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Drawings & Sketches

76,581 works

Pencil sketch of a nude putto within a circle, lifting a conch shell to its lips on grey paper.

Putto between vines, blowing a conch shell

Moritz von Schwind

Graphite and white chalk sketch on tan paper of a running nude putto seen from behind, with arching vine lines.

Putto between vines, running

Moritz von Schwind

Full-length charcoal drawing of a bearded bishop saint with a jewelled mitre and red crosier, copied from a Kraków church wal

Saint Augustine. Copy of a wall painting from the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pencil sketch of rolling hills, numbered peaks, village buildings in a valley, and a cloudy sky.

View from Back of Petrarch's House

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a stone cottage with a chimney among rolling hills and distant mountains, with a winding road.

Cottages, Radicofane

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Ink sketch of a seated man in period dress beside a writing table with an inkwell and quill, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Major John André, 1780

Loose oil sketch of a snowy farmhouse yard with a log cabin, wooden porch and birch trees in warm brown tones.

Repin Farmhouse yard study 1878 atheneum

Ilya Repin, 1878

Grey ink and wash drawing of a standing nude woman seen from behind, hair in a bun, with a pale cloth at her side.

Standing Female Nude

Closed sketchbook with blue marbled cover and dark leather spine, photographed against a plain light background.

Sketchbook (Italian Travels)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a sleeping winged putto curled within a circular decorative frame on grey paper.

Putto between vines, sleeping

Moritz von Schwind

Watercolor drawing of a Gothic church with two spires and a cobbled square with small figures, by Ludwig Hoffstadt.

The town church St. Jakob in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Ludwig Hoffstadt

Pencil sketch of a geyser pool with rocky terraces, a river and distant hills and trees in Yellowstone.

Beryl Geyser on Gibbon River, Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of Jerusalem's walls and tower with tents, robed figures and camels in the foreground.

Encampment Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Loose oil sketch of a bearded elderly peasant in a fur cap seated on green grass, hands clasped in his lap.

Study of a peasant on the grass

Ilya Repin, 1850

Girl with Green Hair

Valle Rosenberg, 1912

Fan-shaped drawing of two black birds on a branch with bamboo leaves and a red sun against striped background.

Fan

Henri Charles Guérard, c. 1890

The Painter Gustave Courbet

Charcoal drawing of three farm workers harvesting in a field, with haystacks and trees on the horizon.

Harvest Scene

Jules Emile Zingg, 1910

Brown and white chalk drawing of a hooded old man and a nude winged woman beside a dead bird, with verse text in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Sorry Scheme

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor design drawing of a tall Gothic church with an ornate spire, pointed windows, and small pedestrians in front.

Design for the Dreikönigskirche in Sachsenhausen

Ludwig Hoffstadt

Watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a grey cloak and pink skirt, with handwritten notes at upper right.

Seisova talonpoikaisnainen

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Pencil sketch of a stone abbey with arched windows on a hillside, drawn on a page of a red-bound sketchbook.

Sketch of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec from the west

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Drawing of rocky sea stacks rising from calm water, with a shepherd and sheep in the scrubby foreground under a cloudy sky.

The Cyclops rocks near Sciacca

Pencil sketch of rocky sea cliffs and headlands along a horizon, with handwritten place labels beneath.

Nanfio

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil drawing of a stone house corner with stacked blocks, a cornice, carved brackets, and shuttered windows on tan paper.

Corner of House--Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor drawing of a standing young figure in a red cap and fur-trimmed coat, with blue hills and a lake behind.

Seisova poika taalalaisturkissa, taustalla maisema

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Oil study of Roman interior with lictors, grieving women in white and red drapery, columns, and a seated bearded man.

The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons. Study

Jacques-Louis David

Brown ink wash drawing of a seated female nude with long dark hair, arm raised to her head, legs crossed.

Seated Female Nude

Painted study of a stormy sea breaking on a rocky shore beside a wooden fence and a thatched cottage under a blue sky.

The Coast at Hellebæk. Study

Jørgen Roed, 1850

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and blue scarf, hands in pockets.

Kädet housuntaskussa seisova talonpoika

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Brown wash drawing of a Roman countryside with a large tree in the foreground, rolling hills, and a distant castle under clou

Area near Lunghezza, countryside of Rome

Painted study of a large ash tree with dense foliage under a cloudy sky, with a smaller tree at the right edge.

Study of an Ash Tree

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1851