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Drawings & Sketches

78,424 works

Pencil sketch of a ship's railing, deck planks, and coiled rope on pale paper, with loose horizontal lines suggesting the sea

Sketch of Details of a Ship's Railing

Winslow Homer, 1890

Watercolor of a green covered wagon with a white canvas top and spoked wooden wheels on a plain under a blue sky.

A Covered Wagon

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical ceiling with winged figures in a central medallion and ornamental corner panels.

Ceiling of a Bedroom

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil costume study of a standing man in a turban, long robe and sash, with garment parts labeled in handwriting.

Effendi Gentleman

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man reclining beside a seated woman and a child with a column.

The Holy Family

Felice Giani, 1810

Decorative panel with blue shield of gold fleurs-de-lis, cherubs holding torches and a crown, laurel and floral swags on yell

Panel, escutcheon surrounded by cherubs and other motifs

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a family at a dining table with a melon, children eating, and a standing woman in a long skirt.

Family Eating Melon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash design sheet with three draperies with swags and a frieze of scrolls, wreaths and a putto.

Three Designs for Draperies and One Design for a Frieze

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical figure with a horned headdress and a lion, designed for a pendentive in St. Peter'

Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome

Francesco Trevisani, 1710

Pencil sketch of two pine trees with spreading branches and a distant hill on pale paper.

Study of Two Pines, Catskill Mountains

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen and wash drawing of two ornate sliding bolts and a plain hinge with French annotations, by Richard de Lalonde, 1800.

Designs of Bolts and a Hinge

Richard de Lalonde, 1800

Painting of a dense forest with tall leaning trees, fallen branches on the dark ground, and a grey overcast sky.

Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red and white chalk study of two outstretched arms and hands on blue paper.

Study of Angel's Hand for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner with a dinghy on calm water, with faint distant sailboats in the upper right.

Schooner with Dinghy

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall rocky cliffs and jagged peaks above calm water, drawn on pale paper.

Iceberg Panorama, Canada, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and ink design study for a pediment with a winged female figure holding a sword, flanked by seated and reclining figur

Design for a Pediment

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor of a seated bearded man in a dark coat beside a standing woman and a barrel on a shadowed deck.

Deck Passengers

Winslow Homer, 1880

Red chalk drapery studies on blue-grey paper, with folded cloth and a smaller sketch at upper right.

Studies for a Young Man, Drapery

Giuseppe Passeri, 1700

Watercolor design for a gilded candlestick with a central clock, seated figures, and blue plinth, by Luigi Righetti.

Design for a Candlestick with a Clock

Luigi Righetti, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of two decorative festoon designs, one with a crown and ribbon, one with a shield and plumes.

Two Designs for Festoons

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1770

Pencil sketch of a latticed window in an interior corner with a patterned cornice and shaded wall.

Window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Red chalk drawing of three ornamental designs: a draped pedestal, a stacked urn column, and a fluted pillar with a foliate to

Cabinet, fountain and pillar

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of waves breaking on a rocky shore under a wide, empty sky with a distant horizon line.

Seashore, Newport, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped female figure with flowing robes, framed by a black and orange border.

St. Mary of Egypt from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and brown ink drawing of a three-tiered wall design with columns, niches, reliefs, and statues.

Design for a Wall

Lattanzio Gambara, 1570

Pen and ink sketch of two top-hatted dandies talking, one with a cane and cigar, with a crowd of figures behind them.

Two Dandies in Conversation

Daniel Carter Beard, 1890

Watercolor of a floral-papered study with a portrait in uniform, grand piano, mirror, and bronze sculpture.

The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg

Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow, 1830

Watercolor of a Rome studio with a painted ceiling, sculptures, and two men working by an open window.

A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome

Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, 1830

Watercolor interior of a neoclassical room with coffered ceiling, mythological medallions, gilded doors, and a writing desk.

The Dressing Room of King Ludwig I at the Munich Residence Palace

Franz Xaver Nachtmann, 1830

Pen drawing of a rococo design with a lion mask, floral swags, ribbon bow and a circular medallion showing a dog in a landsca

Design for a Decorative Swag

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1770

Watercolor design of an ornate Moorish smoking room with carved ceiling, green sofas, and a woman in blue.

Design for a Moorish Smoking Room [Tabagie]

Léon Feuchère, 1840

Watercolor of a red-walled interior with a gilded chandelier, patterned carpet, table, pianoforte, and a blue room beyond the

The Red Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840