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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor of a dusty road with carriages, a striped toll gate, a chapel with a spire, and pedestrians including a soldier.

Hernalser Linie

Gustav Korompay, 1890

Pen and watercolour drawing of a woman leaning on a post with a small child in blue holding her apron.

Kvinna som lutar sig mot en stolpe, med ett litet barn

Adriaen van Ostade

Small colored sketch of a seated peasant man in a cap smoking a long pipe, with yellow sleeves and green trousers.

Sittande bonde som röker en pipa

Adriaen van Ostade

Watercolor drawing of a seated peasant in a red cap leaning forward on a chair, holding a pipe.

Sittande bonde, framåtböjd, med en pipa i höger hand

Adriaen van Ostade

Graphite and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing soft folds of cloth in light and shadow.

Drapery Study for "Mary and Elizabeth Royall"

John Singleton Copley, c. 1758

Watercolour drawing of a seated peasant in a yellow apron holding a beer tankard and a pipe on a wooden chair.

Sittande bonde som håller ett ölglas

Adriaen van Ostade, 1640

Grey chalk study of a crowded interior with robed men gathered around a seated figure beneath a draped canopy.

Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham"

John Singleton Copley, 1779

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted brick cellar with a man at the entrance and a woman on stairs at the far end.

HUA-28642-Interieur van de kelder onder de Domtoren te Utrecht uit het noorden met op de achtergrond de toegangstrap

Herman Saftleven, 1675

Chalk portrait drawing of a man in a high collar and white cravat, rendered in brown and white on tinted paper.

Dr. John Warren

Rembrandt Peale, c. 1806

Drawing of a brick-vaulted cellar stairway with three figures at left, a measurement diagram on the wall, and a barrel and do

HUA-28641-Gezicht op de ingang van de kelder onder de Domtoren te Utrecht uit het zuiden Rechts hangt een schematisch…

Herman Saftleven, 1675

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a figure's back and arm draped in gray and red cloth, with a separate fabric study at right.

The Cape of Pinzon

John Vanderlyn, c. 1838

Pen and grey wash drawing of a mountain valley with two travelers on a path beside a large tree and rocky cliff.

Mountain Landscape

Jan Hackaert, 1655

Charcoal and wash study of a reclining nude male figure with eyes closed, legs outstretched, and a sketched arm at upper righ

Study for L'Autopsie

Paul Cézanne, 1867/69

Watercolor drawing of a summer river with a sailing pleasure boat, a classical mansion, a carriage and fishermen on the bank.

Summer Landscape with Pleasure Boats

Cornelis Pronk, 1748

Drawing of a stormy rural landscape with a thatched farmhouse, church steeple, scattering cattle and wind-bent trees.

A Stormy Landscape

Marco Ricci, c. 1725

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated woman in a black lace cloak holding a letter beside a writing table.

Woman Seated at a Table, Holding a Letter

Watercolor of the Bay of Naples with a city on the left, a sailboat, and Mount Vesuvius smoking on the right.

The Bay of Naples with Mounts Vesuvius and Somma

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1782

Red chalk drawing of a standing gentleman in tricorn hat and long coat holding a riding crop, with boots and shadow.

Gentleman with a Riding Crop

Pierre-Alexandre Wille

Pencil drawing with red chalk of a woman in a feathered hat and long dress leaning on a pedestal, with faint sketched figures

Maria Cosway with Her Daughter Louisa

Richard Cosway, 1794

Ink and wash floor plan of Saint-Jean church in Besançon, labelling nave, side aisles, choir and chapels, with red annotation

Plan de la cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon

Denis Philibert Lapret, 1821

Pencil portrait of a seated bearded man with curled hair in a waistcoat, signed and dated 1842.

Herr Haiden

Eduard Swoboda, 1842

Architectural cross-section drawing of a building's west front with domed pavilions and interior rooms, labeled Section of th

Section of the West Front, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Portret van de schrijver Albert Verwey

Henri Le Fauconnier, 1918

Pen and wash drawing of a temple scene with a priest receiving an infant, red drapery, kneeling figures and onlookers on step

De Opdracht in de tempel

Jacob de Wit, 1746

Pen sketches of urns, a relief, a statue on a pedestal and an interior, with Dutch handwritten text on a sketchbook page.

Handschrift met schetsen voor opdrachten

Philip Tideman, 1694

Vellum book cover with a central oval gold ornamental medallion and a thin ruled border, stained and worn.

Notitieboek met 92 genummerde bladzijden

Paulus de Kempenaer, 1600

Pencil sketch of a figure leading an ox cart across a flat field, with trees at right and a distant village and sailboat at l

L'Ile aux Moines with Figure and Cart

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1858

Pale vellum album cover with gold-toned scroll borders, a central diamond cartouche with an oval blank, and a green ribbon ti

Familiealbum van Pieter Serwouters met 34 bladen

Pieter Serwouters, 1596

Portret van de dichter Jan Jacob Slauerhoff

Wilhelmus Johannes Steenhoff, 1932

Pencil drawing of sailing ships on calm water with a distant harbor town and cloudy sky.

Coastal Landscape with Shipping

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1858

Architectural cross-section drawing of Houghton Hall showing ornate interior rooms, arched colonnade and two domed towers.

Transverse Section, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Pencil sketch of a coastline with a sailing ship, small boats, a windmill on a headland, and distant hills.

Coastal Landscape with Shipping; Windmill in Distance

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1858