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Drawings & Sketches

78,291 works

Head of a Satyr Facing Left

Jusepe de Ribera

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man in a robe leading a stooped blind friar by a chain, holding a staff.

A Man Leading a Blind Friar (recto); Incidental Sketches (not by the artist; verso)

Jusepe de Ribera

Pen and ink study of an inverted reclining figure with raised legs, with handwritten inscriptions and guide lines on pale pap

Study for a Crucifixion of St. Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, 1628

Red chalk drawing of a bat with spread wings, flanked by two studies of human ears and a curved Latin motto below.

Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS

Jusepe de Ribera

Pen and wash drawing of a Madonna and Child seated on a crescent moon, with putti and clouds around them.

Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti

Jusepe de Ribera

Ink drawing of a seated woman gazing at a landscape while a skeleton in a white hood stands behind her.

Until her death preparatory drawing for 'Good Words'

Frederick Sandys

Watercolor costume design of a stout man in an embroidered white shirt, orange sash and dark boots, by Boris Kustodiev, 1919.

Kum from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (Mussorgsky) by Kustodiev (1919, priv.coll)

Boris Kustodiev, 1919

Watercolor costume sketch of a bearded barefoot man in an orange shirt and grey trousers holding a pitchfork over his shoulde

Gerasim from Peasant Women (Neverov) by Kustodiev (1921, priv.coll)

Boris Kustodiev, 1921

Watercolor of peasant women and an accordion player gathered outside a wooden house in an autumn landscape.

Peasant Women (Neverov) by Kustodiev (1920, priv.coll) 01

Boris Kustodiev, 1920

Watercolor of a seated turbaned man holding red cloth while a child in a dark coat stands beside him in an interior.

Oriental Scene by L.Bakst (priv.coll) 01

Watercolor design of a symmetrical geometric textile pattern with pink, black, gold and silver diamond and star motifs.

Design for a Textile Pattern, possibly for Costumes in the Ballet 'Le Dieu Bleu' (1912)

Léon Bakst, 1912

Colored design drawing of a wooden loom with blue wave border, red and blue woven threads, and tassels, with pencil measureme

Design for a Loom, possibly for the Ballet 'Helen of Sparta' (1913)

Léon Bakst, 1913

Hand-colored fashion drawing of two women in striped and patterned period costumes, signed Bakst 1910.

'Fantaisie sur le costume moderne': Two female haute couture figures

Pencil and wash sketch of a donkey harnessed to a farm cart with a spoked wheel, plus horse studies above.

A Mule or Donkey, Harnessed to a Farm Cart, with Other Sketches at Top, Executed at or Near Canterbury, c. 1835

Thomas Sidney Cooper, 1835

Pencil sketches of a stage with a performer, an audience, a bottle, and bar forms on cream paper.

Cave of the Golden Calf: Sketches of a Stage and Bar

Spencer Gore, 1912

Red chalk study of a young woman with curled hair holding a curved horn, with an Italian inscription below.

Huntress with a Horn

Charles André van Loo

Bust of a Young Girl, Profile to Left

Charles André van Loo

Brown wash drawing of a young woman on an altar, a priest with a knife, a crowned king, and a goddess on a crescent moon abov

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Charles André van Loo

Brown wash drawing of a haloed deacon in prayer before a crowd, with an angel in the clouds above and putti in an ornate fram

Saint Gregory as Deacon Directing Prayers and Processions for the Cessation of the Plague

Charles André van Loo

Brown wash drawing of St. Gregory dictating to a secretary by candlelight in a book-lined room, within an arched frame with a

St. Gregory Dictating His Homilies to a Secretary

Charles André van Loo

Brown wash drawing of a seated pope receiving kneeling clergy within an ornate shell-topped cartouche with putti.

The Clergy of Rome Paying Homage to St. Gregory after His Investiture

Charles André van Loo

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling robed man among onlookers, framed by an ornate cartouche with cherubs and French inscription

St. Gregory Reluctant to Accept His Election as Bishop of Rome

Charles André van Loo

Drawing of a man distributing coins to a woman and child before a crowd, framed in an arched niche with a cherub.

St. Gregory Distributing His Worldly Goods to the Poor

Charles André van Loo

Pen and brown wash drawing of elegant figures conversing beneath a classical colonnade with a small dog and servant.

La Conversation espagnole

Charles André van Loo, 1983

Brown wash drawing of a saint raising a cloth before kneeling figures, framed in an ornate shield-shaped cartouche with cheru

The Mass of St. Gregory

Charles André van Loo

Painted landscape of waterbirds including a red ibis, ducks and a heron beside a stream, with a cabin and ruins on a hill.

Gevogelte bij een bergstroom

Herman Henstenburgh, 1677

Pencil sketch of two men in a dim interior, one seated at a table gesturing, the other standing in a hat and long coat.

The Critic; verso: Study for The Critic

Pencil sketch of a decorative title page with horsemen in a border, an ornate initial letter, and a bearded man with a child.

Title Page Design for "The Tournament" (recto); Small Sketches for Border Elements (verso)

Watercolor of a long-haired woman in a cream shawl bending toward white lilies in a garden at dusk.

The Sensitive Plant

Frank Bernard Dicksee

Watercolor of two children in white walking a dirt path past a rose-covered thatched cottage with brick chimneys and tall pop

Children On A Path Outside A Thatched Cottage, West Horsley, Surrey

Helen Allingham

Painting of a sailing ship with full sails and a red flag on choppy sea, with a rowing boat and distant vessels.

An outward-bound 18-gun merchantman at the 'Tail of the Bank' portrayed in three positions

Coloured print of a river with domed buildings and minarets on the left, boats, and tents with figures on the right bank.

View from the Iron Bridge