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Drawings & Sketches

79,593 works

Pencil sketch of a man on horseback on a small cream sheet mounted in a grey album with red spine.

Man on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Small oil sketch of a white iceberg in choppy grey-blue sea under a hazy pale sky.

Iceberg off Torbay, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown ink drawing in an oval of gods feasting at a table with putti and attendants bearing garlands and vessels.

Banquet of the Gods, variant for the Sala di Pranza, Palazzo Guarini, Forli

Felice Giani, 1810

Four pencil and pastel studies of circular ornaments filled with stylized flowers, leaves and vines on a tan sheet.

Flower Studies (Four Designs for Circular Ornaments)

Samuel Colman, 1880

Charcoal and chalk study of two fishermen hauling a net of herring from a rowboat, with sailboats in the distance.

Study for "The Herring Net"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Narrow pen and brown wash drawing of a pillar with leafy foliage, a lion mask vase, and two candle brackets.

Pillar strip with a candle bracket

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a canopy bed with swagged drapery, turned posts and a floral finial at the top.

Design for a Canopy Bed

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind with arms raised, with hatched modeling of the musculature.

Standing Man with Raised Arms

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Engraved design for an oblong plaster ceiling with garland oval, fan corners, rosettes and a repeating decorative border.

Design for an Oblong Plaster Ceiling

George Richardson, 1780

Pen and brown wash sheet with twenty-four studies of winged putti carrying baskets, instruments and garlands.

Twenty-Four Putti, Decoration for the Dinning Room, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of three figures, two women in hats and a mustached man, seated before faint distant hills.

Three Figures

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash design sheet with hexagonal panels of Psyche scenes, oval portrait medallions, and handwritten Italian labels.

Decoration for the Ceiling of a Bedroom in Villa Aldini, Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Baptism of Christ with a central standing figure, flanking figures, and a dove in clouds.

Baptism of Christ

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1610

Graphite pencil study of a female figure in a head wrap with a bare arm and hand resting in the foreground.

Study of Mercy for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a seated soldier on a box beside a standing figure, with faint tents in the background.

Soldier Sitting on a Box

Winslow Homer, 1860

Café

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet showing a resting camel, a walled ruin, a horse, a spear, and a mountain slope with handwritten notes.

Camels on a Mountainside with Mixed Sketches, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Studies of Peace for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and ink design for a mace with putti holding an oval medallion above a fluted shaft and garlands.

Project for a Mace

Vincenzo Belli, 1840

Pencil sketch of a bearded man beside a faint child figure, with an open book in the foreground.

Sketches for "Lesson of Charity" and portrait of Peter Richards, Jr.

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded river god holding an oar beside an urn and reeds.

Sketch of a River God

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1740

Pencil sketch of fishermen hauling a dory onto a beach with onlookers at left and clouds above.

Fishermen Beaching a Dory

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a seated man with outstretched legs, with a foot study and a hand study beside it.

Study for Bank Note Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of five ornate goblet designs with cherubs, foliage and scrolled bases on tan paper.

Chalice Designs

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of waves breaking on dark rocks with a distant rocky island under a pale grey sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

"Old Soaker" off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash design drawing of a covered tureen with scroll handles, fluted bowl, and grapevine relief on a stepped base.

Design for a Tureen with Alternate Suggestions

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Small study of lavender clouds with a warm pink sunset glow breaking through pale yellow and blue sky.

Cloud Sketch, Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a fleet of small fishing boats along a distant sea horizon, with handwritten notes above.

Fleet of Mackerel Fishers, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink drawing in four panels showing deer attacked by lynxes, a deer hunt, a fleeing group, and horsemen near a cave.

Deer attacked by Lynxes [above left]; Deer Hunt with Hounds Tracking [below left]; Cloelia and her Companions escape…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Loose grey sketch of two sloops with sails sailing across choppy open water toward a distant horizon.

Two Sloops Sailing

Winslow Homer, 1900

Ink drawing of Hercules raising a club while subduing the three-headed dog Cerberus, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Cerberus

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink architectural drawing of two obelisks flanking a gate with figures, with a plan of an arched structure below.

Ornament

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770