit Sense

Brown wash drawing of nude nymphs and cherubs under a tree, with a tipped ornate urn in the foreground.

Venus und Nymphen

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Panoramic pencil sketch of a braided river valley with snow-capped mountain ranges in the background.

Waimakariri River

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Sketchbook page with pencil and ink studies of a standing man, a man in a top hat, and several portrait heads.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs mit div. Figur-, Kopf- u. Aktskizzen auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Ein Reiter

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Watercolour of a flowering Myrsine salicina branch with long green leaves and small pink flower clusters on a cream backgroun

Toro [Myrsine salicina]

Fanny Richardson

Pen and ink sketchbook page with figure studies, head sketches, and small group compositions by Josef Engelhart, 1884.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs mit div. Figuren- und Kompositionsskizzen auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Sepia drawing of a square with a colonnaded building, a domed rotunda, two fountains and trees.

Platz in Ariccia

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Pencil sketch of a river with wooded hills, rowing boats, sailboats and a row of buildings along the shore.

On the River Grey

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch of a young man seated in an armchair with an open book on his lap, in an interior setting.

Junger Mann mit Buch in einem Sessel sitzend

Sketchbook page with pen studies of faces, a seated woman, a nude figure, ears, and a red chalk hand.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs mit div. Kopf-, Figuren- und Anatomiestudien

Josef Engelhart, 1884