New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Drawings & Sketches

78,193 works

Brown wash sketch of Civil War soldiers: a sleeping man by a cannon, a horseman, a cook with a pot, and an orderly.

A siesta

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Soldiers in uniform gather on a stump-filled field to trade goods, one kneeling over a cloth, with a distant smoky tree line.

Pickets trading between the lines

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Pencil sketch of bare winter trees in a field with distant huts and chimneys under a cloudy sky.

Winter camp near Culpepper Court House, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers marching on a dirt road with a mounted officer and a flag, a wagon wheel at right.

Washing day-Column on the march

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of wounded soldiers on a flatboat crossing a river past a mill and church spire.

Wounded soldiers crossing the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg on a flatboat-After the battle of the Wilderness

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a bearded wounded soldier in a wide-brimmed hat leaning on a pitchfork, with handwritten caption below.

Wounded soldier leaning on a pitchfork at Battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Night drawing of soldiers marching with a cannon and mounted officers, with many campfires glowing in the distance.

Going into bivouac at night

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Pencil sketch of a snowy winter camp with a soldier, dog, covered wagon, mule, and tents among bare trees.

Winter camp near Stoneman's Switch, Falmouth, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Brown-toned drawing of soldiers with rifles near lean-to shelters on an open plain under a dusky sky, with distant mountains.

The outer picket line, winter

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sepia drawing of soldiers at reveille with a cannon and bugler, and below, drummers and buglers beside tents at retreat.

The reveille on the line of battle

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sepia wash drawing of camp huts, a chopping soldier, and a seated soldier whittling beside a winter dugout hut.

The waggoner shanty

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Pencil drawing of a human skull's underside and lower jaw with handwritten tooth measurements.

A measured drawing of a skull

Cornelius Varley, 1826

Painting of a haloed saint with a palm and book, an angel, a bishop, a harpist, knights and a crowd in a wooded landscape.

The Arts Being Introduced to Germany by Christianity

Philipp Veit, 1114

Drawing of a woman in a blue robe holding a child, with a radiating halo and stylized golden clouds behind them.

Designs for the Front and Back Cover of “L’Evangile de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ selon Saint Pierre”

Pencil sketch of a steep grassy hillside with rocky outcrops and distant trees under a pale sky.

Meadow in Teplice

Caspar David Friedrich, 1835

Portrait of a Woman

Woman in a Blue Dress

Thomas Dewing, 1999

Pastel drawing of a standing woman in a long flowing evening gown against a warm tan background.

The Evening Dress

Alexander Popp Porträt eines Soldaten 1914

Alexander Pock, 1914

Painting of a barefoot woman on a stool sifting grain through a sieve beside a sack, with the sea behind her.

Woman Sifting

François-Alfred Delobbe

Painting of a man leading a laden horse down a snowy mountain trail, with a second rider and mountains behind.

A Successful Hunt

Man in a blanket and feathered headdress leads a white horse along a snowy mountain trail with a rifle.

First Sketch for 'In the Shadow'

Two ships frozen into ice under a starry night sky, with figures in winter clothing walking across the snow.

HMS 'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' in Winter Quarters

Walter William May, 1854

Watercolor of a mermaid seen from behind, gazing up at gulls over the sea, with coral in her hair and a shell in hand.

Mermaid Rising from the Sea

Henry John Stock, 1912

Charcoal study of a reclining woman with flowing hair, one hand clutching her head, on tan paper.

Study for "The Dream - Paolo and Francesca"

Umberto Boccioni

Pen sketch on tan paper of several overlapping figures with raised arms and bowed heads in a dense, dynamic composition.

Study for "Mourning"

Umberto Boccioni

Pencil study of a crowded scene with scribbled figures, vertical forms and circles on pale paper, signed Boccioni.

Study for "The Riot"

Umberto Boccioni, 1563

Pencil sketch of a woman's face with hatched hair shading and a drop earring, signed Boccioni at lower right.

Study for "Modern Idol"

Umberto Boccioni, 1564

Brown ink sketch of a stylised face with radiating hatched lines, signed Boccioni in the upper right corner.

Head Against the Light (The Artist's Sister)

Umberto Boccioni, 1567

Pencil sketch on tan paper of two workmen, one bent forward standing and one crouching, with red ink spots.

Study for "The Street Pavers": Two Workmen

Umberto Boccioni, 1568

Brown ink drawing of hatched, angular planes suggesting a head and window, with blue restaurant text along the left edge.

Study for "Fusion of a Head and a Window"

Umberto Boccioni

Ink sketch on tan paper of a hatted man bending over a cluster of paving stones, signed Boccioni in the lower right.

Study for "The Street Pavers": Man Laying Paving Stones

Umberto Boccioni, 1569