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Drawings & Sketches

76,474 works

Sketches of a head in profile and a horse silhouette

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a plumed hat and fitted jacket, with a small study of two figures at upper right.

Madam Gratiot

James Ensor, 1880

Pencil sketch of resting and grazing sheep with a standing shepherd figure in a small sketchbook.

Flock of sheep

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketches of three Gothic crocket ornaments on lined paper, with museum inventory marks along the bottom.

Sketches of Gothic crockets

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Pencil sketch of a hooded older man with a cloak and downturned expression, drawn in loose contour lines.

Copy after Goya

Watercolor costume studies of winter-dressed figures, including a man in a tall fur hat and a woman with a headscarf and bask

Costume Studies

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin

Red chalk and white highlight drawing of a man with tousled hair, moustache and white collar, turned toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1805

Oil sketch of eight small genre scenes in gilt frames hanging on a wall, including interiors with figures and a bagpiper.

The Only Child; The Jew's Harp; The Cut Finger; Blind Man's Buff; The Rent Day; The Scotch Piper; The Prieu-Dieu; and…

Pencil sketch of a crowded 1848 street barricade with armed men, barrels, a flagpole and a dense crowd of people.

1st Barricade, Märzstraße on the 26th May 1848. (Preliminary drawing)

Eduard Ritter, 1848

Malatesta, popes, Perusian griffin

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Head of a Woman in Three-Quarter Profile

Gustav Klimt, 1901

Watercolor drawing of two trees with spreading green foliage and twisting dark branches on a grey-blue background.

Two Trees (recto)

Johann Jacob Dorner, 1800-1850

Pencil design of symmetrical stylized forget-me-not flowers and leaves on branching stems, on aged paper.

Forget-me-nots. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pen drawing of villagers gardening in spring, digging beds and planting, with sheep and a distant town under trees.

Spring

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565

Portrait Study

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin, 1849

Watercolor costume study sheet showing a feathered hat, white satin waistcoat with gold braid, breeches, sash and tassel cord

Details of the Dannebrog Order's knightly costume

Marcus Tuscher, 1748-1751

Brown wash drawing of a forest road with tall trees and a horse-drawn cart with driver, another cart in the distance.

Forest Road with Two Horse-Drawn Carts, c. 1638-1642

Cornelis Vroom, 1638

Pencil sketch of wavy ribbon bands within a rectangular frame, a design study for church wall decoration.

Ribbon motif. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pastel and pencil design of a stylized peacock feather motif in green, blue and yellow on a torn tan sheet.

Peacock feather motif. Design for the polychrome of the transept of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure standing with bowed head, with a sketched figure behind him, on aged paper.

Pietà

Michelangelo, 1530

Colored design drawing of white chamomile flowers with yellow centers, green stems and buds, beside geometric panels.

Chamomile. Design for the polychrome of the presbytery of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Oil study of a young man's head, eyes lowered, dark hair and bare shoulders against a dark background.

Study of a male head

Carolus-Duran, 1885

Ink drawing of biplanes on an airfield with mechanics, tents, trucks and hills in the background, and planes flying overhead.

Avions reposant sur le terrain (recto)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pastel drawing of a snowy river winter landscape with bare trees reflected in pale water and a distant hill.

Vistula near Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Painting of a seated nude figure beneath a tree in a wooded landscape with distant hills.

Figure Study of a Nude Woman in a Wooded Landscape

Oil sketch of a thatched old farmhouse with a wooden gate and stone path, the right side left unpainted.

Study of an old Farm

Adolph Tidemand, 1837

Pencil sketch of rooftops and a church spire with a cross, drawn by James Ensor in 1880, showing a town view.

Van Izegemlaan in Ostend

James Ensor, 1880

Portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici. Copy of the portrait of a ruler

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Dim oil sketch of figures tending a seated wounded man in a rustic interior, with a rifle-bearing hunter standing nearby.

Sketch for The Return of the Bear Hunter

Adolph Tidemand, 1857

Red and black chalk drawing of a curly-haired boy leaning over a wooden barrel beside a copper basin and pitcher.

Boy with a Broken Egg

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man in period costume inside an oval medallion, with handwritten notes below.

Drawing of the Portrait of King Henry II by Léonard Limosin from the Louvre Collection

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Oil portrait of an elderly man with long blond hair, red waistcoat and dark jacket, against a dark brown background.

Portrait Study of the Farmer Jan Sandve[?]

Adolph Tidemand, 1871