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Drawings & Sketches

76,040 works

Ink and wash drawing of a jeweled female figure with incense burner riding a lion, titled Asia.

Asia

Pen and brown wash drawing of a plumed female warrior with bow and axe riding a scaled reptilian beast.

America

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated crowned woman holding a scepter beside a grapevine, titled Europe.

Europe

Pen and ink drawing of a banquet under a grapevine arbor with diners, servants, and a table laden with food and wine.

Banquet in an Arbor

Circular drawing of a bishop with mitre and staff seated in a room, with shelves of vessels and a landscape through a doorway

Saint Ambrose Seated in an Interior

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child with three kings presenting gifts, attended by figures in an architectural

Adoration of the Magi by Maarten de Vos, drawing

Maerten de Vos, 1590

Black-and-white image of a plaque showing sleeping Jacob beside a ladder with angels rising toward clouds and light.

Plaque with the Dream of Jacob

Maerten de Vos, 1600

Engraving of Christ ascending through clouds while kneeling apostles look upward on a hill with a distant landscape.

The Ascension of Christ by Cornelis de Visscher after Maerten de Vos & Antonius Wierix (II)

Maerten de Vos, 1658

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude woman with arms raised to her hair, on a bench with cushions.

Nude

Suzanne Valadon

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with hair in a bun, drying her leg on a sofa, on yellowed paper.

After the Bath

Suzanne Valadon

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman standing on a white cloth beside a bending woman and a wicker-like bassinet.

Before the Bath

Suzanne Valadon

Pen drawing of a seated nude woman with a cloth around her head, attended by a standing woman beside a curtain and basin.

(Barcelona) The bathroom - drawing by Suzanne Valadon

Suzanne Valadon

Pencil sketch of a seated woman nursing an infant, with studies of children's heads and figures around her.

Mère et enfant

Suzanne Valadon, 1883

Pencil sketch of a rocky coastline with cliffs, rock outcrops and a distant headland across a bay.

Coast of Cornwall

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of tall ash and alder trees with sparse foliage and undergrowth, labelled 'ash or alder, Aug 18, 1885'.

Ash and Alder Aug 18 1885 (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Pencil sketch of a cluster of lobed leaves on a sketchbook page, dated Aug 21 1885.

Aug 21 1885: Nature Study (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Pencil sketch across two sketchbook pages of a lake in a mountain valley framed by tall conifers.

Crater Lake Aug 23, 1885 (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Pencil sketch of a boat with figures in the foreground and a tent encampment with people on the shore behind.

Boat and Encampment (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of mountain peaks and coastline across an open sketchbook, labeled Clallam Bay and Olympian Range.

Clallam Bay, Olympian Range, Straits of [Juan de] Fuca (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of a country road curving past large leafless trees and a wooden fence, with a small tree at right.

Country Road Framed by Trees (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of a riverside landscape with a large tree, distant trees, and small tents on the far bank across two pages.

Distant Landscape with Encampment (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a dim wooden camp interior beside a bright doorway, dated August 21, 1885.

Camp A Aug 21 1885: Onterior with Seated Figure (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Pencil drawing of two tree trunks with exposed roots on a forest floor, inscribed June 27 1867 Darmstadt.

Drawing, Tree Trunks, Darmstadt, June 27, 1867

William Trost Richards, 1867

Grey wash drawing of tall trees beside a rocky woodland pool with undergrowth and a distant waterfall.

Drawing, Pool in the Woods, 1874

William Trost Richards, 1874

Sepia drawing of a dense forest with tall tree trunks, a fallen log in the foreground, and light breaking through the canopy.

Drawing, In the Woods, study for painting, June Woods, New York Historical Society, on loan from the New York Public…

William Trost Richards, 1864

Graphite sketch of a rocky coastline with boulders, shrubs, a tidal inlet, and open sea under a pale sky.

Drawing, Paradise and Purgatory, Middletown, Rhode Island, ca. 1875-80

William Trost Richards, 1875

Pencil sketch of pine-lined rocky cliffs above choppy water, with hazy mountains in the distance.

Puget Sound (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

Pencil drawing of apple blossoms on a branch with shaded leaves, dated May 10, 1880.

Apple Blossoms

William Trost Richards

Circular pencil drawing of a woodland interior with a large oak, a winding path, and a small stream over rocks.

Interior of Woods with Small Stream (from Cropsey Album)

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of a distant mountain and layered hills on an open sketchbook page, with water in the foreground.

Hills and Mountains (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of a saddled grazing horse at left and a mountain landscape with pine trees at right.

Mountain Sketch (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

Pencil sketch of a wooden footbridge over a stream among tall forest trees, with fallen logs and small figures.

Footbridge in Forest (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards