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Drawings & Sketches

76,731 works

Charcoal drawing of a young child seated behind a tray, signed Jan de Smedt and dated '42.

Raf in armchair I

Two pencil and white-highlighted studies of medieval armour pieces, including helmets, a gauntlet and a mace, on tan paper.

Two studies of armor parts

Karol Ľudovít Libay, 1843

Watercolor landscape of jagged sunlit mountains above green hills, with white buildings and a winding road at left.

Landscape near Sintra, Portugal

James Holland, 1837

Pencil sketch of wooded Stevensons Island on Yellowstone Lake with mountains behind and reflections in still water.

Stevensons Island (no. 1) Yellowstone Lake

Thomas Moran, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a banner design showing Saint Mark writing beside a winged lion, with an angel above and ornate frami

Mark the Evangelist

Gaspare Diziani

Grey-brown wash drawing of a snowy alpine valley with conifers, boulders in the foreground and jagged peaks in mist.

Between Chamonix and Martigny / The Aiguille Verte

John Robert Cozens, 1776

Watercolor of a dark mountain above a moor, with a stream, rocks and a stone bridge in the foreground.

Landscape near Llyn Ogwen, Caernarvonshire (Wales)

Joshua Cristall, 1778

Watercolor of a dark river with a grassy bank on the right and pebbles in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

In Borrowdale, Cumberland

Joshua Cristall, 1805

Grey wash drawing of the old Amsterdam town hall tower and arcades beside fire-damaged gabled buildings, 1652.

View of the old town hall on the Dam after the fire of 1652

Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten, 1652

Pen and wash drawing of a young rider on a grey horse in a tricorn hat, followed by attendants and a standing officer.

The young Prince William V on horseback, with entourage

Tethart Philipp Christian Haag, 1762

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing figure addressing seated judges in a columned hall, with crowds around.

Christ before his judges

Maerten de Vos, 1542

Charcoal night landscape with a large tree, glowing moon, and small figures bathing at a pond's edge.

Bathers by Moonlight

Charles Walter Stetson, 1910

Pencil sketches of Egyptian vessels, a column capital with a face, and a leg study, with handwritten notes on aged paper.

Tomb of Kings, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pale pencil and wash sheet with sketched draped garments, a figure study and swirling cloud-like forms below.

Study of garments

Gaspare Diziani

Brown wash drawing of a ruined castle on a ridge above a wooded valley with a still pool in the foreground.

Castle in a Landscape

John Sell Cotman

Pencil sketch of a reclining woman in a headscarf beside a seated child, with loosely drawn figures in the background.

Resting women and children

Zacharias Blyhooft, 1667

Allegorical watercolor of robed figures with scales, sword, book and torch, a chained man, and banners reading Order, Justice

Order

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil sketch on cream paper of several small putti figures, one winged, with cursive inscription along the right edge.

Putti (sketches of Venice)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Brown wash drawing of four figure groups including satyrs, goats, a bearded man with a book and a wine jug.

Four groups with satyr and silenus

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining female figure raising a bunch of grapes, with a handwritten caption below.

Drawing of the

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Four study sheets of soldiers charging across a battlefield at night, with explosions and flares lighting the sky.

Marais de Saint-Gond

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pale watercolor of a ruined stone priory with arched windows, trees and a hillside behind a foreground fence and water.

Castle Acre Priory

John Sell Cotman, 1805

Woman in black veil and gown tying a white slipper, with a rose on a ledge and a rural landscape behind her.

Study of a Woman

Marie-Denise Villers, 1802

Charcoal and chalk drawing on blue paper of stone temple columns and blocks at Karnak in moonlight.

Temple of Carnac--Moonlight (Egypt)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor portrait of a man in a blue coat holding a spyglass, with a sailing ship and billowing sails behind him.

Portrait of a Man

n.d J. Seymour, 1770

Watercolor of a large gnarled tree beside a wooden fence, two figures leaning on the rail, hills and birds in the sky.

A Group of Trees by a Fence

John Sell Cotman

Pen drawing of a haloed monk in a hooded habit within an oval frame surrounded by leaves, with an inscribed plinth below.

Portrait of Theodorus van der Eem

Nicolaas Stramot, 1668

Pale gray wash sketch of several figure groups, one standing with a staff, with brown pen foliage ornament along the right ed

Several groups of people

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil drawing of a wooded rocky cliff with a whitewashed building on the hilltop at upper right.

Rocks with a building on top in Rome

Hendrik Voogd, 1788

Pencil sketch of a craggy rock face with shrubs and bare branches, inscribed Rocchetta Sabina, by Hendrik Voogd, 1788.

Rocky landscape at Rocchetta Sabina

Hendrik Voogd, 1788

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, legs crossed, on gray paper.

Seated Male Figure

François Schommer, 1910

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church monument with a tomb chest, ornate pointed canopy, and flanking pinnacles.

A Monument in Raveningham Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1816