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Drawings & Sketches

76,326 works

Pencil and watercolor sketch of robed men in a columned interior, one seated figure bowed in grief beside standing companions

Job and his friends

Martinus Rørbye, 1840-1849

Painted sketch of a crowd invading a Paris town hall interior, with officials at a table and gesturing men beside a stone pil

Sketch for the prefect's office of the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: The Invasion of the Hôtel de Ville by the Belleville…

Jean-Baptiste Noro, 1889

Sketch of a paneled wall design with three painted rural scenes of figures in a landscape, framed by classical moldings.

Sketch for the wedding hall of the town hall of Courbevoie: binder, maternity, education

Théobald Chartran, 1884

Oil sketch of a pink-roofed house on a rural path beside a wooden paneled door panel, 1898.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Créteil Plain seen from the Saint-Simon path

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Oil sketch of a paneled wooden door beside a loosely painted landscape of trees and a riverbank.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Banks of the Marne seen from the bridge of the Ile Sainte-Catherine

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Watercolor landscape of a river winding past trees and rocks toward a distant house under a grey, cloudy sky.

River Landscape

Johann Georg von Dillis, about 1820-1830

Sketch of a wooded landscape with workers and tree trunks, set above painted wood paneling, for a decorative wall scheme.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Créteil Plain taken from the Saint-Simon path

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Oil sketch of wood-paneled wall with a loosely painted landscape of trees and a field above and beside it.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Créteil plain taken from the Saint-Simon path

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Watercolor of a pink-flowered branch with caterpillars, a purple butterfly, and red seeds in an open pod.

The Rocu Tree with Caterpillars, Moths, and Butterflies

Maria Sibylla Merian

Loose oil sketch of women in dresses in a garden with tall trees, set within a drawn wooden panelled wall frame.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Banks of the Marne seen from the bridge of the Isle Sainte-Catherine

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Red chalk drawing of a young David holding a sword, seated on the severed head of Goliath, with drapery and a distant landsca

David with the Head of Goliath (recto); Two Studies, one of a Woman (verso)

Domenico Fetti, about 1620

Oil sketch of a wood-grain door beside a window framing a loose, painted landscape of trees and a figure.

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape - Banks of the Marne seen from the bridge of L'Isle Sainte-Catherine

Martial-Eugène Simas, 1898

Oval pointillist sketch of winged and reclining female figures among flowers, set on a gold background, by Henri Bonis.

Sketch for the town hall of the 10th arrondissement: The Arts - Harmonies

Henri Bonis, 1905

Circular drawing of the Circumcision of the infant Christ in an arched interior, with haloed figures and an attendant holding

The Circumcision

Sebald Beham, about 1522

Impressionist sketch of a July 14th street ball with violinists on a platform, lanterns, bunting and a crowd.

Sketch for the town hall of the 12th arrondissement of Paris: The July 14th ball

Claude Charles Bourgonnier, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of a dancing peasant couple seen from behind, with hatched shading and billowing clothing.

Dancing Peasant Couple

Woman in French(?) national costume

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845

Ink and wash drawing of a man-of-war and smaller sailing boats on calm, misty water under a pale sky.

Man-of-War and Small Vessels

Caspar van den Bos, 1653

Watercolor of a rocky sea inlet with turquoise water, tidal seaweed flats, and grassy cliffs under a pale sky.

Sterhouen [Stêr-Ouen]. Belle-Isle-en-mer

Henri Rivière, 1910

Colored drawing of rocky cliffs and a narrow sea inlet with surf breaking on boulders under a pale sky.

Cliffs at Belle-Isle en mer

Henri Rivière, 1910

Watercolor of rocky sea stacks with surf and grassy cliffs under a cloudy sky, titled Goulphar, Belle-Isle en mer.

Goulphar. Belle-Isle en mer

Henri Rivière, 1910

Brown chalk study of a sculpted lion's head with open jaws and a second fragment above, on tan paper.

Study of a sculpted lion's head

Charles Louis Girault

Pen and ink design of a tall ornate candelabra with scrolled foliage, figures and a lobed circular base.

Bronze candelabra

Charles Louis Girault

Pen and brown wash drawing of a Venetian square with a tall campanile, three flagpoles and strolling figures.

The campanile and Saint Mark's Square

Francesco Guardi

Colored drawing of a woman in a white bonnet and striped skirt beside bowls of orange food in a hilly landscape.

Breton woman

Pencil sketch of flat-roofed houses, a stone wall, figures and distant hills, inscribed Beni Fera 1881.

Beni Fera [Ferah]

Gustave Achille Guillaumet, 1881

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a muscular nude man seated, one arm raised holding a cup, the other arm extended outward.

Study of a Nude Man Posed as Bacchus

Antoine Coypel, about 1685

Pencil sketch of seated figures and a dog beneath a sloping lean-to roof beside a shaded alley.

A lean-to

Gustave Achille Guillaumet

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman seen from behind at a piano in an interior, with a wall sconce above.

Margoton at the piano

Armand Guillaumin

Charcoal sketch of rocky cliffs and gnarled tree branches above a sea horizon, signed Guillaumin and inscribed 'au Brusc'.

Au Brusc

Armand Guillaumin, 1911

Charcoal sketch of a rocky landscape with trees and shrubs under a pale sky with a distant horizon.

Landscape

Armand Guillaumin

Pen and ink drawing of an ornamental wall light bracket on pale paper with a faint border.

Drawing for a Wall Light

Pierre Contant d'Ivry, 1753-1756