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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of an adult goat standing beside a kid grazing on the ground, on a plain paper sheet.

Geit met jong

Jean Bernard, 1775

Pencil sketch of a tethered dog standing beside a kennel, with a distant town and church steeple on the right.

Aangelijnde hond, staande voor zijn hok

Jean Bernard, 1775

Pencil drawing of a reclining horned goat in front of a standing goat on grassy ground with shrubs.

Liggende geit voor een staande geit

Jean Bernard, 1775

Pencil sketch of a man standing by a well with a crane and bucket, bare trees and hills behind, and a small head study.

Sketch of a man by a well

Edwin Austin Abbey

Drawn circular portrait of a man in a buttoned garment, framed by decorative scrollwork and inscribed lettering.

Portrait of Rinaldo Orsino, Archbishop of Florence (1474-1508)

Bernardino Capitelli, early 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a nymph in a shell chariot drawn by dolphins, with cupids above and sea figures in the waves below.

The Triumph of Galatea

Girolamo da Treviso II, c. 1535

Charcoal and white chalk study of a robed figure with bowed head and hands clasped at the chest, on brown paper.

Figure study for the Infancy of Galahad(?), from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a standing woman in a headscarf and draped cloak, mounted on a cream board.

Study of a Standing Woman

Unknown artist

Brown and blue wash drawing of Apollo beside the bound Marsyas, with a lyre and tree, attributed to Veronese.

Apollo and Marsyas

Attributed to Veronese, c. 1600

Brown ink drawing of a draped classical female statue seen from behind, with heavy folds of fabric and curly hair.

Female Roman Statue Seen from the Back

Attributed to Nicolas Poussin

Sketch of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, mourning women and soldiers below, in pencil on tan pap

The Crucifixion

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Naldini

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded man reading beside a lion in a rocky wilderness with trees.

Saint Jerome Reading in the Wilderness

Domenico Campagnola, 1520/1525

Two striped pink and white tulips with a stag beetle and a butterfly, painted on an album page with handwritten labels.

Twee tulpen met vliegend hert en vlinder

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Two striped pink and white tulips with a blue dragonfly between them, painted in watercolor on an album page.

Twee tulpen met libelle

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Loose brown ink sketch of a religious scene with seated women, a child and standing figures within an arched frame.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine?

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Brown wash drawing of a historical scene with a seated ruler, armored warrior, mounted horse, soldiers and banners.

Historical Scene

Unknown artist, third quarter 16th century

Two striped tulips with a moth and a small insect painted on an album page, with handwritten Dutch labels.

Twee tulpen met dag- en nachtvlinder

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Two striped tulips with leaves on cream paper, with a small fly and a red ladybug between and beside them.

Twee tulpen met mug en kever

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Two striped pink and white tulips with a grasshopper between them on an album page, painted by Jacob Marrel in 1637.

Twee tulpen met sprinkhaan

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Watercolor page with two striped tulips, a cluster of strawberries, a snail and a dragonfly, labeled in Dutch script.

Twee tulpen met aardbeien en slak

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Watercolor of two striped red and white tulips with a green salamander between them and handwritten labels, by Jacob Marrel.

Twee tulpen met salamander

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Two red and white striped tulips on green stems with two flies, painted on a cream page with handwritten labels.

Twee tulpen met twee vliegen

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Ink and wash drawing of a flood with struggling figures, a large ark, boats, a bent tree, and rain clouds.

The Flood

Georg Pencz after Michelangelo, 1530s

Watercolour of two striped tulips, two red cherries with leaves, and a small fly on a cream page dated 1637.

Twee tulpen met twee kersen en vlieg

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Two striped pink and white tulips and a sprig of blue flowers painted on a cream page, with handwritten variety labels.

Twee tulpen met onbekende bloeiende plant

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Two striped red and white tulips on green stems with a small painted fly between them, on a cream album page.

Twee tulpen met vlieg

Jacob Marrel, 1637

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a cap painting at an easel in a cluttered studio with a draped curtain.

"There the pale artist..." - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902), p. 95

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Watercolor study of a knight in a red cloak riding a dark horse through green grass, with sketched figures beside him.

Galahad Departs, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, co…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and chalk portrait of a bald man in rimless glasses and dark collar, signed Engelhart and dated 1925.

Dr. Ignaz Seipel

Josef Engelhart, 1925

Pastel portrait of a man in a dark suit and purple academic hood against a tan background, with handwritten name inscription.

Thomas W. Swan B.A., Sterling Prof. of Law 1922-

William Sergeant Kendall

Two pencil portrait sketches on a cream mount: an elderly bald man looking down, and a bearded man in spectacles.

Dr. Karl Glossy (1848-1937), Direktor der städtischen Sammlungen

Josef Engelhart, 1929

Abstract watercolor and pencil composition with yellow, red, pink, and blue washes and dark brown ridges.

Forms

Fritz Stuckenberg, 1922