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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Charcoal drawing of two overlapping stylized faces, a woman with wavy hair behind and a man in front, on cream paper.

Männliches und weibliches Porträt

Karl Wiener, 1930

Pencil sketch of a tall-spired church in Vossevangen with resting cattle, a wooden gate and a mountain behind.

Vossevangen with Voss Church

Hans Gude, 1843

Brown wash drawing of the Pietà, with the Virgin cradling the dead Christ as mourners and an angel surround them.

Pietà

Possibly Carlo Dolci, n.d.

Pen and watercolour sketch of a log barn with a turf roof, stone walls and a wooden gate, drawn in 1843.

Barn and fence, Vassenden

Hans Gude, 1843

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Henri Lehmann, 1863

Pen and watercolour drawing of rowboats on rocky shore beside turf-roofed log sheds, Eidfjord, 1843.

View of Eidfjord

Hans Gude, 1843

Illuminated initial N with gold letterform and blue and purple acanthus leaf scrollwork on a dark gold ground.

Illuminated Initial "N" with Acanthus Leaves from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 18th or 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of fish piled on a shore beside a basket and drying racks, with a sailing ship on the sea.

Illustration for "The Cormorants of Utröst

Hans Gude, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hero struggling with a crowned king beside wild horses, with classical arches and stone walls

Hercules Felling King Diomedes

called Giulio Romano Giulio Pippi, 1540/46

Brown wash drawing of a nude young man in a plumed helmet beside a severed bearded head on a stone pedestal.

David with the Head of Goliath

After Guido Reni, after 1605/06

Watercolor of a misty harbor jetty with a moored steamship, rowboats, a sailboat, and figures under umbrellas.

Jetty, Travemünde

Hans Gude, 1887

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a pyramidal mausoleum with a classical portico, obelisk, and statues under clouds.

Architectural Fantasy with a Pyramidal Mausoleum

Charles Michel Ange Challe, c. 1747

Pen and wash drawing of a woman riding a horse past onlookers and a kneeling nude man, with classical architecture and trees.

Flight of Clelia

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, c. 1524

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical temple, obelisk, colonnade and statue in an imagined ancient plaza.

Fantasy on an Ancient Campidoglio

Watercolor of a calm fjord with a sailboat, dark mountains, storm clouds, and a red-roofed shed in the foreground.

View of The Molde Fjord

Hans Gude, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated draped god gesturing among attendants, with a nude female figure at left.

Study for Venus Asking Jupiter for the Services of Mercury as Herald

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Faded red chalk drawing of a Roman-style triumphal procession with banners, soldiers, and a chariot.

Study for the Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. I

after Andrea Mantegna, n.d.

Female Nude Seated

Edgar Degas, 1885

Pen and ink drawing of plumed Roman cavalry riders and horses marching in procession across a shallow foreground.

Roman Cavalry on the March

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, after 1675

Horse Gallopping

Edgar Degas, 1885

Gilded letter P in a purple-washed frame, with two armed soldiers and a fallen warrior with shields at the base.

Historiated initial "P" with Resurrection from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 18th or 19th century

Charcoal sketch of a grazing horse with head lowered, with faint studies of a head and legs at the top of the sheet.

Horse grazing

Pen and brown ink drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by two rearing horses, with a billowing cloak and spoked wheel.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun

Workshop of Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga, 1519/21

Drawing of a man in a turban with white chalk highlights on blue-grey paper, looking toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait Wearing a Turban

Sr Jonathan Richardson, 1728

Horse

Edgar Degas, 1870

Six chalk studies of women's heads with varied curled and braided hairstyles on a tan paper sheet.

Studies of Women's Heads

Michel Corneille, 1680s or 1690s

Charcoal sketch of a top-hatted rider on a horse, seen head-on, with loose smudged shading on cream paper.

Horseman

Edgar Degas, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of the Judgment of Solomon with figures beneath an arched top and gilded decorative border.

Judgment of Solomon

Camillo Boccaccino, n.d.

Charcoal study of a nude dancer seen from behind, arms outstretched, with a central vertical guideline on grey paper.

Nude Dancer

Edgar Degas, 1877

Charcoal sketch of a rider on a rearing horse beside a smaller sketch of a jockey on horseback, on tan paper.

Studies of a Horse and Rider

Edgar Degas, 1878

Charcoal sketch of several horses in loose overlapping studies, one standing in the foreground with head raised.

Studies of horses

Edgar Degas, 1885

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded warrior in plumed helmet and armor, holding a sword, standing frontally.

Standing Warrior

Style of Nicolas Poussin, n.d.