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Drawings & Sketches

75,832 works

Black chalk and white heightening drawing of a young man in draped robes holding a tall staff, on blue-grey paper.

A Young Acolyte Bearing a Staff

Anthony van Dyck

Christ and the Pharisees; verso; Christ and a Pharisee

Anthony van Dyck

Monochrome drawing of a nude man on a gridiron over a fire, with soldiers, onlookers, and a putto above.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Anthony van Dyck

Drawing of Felipa la Calabria by Anthony van Dyck in 1624

Anthony van Dyck, 1624

Grey wash drawing of Christ on the cross between two thieves, with a horse and soldiers on the left and mourning women below.

Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves (preparatory drawing)

Anthony van Dyck

Pen and brown ink drawing of winged putti in clouds holding up a large globe, with a lower putto reclining on a cloud.

Putti in Clouds, Supporting a Globe

Anthony van Dyck

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in a white collar and buttoned doublet, one hand raised, within a double-ruled border.

Portrait of Cornelis de Vos

Anthony van Dyck

Etched portrait of a bearded man with a ruff collar and clasped hand, labeled Franciscus Franck, Antwerp painter.

Frans Francken the Younger

Anthony van Dyck, 1626

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a skullcap and ruffled collar, hand on chest, with inscription below.

Portrait of Jan Snellinx

Anthony van Dyck, 1626

Etched portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, a ruffled collar and dark cloak, holding gloves.

Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman

Anthony van Dyck, 1626

Printed book page with the heading 'A Description of the Sketch-Book by Sir Anthony Van Dyck' and explanatory body text.

A description of the Sketchbook by sir Anthony van Dyck : used by him in Italy, 1621-1627, and preserved in the Colle…

Anthony van Dyck, 1902

Chalk study of a seated woman in a headscarf, one hand raised to her head, with red and white highlights on tinted paper.

Etude de la Vierge du Jugement Dernier de la Chapelle Sixtine à Rome, par Michel-Ange, PPD418

Watercolor of well-dressed people and a dog strolling a waterfront promenade past moored sailboats and leafy trees.

Promenade

Etching of a shaded village lane under large arching trees, with shingled houses and small figures in the sunlit distance.

An Easthampton idyll

Etching of an old doorway framed by climbing vines, with stone steps and windows on a weathered house facade.

Old Doorway, Easthampton

Etching of Gloucester inner harbor with masted sailboats, waterfront sheds, rowboats on calm water, and houses on a wooded hi

Inner harbor, Gloucester

Etching of a harbor with sailing boats, rooftops of a waterfront town in the foreground, and hills under a cloudy sky.

Outer Harbor, Gloucester

Etching of a Gothic church with a bare tree, iron fence, and pedestrians on a city street beside a small gazebo.

The little church around the corner

Etching of tall elm trees shading a grass lawn in front of old village houses and a clipped hedge.

Village elms, Easthampton

Pen sketch of a Dutch canal town with a windmill, church spires, moored sailboats and rows of houses along the water.

Franeker - M. Lalanne. LCCN92500271

Maxime Lalanne, 1879

Pencil landscape drawing of farmhouses on a hillside with tall trees and two seated figures in the foreground.

Landscape with house) - Lalanne LCCN92500460

Maxime Lalanne, 1847

Etching of a Paris street under demolition, with workers, rubble, a scaffolding tower and a distant dome.

Percement du Boulevard St.-Germain

Sketch of a seven-panel painting with women in flowing robes before city backdrops, framed by gilded arches.

Julio Romero de Torres Sketch of the Poem of Córdoba 1913

Julio Romero de Torres, 1913

Grey wash sketch of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat reading a book while seated on a beach.

Woman Reading a Book on a Beach

James Jebusa Shannon

Sepia-tinted drawing of a woman leaning over a child in a wheeled walker, with a jug and cabinet in the room.

Boucher - Le Chariot à roulettes

François Boucher

Sepia drawing of a kitchen interior where women cook at a hearth while a small child sits on the floor nearby.

Boucher - Les Crêpes

François Boucher

Boucher - Tête de femme

François Boucher

Painted sketch of a mythological scene with women attending a cradled infant beneath a tree, with a bird in clouds.

Sketch for a Feast (Sketch for the Birth of Adonis)

François Boucher, 1703

Etched sheet of figure studies: a seated woman, an old man in a wide hat, a boy with a cane, and sketched heads.

Sheet of Sketches

François Boucher

Red chalk sketch of winged putti among clouds in an arched ceiling design, with a dragon head at upper right.

Preparatory Drawing of a Ceiling for Etching after Boucher Drawing

François Boucher

Sepia stipple engraving of a reclining nude woman with a sleeping winged cupid, bow and arrows at her feet.

Repose

François Boucher, 1981

Watercolor of a thatched cottage at dusk with figures at the door, a seated woman, cows in a stream, and hills.

A cottage at dusk - Francis Wheatley - ref Wheatley-K07725

Francis Wheatley