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Drawings & Sketches

78,434 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman drawing back a curtain on an ornate bed, with a donkey and scattered papers nearby.

Woman in Bed Observing a Donkey

Franz von Bayros

Ink drawing of three women dancing in a restaurant with large hats while a cupid watches from below, a waiter at left.

Three Dancing Women in a Restaurant Watched by Cupid

Franz von Bayros

Pencil sketch of a woman beside a coiled dragon and an armored knight, with foliage behind, on tan paper.

Study for a Bookplate with St. George Rescuing a Maiden from a Dragon

Franz von Bayros

Ink drawing of a nude woman with a lyre, a swan, and a seated man within a flowering vine frame.

Study for a Book Plate: Leda and the Swan

Franz von Bayros

Painted royal procession of a crowned king on a white horse under a canopy, with guards, nobles and crowds in a city square.

Christian IV's coronation procession 1596

Rasmus Christiansen, 1596

Watercolor of a brown horse standing beside a wooden fence, with a flat green field and distant village behind it.

Study of a horse

Rasmus Christiansen, 1919

Hand-coloured engraving of an umiak with rowers in patterned clothing and a woman steering, carrying a child, on choppy water

An umiak in East Greenland

Oluf Bagge, 1832

Profile Portrait of Mlle. Eglé Legé

Eugène Devéria

Pencil and wash drawing of a brown horse harnessed to a cart with a barrel load, with a lamp pole and distant town.

A Cart Drawn by a Brown Horse Near a Lamp Pole; Verso: A Group of Mounted Officers

Johann Adam Klein

Watercolor panorama of a hilltop town with a twin-towered church, rooftops, wheat fields and two walkers in the foreground.

Ansicht von Bamberg von Süden

Johann Adam Klein

Charcoal and chalk study for a mural showing dancing figures in a landscape within a decorative arched frame with garlands.

Study drawing for a mural showing dancing figures

Walter Shirlaw, 1898

Pencil and watercolor study of a woman with raised arms under a winged crest and sunburst, framed by green drapery.

Study drawing for mural of woman, no. 1

Walter Shirlaw, 1898

Pencil and watercolor study of a seated woman in green reading a book under an arch, with a figure above.

Study drawing for mural of woman reading

Walter Shirlaw, 1898

Pen and wash drawing of a sacrificial scene with a standing man, kneeling figure, helmeted priest at an altar, and a crowd.

Sacrificial Scene

Leonaert Bramer

Watercolor of a hilltop walled town with a large church, seen across a green valley with terraced fields and trees.

Rothenburg

Watercolor of a walled medieval town with stone towers, red roofs, a church spire and a green meadow below.

Teilansicht von Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Pen and ink drawing of a valley with fields and a village, with a walled town and church spires on the horizon.

Blick auf Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Pencil and wash drawing of a cherub with a dog, a studded strongbox and a large key, a study for a banknote vignette.

Study for bank-note vignette- Finance or Security

Henry Inman, 1834

Sepia sketch of a seated woman with a spinning wheel, factories and ships behind her, a study for a textile bank-note vignett

Study for bank-note vignette- textile industry

Henry Inman, 1821

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a plumed hat at a table with sheet music, with sketched figures behind her.

Soirée Intime

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1785

Pencil study sheet with several cows and calves, including a reclining calf and a horned cow's head.

Studies of Cows and Calves

James McDougal Hart

Seated man with drawing board before a hilltop city with a large dome and bell tower under stormy clouds.

Portrait of Dr. Thomas Penrose (1769-1851)

Pen and blue wash drawing of a river valley with pine trees, a rocky cliff, and a mountain range under a pale sky.

The Salzach Valley with a View of the Watzmann Massif in the Background

Frederik van Valckenborch

Watercolor interior of a Gothic church chancel with pointed arches, stained glass windows, and a checkered floor.

Chancel of Trinity Chapel, New York

John William Hill

Painted portrait of an elderly man in a black cap and fur-collared gown holding a string of red cherries against green.

Portrait of a man with a rosary

Michael Sittow, 1513

Painting of large sailing ships at anchor in a hazy harbour with a stone tower and distant town under a golden sky.

Ships at Anchor Off a Mediterranean Harbour

Peter van de Velde, 1714

Watercolor of riverside buildings with red roofs and green trees reflected in a calm canal under a pale sky.

C&O Canal, Georgetown DC

Susan Brown Chase, 1916

Loose painted scene of a seated woman in the doorway of a wooden frame house, with vines and a chimney, 1910.

African American sitting in the doorway of a frame house in Washington DC

Susan Brown Chase, 1910

The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess

The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess

James Moore, 1787

Sketch of the Interior of a Gothic Church

Sketch of the Interior of a Gothic Church

Sketch of a Gothic Church

Sketch of a Gothic Church

Sketch of a Gothic Church and Monastery

Sketch of a Gothic Church and Monastery