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Drawings & Sketches

76,426 works

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a woman's head with dark hatched hair, plus studies of a hand above.

Sleeping woman

Copies after drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, including his self-portrait

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pastel drawing of a long-haired woman beside a green reptilian hybrid creature with clawed feet on a purple ground.

Chameleo

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1918

Charcoal sketch of a woman with dark curls and a light headscarf, head turned slightly, looking toward the viewer.

Woman

Pen drawing of a crowded Weymouth seafront with promenade, beach, parked cars, shops and hills in the distance.

Weymouth and Distant Portland

Muirhead Bone, 1946

Sketch sheet of late 19th-century figures in charcoal: women in hats, a standing man, a seated man, and a dancing couple.

Figures

James Ensor, 1880

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with red hair beside a red fox under falling rain on a mauve background.

"Liszka"Volpecula

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1918

Pen and ink sketch of a crowded beer garden with seated patrons, mugs, a child and a dog in the foreground.

Café-concert à Munich

James Ensor, 1880

Pencil sketch in a small sketchbook of a building facade with a flagpole and overlapping looping pencil strokes.

Sketch of a building

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Charcoal and red chalk sketch by James Ensor showing a large woman's head above small sketched figures and silhouettes.

Woman's head and silhouettes

Pencil sketch on tan paper of decorative motifs and textile forms in bands, with numbered shapes and handwritten notes.

Decorative motifs and textiles

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Pencil drawing of the port of Rouen with masted ships, carts, pedestrians and a Gothic church spire along the quay.

Port of Rouen

Maxime Lalanne, 1884

Charcoal sketch of a group of dark-robed, hooded figures gathered on open ground beneath a hatched sky.

Monks at the ball game

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of men in long coats, belts and wide-brimmed hats, one standing figure seen from behind.

Sketches of men in long sukmana coats with belts and wide-brimmed hats

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pen and ink caricature of a woman with a feathered hat and umbrella, accompanied by a small dog, on pale paper.

"Eine Holländerin", karykatura kobiety z psem "Eine Holländerin". Caricature of a woman with a dog

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1882

Mother and Child (recto); Profile Bust of a Man (verso)

Paul Gauguin, 1870s

Pencil sketch page with loose studies of standing figures in coats and hats, plus fragmentary hands and drapery at left.

Hands and silhouettes

A Man and a Woman

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a cloak and hat, with four loosely drawn faces around him.

Don Quichotte and 4 faces

James Ensor, 1877

Pencil sketch of the Kraków Barbican with arched gateways, walls, rooftops and a tall domed tower behind.

Sketch of the interior of the Kraków Barbican

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil drawing of a man with shoulder-length hair and a mustache, wearing a cravat and cloak, gazing directly at the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Friedrich Preller, 1838

Pastel portrait of a young girl with long light hair, blue eyes and parted lips, signed Wyspiański 1900.

Head of Helenka

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Colored crayon drawing of two seated women on a bench and a standing girl in a red dress, signed Steinlen.

Three Figures

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1900s

Italian woman

Martinus Rørbye, 1840

Pen sketch on tan paper of ornamental scrolls, a heraldic lion, lettering and decorative medallions.

Tracings from book bindings and painted decorations

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Charcoal sketch of a young soldier in a fur-collared greatcoat and cap, holding a rifle upright, turned to the side.

Portrait study of a legionary

Józef Mehoffer, 1915

Pencil and crayon sketch of a church interior with arched doorways, a tree trunk, and a tiled floor.

View of the Church Interior. Sketch to Scene II of

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Pencil sketch of a house with a sloping roof, chimney, windows and a door, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Child’s drawing of a house

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of horsemen, armoured warriors and kneeling women in a crowded scene, attributed to Rubens.

Reconciliation of the Romans and the Sabines (recto)

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1632/35

Charcoal sketch of a reclining nude woman with closed eyes, dark sky strokes above and loose trees at left.

Thetis. Sketch for an illustration to Homer’s Iliad

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded armored man reclining beside a helmet and wine glass, with Latin inscription below.

Drawing of the figure from the tombstone of Stanisław Hanl in the Archcathedral Basilica in Lviv

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pen sketch of four figures in a row, including two draped men, a standing figure and a reclining figure on a pale sheet.

Four historical caricatures: Napoleon, Adam Mickiewicz and Fryderyk Chopin

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901