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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Drawing of a haloed kneeling shepherd lifting a lamb onto a rock ledge in a rocky landscape.

The Good Shepherd (recto); Cloud Studies (verso)

Friedrich von Olivier, late 18th-19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a rocky river with boulders, shrubs and conifer trees along the banks.

Landscape with Rocks in a River (near Kronau?)

Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels, late 19th-early 20th century

Black chalk and white heightening on blue paper: two seated male figures in a wooded landscape beside a lying cow.

Mercury and Argus

Januarius Zick, mid-18th-late 18th century

Gray wash drawing of a horseman talking to two seated figures by a river, with trees and a village in the distance.

Landscape with Horseman Talking to Seated Figures

Johann Christoph Dietzsch, 1730-68

Sepia drawing of a farewell: a man in a boat, a grieving man, embracing women and children, with a domed interior scene above

"The Farewell"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Pencil drawing of a seated man in loose draped robes, head bowed, one hand raised to his face, on pale paper.

A Drapery Study of a Seated Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 19th century

Pencil study of a man's left arm and shoulders seen from behind, with draped cloth falling over the shoulder at right.

Left Arm and Shoulders of a Man Seen from the Back

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 19th century

Pencil drawing of a rocky path with trees, a village, a calm bay and distant hazy mountains under an open sky.

A view of Pozzuoli, seen from the Northeast

Robert Kummer, early 19th-late 19th century

Loose oil sketch of a seated young woman in a black dress with yellow ribbon, hands folded, on tan paper.

Young Woman in Black

Edgar Degas, 1861/1865

Watercolor of three nude boys bathing by a wooded riverbank with dense trees and leafy plants.

Riverside with Three Bathing Boys

Christian Friedrich Gille, 19th century

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a woman in a black dress and bonnet seated on a chair on a beach.

Seated Lady in Black, Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1865

Watercolor and pen drawing of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice, with Gothic arches and two tall columns under blue sky.

View of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice

Wilhelm Gail, 19th century

Watercolor of a leafy geranium in a terracotta pot with smaller pots behind, painted in green and muted tones.

Geraniums

Paul Cézanne, 1888/1890

Pen and blue wash drawing of Apollo and the Nine Muses with poets in a wooded clearing on Mount Parnassus.

Apollo and the Nine Muses surrounded by Poets on Mount Parnassus

Karel Škréta, later 17th century

Watercolor and pencil still life of pink and red roses in a blue-green bottle on a table, with loose washes.

Roses in a Bottle [recto]

Paul Cézanne, 1900/1904

Grey wash drawing of robed figures performing a ritual offering before tents and mountains, within an ornate scrolled frame.

'The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing'

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Grey wash drawing of crucified Christ above an armored warrior, allegorical figures, a lion, and Latin inscriptions.

Allegory of Christian Virtues

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1746

Pencil drawing of a walled castle complex with steep roofs, a church spire and trees, dated 1690.

View of the castle at Oberbürg

Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger, 1690

Graphite drawing of a young boy in a white shirt and belt, standing before a sketched paneled interior wall.

René de Gas [recto]

Edgar Degas, 1855

Pencil study of two mourning draped women beside a tall tomb block, with a hanging cloth and a small winged figure at right.

Study for a Tomb

Antonio Canova, ca. 1790/91-95

Study of a Nude Man in Profile turned to the Right

Antonio Canova, n.d.

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a woman in a bonnet bending over embroidery in her lap.

Woman Embroidering

Edgar Degas, 1855/1860

Portrait of the Emperor Joseph II as Military Commander

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century

Watercolor caricature of a man in a white coat stuck on melting asphalt under a red umbrella, watched by a bearded gentleman.

Staberl und das Asphaltpflaster

Johann Peter Lyser, 1847

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Benedict ascending on clouds, supported by angels and putti within an arched niche.

The Ascension of Saint Benedict; verso: Ornamental sketches

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Pencil sketch of two seated women in swimsuits on grass, one resting her head on her hand, dated 1942.

Stadionbad

Karl Wiener, 1942

Charcoal sketch of a woman seated at a piano seen from behind, with loose lines suggesting an interior room.

Young Woman Seated at a Piano [recto]

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1890

Pen and wash drawing of a flooded monastery ruin with arched colonnade, a stone cross in water, and trees framing the scene.

Inundated Ruins of a Monastery

Carl Blechen, ca. 1824

Pencil study of billowing cumulus clouds above a flat horizon on a warm yellowish sheet, dated 1942.

Stadionbad (Wolkenstudie)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and ink sketch on a postcard of two peasants digging in a field, with handwritten Dutch text above.

Postcard with Two Peasants Digging

Vincent van Gogh, 1885

Watercolor landscape of tall trees, a stone balustrade building, and a distant dome under a pale sky.

View of the Dome of Saint Peter's, Rome

Henri Harpignies, 1863

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a farmer with a staff and a sheep crossing a wooden bridge beneath tall trees.

A Farmer and a Sheep Crossing a Rustic Bridge

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince