New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Drawings & Sketches

76,090 works

Pen and ink sketch of courtroom scenes with robed judges, a bench, seated figures and small studies on beige paper.

Scene of the Tribunal (The Verdict)

Honoré Daumier, c. 1865-1867

Brown wash drawing of a family group in 18th-century dress: a seated woman, a standing boy, a girl, and two standing adults.

Thomas Sandby and His Family

Paul Sandby, mid-1760s

The Smoker

Honoré Daumier

Watercolor of travelers on a dirt road entering a town past a ruined stone building and large trees under a blue sky.

Travelers Entering a Town

Paul Sandby, 1751-1809

Pencil sketch study of two large men reclining on the ground with smaller figure sketches in a doorway nearby.

Sheet of Studies with Two Large Men on the Ground

Honoré Daumier

Red chalk and wash drawing of a young woman in a bonnet and apron, standing with one arm outstretched.

A Young Woman, Full Length, with Her Left Arm Outstretched

Paul Sandby, ca. 1770

Pen and ink sketch sheet with several figure studies, embracing and kneeling men and women, with ink wash in the lower right.

The Prodigal Son

Honoré Daumier

Sepia drawing of three seated girls, a standing boy by a tree, and two small dogs on open ground.

A Group of Four Children, with Dogs

Paul Sandby, 1798-99

Watercolor of rocky sea cliffs and boulders on a grassy coast, with a teal sea and heavy clouds under a grey sky.

Cliffs by the Sea at Cézembre, Brittany

Eugène Isabey, c. 1830

Loose ink sketch of a centaur carrying a woman, one arm raised, set against swirling cloud-like strokes.

Centaur Carrying Off a Woman

Honoré Daumier

Brown ink sketch of a young woman in a turban and cloak, head tilted, with loose quick lines on pale paper.

Half-Figure of a Young Woman

George Romney, 1782-86

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse with one arm raised and cloak flying behind, on pale paper.

Don Quixote

Honoré Daumier

Foal (Le Poulain) [also called "The Colt"]

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Loose ink and wash drawing of an actor in a cloak posing before an oval mirror, with a skull on a ledge.

Actor Posing in Front of a Mirror

Honoré Daumier, 1870s?

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a windswept tree over rocks and a waterfall, with distant hills under a stormy sky.

Stormy Landscape

John Hoppner, 1789 (?)

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a tall hat and flowing cloak, on cream paper.

Lawyer

Honoré Daumier

Watercolor stage design of a classical garden with a grape arbor, colonnades, statues, a fountain and blue curtains.

Decoration Executed for the Birthday of His Majesty the King of Westphalia

Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri, 1811

Brown ink drawing of a seated allegorical woman with a playful putto beside her, set among swirling clouds.

Study of an Allegorical Female Figure with an Attendant Putto

Unknown artist, second half 18th century

Charcoal sketch of a dancer balanced on pointe with a billowing skirt, drawn on tan paper.

Dancer

Honoré Daumier

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman and standing man beside a bench in a wooded park, ca. 1780.

Study for a Portrait: A Lady and a Gentleman in a Park

Unknown artist, ca. 1780

Ink and wash drawing of an elderly woman in a chair gazing upward while holding a small child on her lap.

The Grandmother

Honoré Daumier

Charcoal drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a pale rider, wings spread in dark strokes on tan paper.

Pegasus and Bellerophon

Odilon Redon, ca. 1888

Pencil and wash sketch on tan paper showing robed figures in interior scenes with a crowd beneath.

Scene in a Palace of Justice

Honoré Daumier

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing woman in a bonnet and flowing dress, one arm outstretched.

Diana, Viscountess Crosbie

Joshua Reynolds, after 1779

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of three seated men, the central one leaning forward as if reading.

The Reading

Honoré Daumier

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a long skirt carrying a child on her back, with a second child walking beside her.

Study of a Woman and Two Children

Joshua Reynolds, 18th century

Watercolor of a woman in a blue dress and headscarf on a brown ground, beside a pencil sketch of tents on the verso.

Woman in a Blue Dress (recto); War Encampment Scene (verso)

Constantin Guys, 1855-60

Profile Portrait of Bishop Antonius Campanus of Agram (Zagreb)

Unknown artist, late 15th-early 16th century

Ink and graphite sketch of a seated woman with curly hair and a sheer veil across her face, arm resting in her lap.

Woman with Veil

Honoré Daumier

Head of a Man

Honoré Daumier

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with raised arm beside a small winged cupid reaching through clouds.

Female Nude (Danaë)

Unknown artist, late 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing man bending over a reclining male nude on a ledge against a dark background.

Two Male Nudes

Unknown artist, probably 18th century