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Drawings & Sketches

76,167 works

Pencil sketch of a soldier in a shako hat and tunic, one arm raised high holding a sabre.

Soldier with Upraised Arm

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, c. 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd in white Empire-style dresses and top hats under stone arcades with small dogs.

The Arcades at the Palais-Royal

Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1804

Brown wash drawing of a nude helmeted warrior with sword and shield before a cloud of tormented figures, a ferryman's boat, a

Telemachus, Believing that His Father, Ulysses, Is Dead, Searches for Him in the Underworld, from The Adventures of T…

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of Venus presenting Cupid to Calypso in a wooded landscape with cherubs, doves and a chariot.

Venus Presents Cupid to Calypso, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 7

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Charcoal drawing of the Palace of Versailles across a reflecting pond, with trees and two figures on the grassy bank.

View of Versailles

Antoine Vollon, 1800s

Brown wash drawing of Telemachus speaking to Calypso in a grotto with attendants, a harp, and waterfalls.

Telemachus Relates His Adventures to the Goddess Calypso, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 1

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Pen and brown wash drawing of Telemachus wrestling a lion while shepherds look on near a tree in a pastoral landscape.

Telemachus Battles the Lion, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 2

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of classical figures in a wooded grove, with a youth holding a winged Cupid on his knee beside a bearded m

Calypso Watches Telemachus with Cupid on His Knee, While Mentor Watches in Anger, from The Adventures of Telemachus,…

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of a young man leaning on a rock while a laurel-crowned bearded priest gestures beside him, with sheep and

Telemachus is Consoled by Termosiris, Priest of Apollo, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 2

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of Telemachus and Mentor in a galley surrounded by sea nymphs and merfolk swimming in the waves.

Telemachus and Mentor in a Galley after Fleeing the Island of Calypso, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 8

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of Telemachus asleep on a ship, with a helmeted goddess, a cupid, and a winged youth among clouds.

The Dream of Telemachus, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 4

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Sepia drawing of a seated youth playing panpipes for shepherds beneath palm trees, with cattle and a pyramid in the distance.

Telemachus Plays and Sings to the Shepherds in Egypt, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 2

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of nymphs with torches setting fire to a ship while Cupid watches and figures leap from a cliff.

Cupid Advises Calypso to Set Fire to Mentor’s Ship, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 7

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Two men cling to a ship's mast in a stormy sea while a distant ship sails on the horizon, drawn in brown wash.

Mentor and Telemachus, Having Survived the Storm, Are Spirited to the Island of Calypso on a Mast, from The Adventure…

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown ink drawing of musicians and a servant under a Corinthian colonnade, with a fountain and classical pavilion beyond.

Illustration from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata

Bernardo Castello, 1586-90

Brown watercolor of a laurel-crowned young man addressing bearded elders seated under trees before classical columns and a cr

Telemachus Describes How He Was Admitted into the Assembly in Crete, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 5

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Pen and watercolor sketch of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint holding a palm frond, in blue and ochre tones.

Virgin and Child with Saints

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a busy canal market with crowds, stalls, boats, and a church tower on the horizon.

Market near a Canal

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Pen and wash drawing of three draped figures with a vessel, with faint pencil figure studies on the reverse.

Lot and His Daughters (recto); Sketch for Lot and His Daughters (verso)

Pietro da Cortona, 1600s

Brown wash drawing of a poultry woman with a bucket, a seated woman, a man in a hat, and a basket of birds by a brick wall.

The Poultry Woman

Hendrik Meijer, second half 18th century

Painting of a blue-skinned archer in a chariot drawing a bow toward warriors on horseback under a blue sky with clouds.

Arjuna Slays Karna, page from a Mahabharata series

Unknown artist, c. 19th century

Pen drawing of soldiers resting by a damaged stone archway, one mounted soldier at left, rifles and pots nearby.

Soldiers Resting (recto)

Édouard Detaille, 1878

Pencil drawing of a forest interior with tall trees framing a stream over rocks, with light breaking through the canopy.

Forest Interior

John Henry Hill, c. 1870

Pencil and wash drawing of Whitehall Chapel interior with galleries, columns, coffered ceiling and a congregation below.

Study for Whitehall Chapel, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pen drawing of a winged Cupid statue in a wall niche with drapery, flanked by decorative neoclassical wall panels.

Statue of Cupid in a Wall Niche

Paolo Vincenzo Bonomini, late 1700s

Pastel landscape of a calm lake under a cloudy sky, with a tall tree on the right and a small bridge in the distance.

Lake at Appledale

Walter Launt Palmer, 1884

Yvette Guilbert Singing

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Left: watercolor landscape with a stream and rocks. Right: pencil studies of a deer and animal heads on pale paper.

Landscape (recto); Studies of Animals (verso)

Antoine-Louis Barye, c. 1823-75

Ink and wash drawing of Christ raising Lazarus from his tomb while a crowd of onlookers gestures in amazement.

The raising of Lazarus

Hermann Weyer, 1596-1630

Pen and wash drawing of the baroque Santa Maria in Vallicella church facade in Rome with a square and rooftops.

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella

Liévin Cruyl, 1665

Watercolor botanical drawing of yellow cluster narcissus with orange cups, bulb and leaves, plus pencil dissection studies.

Polyanthus or Cluster Narcissus (Botanical: Narcissus tazetta)

Pancrace Bessa, 1836

Graphite sketch on grey paper: a seated draped figure at left and two men pulling a long pole at right.

Drapery Study; Two Figures Pulling a Pole

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86