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Drawings & Sketches

76,474 works

Red chalk drawing of two female figures in flowing drapery, one seen from behind with raised arms, by Edward Burne-Jones.

Female - Drapery Studies, Studies of female Drapery seen from the back

Edward Burne-Jones, 1867

Pencil sketch of rooftops, domes and ruined walls in a townscape, with a tree at left and small figures at right.

Houses on the North Side of the Forum with the Basilica of Maxentius Beyond

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a turban and long robe standing outdoors and reading an open book.

Reading Turk

Louis-Félix Delarue

Woman seated at an Embroidery Frame or Easel

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1870

Pencil sketch of rooftops, a tower and a tree beside water with reflections.

The Forno inside the Walls of the Vatican

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Study of a Bearded Man

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin, 1835

Pencil study of a woman with loose hair holding a tall cup, with sketched architectural panels behind her.

The Loving Cup - Compositional Study

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1867

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone grotto with arched openings, surrounded by dense trees and shrubs.

The Grotto of the Nymph Egeria

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and ink drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850: children, a woman with a lute, an elderly man and a monkey in an interio

To caper nimbly in a Lady's Chamber to the lascivious pleasing of a Lute

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850

Pencil sketch of two men spearing eels from a punt in shallow water, with reeds and a sailboat in the distance.

Eel Spearing at Setauket, Long Island, New York

William Sidney Mount, c. 1845

Pencil sketch of houses beside a road with trees and a small figure at the lower left.

Houses beside a Road in Italy

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and ink drawing of four men carrying a body through trees, with a reclining river god at left and winged figures above.

Four men carry a dead man, a river god on the left

Raymond de Lafage

Loose painted study of two children outdoors, one in a dark blue dress leaning forward and one in a red cap seen from behind.

Farewell, study for The Obstacle

Maria Wiik, 1883

Pen and grey wash drawing of nymphs and fauns dancing around a pan herm, with a reclining nude in the foreground.

Bacchanal, nymphs and fauns dance around a pan herm

Raymond de Lafage

Oure Ladye of Saturday Night - Study of Head of Angel holding Bowl of Water

Ford Madox Brown, 1847

Pencil sketch of an arched garden gateway beside a roofed structure, with trees and distant buildings under a pale sky.

Entrance to the Gardens of the Villa Giulia

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Brown ink and wash sketch of a leaning man at a table with a candle, a woman in pale robes, onlookers, and a raven above.

The Raven - Angel Footfalls

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1847

Ink sketch of a seated woman in a hat beside a vase, with a standing woman at the right in an interior.

Two Women

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a tall cypress, a low house at left, and a fortified building with arches at right.

Castel Sant'Angelo from the Northwest

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Red chalk drawing of a robed friar holding a cross aloft, standing on a pedestal, study for a statue.

Statue of a Saint Francis

Edmé Bouchardon

Chalk drawing of a woman with lowered eyes wearing a light headscarf, shown in bust length on reddish paper.

Bust of a woman looking down with a headscarf

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié

Pencil drawing of a hilly landscape with farm buildings, a distant tower, and trees along a winding road.

Landscape in the Alban Hills

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and brown wash drawing of Pyramus holding a sword by a column, with Thisbe among foliage and a verse scroll.

Pyramus and Thisbe - Pyramus Draws His Sword to Slay Himself

Edward Burne-Jones, 1865

Pen and ink study of a man and veiled woman beside a bier in a Gothic interior, with mourners and candles behind them.

The Prince's Progress - Compositional Study for 'You should have wept her yesterday'

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a standing man seen from behind, hands on hips, on grey-blue paper.

Study of a Standing Man from the Back

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin, 1844

Pencil drawing of a tall leaning tree with dense foliage, with small travelers and distant buildings at lower right.

A Towering Tree with Travelers

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded temple sacrifice scene with Corinthian columns, plus smaller studies of fallen and kneeling

A man dies during a sacrifice in the temple of Juno

Sébastien Leclerc

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a girl in a white bonnet and blue skirt riding a brown donkey.

Girl on a Donkey

Isidore Pils, c. 1832-1855

Pencil drawing of an arched bridge, riverside houses, trees and a wooden shed under a pale sky with birds.

The Ponte Sant'Angelo and Houses on the East Bank of the Tiber

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Brown chalk drawing of a young woman with bobbed hair holding a small flower, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1871.

Water Willow - Study of Female Head and Shoulders

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1871

Pen and pencil sketch of a Roman street with an archway, a bell tower, and figures in the foreground.

Street in Rome with an archway and the bell tower of Santa Sabina

Heinrich Hübsch, 1818

Watercolor study of two clusters of broadleaved plants and grass on cream paper, with small pink flowers in the lower group.

Study of Broadleaved Plants

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin, 1871