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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing on blue-grey paper of a ruined circular Roman structure at right, with a tree and small figure at left.

View of the Colosseum

Richard Wilson, 1751-56

Ink sketch on tan paper of a cyclist's fragmented forms in motion, with sweeping radiating lines.

Study II for Dynamism of a Cyclist

Umberto Boccioni, 1913

Charcoal sketch of two figures, one seated reading in the foreground and one standing behind, among dark trees.

Two figures - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and wash drawing of three ornate candlestick designs with classical motifs, including heads, garlands and a winged figure

Three Designs for Candlesticks

Henri Auguste, ca. 1770-1816

Brown wash drawing of a rococo cartouche-shaped frame with scrolls, a face mask at top and a shell motif below.

Design for a Frame in the Form of a Cartouche (Mirror?)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a dark hat with ribbon, resting her hand near her face, on cream paper.

Portrait of Jane Renouardt

Edouard Vuillard, 1926

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-style mill with a blue roof, central spire and weathervane, flanked by trees.

An Elevation for the Projected Mill at Méréville

François Joseph Belanger, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo scrolled crest with hanging drapery, signed Roma in the lower right.

Design for a Crest with Drapery (the Upper Part of a Canopy or Window Treatment)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil and wash sketches of ornamental forms on pale paper, including a tapering column, scrollwork, a hexagonal motif, and l

Fragmentary Sketches of Various Ornament

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and grey wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with a vaulted ceiling, classical columns, and receding arches.

Design for Stage Set

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat gesturing toward a woman in a long gown, with faint interior lines.

Sketch for "A Love Song," from Old Songs I (book published by Harper in 1889, previously published in Harper's Monthl…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Pen drawing with blue wash of a girl in a fur coat and hat looking down at a boy lying in bed beside a chair.

Meisje bezoekt een zieke jongen

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of two girls running hand in hand through rain across a grassy field with distant hills.

Twee meisjes in de regen

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a boy handing a parcel to a clerk at a post office grille, with waiting customers behind him.

Jongen met pakket bij een postloket

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a small dwarf pointing at a boy lying in an iron bed in a hatched-walled bedroom.

Dwerg bezoekt een jongen

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a winged angel leaning over a bed where a young girl lies, with an oil lamp on a nightstand.

Nieuwjaarsengel bezoekt Vera

Adri Ladenius, 1917

Pen drawing of two children playing with toys on an iron bed while a woman in a dark dress sits beside them.

Jongen en meisje met speelgoed op bed

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a boy in bed hugging a toy polar bear, with a table holding a book and fruit, and a bedside cabinet.

Jongen met een speelgoedijsbeer

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Watercolor of a winding river valley with eroded cliffs, a white wagon, a rifleman, and a line of travelers on distant ridges

Near Mouse River

John Mix Stanley, 1854

Pen drawing of a dog carrying a letter at a doorway while two women in 19th-century dress look on.

Twee vrouwen volgen een hond met een brief

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a spotted dog and a poodle with a bow facing a metal gate, with a farmhouse and trees in the background.

Honden Tilo en Poedel bij een hek

Adri Ladenius, 1916

Pen drawing of a boy washing a curly dog in a wooden tub outdoors, with a bucket and trees in the background.

Hein wast een hond in een tobbe

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of two dogs beside food bowls in front of a brick house wall with windows and a doorway.

Twee honden bij twee schotels met eten

Adri Ladenius, 1910

Pen drawing of a boy in a cap brushing a large dog in a field beside tall trees, with birds and poppies nearby.

Jongen borstelt een hond

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Black silhouette drawing of a child in a high chair pointing, with a cat arching its back and a dog nearby.

Kat en hond rond een kinderstoel

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a girl sweeping beside a dollhouse, with dolls, a stove and kitchen shelves, titled Poppenschoonmaak.

Meisje met bezem bij een poppenhuis

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of dolls seated at a tea table while a girl reaches toward them, a cat on the tablecloth, and a woman watching.

Poppen op theevisite

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Grey ink drawing of parted drapery revealing angels on clouds around a radiant monstrance, possibly a stage design.

Parted Curtains Revealing Angels Upon Clouds Worshipping a Monstrance (Design for a Stage Set?)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Loose brown wash landscape of rolling hills with faint pencil figure sketch in the sky area.

Landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sketch in black and red chalk of a seated woman in a classical hall with armed warriors and columns.

The Arming of Bellona

Laurent Hubert, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a neoclassical canopy bed with swagged drapery, tassels, domed top and urn finials.

Design for a Bed

Richard de Lalonde, between 1780-90

Sepia drawing of visitors in period dress strolling among classical ruins with carved masks, columns, and a large tree.

Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.