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Drawings & Sketches

76,306 works

Pencil drawing on an oval sheet of three children with a goat beside a tree and foliage, in the style of Jacob de Wit.

Three Children and a Goat

Style of Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Pen drawing of a crowded London street with a scaffolded department store draped for the 1937 coronation celebrations.

Selfridges, Oxford Street; Coronation of George VI

Muirhead Bone, 1937

Grey wash drawing of an angel with wings pointing ahead while holding the hand of a boy, with a dog in the foreground.

Tobias and the Angel

After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a winged putto seated on a cloud, one arm raised, with drapery beside it.

Putto Seated Beside Drapery, Reaching Upwards

Style of Etienne Parrocel, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a warrior placing his hand in a flaming brazier before a seated bearded king and soldiers.

Mucius Scaevola Putting His Hand in the Flame before Porsenna

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a seated warrior seen from behind, holding a spear and flag, with a shield and weapons nearby.

Warrior at Rest

After Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man in a draped robe leaning over a table to cut bread, seen from behind.

Standing Man Seen From Behind Cutting Bread

After Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a medieval walled city with round towers, a Gothic church, and figures walking along the rampart path.

The Temple, Paris

Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1904

Pencil study of robed figures gathered among trees near a classical structure, with a reclining figure above.

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883/84

Mounted group of sketches of cloaked figures and a black-and-white woodcut of a seated man with a caption.

L'Empereur Guillaume, furierx...

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Persian manuscript page with winged angels, gold clouds and a seated figure on blue ground, framed by calligraphic text panel

The Ascent of the Prophet to Heaven, Page from the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), c. 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a countryside view with an umbrella pine, a domed building, and a long wall with towers.

Villa Millini

Style of Gaspar van Wittel, n.d.

Woodcut of a seated naval officer in peaked cap reading a dispatch on deck, paired with a pencil sketch of the same figure.

La Dépèche annoncant la mort de l'archiduc

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman with a hand mirror and a standing woman carrying a jar.

Two Ladies of Ancient Rome

Paolo Mei, c. 1893

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a woman in a feathered hat and bodice on blue-gray paper.

Portrait of a Lady

Style of Thomas Worlidge, n.d.

Sepia drawing of two tall poplar trees beside a stream, with a seated figure, a ruin on a hill, and distant hills.

Two Poplars and Seated Figure Beside Stream

Style of William Alfred Delamotte, n.d.

Drawing of a young woman beside a tree with a spilled jug and women carrying vessels in the background.

Illustration for La Fontaine's Pierrette et le Pot-au-Lait

Follower of François Boucher, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rustic courtyard with timber houses, tiled roofs, a shed and a doorway.

Interior of a Courtyard

after Isack van Ostade

Three versions of a drawing of two soldiers operating a machine gun on a grassy bank with smoke in the distance.

Mitrailleurs anglais

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Brown ink and wash drawing of peasants brawling in a tavern interior with a fireplace, hanging lamp, and pots.

Brawl in an Inn

Style of Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1635

Pen and ink drawing of a woman in a feathered hat riding a leaping horse past a fence and trees, with handwritten caption bel

Leap Year, Britannia!

Possibly after Sir John Tenniel, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a young boy in draped cloth lifting a large oval weight overhead with both arms.

Boy Carrying Weight

After Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of priests carrying an ark past armored soldiers, a horse, and a crowd of Israelites.

Joshua and the Israelites Crossing the Jordan

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 16th century

Brown ink and wash sketch of robed women gathered around a basin, attributed to Francesco Allegrini.

Birth of the Virgin

Attributed to Francesco Allegrini, n.d.

Ink drawing of a mounted Cossack officer with a lance, horse in foreground, marching soldiers behind.

Officier de Cosaques

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pen and brown ink landscape with a large tree on the right, a town with towers on the left, and a rowing boat on a river.

Landscape with a Large Tree on the Right and a Distant View of a Town on the Left

called Il Bolognese Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Drawing of a garden balustrade above a reflecting pool, with tall trees and a lattice fence behind.

Lattice Work and Reflecting Pool at Arcueil

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1744/47

Gray wash drawing of a winged figure above standing and seated allegorical figures in an interior.

The Genius of Painting

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a calm Venetian lagoon with gondolas, mooring posts and a distant skyline under an overcast sky.

Lagoon, Venice

Muirhead Bone, c. 1920-53

Brown ink drawing with white highlights of a muscular Roman soldier in a plumed helmet holding a shield in a landscape.

Roman Soldier

Paolo Farinati, c. 1545

Loose brown wash drawing of a standing figure with a banner beside a gathered crowd and classical architecture.

David and Abigail

Domenico Mondo, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude man leaning on a spade with a grey drapery at his waist, sketched landscape behind.

Man with Spade

After Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino, n.d.