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Drawings & Sketches

76,426 works

Grey wash drawing of a large tree beside a fence, a brick house with chimney, and a figure on a road.

High Street at the Manor House, Marylebone

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1772

Pencil sketch of a smiling bearded man in a cap on a torn sheet, with handwritten notes in the right margin.

Portrait of Johannes Kessler, called Ahenarius (c. 1502-1574), Swiss chronicler and theologian

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1880

Grey ink and wash drawing of a standing peasant woman seen from behind, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and draped shawl.

A Peasant Woman

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1770

Antique head

James Ensor, 1877

Charcoal sketch on grey paper of dark trees and small silhouetted figures walking along a path.

Silhouettes

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man wearing a bishop's mitre, on tan paper.

Head of a Bishop

Anton Raphael Mengs

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman's head with closed eyes, tilted, shaded background, on cream paper.

Sleeping old woman

Pastel and pencil study of crescent-shaped red and yellow ornamental bands around a central ochre column, with handwritten no

Study of an ornament for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków - crescent motif

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of a female figure with bowed head and raised arm, with smudged shading below.

Figure

Pencil sketch of an ornate fireplace with a carved heraldic shield and scrollwork above, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of a fireplace with the Vasa coat of arms in the Hall under the Birds in the Royal Castle on Wawel Hill

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

The head of a young woman with a headscarf, profile to the left

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-1666

Heads

Loose oil landscape of a green meadow, yellow flowers, and trees beneath a pale evening sky.

Northern Studies (Evening)

Jan Ciągliński, 1908

Watercolor landscape of a farmhouse among trees, with rows of young plants in the foreground and two figures on a path.

Landscape with Farmhouse

Henri Harpignies, 1892

Pencil sketch of a dark decorative pot on a ledge beside a pale horse on a path, with loose hatched shading.

Decorative pot and horse

James Ensor, 1880

The French politician François Barbé Marbois

Loose painted study of tall golden grasses bending in wind across a field, with a pale sky and sandy path below.

Corn Field (Study)

Włodzimierz Tetmajer, 1901

Mother of Ensor

James Ensor, 1880

Pencil sketch on brown paper of two men at a table with plates and spoons, one resting his head on his hands.

Mietek and Teodor

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1902

Black and white print of soldiers with packs and rifles walking a winding road through hilly pine-covered landscape.

Dans les Vosges

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Loose pencil sketch of a crowd of mourners in dark clothing beside a church with tall columns.

The soul masses for B. de Haze

Pencil sketch of a monument design with a reclining lion, hooded standing figure, and stepped stone pedestal.

Design for a monument

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Pencil study sheet with standing women, seated figures and a large whetstone on a frame, by James Ensor.

Figures and whetstone

Pencil drawing of a wooden pavilion with an arcaded porch beside a domed mosque and cypress trees; faint sketch on verso.

Pavilion Near a Mosque (recto) Sketch for Pavilion Near a Mosque (verso)

Charcoal sketch of two uniformed soldiers in caps talking, with a drum and bucket beside them on paper.

Two soldiers

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded old man in a long robe and tall headdress, leaning on a cane, looking upward.

Study for the Magician in "Conte de Fée" (Story of a Fairy)

Jehan-Georges Vibert, 1800s

Colored crayon drawing in four panels showing abstract flowing forms, stylized eyes and wavy bands in blue, yellow and pink.

God the Father. Design for a stained-glass panel for the west window of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pencil sketch of a coffered vault with molded beams and recessed panels in perspective on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of a coffered vault

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside cityscape with a stone bridge, church tower, boats and hilltop buildings.

Cityscape with houses and church by a river. Ancient Rome

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Charcoal sketch of women washing clothes at the water's edge, with loose strokes and rippling sea in the foreground.

Wasvrouwen bij de Middellandse zee

Pencil and colored pencil design of ornamental candlestick with looping coils and sweeping curved stems on worn tan paper.

Design of a candlestick for the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Oil painting of an elderly bearded monk in a black hood, head bowed over clasped hands and rosary beads on a book.

Study of a Monk

Tadeusz Gorecki, 1856