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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Decorative ceiling design sketch with X-shaped layout, allegorical figures, putti, garlands and gilded cartouches in pastel t

Esquisse pour l'escalier des fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Décembre

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1898

Loose oil sketch of a flock of sheep in a field under dark trees, with warm highlights on the foreground sheep.

Unfinished Study of Sheep

Constant Troyon, c. 1850

Sketch of an angel with a sword expelling two nude figures from a garden under dark trees.

Esquisse pour l'église de Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles : Le péché originel

Jean-Louis Bezard, 1869

Oil sketch of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a glowing dove above, and three angels in a wooded arch.

Esquisse pour l'église de Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles : Le Baptême du Christ

Jean-Louis Bezard, 1869

Sketch of a reclining woman with a hunting dog in a semicircular lunette, with flowers behind, signed François Lafon.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : la Chasse ou L'Automne

François Lafon, 1893

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman with a sickle and wheat sheaves in a semicircular lunette composition.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, la Moisson ou L'Eté

François Lafon, 1893

Sketch of a seated woman in a green dress holding a net beside fish, in a half-circular lunette composition.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, la Pêche

François Lafon, 1893

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman in a purple robe picking grapes beside a basket of fruit and vine leaves.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, la Vendange

François Lafon, 1893

Sketch of two nude children lifting a large box beneath a garland, painted in loose grey and cream tones on a half-circle pan

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, deux enfants levant ensemble une grande boîte

François Lafon, 1893

Grisaille sketch of two nude children, one with a trumpet and one with a sheaf of wheat, lifting a large box in a lunette.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, un enfant tenant une trompette et l'autre une gerbe lev…

François Lafon, 1893

Lunette sketch of two winged putti lighting a torchère on a pedestal, flanked by columns, in grey and blue tones.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, deux Amours allumant une torchère

François Lafon, 1893

Lunette sketch of two nude winged cupids holding torches beside a lit torchère, in grey and gold tones.

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de ville, deux Amours tenant chacun une torche près d'une torchère allumée

François Lafon, 1893

Oil sketch of a seated woman in a black bodice and green striped skirt, looking downward against a muted background.

Study in Black and Green (Oil Sketch)

John White Alexander, ca. 1906

Painting of a calm teal lake with distant mountains, wooded shores, and a small rowboat under a hazy sky.

Lake George, Free Study

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Oil sketch of dark storm clouds lit with pink highlights above a low horizon, with pale blue sky and wisps above.

Cloud Study (Distant Storm)

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-1806

Oil study of a seated female nude seen from behind, head bowed, one arm raised, against a brown and green background.

Study of a Female Nude

Henri Lehmann, 1840

Painting of a seated woman in a green and black dress adjusting her bodice, looking downward, against a green curtain.

Study in Green and Black

John White Alexander, by 1906

Grayscale study of a gnarled tree trunk and branches with loose brushwork and a pale patch of ground below.

Study of a Tree

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1864

Loose oil sketch of a standing man in a dark suit and red tie against a brown background.

James MacAlister (Sketch)

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1895

Painting of a young woman with long hair reading a large open book in a dark wooded setting, wearing a white blouse.

Study in a Wood

Daniel Huntington, 1861

Oil study of a rounded rock and autumn meadow under a pale sky, with a small tree in the foreground.

Autumn Study, View over Hanging Rock, Newport, R.I.

John La Farge, 1868

Oil painting of pale birch trunks beside a lake under green, sunlit foliage, with a shadowed earthen path below.

Study of Beeches

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Monochrome reproduction of a painted study of a standing deer with antlers in a shadowy forest clearing.

Deer - Sketch from Nature

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, ca. 1882

Painting of a dirt road leading to a village with a church spire under a cloudy sky, with a large tree on the right.

A Country Church. Study

Alfred Wahlberg

Oil sketch of elegantly dressed figures conversing in a garden with tall columns and trees, dated 1854.

"Rococo". Study

Ludwig von Hagn, 1854

Painting of a sunlit old town street with brick buildings, a green-domed tower, cobblestones, and small figures.

Street in Hamburg. Study in Architecture

Wilhelm von Hanno, 1870

Dark oil study of a hand holding a slender quill pen against a shadowy background.

Study of a Hand

Georg Engelhard Schröder

Oil study of a hand gripping a thin baton against a dark background, with a white shirt cuff at the wrist.

Study of a Hand

Robert Thegerström

Dark silhouetted bare trees in front of pale snowy mountains under a starry night sky with a shooting star.

Winter Night in the Mountains. Study

Harald Sohlberg, 1901

Sketch for a mural with three dark arches below scenes of a city view, a rifleman, tended wounded men and an interior.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : L'arrivée d'un pigeon voyageur - Les soins aux blessés

Paul-Emile Mangeant, 1889

Sketch of a crowd carrying wounded men to an ambulance, beside a scene of spectators watching hot air balloons in a field.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le transport des blessés à l'ambulance - Le départ…

Paul-Emile Mangeant, 1889

Four painted panels of putti in a gilded frame; two tablets read LEX and JUS, with scales and a sword.

Esquisse pour le plafond de la salle d'audience de la Cour des Assises du Palais de Justice de Paris : Lex

Léon Bonnat, 1873