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Drawings & Sketches

76,382 works

Painted drawing of a soldier drinking from a bottle atop corpses, with a ruined cathedral and smoky sky behind him.

Prussian soldier drinking from the neck of a bottle

Georges Rochegrosse

Portrait of Charles Benjamin de Langes de Montmirail, Baron de Lubières (recto); Portrait of Charles Benjamin de Lang…

Jean-Étienne Liotard, about 1760

Drawing of a young girl in a white veil holding a book and candle, with rows of veiled children behind a wooden rail.

The communicants

Henri-Paul Royer, 1896

Portrait of Elysée Reclus

Théo Van Rysselbergue, 1899

Brown ink and wash drawing of a barefoot monk leaning on a wooden cross, with a small cherub in the lower left corner.

A Monk Carrying a Cross

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, about 1680-1700

Sketch of a bearded man with long dark hair, eyes closed and mouth open, draped in white cloth on tan paper.

Mounet-Sully declaiming

Pencil drawing of an allegorical monument with a draped female figure atop a globe, a torch-bearing figure, and two lions.

The Triumph of the Republic after Dalou

Emile Jean Sulpis, 1879

Portrait of a child

Jean Veber, 1891

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers, kneeling figures and a spear-bearing standard holder before classical architecture.

Saint Sebastian calling to martyrdom Saint Mark and Saint Marcellinus

Paolo Veronese, 1565

Brown ink drawing of a seated nude man writing beside a lamp, a woman with an elephant, and a central emblem.

Allegories of Study and Intelligence Flanking the Zuccaro Emblem

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pen drawing of a medieval procession with horsemen, clergy, and banners over a squared grid, study for a mural.

Study for the decoration of the gallery of the Court of Honour of the Sorbonne: The Fête du Lendit

Jean-Joseph Weerts

Watercolor sketch of women in dark crinoline dresses standing by the sea, with seated figures in hats at left.

Seated woman and various figures by the sea

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1870

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a woman with curled hair and a ruffled lace bodice, dated 1883.

Portrait of Madame Durot

Guillaume Dubufe, 1883

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a feathered hat and layered blouse, head bowed, resting on a bench.

Portrait of a woman

Sketchbook page with pencil studies of a rooster, two ducklings, and a grey duck with a red head.

Studies of a rooster and waterfowl

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Graphite study of a laurel-crowned nude male figure beside a winged female figure and a large ornamented shield.

Study for "The apotheosis of Napoleon Ier"

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1853

Pen and brown ink drawing of a receding Venetian-style street with palazzo facades, columns, market stalls and a rooftop stat

The Campo S. Basso: The North Side with the Church (recto); A Market Scene (verso)

Canaletto, about 1740

Pen and watercolor drawing of a forest road with cattle and a herder, a distant spire and an evening sky.

Forest Road at Evening

Lucas van Uden, about 1640-1650

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man raising his arm toward an angel as a kneeling nude youth rests on stones.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Giulio Romano, about 1516-1518

Pen and wash drawing of God presenting a kneeling Eve in a garden with animals and Adam and Eve in background.

Creation of Eve

Crispijn van den Broeck, 1575

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man standing, raising a blade and holding a severed head, on a hatched grey ground.

Standing Academy

Andrea Boscoli, c. 1587

Black chalk drawing of a bearded nude man in a loincloth, arms crossed over his chest, standing on rocky ground.

Christ Baptized

Juan Carreño de Miranda, about 1682

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a nude winged angel standing on a cloud, holding a book and looking upward.

An Angel Holding a Book (recto); Three Studies of a Falling Male Figure (verso)

Cristoforo Roncalli, about 1583-1586

Red chalk drawing of Hercules clubbing centaurs on a rocky ledge under a stormy sky.

Hercules Subduing the Centaurs

Edmé Bouchardon, about 1735-1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ showing his wounds to a kneeling apostle while onlookers stand behind them.

The Incredulity of Thomas (recto); Study for the Figure of Thomas (verso)

Pellegrino Tibaldi, about 1565-1585

Pen and brown ink drawing of two draped standing figures in classical robes, sketched on aged paper.

Two Studies of an Ancient Statue (recto); Scylla and a Centaur (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, about 1632-1635

Black chalk drawing of a young man in a wide-brimmed hat seated on a bench, head turned left, cloak loosely draped.

Youth Seated on a Bench

Moses ter Borch, 1660s

Oil study of a man with dark skin in a white turban and draped white cloth against a reddish-brown background.

Study for Balthazar

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1609-1611

Watercolor sketch of men in Turkish dress seated at a writing desk under an orange canopy, with a standing figure at right.

A Turkish notary drawing up a marriage contract

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Study of the Head of a Bearded Man

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, about 1533

Drawing of the Virgin ascending to heaven among angels while figures below gaze up beside an open tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1624

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a draped standing figure with a bare foot on grey-green paper.

Asclepius (recto); Study of a Male Youth Bearing Some Leaves (verso)

Anton Raphael Mengs, about 1762