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Drawings & Sketches

76,581 works

Oil study of a hand holding a pencil, resting on the edge of a book, against a dark brown background.

Study of a Hand

Amalia Lindegren

The Spirit of Justice - Study for Head of the Baron

Ford Madox Brown, 1844

Pen and wash drawing of tall cliffs above a winding coastal path, with a leaning tree, dense shrubs, and a small figure near

Sheer Cliffs above a Coastal Road

John White Abbott, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of a seated female nude viewed from behind, with long dark hair and a pale wash background.

Female Nude - Study from behind

William Holman Hunt, 1858

Grey-toned landscape of tall pine trees among large lichen-covered boulders, with a bird flying under a cloudy sky.

Study of a Forest at Hogdal

August Winqvist

Pencil sketch of two cats and a latticed arched window on pale paper, with faint studies of a cat near the sill.

Cats and window

James Ensor, 1873

Watercolor drawing of a nightshade plant with pale flowers and green pinnate leaves on two stems against cream paper.

Nightshade plant with flowers

Franz Horny, 1817

Watercolor landscape of a large tree leaning over a pond with reeds, a woodland path, and distant trees under a pale sky.

Peamore, Devon

John White Abbott, 1799

Angular charcoal drawing of two female figures in a fragmented geometric interior setting.

Two Figures

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of a man with tousled hair, moustache and an intense sideways gaze.

Self-Portrait from the Month Before Dying

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1907

Oil study of a stone farmhouse beside a rocky stream, framed by trees and a wooden structure under a pale sky.

Tyrolean Landscape. Study

Louis Gurlitt, 1836

Pencil study of an elderly bearded man with downcast eyes and a furrowed brow, drawn on pale paper.

Wycliffe Reading his Translation of the Bible - Study for the Head of Wycliffe

Ford Madox Brown, 1847

Pencil sketch of a small wooden cabin with a chimney beside leafy trees and a dirt road in the foreground.

Early Home

Henry Farrer, 1900

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with closed eyes holding a mandolin on a rocky base.

Nude Figure with Mandolin

Laurent-Honoré Marqueste, 1920

Watercolor of a rowan branch with red berries and green leaves, beside a pink aster and faint pencil flower sketches.

Rowan branch and asters

Franz Horny, 1817

Pen and ink drawing of the Madonna and Child with a mitred bishop and a standing youth in a cloak, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with Saints Martin and Maurice (?)

Gaudenzio Ferrari, ca. 1530

Pencil drawing of a man and a woman with an umbrella seated on a ship's deck, with rigging and harbor behind them.

The Last of England - Cartoon

Ford Madox Brown, 1852

Pencil sketch of a group of figures in an arched interior, drawn loosely on pale paper.

Genre scene

Architectural drawing of an ornate altar, carved choir stalls and Gothic church interior with coloured heraldic shields.

Tracing of the polychromy and furnishings of the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Chalk drawing of a turbaned bearded man drinking from a cup, with grapevines and a poem text block above.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Soul of the Cup

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Drawing of a bearded man and two women under grapevines beside a carved wine jug tomb, with verse text in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Tomb

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil drawing of a wide Campagna landscape with rocky cliffs, a winding road, and distant mountains under cloudy sky.

Roman Campagna with Monte Genaro

Johann Christoph Erhard

Watercolor of robed clergy, a haloed saint, a harpist and a kneeling axeman in a wooded landscape with a church.

The introduction of the arts into Germany by Christianity

Philipp Veit, 1855

Charcoal sketch of a cloaked man raising one arm in a dynamic crouched pose, with loose hatched shading.

Don Quixote

Pencil drawing of a hooded monk holding a cross and a chained book, shown in a circular frame.

Wycliffe Reading his Translation of the Bible - Study of Monk Representing the Catholic Faith

Ford Madox Brown, 1848

Watercolor of Malta's stone fortifications, a cannon in the foreground, and boats in a harbor beyond the walls.

Fortifications at Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a street before a gateway with robed figures, a donkey, minarets and a palm tree behind the walls.

Entrance to Bazaar

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown ink wash drawing of a standing man in a dark coat pointing to the right, by William Holman Hunt, 1858.

A Porter to the Hogarth Club

William Holman Hunt, 1858

Pencil sketch of a dark garment sleeve with hatched shadows and a pale cuff, drawn on grey paper.

Regents of the Old Men's House in Haarlem. Sleeve of a regentess

James Ensor, 1880

Loose oil sketch of a smoky battlefield with cavalry, soldiers, horses and flags under a heavy brown sky.

Study for 'Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Watercolor study of allegorical harvest figures with a wreath, cornucopia of grapes, sheaves of grain and workers in a lunett

Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Watercolor study of an allegorical lunette with a winged seated woman, standing man, kneeling woman, and cherub.

Firm Belief--Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910