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Drawings & Sketches

78,291 works

Costume drawing of a gentleman in black frock coat, striped trousers, top hat and cane, with a blank face.

Gentleman's formal attire

Painted costume sketch of a man in a dark jacket with yellow braid trim, patterned scarf, and black trousers.

Man in jacket with yellow braid trim

Watercolor of a stocky fairground strongman lifting dumbbells, wearing a blue top, tricolor sash, medals and red shorts.

Hercule de foire

Man with a bandaged jaw

Two stylized figures in black-and-white and red-accented domino costumes with pointed hats against a gray and blue wash.

Costumes for 'New Faces' (?), Radio City, Female Dominoes

Watercolor and ink drawing of two stylized penguins wearing feathered hats, standing on a blue ground.

Two female penguins

Painted costume sketch of a mustached soldier in grey greatcoat, tall black shako hat and white sash, hand on hip.

Soldat

Stylized drawing of a woman in a pink gown with white ruffles and green garlands, arms outstretched in a dancing pose.

Woman in an elegant pink and green gown

Watercolor costume design of a woman in a checkered harlequin dress holding a white mask, one arm extended.

Woman in a harlequin costume holding a mask

Painted costume design of a soldier in red jacket, blue trousers, black boots and fur shako, holding a curved sabre.

Soldier

Costume drawing of a woman in black bodice, red skirt and blue veil, arms raised, painted on cream paper.

Woman in Arabic costume

Stylized painting of a woman in a dark ruffled dress, blue feather hat and boa, holding a small brown dog.

Woman in a black dress and blue boa holding a dog

Stylized drawing of a woman in a blue-green suit with black hat, veil, gloves and handbag, by Serge Sudeikin.

Woman wearing a blue-green suit

Young woman in a white pleated blouse

Woman in a black fur

Stylized painting of a barefoot young woman in a blue dress and green rose-patterned shawl holding a metal pail.

Woman dressed as a milkmaid holding a pail

Painted drawing of a woman with a dark bun in a long striped blue dress with white cuffs, standing with clasped hands.

Woman in blue dress

Standing young man with downcast eyes and facial spots, wearing a dark double-breasted jacket and blue striped trousers.

Young man with acne

Costume design sketch of a grey draped ghost figure with a brown striped mask head and angular black shadows.

Theatrical ghost costume for "Le Rossignol"

Stage design drawing of a lilac interior with a seated woman on a chaise, a standing man in white, and a blue sofa.

Stage design for Nikita Balieff's theatrical company called Chauvre-Souris, New York City

Two stylized clown costume figures, one white with red outlines and one black with white outlines, side by side on a gray gro

Two clown costumes, red and black

Two anthropomorphized penguins in watercolor and ink, a male in a bowler hat facing a female in a ruffled collar and striped

Two penguins , male and female

Two stylized penguins in striped straw hats and bow ties stand on a blue ground, painted in watercolor.

Two penguins

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated woman with hair pinned up, arms folded, draped in loose fabric.

Flore, Mistress of a Public House in Toulon

Constantin Guys

Black chalk drawing of shepherds adoring the Christ Child with angels in clouds above, on grey paper.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

François Lemoyne

Red and black chalk drawing of a bearded, balding man's head turned left, on toned paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking Left

François Lemoyne

Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to Left

François Lemoyne

Standing Male Nude Seen from Below

François Lemoyne, 1984

Red chalk sketch of a standing man reaching forward with a cloth in hand, with a smaller figure study at lower left.

Study of a Valet Pouring Wine

François Lemoyne

Red chalk drawing of a Roman cityscape with rooftops, a domed church, a tall column, and an arched bridge in the foreground.

View of Rome

François Lemoyne

Charcoal and colored pencil sketch of a dog's head with an open jaw, shaded in grey, ochre and red on pale paper.

Sleeping Dog

Pencil sketch of a standing woman with bowed head and folded arms on cream paper.

Sketch of a Woman (Study for Isabella and the Pot of Basil)

William Holman Hunt