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Drawings & Sketches

79,489 works

Ink drawing of two friezes: winged putti playing with sea creatures above, and putti leading a sheep beside an altar below.

Design for Two Freizes

Felice Giani, 1800

Charcoal and white chalk study of a male head with curly hair, drawn from a plaster cast on tan paper.

Male Head From a Plaster Cast

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate ceiling design with scrolls, garlands, moldings and a central cross medallion.

Painted Ceiling

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1740

Pencil sketch of tree ferns, broad-leaved plants and stems on brown paper, with handwritten labels.

Sketches of Plants and Tree Ferns near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a vertical ornament panel with a nude female figure, cherubs, garlands and embracing couple.

Ornament Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Pencil study on tan paper of an older man seated at a table, one hand resting on it, the other hanging by his knee.

Study for a Portrait of Albert Gallatin, Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pastel design of a draped standing woman in a glowing arched niche beside a shadowy seated figure and a column.

Design for a Wall Decoration

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated man in front of a bullfighting poster with a bull's head emblem and the word Toro.

Bullfighter, Spain

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet of trees, hanging vegetation and a small house, with handwritten botanical notes in the margins.

Botanical Sketches with a House, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of soldiers and figures on a small page mounted in an album, divided by a vertical line.

Sketches of Soldiers

Winslow Homer, 1860

Grey ink drawing of serpents attacking fallen figures in a rocky landscape, framed by an ornate Rococo cartouche with serpent

Study for Serpents Sent to Destroy the Sinners, Plate 360, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pencil study on blue paper of a woman's raised hand and forearm with a second hand at upper left.

Mercy's Hand and Arm, Study for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a high-waisted gown with puffed sleeves and a bundled cloth at her feet.

Study for drapery

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Watercolor study of three cattle: a brown steer grazing, a black-and-white steer standing, and a brown cow beside a fence.

Cattle, Steers

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and ink sketch with wash of a woman in a crinoline dress and bonnet on a street beside two men.

Street Scene

Constantin Guys, 1850

Charcoal sketch of a figure in a hat looking out at sailboats and rowboats on a sea with rocks and other figures.

Beach with Boats and People, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Octagonal ink and wash drawing of a chariot procession with classical figures, putti, a panther and columns in the background

The Triumph of Bacchus and Ceres

Felice Giani, 1810

Four brown ink and wash studies on one sheet showing haloed figures, cherubs among clouds, embracing putti and two women.

Lunette with St. Peter and St.Paul with St. Matthew and the Prophet Isaiah, Study after Sebastiano del Piombo

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a two-masted schooner towing three dories across choppy sea under streaked clouds.

Schooner with Three Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded arcaded interior with seated figures on a platform, riders, and standing onlookers.

The Spirit of Wisdom

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Red chalk drawing of a draped female figure holding a bowl and raising one hand, within a gold and black ruled border.

Minerva Giustiniani

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a feathered-hat woman at a table with several wine bottles, one lying on its side, on cream paper.

Woman Drinking Wine, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil study of rocks and leafy undergrowth with ferns on a pale sheet, with a handwritten date and place inscription.

Study of foliage, Trachselwald, Bern, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Red chalk study on blue paper of a kneeling draped man seen from behind, with sketched hands and drapery studies nearby.

Studies of a Kneeling Figure

Carlo Maratti, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a donkey and tree, with the handwritten word plenty below.

Study for "Plenty"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a bearded robed man standing and holding a book, head turned upward, within a double ruled border.

St. Ignatius Loyola from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil and wash sketch of a steep cliff with small buildings above a calm sea, with a horizon line on the left.

Study of coastal cliff, Amalphi, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Charcoal and chalk study of an elderly bald, bearded man with head bowed and eyes looking downward.

Study for "A Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a Gothic-style library bookcase with pointed arch tracery and pierced crest, by Thomas Chippen

Design for a Library Bookcase

Thomas Chippendale, 1750

Watercolor wall elevation with Chinese figure panels, a pagoda-roofed central door, dragon scrollwork and green marbled walls

Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil drawing of Saint John holding a chalice, draped in a flowing robe, with a haloed inscription above his head.

St. John, Cartoon for Carlisle Window, Paisley Abbey, Scotland

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a leaf-patterned rosette, a leafy footed base, and a fluted urn with handles on pale paper.

Urn and leaf-like ornament

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770