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Drawings & Sketches

76,382 works

Studies of Horses (after the Elgin marbles)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1871

Pen and watercolor sketch of two seated men in striped garments beside an ornate stone well and carved panel.

Two men by a well

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated male nude with raised arm on blue-grey paper.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Sketches of Hand and Boy'd Head (verso)

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Model study; kneeling woman in profile with h

Joakim Skovgaard, 1900-1903

Brown ink and chalk drawing of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat reaching up with a pail beside her.

A Milkmaid

Aelbert Cuyp, about 1642-1646

Brown wash drawing of cows and a sheep crossing a ford under a tree, with a woman, a dog, and a man with a staff.

Cows Crossing a Ford with a Couple and a Dog

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1656

Red chalk drawing of a ceiling spandrel with a robed figure, an eagle, and winged putti above clouds and arches.

Saint John the Evangelist

After Domenichino, after 1627

Pencil drawing of a tall tree and rocky foreground, with a village by a lake and steep mountains rising behind.

Bonneville near Geneva on the Road to Chamonix

John Frederick William Herschel, August 13, 1821

Painted head study of an elderly woman in a white cap and brown garment, with handwritten notes on a dark background.

Head of a Woman

Annibale Carracci, about 1582

Pen and wash drawing of a farm courtyard with a brick house, thatched barns, wooden fences and leaning ladders.

View of a Farm Courtyard (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1600

Watercolor of a Constantinople square with robed figures, a tiled gateway, crenellated walls and stray dogs.

The Square in Front of Bab-i-Hümayan in Constantinople

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling figures, and angels on a cloud.

The Adoration of the Magi

Guillaume Courtois, about 1665

Drawing of a crowded 18th-century theatre audience watching two costumed performers on a stage.

The Scene with the Tall Baguenodière

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1726

Drawing of figures on horseback and on foot gesturing on a country road under trees, with a wagon at right.

Ragotin declaims verses; peasants believe he is preaching

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1737

Sepia wash drawing of a horned, bearded faun holding a cornucopia, with a reclining putto in the lower left.

Seated Faun Holding Cornucopia (recto); Sketch of Tree and House (verso)

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pen and ink design drawing of an oval belt buckle decorated with clover flowers and leaves on a cream sheet.

Clover belt buckle

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1902

Brown ink drawing of mistletoe sprigs with berries arranged across an oval belt buckle frame on an octagonal sheet.

Mistletoe belt buckle

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1902

Pen and ink drawing of a serpent coiled around an ornamental central bar on an octagonal tan sheet.

Belt buckle fly [on a mistletoe leaf]

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1905

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornamental belt buckle with hanging cherries and leaves on grid paper.

Cherry belt buckle

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1902

Watercolor design of a gold serpent forming a heart-shaped belt buckle with a blue gemstone head and red stones.

Serpent belt buckle

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1900

Pencil design drawing of an ornate paperweight with foliate scrollwork, a central mask, and a decorated cartouche on tan pape

Paperweight

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1900

Watercolor and pencil design of an ornate letter opener with a crowned finial and a cartouche of cherubs on a pale sheet.

Paperweight

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1895

Watercolor of a veiled woman in a golden robe holding a blue parasol, with two veiled companions and trees behind her.

One of the Ladies of the Harem (recto); Fragment of a Landscape (verso)

Constantin Guys, 1854/56

Watercolor design of a tapered paperweight with an ornate gilded scrolled and foliate finial on a beige background.

Paperweight

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1898

Pen and ink sketch of a hussar in a fur busby and braided jacket, hand on hip, holding a sabre.

Hussar (recto) Man with a Top Hat and Bandaged Head (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Pen drawing of an ornate pedestal with a domed top, cherub heads, scrolling acanthus and a dolphin motif on the shaft.

Seal

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1897

Watercolor design of an elongated vase with green chestnut-like leaves and stems on brown paper, pale central panel.

Paperweight

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1905

Pencil drawing of a horizontal scroll frieze with symmetrical acanthus foliage and a central rosette between ruled borders.

Scroll frieze

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1850

Pen drawing of several ornamental friezes with scrolling foliage, palmettes and rosettes on an aged sheet of paper.

Friezes

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1890

Pen drawing of ships and sailboats on calm water, with an overturned boat and driftwood on grassy sand in the foreground.

The Beach at Wieck near Greifswald

Caspar David Friedrich, about 1815-1821

Pencil and wash sketch of a grotesque horned face with curling hair and ornamental scrolls on a pale paper ground.

Grotesque

Pierre-Georges Deraisme, 1895

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed cloak, hand resting on a ledge, signed 1607.

Portrait of a Man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1607