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Drawings & Sketches

76,306 works

Grey-wash drawing of a cluttered 1845 interior with display cabinets, portrait busts, framed portraits, books and hanging swo

Eustachy Tyszkiewicz's Room as it was before the establishment of the Museum

Marceli Januszewicz, 1845

Pencil sketch of a group of figures in ancient armor and robes gathered in an outdoor scene with a central boy.

Alexander the Great and King Taxiles

After Sisto Badalocchio, c. 1615

Pencil and colored pencil sketch of a seated woman in a white blouse and dark skirt, leaning on a table.

The Toiler

Carroll Beckwith, before 1917

Pencil sketch of a thatched cottage on a snowy hill with a bare tree and a path, numbered 25 in the corner.

Snowy cottage on a hill, sketch for the painting "Winter" from 1907

Józef Chełmoński, 1875

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman with drapery and a folio resting on her lap.

Seated Woman with Folio Resting on Her Lap

Style of Mario Balassi, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor panoramic drawing of a seaside town with buildings, a tower, a windmill, and rolling hills.

Panoramic View of Seaside Town

John Skinner Prout, n.d.

Graphite study of a reclining nude man raising one arm and looking upward, shaded with soft pencil hatching.

Study of a Male Nude

Edgar Degas, 1858

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers, a standard-bearer and kneeling figures gathered before distant hills.

The Wounded Porus before Alexander the Great by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini Rijksmuseum Amsterdam RP-T-BR-2006-1

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1708

Pointillist watercolor of a village with a church spire, red roofs, trees, and a blue river under a dotted sky.

Morning on the Marne at Meaux

Albert Dubois-Pillet, 1885/86

Pen drawing of two cloaked men with a dagger confronting a seated woman holding an infant, with a dog, in a forest.

Genoveva’s Murderers Take Pity

Joseph von Führich, c. 1830

Watercolor panorama of a rural landscape with a farmhouse, grazing cattle, sheep and a distant river under cloudy skies.

Panorama near Arnhem by Aert Schouman Rijksmuseum Amsterdam RP-T-2006-152

Aert Schouman, 1776

Three drawings of a soldier in a kepi aiming a rifle over a trench parapet, from pencil sketch to finished ink versions.

Le roi des Belges dans les tranchées

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pen and ink sketch of a horse pulling a hansom cab past a street lamp, with a coachman and a top-hatted passenger.

Whistler in a Hansom Cab

George Louis Pamella Busson Dumaurier, n.d.

Muted landscape with a thatched cottage, church spire, tall trees, and small figures with sheep on a path.

Wooded Landscape with Village Scene

Thomas Gainsborough, early 1770s (not later than 1772)

Red chalk drawing of a chained bearded man before seated judges in a classical hall, with a guard, scribes and an eagle sculp

Paul Before Felix

William Hogarth, c. 1751

Red chalk drawing of a child presented to a seated noblewoman beneath draped curtains, with classical architecture behind.

Moses Brought to Pharaoh’s Daughter

William Hogarth, 1751

Three ink drawings of a crowd demonstration before a palace, with a man in a dark coat raising a flag with an eagle.

Manifêstation devant le Palais d'Hiver

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Watercolor of sailing boats and rowboats in a harbor with a distant town under a cloudy sky.

The Port of Honfleur

Jean Barthold Jongkind, September 14, 1864

Graphite drawing of a male nude seen from behind, standing on a block with both hands raised to his head.

Male Nude

Gustav Klimt, January 29, 1880

Ink and wash sketch of a caricatured seated man, a seated woman at a table, a standing man, and an inverted head.

Sketches from “The Gypsies,” “The Spanish Ballet,” and “Lola de Valence” for “L’Autographe au Salon de 1865”

Édouard Manet, 1865

Ink and gouache drawing of German soldiers in a trench, one with raised hands surrendering amid a dark, struggling group.

Dans une tranchée, des soldats allemands se rendent

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pen drawing of a seated official washing his hands while figures are led away past soldiers and an arched building.

Pilate Washing His Hands, with Christ Being Led Away

After Giovanni de Boulogne, called Giambologna, 1575-1599

Brown and grey wash drawing of washerwomen by a stream beside an arched stone bridge, with a large tree and ruins.

Washerwomen by Stream in Italianate Landscape

Possibly Andrea Locatelli, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a bishop holding a domed reliquary, with a study of a female saint's bust and hands at upper right.

A Bishop Carrying a Reliquary with a Skull and Study of Two Hands Holding a Reliquary of a Female Saint

School of Eustache Le Sueur, n.d.

Ink drawing of a dirt road lined with trees, with houses and telegraph poles visible in the distance.

Tree-Lined Road with Houses and Telegraph Poles in Distance

George-Ernest Colby, 1897

Pen and ink drawing of a bare tree on sandy dunes, with a distant factory and smokestack under a cloudy sky.

Industrial Town in Dunes

George-Ernest Colby, 1897

Ink drawing of a burning Gothic cathedral and houses in Louvain, with a soldier standing among rubble and fallen figures.

Louvain

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pen and wash drawing of a tired man slumped in a chair with a dog and boots on the floor beside him.

The Tired Sportsman

Style of William Hogarth, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a bearded man standing with his arms tied behind his back, shown from the rear.

Figure with Arms Tied Behind His Back

Attributed to Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a castle on a rocky island with sailboats in a bay and a crowd of people on the shore.

Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall: Regatta Scene

J. G. Doyle, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of horses in a landscape, one standing by a tree and one lying down, with distant hills.

Landscape with Horses in Foreground

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of three women playing harp, flute and pipe among trees in a woodland clearing.

Nymphs Playing Musical Instruments

Attributed to Nicolas René Jollain, n.d.