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Drawings & Sketches

76,474 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of a gaunt bent man standing on two crutches, drawn in loose hatched lines on tan paper.

Beggars with two crutches

Oil head study of a young girl with blonde bob hair and red collar, against a purple interior with window frame.

Head Study of a Girl

Frida Konstantin, 1913

Pastel drawing of a young girl in a blue-ribboned straw hat resting her chin on her crossed arms, glancing sideways.

Girl in a Blue Hat

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pen and wash drawing of a baroque colonnade framing a formal garden with statues, a gate, and strolling figures.

View through a Baroque Colonnade into a Garden, 1760-1768

Canaletto, 1760

Graphite and chalk drawing of a woman with upswept hair, alongside verso sketches of figures in red and black chalk.

Courtesan (recto) Figure Sketches (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1906

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with sheds, hanging laundry, figures and residential buildings in a small bound sketchbook.

Sketch of a courtyard among residential buildings

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling figure gazing toward a distant city, in brown ink and white on blu

The Miracle of the Sacred Belt (recto), c. 1600-1610

Federico Barocci, 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a skeletal rider on a rearing horse, with small sketches of horsemen in the corners.

Death on the Battlefield

Stefano Della Bella

Ink and wash drawing of a country road with a thatched farmhouse, a cart with figures, a tree and grazing cattle.

Country Road with a Dog Cart in front of a Farmstead

Jan van Goyen, 1626

Grey watercolor and pencil study of a horse seen from behind, standing on sandy ground beside a wooden post.

Detail Study of the Back of a Horse

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin, 1852

Colored chalk self-portrait of a bearded man with a white ruff collar in an oval frame.

Self-Portrait, c. 1593-1594

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593

Pencil sketch of a fringed table with lion-head forms, a raised hand and loose drapery sketched above on pale paper.

Table with lion heads

Pen and ink sketch of a seated Madonna reading a book beside the infant Christ, with cherub heads at the top corners.

Reading Madonna and Child in a Landscape between two Cherub Heads

Rubens's Son Nicolaas Wearing a Red Felt Cap

Peter Paul Rubens, 1625

Drawing of a bearded old man seated in a chair, with crossed swords and inscribed banners around him.

"Suffering old man". Copy of the polychrome of the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Brown wash drawing of a tall cypress avenue leading to a terraced villa and staircase, with small figures on the path.

Cypress Avenue at the Villa d`Este in Tivoli

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Pencil sketch of thatched buildings, a figure at a doorway, ducks on water, and a handwritten note along the bottom.

Lustheim

Otto H. Bacher, c. 1870-1909

Graphite sketch of a bearded man smoking a pipe, with small figure studies, a jacket outline and a sailboat on a study sheet.

Theo Hannon with pipe

James Ensor, 1880

Sepia drawing of a stone arch bridge over a misty gorge, with a mule train crossing and cliffs rising on both sides.

The Devil's Bridge in the Schöllenen Gorge on the Way across the St. Gotthard Pass with a Mule Train, before 1805

Peter Birmann, 1805

Pencil sketch of two haloed saints in tall panels, St. Stephen with a book and a bearded St. Gregory of Nazianzus.

Figures of St. Stephen and St. Gregory of Nazianzus from the doors of church of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil drawing of a bearded elderly man in a flowing robe holding a book and stylus, standing barefoot on tan paper.

Saint Paul the Apostle

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff beside a wide river, with distant towers and hills under a dark cloudy sky.

Tiber Landscape North of Rome with Dark Cloudy Sky

Pencil outline drawing of bird's-foot trefoil stems with clustered flowers and leaves on tracing paper, a design for church d

Bird’s-foot trefoil. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Three Standing Men in Wide Cloaks Turned to the Left (recto), c. 1492-1496

Michelangelo, 1492

Pen and watercolor drawing of a turbaned man with reclining women and a servant in an ornate pink and yellow interior.

The Pasha in His Harem, c. 1735-1739

François Boucher, 1735

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair and beard in a dark coat against a brown background.

Old Man, Portrait Study

Adolph Tidemand, 1876

Hands

Painting of a bare winter tree with tangled branches against a turquoise sky and pale ground.

Tree Study on the Danube

Klemens Brosch, 1926

Pencil design sheet of a vertical grapevine ornament with twisting stems, lobed leaves and grape clusters.

Grapevine. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Stippled black-and-white drawing of a sunrise over the sea, with clouds, radiating light rays and shrubby hills in the foregr

Sunrise

Ernest Haskell, c. 1900-1925

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded man under a tree before a high city wall, with a distant tower and rocky ground.

The Prophet Jonah before the Walls of Nineveh

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Watercolor and pencil costume study of several men in regional dress with hats, coats, vests, and a sketched woman.

Costume Study

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin