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Drawings & Sketches

76,141 works

Etching of a woman weaving flowers, a man playing a flute with a bird on his shoulder, and sheep and a goat by a tree.

The Flute Player

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Woodcut of seated Christ with crown of thorns and radiant halo, head resting on hand, with Latin title and verse text.

The Small Passion (Title Page)

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of Adam and Eve by a tree with a serpent, surrounded by animals including an ostrich, deer, lion and monkey.

The Fall of Man

the Elder Jan Sadeler, 1590

Woodcut of mourners carrying a draped body beneath a pointed arch, with dense hatched lines in the background.

Entombment

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of mourners lowering Christ's body into a stone tomb, with a crown of thorns and a bare tree.

The Entombment

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraving of St. Luke painting the Virgin and Child beside an ox, in an ornate architectural interior.

St. Luke Painting the Portrait of the Virgin

Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, 1520

Black and white print of a beheading scene beneath a stone arch, with a town and church spire in the distance.

Beheading of John the Baptist

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1510

Engraving of a hooded bearded man reading on a bank, with a cross and bell beside him and a walled city behind.

St. Anthony Reading

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue mantle standing on a crescent moon and serpent, surrounded by angels and cherubs in clo

The Immaculate Conception

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1780

Painting of a rustic landscape with a stone arch, shepherds, sheep, and a stream under a pale sky.

Rustic Landscape with Aqueduct and Figures

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Painting of a ruined stone arch over a river with rustic figures, a moored boat, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with Rustic Figures

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Hand-colored design of a painted wall pilaster with birds, fruit garlands, grotesque figures, and classical medallions.

Wall Decoration, Plate XI from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Oil study of a seated older woman in black dress, head bowed, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Study for "Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Duane Gillespie"

Thomas Eakins, 1900

Back view of a shirtless man with arms raised overhead against a grey background, head turned away, painted in loose oil brus

Study for "The Crucifixion"

Thomas Eakins, 1880

Oil study of an older bearded man in a dark suit and white collar against a shadowed brown background.

Study for "Portrait of Joshua Ballinger Lippincott"

Thomas Eakins, 1890

Oil study of a tree-lined Parisian street with apartment buildings, striped awnings and a pedestrian on the pavement.

A Street in Paris. Study from Montmartre

Small oil study of a pine forest above a dark bank, with birch trees in the foreground beside a still lake.

Swedish Lake. Study

Marcus Larson, 1853

Oil portrait study of an elderly bearded man with a gray beard against a dark brown background.

Study of the Head of an Old Man

Vladimir Egorovic Makovskij, 1883

Loose painted beach scene with a seated woman in a red hat and bathers splashing in white surf; reverse study of figures in w

In the Surf (recto); Beach Study (verso)

Edward Henry Potthast, c. 1910

Sketch of a glowing figure above a night rooftop with cats, potted plants, and figures under a starry blue sky.

Sketch for "The Oriental Dream"

Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, before 1904

Seated man in brown coat and red boots in a cluttered study with a bronze panther, newspapers, and a statue.

Albert Wolff in His Study

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1881

Loose sketch of a flying cherub above reclining draped figures on rocks, with a calm sea and pale sky behind.

Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, before c. 1762

Loose pastel sketch of a woman in a dark hat with a child's head resting against her, on a yellow-ochre ground.

Sketch of a Woman

Jean-Louis Forain, 1885/1890

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a blue military coat and white breeches beside a gilded chair and desk in a study.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Jacques-Louis David, 1812

Painting of a bearded man in a hat and a woman in a pale gray dress walking together along a shaded woodland path.

Bazille and Camille (Study for "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe")

Claude Monet, 1865

Small impasto study of a nude woman with golden hair standing by the sea, with blue foliage and a pale sky.

Small Study for a Nude

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1882

Pointillist study of a sunlit riverbank with trees, a white sailboat, and small figures in a grassy field.

Study for "La Grande Jatte"

Georges Seurat, 1884/1885

Painting of butterflies, beetles, a caterpillar and insects arranged around a currant branch with leaves on a grey background

Study of Butterfly and Insects

Jan van Kessel the Elder, c. 1655

Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Boy

Thomas Eakins, probably 1877

Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Banjo Player

Thomas Eakins, probably 1877

Sepia sketch of a woman embracing two children against a loose landscape background.

Sketch for The Copley Family

John Singleton Copley, 1776

Oil sketch of cumulus clouds over a blue sky, with a dark sea and brown hills along the bottom edge.

Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, c. 1782/1785