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Drawings & Sketches

76,426 works

Pencil sketch of three religious monograms above a drawing of an ornate oil lamp on tan paper.

Sketches of hierograms and a drawing of an oil lamp

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Pencil study of a tree stump beside a watercolor of a lichen-covered boulder with saplings behind it.

Mossy stone and old stump, two studies

Magnus von Wright, 1864

Pen and wash drawing of a courtyard with a stone arch, balcony, steps, seated figures, and chickens in a village.

"Vens, The Shoemaker's House in Nemi"

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1837

Grey wash drawing of a footbridge over a still stream framed by leaning trees, with a distant hill and cottages.

The Foot Bridge

Francis Towne, 1780

Pencil and watercolour drawing of snow-covered bare trees behind a wall, pillar and wooden gate in a winter yard.

Snowy trees in the yard of Annankatu 15

Magnus von Wright, 1867

Watercolor of a road past tall trees and a church tower, with figures walking and a hill in the distance.

New Radnor

Pencil sketch of a small wayside shrine with an arched doorway and cross, with loose scribbles on a worn sketchbook page.

Wayside shrine

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Watercolor of a stone arch bridge over a wooded ravine, with slender trees in the foreground and a stream below.

Devil's Bridge

Francis Towne, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in a bonnet and shawl beside a child among trees, with hills behind.

Standing Woman and Child

Carl Bloch, 1850-90

Watercolour of a seated woman in Finnish folk costume with ribbon headdress, with faint pencil studies beside her.

Seated peasant girl from Ruokolahti

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Watercolor of a calm lake at sunset with layered mountains in the distance and trees on the right shore.

Windermere at Sunset

Francis Towne, 1786

Pencil sketch of rooftops and church towers, including a spired tower and a small domed belfry, under a pale sky.

A view of the roofs of the Jesuit church and monastery, and the presbytery and towers of St Mary's Basilica

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Horizontal procession of villagers, children and a horseback rider carrying flowers and greenery along a road, 1904 drawing.

Outdoors Blows the Summer Wind

Carl Larsson, 1904

Pen and grey wash drawing of a mountain valley with a winding river and dark trees on the right.

On the Side of the Rhine near the Source, Light Coming from the Right

Watercolor and pencil view of a town with a church tower beside a rapid river, with red roofs and a forest behind.

Tampere

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf

Pen and watercolor drawing of a stone arched bridge over a river, framed by trees, with a tower behind.

A Bridge Between Florence and Bologna

Francis Towne, 1781

Pencil sketch sheet with a fortified gate, a costumed figure, a helmeted head labeled St. George, and architectural studies.

Copies after works of art by Albrecht Dürer, including the engraving

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil and colour sketch of men playing chess at a draped table, with figures in the background, dated 1910.

Chess players

Onni Muusari, 1910

Grey wash drawing of a classical columned portico beside a building, framed by tall trees and a path.

Werrington Park, Devonshire

Colored pencil portrait of a woman in a blue hat and grey coat with clasped hands, signed Antti Favén 1938.

Portrait drawing of Toini Nikander (Antonietta Toini)

Antti Favén, 1938

Panoramic watercolor of Lake Windermere with wooded shores, rolling hills, still water reflecting clouds, and distant mountai

Lake Windermere

Francis Towne, 1786

Christ and St John (Hans Suess von Kulmbach)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pen and wash drawing of a shadowed rock passage with a winding road, a tall tree, and small figures near a distant building.

Entrance to the Grotto at Posilippo, Naples

Francis Towne, 1781

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man with drapery and a seated woman adjusting her sandal, with French captions citing Raphae

Copies of Raphael Santi's paintings and drawings

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Soft watercolor landscape of a river with tall trees, grazing cattle, and hills under a pale sky at dusk.

On the Dee

Watercolor landscape with large trees, a winding path, two figures, rolling hills and a distant peaked mountain under clouds.

Near Ambleside

Francis Towne, 1786

Watercolor of tall weathered Roman aqueduct arches overgrown with plants, with two small figures at lower left.

The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

Francis Towne, 1785

Anterior view anatomical drawing of a standing male figure showing bones, muscles and blood vessels in grey pencil.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Pencil sketch of two men beside a grindstone in a rustic interior, one in a wide-brimmed hat gesturing, with a hat on the flo

Who'll Turn the Grindstone?

William Sidney Mount, c. 1850

Pencil drawing of a human skeleton in front view with faint muscle outlines and small lettered labels on toned paper.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Pencil design of poppy flowers with stamens, seed pods and leaves on tracing paper, study for church decoration.

Poppies. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil drawing of a human skeleton in side view, crouched forward in a crawling posture on a pale sheet.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795