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Drawings & Sketches

76,167 works

Watercolor and ink drawing of mythological figures under a tree, including a bearded man in purple and a seated nude youth, w

Mythological scenes and sketches

Lorenz Frølich, 1846-1860

Pen and wash drawing of the Quirinale palace in Rome with a mounted guard, carriage, and horse statues.

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Quirinale

Liévin Cruyl, 1664

Pen and brown ink drawing of a man and woman talking beside a column in a classical landscape with hills and trees.

Unidentified Mythological Scene with Man and Woman Conversing in Classical Landscape

Attributed to François Roettiers, n.d.

Profile Bust of Young Woman

After François Boucher, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of a stream flowing past dark rocks toward distant green trees under a pale hazy sky.

Landscape (recto)

Antoine-Louis Barye, c. 1823-75

Watercolor of a ruined columned villa at sunset, with cattle wading in a river and a shepherd under autumn trees.

Evening in Italy - the Deserted Villa

Samuel Palmer, 1845

Botanical drawing of a branch with three green leaves and six red apples on cream paper.

Siberian Apple

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil drawing of a valley with mountains, trees, shrubs and a winding path, signed R. Fry 1921.

Landscape

Roger Fry, 1921

Pen and brown ink study of a winged trumpeter above a curved tier of figures waving banners in an oval composition.

Study for Allegory of Two Quartieri of Florence

Giorgio Vasari, 1563/65

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure turning his head and pulling a sheet of drapery, with loose hatched shading.

Man Tugging on Sheet: Study for the Entombment [Sacristy of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples, 1596]

called Il Cavalier d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1595/96

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with infant Saint John and Saint Anne beneath a draped curtain.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John and Saint Anne

Style of Raffaellino da Reggio, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a woman's head with curled hair on tan paper, with a small sketch to the right.

Head of a Woman

Antonio Balestra, n.d.

Watercolor of a rocky shoreline with seaweed-covered stones, grassy slopes, and a pale sea under a grey sky.

Over the Ledges

Dwight Blaney, 1922

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Lawrence standing on a cloud beside a gridiron, gazing upward with one arm extended.

Saint Lawrence in Glory

Sigismondo Caula, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of four draped figures standing together, including a small figure in the center, on a light paper s

Departure of Tobit (recto); Sketch of Crucifixion (verso)

Genoese Italian, n.d. (recto); n.d. (verso)

Pen and wash sketch of classical figures: two standing youths, seated women in draped robes, and figures in an interior.

Cornelia Exhibiting Her Two Sons to a Friend

Livio Mehus, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a kneeling shepherdess with a sheep and staff in an open field under cloudy sky.

The Shepherdess

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, fourth quarter 19th century or first quarter 20th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of robed figures and soldiers in a rocky landscape, with a cross on a hill and grid lines

Saint Andrew Led to Martyrdom

Attributed to Niccolò Circignani, called Il Pomarancio, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of the Bercy riverbank with a cart, a stone bridge, city buildings and a cloudy blue sky.

Bercy

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1868

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged angel bending toward a kneeling bald man, with two cherub heads in the upper right.

Communion of Saint Stanislaus Kostka

Circle of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, n.d.

Four panels showing a skeleton trumpeter over falling figures, including two black-and-white prints and two sketch studies.

La Mort et les Passions fondant sur la terre

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Red chalk portrait of a young boy with wavy hair and a loose collar, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Boy

Charles Beale, c. 1680

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a large tree by a riverbank with distant buildings and an empty sky.

Landscape with River Bank

Possibly Annibale Carracci, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff landscape with a waterfall and a wooden structure set into a cave opening.

Rocky Landscape with a Cave Chapel

Johann Martin von Rohoden, 19th century

Pen drawing of a crowded battle scene with armored soldiers, horses, spears, shields and banners on aged paper.

Roman Conquest

Follower of Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, n.d.

Pen and brown ink study of an extended academic arm with hatched shading on a narrow sheet of paper.

Academic Arm, Extended

Circle of Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1500/10

Pen and wash drawing of a haloed saint kneeling as executioners raise clubs and swords, with onlookers and architecture behin

Martyrdom of a Saint

Workshop of Vicencio Carducho, 1626/32

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in draped cloth holding a child, with a partial second figure at lower left.

Seated Mother and Child

Circle of Giovanni Bilivert, n.d.

Grey ink drawing of a haloed figure with robed companions, a kneeling man, and a village landscape with a river.

Christ Disputing with the Doctors [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Pen and wash drawing of two large oak trees beside a dirt road, with a wooden structure and figures on the right.

Landscape (recto)

Georges Michel, 1800-1843

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman with raised arm and two cherubs behind her, with grass and clouds in a landscape.

Woman in Flight

Attributed to Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary ascending among angels while robed apostles look up from below.

Assumption of the Virgin

After Giacinto Calandrucci, after 1703