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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Ideal Bust of a Woman

Attributed to Bartolomeo Passarotti, n.d.

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man with curled hair in an embroidered coat, arm resting on a surface.

Portrait of a Boy

Unknown artist, late 17th century

Pencil portrait of a young man with tousled hair in a jacket and cravat, gazing sideways, with a dated inscription.

Erik Bodom

Hans Gude, 1850

Black chalk drawing of a muscular male nude with arms raised overhead and one knee bent, on tan paper.

Ascending Male Nude

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in headscarf, shawl and long skirt, hands folded, by Halfdan Egedius.

Mari Clasen

Halfdan Egedius, 1898

Pen and ink study of a male nude's legs and feet with cross-hatched shading, plus a sketched arm at upper right.

Legs and Feet of Male Nude

Possibly after Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1812/50

Watercolor portrait of a young girl with flaxen hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue high-necked dress.

The girl with flaxen hair

Frances Hodgkins, 1893

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in round spectacles and dark jacket, holding a hat, drawn by Christian Krohg.

Erik Werenskiold

Christian Krohg, 1891

Pen and brown wash drawing of a muscular armored warrior above a small winged child with a cord, c. 1550.

Mars and Cupid

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1550

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a robe and tall cap holding a pipe, with hatched shading on the garment.

Two studies of a Moroccan soldier: 1. Seated, with pipe in hand. 2. Standing, with hands in waistcoat

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in a buttoned coat looking down while writing with a quill on paper.

Hermann Kauffmann

Hans Gude, 1843

Brown ink and wash study of the Annunciation with the Virgin kneeling and an angel descending among clouds and putti.

Study for the Annunciation

Lazzaro Baldi, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a fortified stone bridge and tower beside a river, with a craggy mountain behind and travelers nearby.

Fortified Bridge against Distant Mountains

Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, c. 1760

Watercolor scientific illustration of a blue mackerel fish in side view with labeled fin counts above and caption below.

Scomber australasicus (Tas) : Blue mackerel

Frank Edward Clarke, 1869

Chalk drawing of a seated winged figure with curled hair, bare torso and draped cloth on tan paper.

Seated Angel

Attributed to Mario Balassi, n.d.

Watercolor of a dirt path through heathland with resting sheep, pine trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Ewhurst Hill, Surrey

Andreas Disen

Christian Krohg, 1852

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a woman's head tilted upward, veiled, on a toned paper ground.

Head of the Virgin Looking Upwards

Jacopo Cavedone, c. 1615

Watercolor still life of two decorative plates, a blue draped cloth, a jug and a brown bowl on a pink table.

Two plates

Frances Hodgkins, 1931

Pencil drawing of a robed saint blessing a child held by a seated woman, with a kneeling figure and architectural arches behi

Saint Blessing of Healing Child

After Simone Barabbino, n.d.

Munch after the illness

Carl Dørnberger, 1889

Pencil sketch of a bearded man's head tilted upward, eyes looking up, with curly hair on a cream paper sheet.

Head of Bearded Man Looking Upwards

Jonathan Richardson, n.d.

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a thatched hut with whale-rib frame on a shore, a small boat, and a steep hillside.

Hut of whale's ribs on Brown's Island, Kapiti

George Frederick Swainson, 1850

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded man with a pipe in his mouth, wearing a jacket and vest, signed Christian Krohg.

Theodor Kittelsen

Christian Krohg, 1892

Watercolor of a woodland edge with pale birch and reddish pine trunks rising through layered green undergrowth and foliage.

The Edge of a Wood at Nohant

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1842/1843

Grey wash drawing of a woody landscape with a cottage, a pond, a cloaked figure and a small boat on tan paper.

Woody landscape with horseman near a pond by a cottage

Thomas Gainsborough

Drawing of a funerary monument with winged trumpeter, bearded trident-bearer, shielded woman and reclining figure on a pedest

Funerary Monument

after Francesco Bartolozzi, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing youth in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat, holding a tall staff.

Standing Youth with a Staff

Moses ter Borch, 1658

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with round spectacles and a pipe in his mouth, wearing a jacket and tie.

Eilif Peterssen

Christian Krohg, 1873

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired angel head with downcast eyes and draped cloth on tan paper.

Angel

Attributed to or possibly after Francesco Bartolozzi, n.d.

Pencil portrait drawing of a mustached man in three-quarter view, with the name Karl Uchermann inscribed at lower right.

Karl Uchermann

Christian Krohg, 1882

Brown ink drawing of a classical triumph scene with Cupid, nude figures, chained captives and a chariot wheel.

Triumph of Love (after antique bas-relief)

Attributed to Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, n.d.