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Drawings & Sketches

76,306 works

Ink wash handscroll of misty rocks and hills with a small hut and grass, by Kano Tan'yū, 1670.

Famous Themes for Painting Study Known as “The Garden of Painting” (Gaen)

Kano Tan'yu, 1670

Pen and ink drawing of a gargoyle overlooking a Paris street, rooftops and a church tower below.

Study for "Le Stryge"

Joseph Pennell, probably 1893

Watercolor still life of metal jugs, a covered bowl, a studded wooden box and a cup on a cream background.

Turkish pots and jugs

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Pencil sketch of a crowded street with market stalls, awnings and figures in hats and long coats.

Street Scene

James McNeill Whistler, 1849-1903

Watercolor of a standing man in a green coat, tricorn hat and riding boots, holding a sword, against a pale background.

Royal hunter

Johannes Senn, 1807

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a seated draped woman beside a column, with radiating light and an angel above.

Study for the Virgin Annunciate

Camillo Boccaccino, 1529/30

Pen and wash drawing of an older bearded man with two women in draped robes, with a vessel and small figure at right.

Lot and His Daughters (recto)

Pietro da Cortona, 1600s

Pen drawing of Jupiter, a seated enthroned god with an eagle, and Juno in classical drapery.

Gods and Goddess

Jacques-Louis David

Ink and wash drawing of soldiers seated at a table in an interior with dogs, curtains and a standing woman.

Interior Scene with Soldiers at a Table

Charles Parrocel, c. 1730-1740(?)

Ink and wash drawing of classical figures in a forest grove, a bearded man and young man at left and women in robes in the fo

Telemachus, Urged by Mentor, Leaving the Island of Calypso

Charles Meynier, 1800

Pencil and chalk portrait of a young man with curly hair and a high dark collar, gazing forward.

Portrait of a Man

Andrew Morton, 1828

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman piazza with a columned church facade, horsemen and pedestrians, dated 1665.

Eighteen Views of Rome: Santa Maria in Via Lata

Liévin Cruyl, 1665

Pen and grey wash sketch of a peasant man leaning on a fence, with a horse, rider and church in the background.

The evening hour. Preliminary study of the peasant man by the church. Illustration for Kaalund's "Fables for Children…

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1843

Pastel drawing of a broad tree with dark trunk and green leaves above a grassy meadow with small wildflowers.

Landscape

John Kavanagh, c. 1877-98

Pen and watercolor drawing of a prisoner climbing down a rope from a barred tower window as a guard aims a musket.

Escape of French Prisoners

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1776-1827

Female Nude

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891

Portrait of a Gentleman

Léon Cogniet, c. 1835

Watercolor of a kneeling cloaked figure and a mounted rider on a hillside beside tall rock ruins at sunset.

The Princess is Held Captive

Gustave Doré, c. 1879

Watercolor of a mounted knight with spear leading three roped figures along a forest path toward distant rocky peaks at dusk.

The Giants are Captured

Gustave Doré, c. 1879

Pen and wash drawing of a peasant blowing on a bowl opposite a wreathed satyr at a table, with Latin and German inscriptions.

The Peasant Who Blew Hot and Cold (copy after Aegidius Sadeler)

Aegidius Sadeler, c. 1610

Grey wash drawing of a harpist and seated women with putti beneath trees, beside a classical temple with columns.

Classical Scene

Francisco Vieira, 1775-1800

Watercolor of snow-capped mountains rising above calm blue water under a pale, cloudy sky.

Parnassus

Muirhead Bone, c. 1896-1937

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palatial courtyard with arcades, columns, and a fountain with a sculpted figure.

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Watercolor of a bearded man in a hat paddling a red canoe on a lake under a stormy grey sky.

Adirondacks Guide

Winslow Homer, 1892

Watercolor of a bearded man with a rifle sitting by a gnarled dead tree in a dark, mossy forest clearing.

Campfire, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer, c. 1892

Watercolor of a man in a dark rowboat on a still lake at dusk, with green trees along the right shore.

The End of the Day, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome with its dome, bell tower, column and obelisk.

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

Liévin Cruyl, 1664

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a sailing boat with three people crossing choppy sea, a steamship on the horizon.

Fishing off Scarborough

Winslow Homer, 1882

Watercolor of grey clouds over a dark forested shore, with a lone small boat on still water below.

The Lone Boat, North Woods Club, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer, 1892

Watercolor of a boy in a rowboat looking toward a lighthouse on pale dunes under a grey-blue sky.

Boy in Boat, Gloucester

Winslow Homer, 1880/81

Two boys sit on a rock by the sea watching several schooners sail under a gray sky in a watercolor.

Two Boys Watching Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of two women standing on a rocky coast under a stormy sky, one in a tan jacket and one in a dark hat.

The Outlook, Maine Coast

Winslow Homer, 1894