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Drawings & Sketches

76,418 works

Grey-blue drawing of a man in a curled wig and silk sash resting his hand on a helmet, with a landscape behind him.

Marshal of France

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1740

Pencil sketch of an ornately carved chair with floral backrest and turned legs, with small bird and flower studies beside it.

Sketches of applied arts: chairs

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Pencil study of a bare arm raised and bent at the elbow, with the hand turned inward, on pale paper.

Study for Thermaie Antoniniane

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1899

Loose oil study of two pairs of hands, one resting on red fabric, against a dark background.

Study of Two Pairs of Hands

Olga Boznańska, 1886

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, with arm and hand studies at lower left.

Seated Young Male Nude and Two Arm Studies

Michelangelo, 1510

Sitting peasant woman from Joutseno

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Watercolor of men praying in a mosque with striped arches, a carved pulpit, and red prayer rugs on a marble floor.

Moslems at Prayer

P. Pavesi, late 1800s-early 1900s

Pencil drawing of Aylmerton church in Norfolk with a round crenellated tower, pointed windows, and gravestones in the churchy

Aylmerton Church; Norfolk, from the South-West

John Sell Cotman, 1816

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a seated woman in striped folk costume, with a sketched back view of the same woman at right

Sitting peasant woman from St. Andrew and study of the back of the same woman

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure and a reclining figure beside a gothic arched window, with dark wash shading.

Study of Figures in a Dramatic Scene

Benjamin Robert Haydon

Pen and ink sketch of the Venus de Milo torso with draped hips, cross-hatched shading, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of the Venus de Milo

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pen and wash drawing of a derelict courtyard with a timber gallery, brick arch, cart, barrel, and a woman with a rooster.

Derelict Courtyard with a Beggar Woman, c. 1608

Roelant Savery, 1600

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Gothic stone piscina with tracery canopy and basin in a church wall.

A Piscina in Blickling Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1814

Drawing of Classical Bas

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil and watercolor landscape of a lone tree beside a wooden shed, with forest on the horizon under a grey sky.

Landscape from Kirkkonummi

Magnus von Wright

Pencil drawing of a stone church with a crenellated tower, pitched roofs and Gothic windows over grassy ground.

Brampton Church, Norfolk, from the South-East

John Sell Cotman, 1816

Brown ink drawing on blue paper of a river landscape with trees, a small boat with figures, and a distant town.

River Landscape by Moonlight

Aert van der Neer, 1650

Watercolor of a forest interior with birch trees and grass tussocks reflected in still water.

Spring forest interior and water-stranded tussocks

Magnus von Wright, 1851

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a road winding through rocky mountains, with large trees on the right side.

A Road in a Mountain Landscape with Trees to the Right

Alexander Cozens, 1780

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a ruff collar and buttoned doublet, gazing directly at the viewer.

Male Portrait

Annibale Carracci, 1593

Watercolor of a harbour village with red-roofed wooden houses, moored boats, a steamship, and a woman on the shore.

Shore landscape, Florö

Oscar Kleineh, 1886

Ink drawing of a bald man in a dark robe carrying a long-handled shrimp net, rendered in grey wash on pale paper.

The Shrimp Fisherman

Kôno Bairei, c. 1880-95

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a striped hood, head bowed, hands clasped, before a faint arched architectural background.

Dante in Meditation Holding a Pomegranate

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1852

Pastel drawing of pale pink roses with buds and green leaves climbing across a blue and tan geometric background.

Roses

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pencil drawing with green wash of a dreaming woman with swirling hair, framed by roses and foliage borders.

The Dreamer

Jan Toorop, 1890

Pen and watercolour interior showing a woman nursing a baby, a girl at a table, and a man in a hat at a window.

Interior...

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Brown ink sketch of a crowd of men gathered outdoors around a table, with a rider on horseback and trees behind.

The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch

David Wilkie, 1822

Pencil and watercolor study of three women in Finnish national costume, one seated in a blue vest, one standing in a brown co

Studies of peasant women from Kaukkala in national costumes

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded ballroom with a central waltzing couple, onlookers, and rules posted on the walls.

Preparatory drawing for The Waltz

Edward Francis Burney, 1820

Watercolor drawing of a nude female figure standing with folded arms, red hair and warm orange washes on tan paper.

Girl Nude with Folded Arms, 1910

Egon Schiele, 1910

Watercolor landscape of a yellow manor house, red cottages, fields and birch trees under a pale sky.

Landscape from Högfors

Magnus von Wright, 1865

Pen and wash drawing of a stout man at a table in a passage boat, roused by two waiters gesturing toward the windows.

John Gilpin in the Uxbridge Passage Boat

Edward Francis Burney, 1820