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Drawings & Sketches

76,141 works

Two pencil sketches: a standing man playing guitar with open mouth, and a faint reclining woman leaning on her arm.

Singing Guitarist (recto); Reclining Woman Leaning on Her Arm (verso)

Honoré Daumier, 1855/60

Gilded illuminated panel of the Trinity enthroned above a crowd of saints, angels, and musicians in a celestial court.

The Trinity and Saints in Paradise, or La Cour Céleste from a volume of "La Cité de Dieu" by St Augustine

Unknown artist, mid-15th century

Graphite study of two standing bearded figures in draped robes, one touching the other's shoulder, with faint grid lines.

Two Standing Figures (Study for the Left Section of The Mission of the Apostles)

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1860

Watercolor of a wooded stream with a large boulder, framed by trees and a distant meadow under a pale sky.

Landscape with Wooded Stream and Boulder

William Allen Wall, c. 1880s

Gray wash drawing of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin, Christ child, kneeling king, star and attendants.

The Adoration of the Kings [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grayscale drawing of the Nativity with Mary and the Christ Child, shepherds, animals, and an angel in the sky above.

The Birth of Christ [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with a gondola, mooring poles, a pink arched building and shimmering water reflections.

Venetian Canals

Maurice Prendergast, c. 1898

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a reclining woman with bent legs on cream paper, signed Kai Nielsen in the lower right.

Lying woman

Kai Nielsen, 1897-1924

Pencil and wash caricature sketch of a frowning man with spectacles and a red nose, with handwritten title above.

The Beadle

George Cruikshank, c. 1805-78

Pen and watercolor street view of townhouses framing a columned classical building and church spires under a cloudy sky.

Street decoration

Jens Petersen Lund, 1765-1865

Stormy sea waves crash against dark rocky cliffs under a grey sky, painted in watercolor and gouache.

Storm on the Island of Yeu

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1916

Pencil sketch of a wooden bridge over water with small figures and a sloping roof beside the riverbank.

Study for "Le Petit Pont"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1850

Pencil drawing of a two-masted sailing boat on choppy water with a small rowboat, a distant sailboat, and a headland.

Chasse-maree au plus pres

Drawing of a man with curly hair and a stern expression wearing a woven cloak, in an oval vignette, inscribed Tikao.

Tikao, naturel d'Akaroa

Pencil and red chalk architectural study of a columned tomb with curved pediment and French measurement notes below.

Moliere's Tomb

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Grey pencil drawing of a stone tower by willow trees, with three men in a rowboat on a misty river.

The Lonely Tower (Castle on a River with Willows and a Boat)

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil drawing of a river dredge with a cabin and smokestack moored beside lighters and rowboats on calm water.

River Dredges and Lighters

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1850

Pencil and watercolour sketch sheet of plant studies, a bathhouse bridge, and a distant sailing ship.

Plant studies. A bathhouse bridge and a ship

Christen Dalsgaard, 1848

Pencil sketch of a Seine boat's bow and deck with faint construction lines on a pale sheet.

Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Pencil sketch of a Paris cityscape with a gothic tower, domed building, and rows of rooftops and dormer windows.

College Henri IV

Charles Meryon, 1863

Pencil sketch of city rooftops, chimneys and trees with a handwritten inscription and date 1869 in the upper right.

College Henri IV

Charles Meryon, 1869

Pencil sketch of two moored sailing barges with tall masts on a calm river, with distant buildings and hills.

Boats on River with Masts

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman piazza with a baroque church facade, dome, carriages and pedestrians, dated 1665.

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Church of the Gesù

Liévin Cruyl, 1665

Pencil drawing of a two-masted brig under sail on rough sea, with rigging and a flag, dated 1839.

La Panne

Charles Meryon, 1839

Pencil sketch of a seated draped female figure beside a classical column, with a reclining figure at its base.

Seated Female Figure for "San Francisco"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1856

Watercolor of two children on a beach, one nude on the sand and one in a blue top wading into pale blue water.

Children on the beach

Peter Hansen, 1868-1928

Pencil sketch of a seated muscular male figure with raised arm beside a stone pedestal and bare branches.

Seated Male Figure for "San Francisco"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1856

Pencil study of a woman with long wavy hair holding an apple and an arrow, against a plain shaded background.

Study for "Venus Verticordia"

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, c. 1864

Pencil drawing of a reclining nude seen from behind, lying on folded drapery, signed W. Strang in the lower right.

Reclining Nude

William Strang, c. 1879-1921

Watercolor of a standing man in a white wig and embroidered blue coat gesturing, with a leg study sketch at right.

Supreme Court advocate and leg study for the same

Johannes Senn, 1807

Royal coachman

Johannes Senn, 1807

Brown and grey drawing of soldiers plundering a village street, with burning houses, a church tower and fleeing figures.

Pillaging Soldiers

Dirk Langendijk, 1794