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Drawings & Sketches

76,622 works

Pencil sketch of rugged mountains, pine trees and a winding creek in a valley, inscribed on the Soda Butte creek.

On the Soda Butte Creek

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of Capri's steep cliffs rising from the sea, with a small boat near shore and a hazy sky.

Capri

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen and brown wash drawing of two struggling men before a bearded king in a classical colonnade with an armored guard.

Two Figures Struggling before a King

Cesare Nebbia, probably c. 1567/1569

Pen drawing of a bearded pilgrim with a staff greeted by robed women at a house threshold, labeled Christian, Discretion, Cha

Illustration to Pilgrim's Progress

John Flaxman Jr., 1792

Charcoal sketch of a man reclining in an armchair smoking a pipe, with a dog at his feet and a bottle behind him.

Seated Man

Grey wash drawing of putti adoring a radiant monstrance among clouds in an oval composition.

Putti worship the Holy Sacrament

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolor and ink drawing of a nude woman with red hair seated on a bed, one arm extended, purple drape behind her.

Female Nude Resting on Knees on Bed

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of a horse head, horse legs and hooves, and a rider on horseback.

(Studies--figures, log, horse and rider, etc.)

William Page, 1850

Oil study of a wounded soldier in red cloak and chain mail lying on grass, head turned upward, arm reaching forward.

Study of a Wounded Soldier

Jozef Hanula, 1895

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman seen from behind with a child looking over her shoulder.

Back View of a Woman with Child Looking Over Her Shoulder

John Flaxman Jr.

Pencil sketch of two standing draped female figures, one veiled and one crowned holding a book, on tan paper.

Sketch of St. Dorothy and a funerary sculpture featuring a female figure, from the museum in Munich

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of a classical sacrifice scene with an altar, armed men, a seated ruler, and a slain animal.

Sacrifice Scene (Gaius Mucius Scaevola?)

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Watercolor of an Italian landscape with a hilltop abbey, mountains, a stone bridge over a stream, and robed monks.

Paysage Italien: L'Abbaye et Les Religieux

Jean-Victor Bertin, late 1800s-1900s

Pencil sketch of a flat Nile riverbank with sailboats and distant hills, with a handwritten inscription naming the Pyramid of

Approach to Cairo from the Nile with the Pyramid of Cheops

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil drawing of angular abstract nudes arranged in framed panels, with a large central standing figure.

Group of Abstract Nudes

Ink and wash drawing of three figures in an arched spandrel, a central bearded man holding a key and two reclining figures ab

Saints Peter and John as spandrel figures

Gaspare Diziani

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a bonnet and shawl seated and reading an open book, by John Constable, 1812.

Mary Constable Reading

John Constable, 1812

Loose oil sketch of a crowd in red, white and pink clothing under dark trees on an ochre ground.

Sketch - Joža Uprka, 1901

Joža Úprka, 1901

Colored pencil sketch of a tree, wooden barn and fence in a rural landscape, dated 8 May 1918.

Motif from Lusławice

Jacek Malczewski, 1918

Red chalk drawing of a crowd of bearded men and turbaned figures around a haloed central figure with a raised arm.

Tribute Money

after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind, with a draped cloth over one arm on tinted paper.

Farnese Hercules

Gaspare Diziani

Painted decorative panel of a gold-robed woman with cherubs, lilies and a winged bird within an ornate Art Nouveau border.

Easter Greetings

Walter Shirlaw, 1890

Pencil drawing of a large iceberg rising above choppy sea, with handwritten location notes at lower left.

Iceberg

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Pencil sketch of a pond landscape with a seated figure, trees, and a distant church tower, with a smaller church study at low

Two Studies of Dedham Church from the East

John Constable, 1806

Brown ink and wash drawing of women in robes beside a tree, with armed figures and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Historical Scene [recto]

Pencil and chalk drawing of a boy holding a conch shell to his ear beside handwritten verses, with leaves swirling below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Present Listening to the Voices of the Past

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall fluted column on a low horizon, with rolling hills and a small town at left.

Pillar

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen and brown wash drawing of a priest giving last communion to a dying figure while angels hover above in an arched composit

Last communion of a dying nun (or monk?)

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and wash drawing of two draped women standing left, and a Holy Family rest scene with an angel pointing right.

Two Draped Female Figures; Rest on the Flight into Egypt [verso]

Pencil drawing of an open plain seen from a grassy escarpment, with small figures in the foreground and clouds above.

Salisbury Plain from Old Sarum

John Constable, 1829

Pickle Eater of the Nile

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a woman's head with closed eyes and short hair on cream paper, signed in the lower right corner.

Head #9