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Drawings & Sketches

79,423 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped canopy on columns, with two small cherub heads and scrolled ornament sketched around it.

Studies of Heads

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of five ceiling designs with coffered panels, medallions and numbered Italian notes.

Five Ceiling Schemes

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil study of a man's right arm with clenched hand, drawn on cream paper.

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

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Sepia wash drawing of a neoclassical vase with swan-head handles, leaf bands and a scroll frieze on a plinth.

Design for a Vase

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of an ornate classical helmet with laurel and rosette decoration and acanthus ornaments b

Helmet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil studies of hands in various poses on a brown toned paper sheet, one detailed hand at upper left.

Studies of Hands

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of two alternative classical mantelpiece designs with columns, an urn, and carved reliefs.

Design for a Mantelpiece with Alternative Suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of a hanging altar lamp with flames, chains, seated figures and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Altar Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of icebergs with an arch, a sailing ship on the horizon, and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Icebergs off Greenspond, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a dead birch tree trunk with peeling bark rising from the ground on a cream sheet.

Trunk of a Dead Birch Tree, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of Christ on a bordered cross with four small framed figures beside him on aged paper.

Medieval Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Charcoal sketch of fishermen hauling a wooden boat up a beach under a cloudy sky.

Fishermen Beaching a Boat, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketches of three women's heads in headdresses, with handwritten notes about double lining and velvet and satin.

Headdress

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing with four mythological scenes showing winged figures, a bull, a horse, a sea serpent and an altar w

The Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing officer in military uniform and kepi cap, holding a sword at his side.

Standing Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of figures amid rough waves and a curved boat or sky form, with loose hatched shading.

Two Women Lashed to a Boat's Mast

Winslow Homer, 1890

Red chalk sketch of four figures, a standing man at left and grouped figures at right, with handwritten inscription above.

Four Figures

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Ink and watercolor design sheet with green gemstone brooches, grey scrollwork, and pink ribbon bows on cream paper.

Design for Six Brooches

Girolamo Venturi, 1730

Oil sketch of a tree trunk with exposed roots over mossy ground and scattered autumn leaves in a woodland setting.

Tree Trunk with Roots

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus seated with a thyrsus and panther, within an octagonal frame with a temple behind.

Bacchus

Felice Giani, 1810

Sepia drawing of a fluted water kettle on a tripod stand with a spirit lamp, shaded in grey wash.

Design for a Water Kettle with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pencil study of a birch tree with white highlights beside a leafy oak on tan paper, labeled birch and oak.

Study of Trees, Birch and Oak

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of a domed sentry box and a cannon on a carriage at a fortification, with hills in the distance.

Study for "Searchlight, Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink drawing of allegorical Prudence seated with a hand mirror and two winged putti, inscribed PRVDENZA below.

Prudence

Felice Giani, 1810

Study of a Young Man in Profile for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Drawing on tan paper of a lion, a recumbent dog, and a reclining animal, with handwritten French annotations.

Fountain Design with Three Bronze Animals

Charles Le Brun, 1680

Pale iceberg floating on dark calm sea under a warm muted sky, painted sketch by Frederic Edwin Church.

Floating Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Study of a Woman's Head

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and brown wash sketch of two standing men in wide-brimmed hats and two seated figures below.

Four Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Small oil sketch of pale icebergs lit by warm sunset light above dark, choppy sea, with a tiny red boat at left.

Icebergs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tall trees and undergrowth at a woodland edge, with an open grassy clearing in the centre.

Chestnut Trees at the Water's Edge, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840