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Drawings & Sketches

79,489 works

Red chalk sketch of a standing woman in a nun's habit with a veil and flowing drapery, within a double-ruled border.

Standing woman in nun's habit

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor and pen design sheet with ceiling plan and four wall elevations of a room with painted panels, mirror and drapery.

Design for Ceiling and Four Walls of Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Red chalk sketch of a robed standing figure holding a long staff, set within a thin gold and black ruled border.

Christ standing

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of a helmeted draped woman flanked by a bearded satyr and a nude male figure on pale paper.

Classical Figures

Girolamo da Carpi, 1540

Graphite portrait of a young man with dark hair, white collar and dark neckcloth, drawn on grey paper.

Self-portrait

Giuseppe Sabatelli, 1820

Red chalk sketch of a winged figure holding a strap above a small putto, with loose hatching, within a double-ruled border.

Winged figure holding strap with putto

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil and white chalk drapery studies of knotted and folded cloth on mauve paper, by Elihu Vedder, 1890.

Studies of Drapery of "Fortune"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Red chalk sketch of a muscular male figure twisting in motion with flowing drapery on cream paper.

Figure from Last Judgment

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a man in a suit seated on a stool, smoking a pipe with eyes lowered.

Seated Man

George Charles Aid, 1900

Red chalk drawing of an angel reaching upward through radiating light rays, with swirling drapery and a cloud below.

Angel in the Church of the Gesù

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a 19th-century Biedermeier drawing room with a tiled stove, piano, green carpet and potted plants.

Design for a Bourgeois Biedermeier Interior

Pencil sketch on translucent paper of polo players on horseback with raised mallets, folded into a curved lampshade design.

Design for Lampshade, Polo Players

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor of two men in period coats and wigs conversing on a shaded park path between trees.

Two Gentleman Conversing in a Park

Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1800

Seated Woman

George Charles Aid, 1900

Architectural elevation of a side wall with panelled sections and a central fireplace flanked by pilasters, in peach wash.

Side wall with fireplace

Frederick Crace, 1810

Wall elevation drawing of a symmetrical room with central fireplace, carved overmantel, paneled doors and classical busts in

Wall Elevation

James Byres, 1810

Pencil sketch of Turkish tombstones with carved stelae and turban-topped markers in grass, captioned Turkish Tombstones.

Turkish Tombstones

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing woman with short hair gazing upward, holding a long diagonal staff across her body.

Study of Standing Female Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Pencil sketch of chimneys, rooftops and a scrolled barber's sign on tan paper, annotated Lausanne Sept. 18.

Chimneys - Lusanne

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal drawing of two nude and partly draped putti, one pointing and one lifting a billowing cloth overhead.

Two Putti

Francesco Bartolozzi

Colorful design elevation of a Chinese-style interior wall with red panels, pagodas, dragons, and a central fireplace.

Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, for Brighton Pavilion, Brighton, England

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of a young girl with a hair bow holding a bowl, wearing a belted pleated skirt and ankle boots.

Girl with Bowl

Louise Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of a helmet on a bracket with handwritten notes, and two figures in top hats labeled little boys at Eton.

Sketch of Helmet and Men at Eton

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown ink drawing of a muscular man raising a sword over a kneeling, bound figure in an execution scene.

Execution Scene

Andrea Boscoli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young man's head and shoulders, gazing directly at the viewer, with hatched shading on hair and face.

Self-Portrait

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Watercolor of Storm King rising over the Hudson River with three sailboats and rocky shore in the foreground.

Storm King, Northern Entrance to the Highlands, Hudson River

Edwin Whitefield, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated editor gesturing as a kneeling man sharpens a pencil beside a waste basket of papers.

Study for Cartoon, "Editor's Easy Chair"

Thomas Nast, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male figure with draped cloth and decorative scroll motifs on a cream sheet.

Ceiling detail of figure and decorative motif

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of gabled buildings with a tower, a sailboat on water, and two figures seated on a grassy bank.

Sketches at Marlborough

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on lavender paper, cloth knotted in the center with folds trailing across the sheet.

Study for "Fortune"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a seated bishop holding a crozier, with a mitre and draped robes against a faint architectural backgroun

Seated bishop

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of two stylized hounds in a circular frame on yellowed tracing paper, with grid lines.

Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920