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Drawings & Sketches

76,418 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of two muscular male nude figures, one striding forward and one turned to the right.

Two Nude Studies of a Man Storming Forward and Another Turning to the Right

Michelangelo, 1504

Count Majlath with family (study)

Friedrich von Amerling, 1832

Black chalk sketch of biblical figures and angels among clouds, with a seated woman and a man holding a harp.

Abraham and Isaac, Adam and Eve, Noah, David with a Harp

Pietro da Cortona, 1647

Painting of an elderly bearded monk in a brown hooded robe, looking upward with clasped hands against a dark background.

Study of a monk

Elemír Halász-Hradil, 1889

Pen-and-ink drawing: large letter H over a burning farmhouse, with a rifle-carrying man, woman and child fleeing in the foreg

Inital H for Chapter LXXI from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1899

Sketch of a young hunter with a rifle seated on rocks, looking out over a calm sea toward a distant lighthouse.

Bird Hunter on the Beach, Study

Painting of a barefoot boy in a brown cap and dark jacket standing against a warm ochre background.

Study of a standing boy

Elemír Halász-Hradil, 1890

Colored pencil drawing of a bishop saint in mitre and ornate red cope holding a red pastoral staff.

Saint Ambrose. Copy of a wall painting from the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Watercolor drawing of a thin nude man with closed eyes and a grimacing mouth, one arm raised, on peach paper.

Nude Self-Portrait, Grimacing

Egon Schiele, 1910

Head of An Apostle in the Transfiguration

Three riders in red hunting coats and top hats on horseback, painted in loose brushwork against a muted landscape.

Studies of Riders in the Hunting Field

Benjamin Marshall, 1805

Sketches of a Portrait of Frederick III (?), a Male Figure and a Putto

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Study of a male head

Elemír Halász-Hradil, 1889

Pencil sketch of men gathered on a porch, one reading a newspaper, with a woman, child, horse and soldier nearby.

Sketch - News from the Army

Archibald Willard, 1800s

Pencil and watercolor drawing of old houses with colorful washes, balconies, and hanging laundry, by Egon Schiele.

Old Houses in Krumau

Egon Schiele, 1914

Copy of Teofil Kwiatkowski’s composition

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1879

Sketch of a kneeling muscular man with a topknot, leaning forward with arms extended, in brown tones on pale ground.

Study for Indian in "Buffalo Hunt by Indians"

Karl Ferdinand Wimar, 1861

Brown ink and wash drawing of a white bull standing in a stable beside a dog, with hay and wooden beams.

White Bull and a Dog in a Stable

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Pencil and ink drawing of a nude standing woman with closed eyes, holding a black and white checkered cloth.

Standing Girl

Egon Schiele, 1908

Charcoal portrait of a seated young girl in a lace bonnet and shawl, hands folded, looking toward the viewer.

Girl

Honoré Daumier, 1830

Drawing of a dark cross on a stepped pedestal with gray rays radiating outward behind it against a pale background.

The Cross

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Ink drawing of a striped tiger peering out beside a bamboo stalk with dark leaves, set within a circular field.

Tiger Emerging from Bamboo

Kanō Tsunenobu, 1704

Pencil sketch of an ornate sledge with a scrolled prow and fringed seat, with handwritten title above.

Sketch of Stanisław Augustus' sledge

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Black chalk drawing on red paper of a boy in a wide hat with his right hand raised in a pointing gesture.

Boy Pointing with Raised Right Hand

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel freeing a chained man in a prison while guards sleep nearby.

Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison

Abraham Bloemaert

Red chalk drawing of a classical female head with wavy hair bound by a band, shaded to resemble marble sculpture.

Campana HeadOfEmpressSabina MIA 201258161

Marie-Christine Vagliengo Campana, 1776

Black and red chalk portrait drawing of a young woman with a large lace ruff collar and upswept hair.

Rubens's Daughter Clara Serena (So named Maid of Honor of Infanta Isabella) c. 1623

Peter Paul Rubens, 1620

Red and black chalk drawing of a smiling girl with a tilted head wearing a ruffled headscarf, on buff paper.

Head of Smiling Girl

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1765

Grey wash drawing of a full flower bouquet with tulips and roses in an ornate vase on a stone ledge.

Bouquet of Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, 1723

Jan van Huysum, 1723

Loose watercolor drawing of a seated couple embracing, with gray trousers and ochre clothing, by Egon Schiele.

Seated Couple, 1915

Egon Schiele, 1915

Pen drawing of a framed letter N above sheep huddled in windblown snow, with hatched shadows and drifts.

Inital N for Chapter L from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1889

Brown wash drawing of a man in a cloak and a woman in a hat standing by a tree in a garden landscape.

Couple in a garden

Jan Thomas van Ieperen, 1629