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Drawings & Sketches

76,141 works

Life Study (Study of an Egyptian Girl)

John Singer Sargent, 1891

Five related sketches and prints of a soldier with a rifle above fallen figures, in pencil, ink and black and white print.

Soldat allemand

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pen and grey wash drawing of a riverside city with townhouses, a stone bridge, wooden scaffolding and small figures.

Two Views of Paris (verso)

Georges Michel, 1800-1843

Brown wash drawing of figures grieving in an ornate interior with a patterned wall and hanging lamp.

Jesus in the House of Jairus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790/1804

Graphite sketch of armored riders on horseback, one holding a raised standard, with several horses in motion.

Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto)

Edgar Degas, 1856-60

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman leaning against a wall, looking toward the viewer, on cream paper.

Standing Nude Model

Otto H. Bacher, probably 1878-79

Chalk drawing of a seated woodman in a wide hat resting on a bundle of faggots, with white highlights on tan paper.

A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots

Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Pencil sketch of a duel with two swordsmen and a fallen figure on gray paper, with a woman's head study on the reverse.

Duel after the Masked Ball (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Thomas Couture, c. 1857

Drawing of a young man in white costume leaning toward a bearded elder with a hookah beside a low table.

Young Greek Man in Conversation with a Priest

Alexandre Bida, second half 19th century

Brown wash drawing of peasants at a stone fountain with a mounted rider, shepherd, sheep and goats beneath a tree.

Frontispiece for an Album of Drawings: Peasants at a Fountain (recto)

Dirk Langendijk, 1784

Watercolor design drawing of an oval hand mirror with gilded scrollwork, turquoise panels, and floral motifs, with handle out

Designs for a Hand Mirror

Félix Bracquemond, c. 1900-1902

Red chalk study of a crowded temple scene with a central standing figure, columns and a squared grid.

Study for the Purification of the Virgin

Giovanni Battista Naldini, c. 1577

Brown ink drawing of a rider on a rearing horse raising a sword above a rocky ledge.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Abyss

Pseudo-Pacchia, c. 1530

Ink drawing of a nude standing figure seen from behind, with dark hair and dense hatched shading against a black background.

Standing model, seen from behind

Sikker Hansen, 1897-1955

Brown and grey wash drawing of a castle on a hill above a river, with a stone bridge, rocky cliffs, and trees.

A Romantic Landscape with a Ruined Castle

Robert Adam, 1778-87

Three red chalk studies of a veiled, mourning woman with bowed head and draped cloth, on a tan sheet.

Madonna Mourning: Studies for the Entombment of Christ

Guercino, c. 1656

Charcoal sketch of a standing nude woman holding a thin stick, with handwritten 'Carmen 67 rue Lepic' at upper right.

Carmen

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Pencil drawing of Hereford Cathedral seen through a Gothic arch, with a spire, tracery windows and churchyard gravestones.

Hereford Cathedral

Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1793

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers resting by a ruined stone archway, with a mounted rider on the left.

Soldiers Resting (recto); Sketch of a Man with Upraised Arm and Sketch of a Helmet (verso)

Édouard Detaille, 1878

Pen and ink drawing of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome with an obelisk, church facade and carriages; verso has pencil sketches.

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza del Popolo (recto); Sketch for San Giovanni in Laterano (verso)

Liévin Cruyl, 1664

Hanging scroll of red and white peach blossoms on gnarled branches with green leaves and Chinese calligraphy at upper left.

Red and White Peach Blossoms, Preparatory Sketch

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1843

Grey wash drawing of two women beneath trees beside a draped classical statue on a pedestal, with red chalk accents.

Allegorical Scene: Couple before a Statue

F. Müller, 1700s

Brown wash sketch of a woman carrying a child fleeing past a ruined town with smoke and rubble.

"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"

Jean-Louis Forain

Watercolor caricature of four exaggerated figures, including an elderly man with a cane and a heavyset man in a wheeled chair

Doctor

Thomas Rowlandson, late 1800s or early 1900s

Watercolor of a beached wooden rowboat beside a shed and dark wooden stakes on a sandy shore under a warm sky.

Boat on a Beach, Le Tréport

François Bonvin, 1854

Grey wash drawing of a boy fishing from a wooden footbridge over a stream, with a dog and tall trees around.

The Fisherboy

François Boucher, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of two shepherds beside a large tree with sheep resting nearby and a rocky cliff behind.

Landscape with Sheep and Two Shepherds

Thomas Barker, first half 19th century?

Pen and wash drawing of a standing woman in a patterned robe and headdress, with other women and a mosque in the background.

Portrait of Mrs. Sarah Elisabeth Hingelberg née Rosenfeldt

Christian Horneman, 1825

Grey wash drawing of a crowded theatre dressing room with figures in 18th-century costume and a painted ship backdrop.

The Dressing Room of the Extras of the Comedie Francaise

Attributed to Philibert Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated young woman in a full skirt and feathered hat, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Lady

Style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Pen and ink drawing of three robed figures with raised arms beside red chalk studies of hands on the reverse.

The Transfiguration (recto); Study of Hands (verso)

Camillo Procaccini, c. 1590

Chalk portrait of a young man with powdered wig and high cravat, drawn in black and white chalk on tan paper.

Portrait of a Young Man

Claude Hoin, n.d.