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Drawings & Sketches

76,778 works

Aged paper with brown ink handwritten Dutch verse, a dated heading, and initials signed at lower right.

AAJH-033 Contribution of Arnoldus Lieranus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661

Dark etching of a glowing star above cloaked figures and a dimly lit house at night.

The Star of Kings: a Night Piece

Rembrandt van Rijn

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude women bathing among trees, with loose sketched figures and dark foliage.

Diana and Callisto, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642-1643, drawing, 208 by 300 mm, private collection (ex W. R. Valentiner)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Ink and wash sketch of a seated bearded man and a standing figure holding objects, with trees and clouds behind them.

Rembrandt Temptation of Christ Sketch 2

Rembrandt van Rijn

Red chalk study of the Virgin and Child enthroned among eight saints, with a bishop in a mitre on the left.

Madonna with Child enthroned with eight saints (composition study for the altar painting in Sarzana)

Andrea del Sarto

Soldier sketching on a board outside a white tent at an army camp, with rifles, a flag and marching troops behind.

Union soldier making a drawing while sitting in front of tent at army camp

Louis K. Harlow

Pencil sketch of a castle with round towers rising above trees and hedges, with a rooftop in the foreground.

Drawing of the Château de Clisson by André Derain

Engraved allegorical scene: a reclining woman with garlands, cherubs, an old man with scythe and hourglass, and women with a

The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded…

Eduard Veith, 1913

Drawing, Head of a Bearded Man, 1872-78

Drawing, Head of a Bearded Man, 1872-78

William Merritt Chase, 1872

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (preliminary study for a mural in the U.S. Capitol). Alternative title(s): Westward Ho!

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (preliminary study for a mural in the U.S. Capitol). Alternative title(s)…

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze