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Drawings & Sketches

77,595 works

Pencil sketches of buildings, a church, a figure, and steep mountain slopes on a cream paper page with handwritten place name

Sketches around the Königssee, Bavaria, and Vöcklabruck, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of a sunset over distant mountains, with glowing yellow clouds above dark hills and a blue-gray sky.

View Across the Hudson Valley at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a green alpine valley with a sunlit jagged mountain range, forested slopes, and small farm buildings.

Reiter Alpe from Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of an arched doorway and palazzo facade above water, with a dome, tower and trees in the background.

Palazzo over Water, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of tree trunks framing a faint dome, with handwritten color notes like gold and greener along the bottom.

Dome of St. Peter's Basilica from the Pincian Hill, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white-highlight drawing of a wooded riverbank with rapids and a small building along the Niagara River.

Part of Goat Island, Niagara River, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a saddled horse with a rider on a rocky path, with a handwritten inscription in the lower right corner.

Bridle Path, White Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil drawing with white highlights of a distant Niagara Falls, with cascades and mist framed by trees along the river.

Distant View of Niagara Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rugged mountain range with cliffs and warm highlights on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Part of a Rifted Mountain Range, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a canyon with layered mesas and diagonal rain streaks in the upper right.

Grand Canyon in the Rain

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pencil sketch of a ruined classical temple with columns and pediment in an open landscape, with handwritten color notes.

Ruins of Phaena at Al-Masmiyah, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a domed church, a low building, and trees, with a hillside below annotated with handwritten color notes.

Sketches of a Church and a Hillside, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Hazy alpine landscape of a snow-capped peak above a valley with rocky slopes and conifers, in warm sunset tones.

Sunset in the Rhone Valley, Belalp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a faint horizon with clouds and sea, annotated with handwritten color notes and a steamer inscription.

Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on grey paper of cirrus clouds over rolling hills, with handwritten colour notes like 'blue grey' and 'dark gre

Sky over the Hudson River Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor of houses along a winding river, with loose green trees and a yellow hillside, signed and dated 1948.

Häuser am Fluss

Werner Heldt, 1948

Charcoal sketch of a crowded market scene with vendors and shoppers gathered around stalls, by Max Liebermann.

Aus dem Judenviertel in Amsterdam: Der Fischmarkt

Max Liebermann, 1907

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a man in a flat cap and tie on gray paper, with white highlights on face and collar.

Selbstbildnis mit Mütze

Max Liebermann, 1913

Sketch of two acrobatic dancers in yellow and green costumes, drawn in pencil with colored crayon accents.

Zwei akrobatische Tänzerinnen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Pencil sketch of three elongated dancing figures with yellow and red crayon accents, with a faint architectural outline at ri

Drei Tänzerinnen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Charcoal sketch of two standing female nudes on cream paper, one with arm raised and one with head bowed.

Zwei stehende weibliche Akte (Badende an den Moritzburger Teichen?)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Pencil sketch of a woman's head with lowered eyes and bobbed hair, drawn in angular strokes on cream paper.

Weiblicher Kopf, nach unten blickend

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1911

Pencil sketch of a seated woman leaning forward with her hand near her face, drawn in loose angular lines on pale paper.

Sitzendes Mädchen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Pencil study of a seated figure's draped garment, raised left arm and hand, on pale paper.

Gewand und linker Arm der Sitzenden aus der "Vorbereitung zum Kostümball"

Otto Scholderer, 1879

Grey wash drawing of a river with a wooded bank, a large tree, riders on a path and a small boat.

Fluss mit waldigem Ufer, rechts ein Wagen und Reiter

Roelant Roghman

Grey wash drawing of a canal with gabled houses, a large water wheel, and figures crossing a wooden footbridge.

Fliegende Brücke zur Überfahrt der am Ufer wartenden Truppen ("Overtoom" bei Amsterdam)

Roelant Roghman

Grey pencil and wash drawing of a moated castle with a corner tower, chimneys and a wooden bridge beside trees.

Kasteel Nieuwenroy bei Oudheusden

Roelant Roghman

Grey wash drawing of a Dutch village with thatched houses, a church steeple, a canal and soldiers on the road.

Das Dorf Sloterdyk zur Zeit des Durchzuges der Truppen des Prinzen Wilhelm II von Oranien im Jahre 1650

Roelant Roghman, 1650

Grey wash drawing of a forest clearing with shepherds, a cow, and a woman walking along a path under an overcast sky.

Waldwiese, links einige Hirten

Roelant Roghman

Pen and brown wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with vaulted ceilings, pointed arches and small figures on the floor.

St. Marienkirche zu Utrecht von Innen

Abraham Rademaker

Brown wash drawing of a city gate with a portcullis, a tall tower and gabled buildings, framed by trees beside a waterway.

City gate with portcullis

Abraham Rademaker

Pen and grey wash drawing of a river town with sailboats, houses, trees, and a horse-drawn cart in the foreground.

Stadtansicht am Fluss, vorne ein Wagen und Pferde

Abraham Rademaker