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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of a wooded mountain landscape with tall trees, rocks, and a small hiker on a path.

Gebirgslandschaft mit Wanderer

Josef Kriehuber, 1876

Pencil drawing of a mountain lake with steep cliffs, wooded shore, boulders in the foreground and distant ridges.

Gebirgssee

Josef Kriehuber, 1863

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with trees, boulders and a distant peak, with faint grid lines over the sheet.

Gebirgstal

Josef Kriehuber, 1876

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, horses, and an architectural backd

The Adoration of the Magi

Antonio da Correggio, ca. 1517

Pencil drawing of a corner townhouse with dormer roof, shop awning and pedestrians on the street, by Rudolf von Alt.

Geburtshaus des Malers Joseph Neugebauer am Ulrichsplatz

Rudolf von Alt, 1850

Pencil drawing on aged paper with German handwritten verses and small sketches of a pig, a racehorse and figures.

Gedanken zum Künstlerdasein in der Gesellschaft: Vogelfrei in Wintersnot ...

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1925

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin standing on clouds with angels kneeling below and cherubs around her.

The Virgin in Glory

Abraham Bloemaert

Pen and ink frieze design with a reclining nude man, a female figure, scrolls and a small unicorn head.

Design for a Frieze: A Nude Man, Sea Creature, a Garland and Volutes, Small Head of Unicorn

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1600-30

Red chalk and wash drawing of classical ruins with a tomb inscription, stone arch, urn on column, and large tree.

Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1747

Charcoal study of a woman with one arm raised behind her head, draped fabric across her torso, on tan paper.

Study of a Woman

Adolph Menzel, c. 1875/1890

Pencil sketches of seven sculptures on pedestals, including reclining nudes, draped figures and an embracing pair.

Sketches of seven sculptures: The Four Seasons, Venus and Adonis, a Beggar, and Salmacis

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketches of sculptural figures on tracing paper: a seated woman with a dog, two seated figures, and a woman with a chi

Sketches of seven statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Watercolor of a grassy rocky landscape with cliffs, boulders, grazing sheep, a stone structure and a hazy sky.

Paradise, Newport

William Trost Richards, 1877

Pencil sketch of a classical statue of Venus holding drapery, standing on a rocky pedestal, with an Italian caption below.

Sketch of a statue: Venus Entering the Bath

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketches of five classical statues including a standing youth labeled Amore, a bearded draped figure, and reclining putti

Sketches of five statues: Love, Aristides, Putto with a Cat, Psyche, and Putto with a Dog

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting with a donkey, an angel in the trees, and a distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Guercino, c. 1626

Pencil sketch of a statue of a winged guardian angel with a child leaning against her, standing on a plinth.

Sketch of a statue: Guardian Angel

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen drawing of a sarcophagus design with a winged figure, a mourning figure, and an hourglass with wings above.

Design for a sarcophagus with two mourning figures

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen and ink sketch of two draped classical female statues on pedestals, one wearing a floral wreath, numbered 22 and 23.

Sketch of two statues: Ballerinas by Canova

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Sketch of four boys in hats seated on sand, with a wooden pier and a moored boat in the background.

Four Boys on a Beach

Winslow Homer, 1873

Pen sketches of six sculptures on pedestals, including a kneeling Magdalen, a winged angel, a boxer, and a Madonna with child

Sketches of six statues: Magdalen by Canova, Divine Love by Bienaimé, Praying Angel, Boxer by Canova, Trust in God by…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Solitude: Miss Vesta Rollinstall

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1878

Pencil sketches of three classical statues on numbered plinths: Diana, a nymph, and Cupid and Psyche, with handwritten notes.

Sketches of three statues: Diana, Nymph Bathing and Cupid and Pysche

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil drawing of a young woman with a veil in a circular vignette on cream paper.

Young Woman's Head

Esther Frances Alexander, 1860s?

Sketch of a statue: Bacchante by Bartolini

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling veiled woman reaching toward three standing robed figures beneath a stormy sky.

Composition with Four Figures [recto and verso]

Attributed to Washington Allston, c. 1805

Pen sketch of a seated nude statue with a lyre, beside a pedestal elevation and scale bars.

Sketch of a statue: Nymph (or Nymph of the Rhine) by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

Franz Xaver Schwanthaler, ca. 1850

Sketch of Three Vases

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Sepia wash landscape of Gowanus Heights with trees, a stone house, a path with two figures, and distant ships on the bay.

Gowanus Heights, Brooklyn

William Henry Bartlett, c. 1836/1837

Pencil sketch of a kneeling man supporting a fallen companion while pointing forward, on pale paper.

The Death of General Warren

George Caleb Bingham

Francois

Charles J. Bridgman, 1872

Brown ink drawing of four putti, one painting at an easel on a cloud and another drawing at a board, with a reclining figure

Allegory: Four Putti

Mather Brown, 1780/1790