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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Graphite sketch of dark rolling mountains above a village with rooftops and trees, on yellowed paper.

Leoben

Karl Wiener, 1943

Ink and pencil design of two nude figures holding garlands, framing a central panel of a reclining figure in drapery.

Allegory of Summer

Koloman Moser, in or after 1896

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd of onlookers gathered at the back of a wooden peep-show booth.

The Peep-Show

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1765/1766

Leopold Czihaczek im Profil

Egon Schiele, 1906

Brown wash drawing of a tower beside a winding road, a river with grazing cattle, and trees on rolling hills.

View near Rosora di Serra San Quirico

Leopold Czihaczek im Profil vor rotem Hintergrund

Egon Schiele, 1906

Pastel drawing of a sailboat with two figures on water beneath a dreamy sky of orange, red and blue clouds.

Flower Clouds

Odilon Redon, c. 1903

Drawing of a haloed woman held by tormentors as one uses pincers at her mouth, with a winged figure and flames above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Apollonia

Red chalk drawing of a ruined timber barn, a tree, a broken fence and a hen on bare ground.

The Bee and the Hen

Bernhard Rode, 1724-97

Brown ink drawing of a penitent woman with long hair seated by a skull in a rocky cave, with a pencil study beside it.

The Penitent Magdalene

Adriaen van der Werff, n.d.

Pen drawing of winged warriors battling in the sky above a castle town, with a king and retinue and ladies below.

A King and His Retinue Confronting Ladies under a Celestial Battle

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Chalk portrait drawing of an older man with white hair and a high collar on toned grey paper.

Benjamin Fisher

Attributed to Gilbert Stuart

Brown ink and wash drawing of two washerwomen by a rustic hut with hanging laundry, a wooden tub, and a tree.

Washerwomen in Front of a Cottage

Johann Georg Wille, 1769

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a man's head turned upward, mouth open, with windswept hair against grey paper.

Head of Vengeance

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1804

Chalk portrait drawing of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and shawl, on tan paper.

Mrs. Benjamin Fisher

Attributed to Gilbert Stuart

Charcoal and chalk self-portrait of a man with curly hair staring directly forward against a gray background.

Self-Portrait

Andre-Jacques-Victor Orsel, ca. 1815-20

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude women bathing in a stream beneath trees, with drapery on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing

Thomas Rowlandson

Pencil drawing of a young girl with hair pinned up, looking downward, with loosely sketched blouse folds.

Portrait of a young girl

Edward Burne-Jones, 1866-80

Grey wash drawing of a standing cow in a blanket facing left, with a spotted calf lying in grass beside it.

Staande koe, naar links, met liggend kalfje

Jean Bernard, 1816

Pen and ink drawing of two nude figures in a forest with a winged horse rearing among trees and clouds.

Fantasy

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824-98

Watercolor panorama of a village below a castle-topped hill, with a broad river carrying barges and a distant town under blue

Leopoldsberg und Kahlenbergerdorf (mit Blick auf Klosterneuburg, die Donau Kreuzstein und den Bisamberg)

Anton Hlaváček, 1913

Sketch in chalk on tan paper of a nude woman seen from behind, head bowed, arm raised, with drapery at her legs.

Crouching Woman

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Drawing of a seated young woman in white dress sketching under a tree beside a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Seated Young Lady Drawing under a Tree

Firmin Massot, late 18th-19th century

Two bearded men in robes stand in arched niches of a pavilion, framed by a gold-patterned border with deer and trees.

Album Page with Two Sheikhs

India and Iran, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722) and Mughal empire (1526-1857), 16th/17th century

Portrait of a Young Lady Drawn in Left Profile

Henry Fuseli, ca. 1778-79

Watercolor of snowy alpine peaks and glaciers with a hiker and goats on a rocky grassy slope under blue sky.

View of the Massif of Mont Blanc near the "Petit Jorasse, Grand Jorasse, le Géant" with the "Glaciers des Périades et…

Jean Antoine Linck, late 18th-19th century

Mughal painting of two dogs by a river, one with meat, beside a bridge and a terraced stone city with palm trees.

The Greedy Dog

Unknown artist, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), late 16th century

Album page with two small portraits at top, two standing figures below, and a gold border of flowers and birds.

Page from the St. Petersburg Album

India and Iran, Portraits: Top left: Iran, c. 1740; top right: Iran, c. 1748; bottom left: India, 18th century; bottom right: India, 18th century; Calligraphy: Iran, late 16th century; Borders: Iran, mid-18th century

Indian miniature of a ruler on a throne watching dancers in a walled garden with palace pavilions and a night sky.

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

Unknown artist, Late 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a forest scene with tall trees, a fallen log over a rocky stream, and a grassy bank.

Ugbrooke, Devon

John White Abbott, July 17, 1809

Watercolor of ruined Gothic arches of an abbey with a grazing cow, fallen stones and a tree against a cloudy sky.

The east end of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

John Sell Cotman, 1803

Watercolor of a hilltop castle across tidal sands, with two walking figures and boats under a cloudy sky.

Harlech Castle across the Traeth Mawr

John Varley, 1800-42