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Drawings & Sketches

76,167 works

Monochrome drawing of a wooded path opening toward a bright cloudy sky between dark trees.

Landscape with Trees

Jean-Philippe George, 1833-88

Ink and wash drawing of a nude male figure leaning over rocks beside a stone pedestal and a shadowed cliff.

Narcissus

Gabriel Weyer, first half 1600s

Nude Figure

William Sommer, c. 1927

Brown ink drawing of a fish seller with a basket of fish, a standing woman, a seated woman and a child by a brick wall.

The Fish Monger

Hendrik Meijer, second half 18th century

Brown wash drawing of workers building a large wooden ark while a bearded robed man points at the group.

Building of the Ark

Alessandro Magnasco, first half 1700s(?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped female figure with a turreted crown stepping on a serpent between two columns.

Cybele Stepping on a Serpent

Follower of Paolo Farinati, n.d.

Ink drawing of a stork facing a pig in a farmyard by a shed, with a small magpie study and a tool below.

The stork and the pig. Below study of the magpie and a piece of tool. Illustration for Kaalund's "Fables for Children…

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1843

Pen and ink drawing of two standing draped figures with flowing robes and hatched shading, on yellowed paper.

Two Standing Draped Figures (Saint John and the Magdalene?)

Attributed to Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, 1540/60

Ink and wash drawing of a receding palace interior with arcades, balconies, and heraldic cartouches for a stage set.

Design for a Stage Set: Interior of a Palace with Arcades

Giovanni Battista III Natali, mid-1700s

Pen and wash landscape with trees, rocks, a stream, goats and small figures on a path.

Landscape with Satyr, Goats and Other Figures

Attributed to Abraham Genoels II, n.d.

Red chalk study of a muscular right hand and forearm on yellowed paper, with hatched shading on the fingers and tendons.

Right Hand of Jupiter

Bernard Baron, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a draped woman seen from behind, head turned upward, with white highlights on her folded garment.

Draped Woman, Seen From Back

Attributed to François Boucher, n.d.

Red and black chalk drawing of a flying cherub with wings, holding a bow, on tan paper.

Flying Putto

Studio or school of François Boucher, n.d.

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing of a young woman with upswept hair and a lace collar, on toned paper.

Portrait Bust of Young Woman

François Boucher, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a dog's head with hatched fur strokes on yellowed paper, with sketched lines at upper left.

Head of a Dog

Bernard Baron, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing saint with halo holding a crucifix in a rounded niche, with a lace-trimmed robe.

Saint Francis Holding a Crucifix

Attributed to Edme Bouchardon, n.d.

Ink and gray wash drawing of a river landscape with a stone wall, arch, buildings, palm tree and a boat with figures.

Landscape along a River

Attributed to Michel-Ange Houasse, n.d.

Charcoal sketch of a seated nude woman with head bowed and arms around her knees, set against a faint rocky landscape.

Study of a Female Nude (possibly for an unrealized allegorical painting) (recto)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop castle with crenellated towers, a bell tower, an arched bridge and shrubs in the foreground.

Landscape with an Old Castle

Attributed to Michel-Ange Houasse, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a street vendor under an umbrella selling small heads, with a cloaked customer and caricature face.

Study for "Au Bouquet de persil," (A Bouquet of Parsley)

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1833

Pencil drawing of the Eddystone Lighthouse on a calm sea with a sailboat at left and soft clouds above.

Eddystone Lighthouse

Mary Altha Nims, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a crowd in feathered hats and long coats on a street, with a child on a man's shoulders.

Figures Looking at Outdoor Spectacle

Paul Grégoire, 1781/1823

Watercolor of pink, white and yellow roses with green leaves and buds arranged in a bouquet on cream paper.

June Roses

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Grey ink and wash drawing of a man and woman dancing in fashionable 18th-century dress, with other couples behind them.

Ladies and Gentlemen Dancing

Paul Grégoire, 1781/1823

Red chalk drawing of a standing hound seen from the side, looking left, with a sketched paw in the foreground.

Hound Standing

After Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Pencil sketch of the Virgin standing on clouds, surrounded by kneeling and flying angels and cherubs.

Adoration of the Virgin

Possibly Antoine Rivalz, n.d.

Painted drawing of varied seashells and red coral on a green seaweed background, labeled Shells in Seaweed.

Shells in Seaweed

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Red chalk drawing of Noah overseeing workers building the ark, with a ladder and wooden framework against a cloudy landscape.

Noah Supervising Construction of the Ark

Attributed to Nicolas Dorigny, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling nude male figure with bent torso and clasped hands, shaded in academic style.

Kneeling Academic Male Nude

Antoine Dumont, n.d.

Sheet of brown wash studies showing many heads, including female faces, profiles, a hooded old man, and an eagle head.

Sketches of Heads

After Jean Demosthene Dugourc, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of two women and a baby beside a standing man, with a rider on horseback sketched below.

Two Sketches: Two Women and Baby with Man Looking On

George Louis Pamella Busson Dumaurier, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of Moses striking a rock as water flows and a crowd of robed figures gathers around the spring.

Moses Drawing Water from the Rock

Possibly after Charles Le Brun, n.d.