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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a ruffled collar and long gown in an armchair, on a sketchbook page with handwritten notes

Sketchbook

Jacques-Louis David, 1809-10

Grey toned drawing of a hilltop town with a tall tower, stone buildings, a steep retaining wall and a bare tree.

Orvieto

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Drawing of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe walking left, holding a staff, on blue paper with white highlights.

Study of a Man Walking towards the Left Holding a Staff

Girolamo Siciolante

Pencil drawing of a seated man with closed eyes, hands raised and resting, with loose figure studies on tan paper.

Sitzender

Egon Schiele, 1911

Drawing of an elderly bearded man leaning on a railing by a river, with a moored boat, trees, and a pale evening sky.

Old Man by a River

Elihu Vedder, c. 1863

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude male figure with one arm raised, cross-hatched background, arched top edge.

Study for a Saint Sebastian

Stefano Dall' Arzere, 1520

Charcoal drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, arm resting on a stool, on beige paper.

Sitzender Akt

Karl Wiener, 1930

Pastel sketch of a narrow stone lane between walls, with shrubs and a rocky cliff rising behind under a pale sky.

Capri

Elihu Vedder, 1913

Pencil sketch of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with loose flowing drapery around her legs.

Sitzender Akt mit in die Hand gestütztem Kinn

Gustav Klimt, 1909

Sitzender Bauer

Josef Kriehuber, 1876

Drawing of a narrow rocky ravine with stone steps leading to an arched door and a tower with a cupola under a grey sky.

Vitré

Elihu Vedder, c. 1877

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated half-nude old woman with bowed head and arms folded before her body.

Sitzender Halbakt einer alten Frau

Gustav Klimt, 1898

Circular brown and white drawing of a seated nude woman with a palm frond, cornucopia of grapes, and rising sun.

Drawing for Star of Fortune

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Pencil sketch by George Hendrik Breitner of a tall spire tower with arched openings and a weathervane, labeled Delft.

Torenspits van de Oostpoort te Delft

George Hendrik Breitner, 1884

Studieblad met figuren, een vogel en een ornament

George Hendrik Breitner, 1873

Pencil and white chalk study of a reclining man in period dress with cravat, legs stretched out, on cream paper.

Sitzender Mann (Studie zum Ferdinand Raimund-Zyklus in Schloss Kogl, Attergau)

Josef Engelhart, 1912

Sitzender Mann und Kopfstudien

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1905

Sitzender Mann, stehende Frau

Gustav Klimt, 1896

Mary Wood

John Russell, 1794

Brown ink and wash drawing of a gaunt seated male nude with a wide-eyed face on a tan background, by Egon Schiele.

Sitzender männlicher Akt

Egon Schiele, 1910

Pen and wash drawing of an illusionistic architectural vault with coffered ceiling, cornices and arched bays around a central

Illusionistic Architecture for the Vault of San Ignazio

Andrea Pozzo, 1685/1690

Brown charcoal drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, one arm draped over a wooden chair.

Sitzender männlicher Akt

Karl Wiener, 1930

Studies for a Holy Family

Michelangelo, 1505

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, a man sawing wood, a boy measuring, a woman seated, and an angel

The Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, c. 1755

Pen and chalk sketch of Phaeton's falling chariot and horses, with nude figures below and handwritten Italian verse.

The Fall of Phaeton

Michelangelo, 1533

Grey wash drawing of a timber-framed cottage with a gabled roof and chimney beside a stream, with a small figure and trees.

A Cottage at Dorking in Surrey

John Sell Cotman, c. 1800/1801

Pencil sketch of a horse with two nude riders, plus smaller studies of figures and horse legs on pale paper.

Studies of a Horse with Two Nude Riders and a Male Torso

Michelangelo, 1508

Black chalk study of two muscular arms and hands, one reaching outward and one with palm turned upward, on aged paper.

Studies of an outstretched arm for the fresco 'The Drunkenness of Noah' in the Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo, 1508

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude figure with head tilted, on warm buff paper.

Male Nude

Gian Antonio Guardi, 1750s

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind with raised arms, plus studies of a head, hands and feet.

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

Michelangelo, 1510

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead and head turned, on cream paper.

Male Nude

Gian Antonio Guardi, c. 1725

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man seen from behind, seated with raised arms and a sketched head at upper left.

Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto)

Michelangelo, 1510