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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a reclining female figure seen from behind, head and torso draped, arms extended, on tan paper.

Liegender weiblicher Rückenakt, Kopf und Oberkörper verhüllt

Gustav Klimt, 1916

Pen drawing of Ulysses seated while Euryclea kneels to wash his foot, with Penelope resting nearby beside a lamp stand.

Ulysses, Penelope and Euryclea

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a man in a bow tie with clasped hands, drawn by Egon Schiele on tan paper.

Dr. Ernst Wagner

Egon Schiele, 1918

Blue pencil sketch of a reclining female nude seen from behind on cream paper, with loose overlapping contour lines.

Liegender weiblicher Rückenakt, teilweise verhüllt

Gustav Klimt, 1911

Pencil and chalk portrait of a young woman with curled hair and a lace collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait of Ann Denman Flaxman

probably George Henry Harlow, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with young John the Baptist, with a staff and cherubs in clouds above.

The Virgin and Child with John the Baptist

Pencil drawing of two reclining nude figures with long flowing hair on tan paper, by Gustav Klimt.

Liegendes Liebespaar

Gustav Klimt, 1904

Pen and wash drawing of a border with a reclining river god, putti, a cornucopia of fruit, and reeds.

River God with Putti

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds toward a radiant light filled with angels and putti.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Giambattista Canal, c. 1785

Pencil sketch of two nude figures reclining in an embrace on tan paper, by Gustav Klimt.

Liegendes Paar in Umarmung

Gustav Klimt, 1903

Pen and brown ink sketch of mythological figures, putti and sea creatures among clouds and waves.

Birth of Venus

James Thornhill, c. 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of tritons and nymphs entwined among scrolling sea ornament within an oval frame.

Tritons and Nymphs

Attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi

A Venetian Lawyer at His Desk

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1755/1760

Watercolor botanical study of a pink turk's cap lily with its bulb and roots, labeled Lilium Martagon, dated 1842.

Lilium Martagon - Lilie

Alfred Franck, 1842

Chalk drawing of a woman's face framed by a white cap and draped veil, with red chalk on cheeks and lips.

Head of a Matron

Anton Johann Tischbein

Watercolor botanical drawing of a Listera ovata orchid with a tall spike of green flowers and two broad leaves.

Listera ovata - eirundblättrige Listere

Alfred Franck, 1843

Brown ink and wash drawing of Charon in a boat holding an oar while a draped woman extends her hand toward him.

Psyche Giving Her Coin to Charon

Attributed to Henry Tresham, 1796

Botanical watercolor of a blue-flowered plant with narrow leaves and a separate root specimen, with handwritten labels.

Lithospernum purpureo-caeruleum - purpurblauer Steinsame

Alfred Franck, 1842

Brown wash drawing of Saint John the Evangelist with a quill, an eagle and an open book on grey-blue paper.

Saint John the Evangelist

Georg Anton Urlaub, c. 1753

Pen and wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, angels in clouds above, and grieving figures below.

The Crucifixion

Benjamin West, 1796/1797

Watercolor interior of a vaulted hall with a fireplace, sword rack, and seated man in red robe among standing figures.

Treasury Hall, Ghent

Brown wash drawing of a robed prophet gesturing beside a lion, a fallen man, and a donkey under a tree.

The Disobedient Prophet

Benjamin West, 1793

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, nudes and cherubs among clouds within a quatrefoil frame, by Jacob de Wit.

The Judgment of Paris

Jacob de Wit, c. 1731

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing a faint ridgeline and a shaded hillside at the right edge.

Sketches in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Sepia drawing of a man with powdered hair in a great coat and bow tie, looking toward the viewer.

Man in a Great Coat

or Possibly Joseph Badger Anonymous, 18th century

Watercolor river scene at sunset with a red-canopied boat, classical columned building, figures on the bank, and swans.

River scene

George Barret Junior, 1800

Watercolor drawing of two zebras on rocky ground with blue mountains behind, with handwritten species labels beside them.

Zebra (Equus quagga)

Ducq, 1795

Watercolor of a crested porcupine with raised banded quills on grass, with handwritten names in a manuscript page.

Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Pen and watercolor drawing of a brown and white llama standing on rocky ground, labeled Allocamelus Lama in an album.

Lama (Lama glama)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Ink drawing of a vaulted cloister arcade with ribbed arches, columns with carved capitals, and a paved walkway receding into

Koln, Maria-Capitol

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1892

Pen drawing of a shaggy three-toed sloth with long black claws on rocky ground, framed in a bound album page.

Drievingerige luiaard (Bradypus)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolor of a grey fox seated on a sandy bank beside a tree, with hills behind, on a manuscript page.

Vos (Vulpes vulpes)

Jacob Goethals, 1790