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Drawings & Sketches

76,382 works

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with a stone staircase, balustrade, statue, large trees, and distant classical building.

View of the Park at Versailles: Stairway with Two Pairs of Sphinxes

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bull lying down asleep with its head resting low on the ground.

A Bull Sleeping

Johann Heinrich Roos, 1672

Pen and wash drawing of a stone city gate with walls, rooftops, and a church tower, with figures and animals in the foregroun

Outside a city gate

Herman Saftleven

Faint pencil sketches of two park scenes on pale paper, showing trees, a diagonal path and shrubbery.

Two Sketches of a Park

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a harbor with a ruined stone arch, moored boats, figures on the shore, and a distant town.

Harbor with ruins

Herman Saftleven

Grey wash drawing of a garden with two sphinxes, a fountain, a standing couple, and a curved colonnade beneath trees.

View of the Park at Versailles: Two Sphinxes and a Couple Near a Collonade

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pencil sketch of an equestrian statue on a pedestal among trees, with a balustrade and arched structure at right.

View of the Park at Versailles: Equestrian Statue Among Trees

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a barn interior with peasants playing cards beneath a thatched roof, a dog and pig nearby.

Interior of a barn where peasants play cards

Adriaen van Ostade

Grey wash drawing of ruined fluted columns, an open iron gate, trees and a seated figure in a garden landscape.

View of the Park at Versailles: Ruined Columns and an Open Iron Gate

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a seated man in a grey hood raising a glass of beer, leaning back on a wooden chair.

Seated man leaning backwards and holding a beer glass

Adriaen van Ostade

Colored drawing of a standing man in a tall hat and grey cloak, holding a glass, with blue vest and pink sleeves.

Standing man holding a glass

Adriaen van Ostade

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a hat and pleated skirt beside a man with a cane, with trees behind them.

The Descent from the Summit: Jean Martin Steadies Hélène, the Banker’s Daughter (Illustration for Edmond Renoir’s “L’…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881

Pencil sketch on paper of seated figures, a chicken, and studies of animals, including a woman seen from behind.

Sketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto), Nude Female Torso (related to the painting Te a no areois [The Seed…

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Watercolor sketch of a bent-forward seated man in a red cap and blue apron holding a pipe on a wooden stool.

Seated man with a pipe, bent forward

Adriaen van Ostade

Pen and watercolor sketch sheet of tigers and lions in various poses, with faint pencil studies of men in period costume.

Sketches of Tigers and Men in 16th Century Costume

Eugène Delacroix, 1828-29

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man in a blue jacket and hat standing in a doorway, hands clasped, by Adriaen van Ostade.

Man standing in the doorway of a house

Adriaen van Ostade

Study for Old Age

Nicolas Lancret, c. 1732

Pen and ink figure studies of muscular male nudes with raised arms, one showing detailed leg and torso anatomy.

Figure Studies (recto and verso)

Henry Fuseli, c. 1800

Drawing of a wooded landscape with a path, large trees, travelers, a cottage, and hazy distant hills.

Landscape with trees and figures

Herman Saftleven

Pen and grey wash drawing of a water mill with a large waterwheel, a wading figure with a load, and a big tree on the right.

Landscape with a water mill

Herman Saftleven

Pen and wash drawing of a decorated temporary staircase and facade with crowds on tiers and in the square, dated 1782.

Campo San Zanipolo Decorated for the Visit of Pius VI

Domenico Fossati, 1782

Grey wash drawing of a winged figure lifting a limp male body while a draped woman reaches out, with sleeping figures nearby.

Aided by Eeriboia, Hermes Carries Off the Exhausted Ares from the Sleeping Sons of Aloeus (recto); Sketch of One of t…

Henry Fuseli, 1819

Watercolor of a military review on a large field with soldiers, a carriage, and elegantly dressed spectators in the foregroun

A Review on the Champs de Mars

Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, 1773

Grey-toned chalk drawing of a seated nude man on rocks holding a rolled object, with white highlights on the body.

Academic life drawing study: seated male nude

Norbert Heylbroeck II, 1757

Three-panel ink drawing with yellow wash: ruined Ypres church, vertical word REMEMBER over smoke, and a mother with two child

Ypres Remember

Alfred Ost, 1919

Colored drawing of uniformed civic guards marching with rifles past a crowd and mounted riders on a city street.

Het défilé van de burgerwacht in Gent

Jules De Bruycker, 1912

Painting of a lake under a golden evening sky, with hills, forest, fields and bare trees in the foreground.

Summer Night. Study

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated man in a wig holding an open book beside bookshelves and a green curtain.

Portrait of the Swiss naturalist Charles Bonnet (1720-93)

J.F. Clemens, 1778

Watercolor and ink view of a villa with umbrella pines, garden wall and distant hills, by John Downman, 1774.

Raffaelle's Villa Medici, Rome

John Downman, 1774

Watercolor landscape of a wooded river valley with bathing figures, rocks and a distant waterfall, by Joshua Cristall, 1818.

A Scene Near Lodore, Cumberland

Joshua Cristall, 1818

Drawing of two putti in struggle, one winged child in red and black chalk on grey paper, attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipr

Two Putti Fighting

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1747-1785

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a Gothic church interior with a wall tomb, effigy, carved font and pointed doorway.

Interior of a Church with a Wall Tomb and Medieval Font