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Drawings & Sketches

76,581 works

Small painting of a sailing ship wrecked on rocks under a stormy sky, with figures gathering on the shore amid surf.

Shipwreck Scene

Pencil drawing of beached sailing boats and an overturned hull on a shoreline under a cloudy sky, on tan paper.

Cover Vignette

Back view of a toddler in a white romper holding a yellow flower and a red fish against green foliage.

Etude d'enfant de dos, PPD3566

Firmin Bouisset

Sketch of a young child seen from behind in a loose coat with white collar, drawn in brown and red chalk on tan paper.

Etude d'enfant de dos, PPD3565

Firmin Bouisset

Charcoal and white chalk study of a young child in a white bonnet and dress, looking down, on toned paper.

Etude d'enfant, PPD3563

Firmin Bouisset

Black and white print of a forest stream with rounded rocks and dense trees, captioned Landschaft aus dem Nguru-Gebirge.

R-Hellgrewe Nguru

Rudolf Hellgrewe, 1898

Watercolor of beached sailboats loaded with crates beside two large ships at a harbour shore under a cloudy sky.

Coastal Scene with Beached Boats in Foreground

Watercolor of a Gothic stone column with three robed statues, a hanging lantern, and figures gathered beneath arches.

Samuel Prout Rouen Cathedral Ruins

Sketch sheet of work horses in harness and carts with peasant women, men and children in watercolor and pencil.

Sketches of Peasants and Work-Horses

Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral portal framing a market square with vendors, baskets, and a tall church spire behind.

Samuel Prout Ulm Cathedral portal

Engraved view of a stone arched bridge over a river, with old houses, a hilltop castle, a rowboat, and figures on the bank.

Verona bridge c1825

Engraved landscape of a tall waterfall cascading between steep cliffs, with a small building on a ridge and figures on rocks.

Cascade at Terni

Josef Israels - Girl Sewing

Jozef Israëls, 1917

Pen sketch sheet with seated woman by sea, two sailboats, a reading man, a woman with a tray, and handwritten Dutch text.

Herinnering aan een bezoek op de Spectator avond door Israels, Mesdag, Alma Tadema en van Witsen. 9 Oct. 1879 Heliogr…

Jozef Israëls, 1879

Watercolor costume design of a shepherdess in a green dress and bonnet carrying two baskets of grapes on a yoke.

Costume Design for the Shepherdess, for the Ballet 'Les Tentations de la Bergère, premiered at the Théâtre de Monte C…

Juan Gris, 1924

Pencil drawing of angular Cubist houses with chimneys and rounded trees under a cloudy sky.

Houses in Paris, Place Ravignan

Juan Gris, 1911

Pencil drawing of a still life with a bottle, octagonal coffee pot, cup and saucer, tobacco pouch and knife on a table.

Still Life (The Tobacco Pouch)

Juan Gris, 1918

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a jacket, his face and body built from angular cubist planes on tan paper.

Portrait of Mme Cézanne after Cézanne

Juan Gris, 1916

Cover design showing a haloed child seated on an elephant beside the block-letter title L'Humoriste.

Seated Angel (cover design for "L'Humoriste")

Juan Gris, 1997

Charcoal sketch of a bent-over figure in a hat leaning on a bench, with loose background figures and studio lines.

Eero Järnefelt - Kaski, drawing

Eero Järnefelt

Two-panel painting of an 18th-century style interior with men seated at a table, a standing woman, and a young man in a doorw

Aurora-seura

Eero Järnefelt

Vioolspeler tekening Van Ostade

Vioolspeler tekening Van Ostade

Adriaen van Ostade, 1673

Mother with Two Children

Mother with Two Children

Adriaen van Ostade

Fiddler and Young Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Fiddler and Young Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Adriaen van Ostade

The Backgammon Players

The Backgammon Players

Adriaen van Ostade

The Knife Grinder

The Knife Grinder

Adriaen van Ostade

Peasants Killing a Pig

Peasants Killing a Pig

Adriaen van Ostade

The Peasant Settling His Debt

The Peasant Settling His Debt

Adriaen van Ostade

Three Grotesque Figures

Three Grotesque Figures

Adriaen van Ostade

Village Romance

Village Romance

Adriaen van Ostade

The Smoker Leaning on the Back of a Chair

The Smoker Leaning on the Back of a Chair

Adriaen van Ostade

Village Festival Under the Trellis

Village Festival Under the Trellis

Adriaen van Ostade, 1648