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Drawings & Sketches

76,141 works

Loose oil sketch of dark storm clouds with rose tints and pale blue sky breaking through above a sunlit landscape.

Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset

John Constable, 1821-1822

Oil study of a dusk landscape with glowing orange clouds above a dark mountain ridge and tree-lined fields.

Study for "Catskill Creek"

Thomas Cole, c. 1844/1845

Painting of a woman seen from behind with upswept brown hair and a red blouse against a red background.

Study of Lilia

Carolus-Duran, 1887

Two Studies of a Standing Indian from Calcutta

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1823/1824

Two painted studies of a man in white robes, one standing with a cane and one seated in a chair, against a dark background.

Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1823/1824

Painting of an autopsy scene with a body on a table and three men in dark clothing under hanging lamps.

Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu"

Henri Gervex, 1876

Small painting of bathers on a grassy riverbank and in a river with sailboats and trees under soft light.

Bathers (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat, 1883/1884

Small painting of a horse, seated figures on a grassy bank, a swimmer and rowboats on a sunlit river.

Horse and Boats (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat, 1883/1884

Seurat study of a riverbank with clothing on grass, sandy shore, shimmering water, trees and factory chimneys beyond.

The Seine with Clothing on the Bank (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat, 1883/1884

Loose oil sketch of children seated on stone steps before a log cabin with sunflowers and a wooden chair.

Sketch of a Cottage Yard

Winslow Homer, c. 1876

Loose painting of Breton women in white bonnets seated on grass, with standing men and a church spire in the hazy background.

Study for "Breton Women at a Pardon"

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, c. 1887

Still life painting of three red and green apples with leaves on a pale ledge against a dark background.

Study of Apples from Nature

William Rickarby Miller, 1863

Loose painted portrait of a red-haired woman with a ruffled collar, with pencil sketches on brown paper below.

Mme Lili Grenier (recto); Landscape with Church (verso)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1885/88

Brown wash drawing of a pagan sacrifice with a robed priest, burning altar, kneeling figures, a dog, and palm trees.

A Pagan Sacrifice

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645-50

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a seated woman in a red jockey jacket and cap, leaning on a railing, on tan paper.

La Macarona in the Costume of a Jockey

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Round miniature portrait of a man in a blue embroidered coat, grey powdered wig and star insignia, in a brass frame.

Portrait of Louis XVI (1754-93), king of France

Unknown artist, 1775 - 1800

Loose painted sketch of a crowded military parade with banners, mounted riders and city rooftops under a hazy sky.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 12ème arrondissement : Revue militaire

Claude Charles Bourgonnier, 1910

Loose sketch of a red-robed winged woman rising through light and clouds, with nude figures and architecture around the oval

Esquisse pour la galerie Sud du Petit Palais : Apothéose (plafond central)

Alfred Philippe Roll, 1913

Loose oil sketch of mounted soldiers and a crowd in hats beneath a hazy sky with trees and distant buildings.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 12ème arrondissement : La revue militaire

Claude Charles Bourgonnier, 1910

Horizontal sketch of soldiers and cavalry marching past a ruined house on a dusty road under an overcast sky.

Esquisse pour le cabinet du Préfet de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La défense extérieure

René Joseph Gilbert, 1889

Pastel sketch of a woman and children climbing among pink blossoming branches, framed by a gilded ornamental border.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Femme et enfants dans des branchages

Georges-Picard, 1929

Hazy grey-blue landscape study of calm water, distant mountains and a pale overcast sky with a glowing shoreline.

Etude de paysage

Henry Brokman, 1911

Painted frieze of ancient Greek figures in draped robes, a sculptor at an easel, and a helmeted warrior on gold ground.

Epoque grecque : Esquisse pour la salle de dessin de l'école des garçons de la rue Dombasle, 15ème arrondissement de…

Joseph Jean-Félix Aubert, 1879

Sketch of winged allegorical figures flanking a blank white arch, with a dark-robed seated man and a kneeling soldier.

Esquisse pour la peinture du monument aux morts de la guerre de 1870 au lycée Chaptal

Gabriel Ferrier, 1879

Brown ink and wash sketch of a crowded Last Judgment scene with robed figures, trumpeters and a glowing arch.

Le Jugement Universel, esquisse

Auguste Barthélémy Glaize

Painting of a seated woman in a white dress embracing a white goat on a cushioned divan, with a tambourine nearby.

Esquisse pour le tableau "La Esmeralda et sa chèvre"

Steuben, Charles de, baron, 1839

Painted sketch of a uniformed man presenting plans to a crowd, with allegorical women and a triumphal arch in an arched frame

Esquisse pour le pavillon Denon au Louvre : Les quatre âges artistiques de la France - Présentation des plans à Napoléon

Charles Louis Müller, 1864

Two painted landscape panels of rural fields, one with a stone wall and children, one with goats and figures on a grassy slop

Esquisse pour la mairie de Bagnolet : Deux vues des environs de Bagnolet (le nord et le sud)

Louis Béroud, 1893

Study sketch of a green hillside with grazing animals and a seated dog, with rooftops of a town and sky beyond, behind blank

Esquisse pour la mairie de Bagnolet : Vue des environs de Bagnolet (l'est)

Louis Béroud, 1893

Pastel design sketch of a seated woman and children with toys floating above a Gothic building, within an ornate frame.

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie du 10ème arrondissement : Les jouets

Louis Béroud, 1906

Design study with a central allegorical scene of a woman raising a flag, flanked by two panels of seated and armored figures.

Esquisse pour la mairie de Pantin : Avenir. Hardy Pantin! En avant. Espérance. Glorieux passé

François Schommer, 1886

Design study of a decorative wall with landscape panels, oval allegorical medallions and wood panelling, showing mothers, chi

Esquisse pour la mairie du 20ème arrondissement : L'amour, la fidélité, la tendresse maternelle, La Famille, l'affect…

Edouard Michel-Lançon, 1884