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Drawings & Sketches

76,731 works

Colored pencil design for stained glass with a large hand at top and flowing wavy forms in blue, yellow and pink below.

Become! (God the Father). Design for a stained glass window from 1897 for the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pencil sketch of a bird on a leafy branch with flowering twigs and a rocky base on grey paper.

Bird and dog by branch

Pencil sketch of a bathing place with a flagpole, watchtower, small wooden huts, pilings and trees under a pale sky.

Bathing Place, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Brown ink and wash study of an allegorical figure group with putti on clouds, framed by architectural lunettes.

Allegorical group of figures with putti on clouds

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil drawing of ruined Caister Castle walls with arched windows, a shrub, and a thatched cottage on the right.

Caister Castle, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman

Pencil and colored pencil drawing of staircase details with handrail, balusters, curved wall and dimension notes.

Stairs in the

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Drawing of a robed man offered a cup by a winged angel, above a crowd of bearded men, with verse text between them.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Jarring Sects

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of nude putti dancing and tumbling across a shaded mound.

Putti dancing

Gaspare Diziani, 1750

Pencil sketch of a cloaked standing figure with a smaller figure to the left and loose horizontal strokes above.

Study: Minstrel standing before wall

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1898

Watercolor of a pink and lavender lilac branch with dark green leaves on a cream page, labeled Common Lilac a native of Persi

Common Lilac, A Native of Persia

Frances Jauncey Ketchum, 1810

Winged nude figure on a cloud recoils from a crowd of anguished faces in a smoky abyss, with a verse inscribed in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Love Shrinking Affrighted at the Sight of Hell

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Red chalk sketch of a bearded man in a plumed hat and a study of a man seen from behind in a cloak.

Head of a bearded man with hat, rear view of a man

Gaspare Diziani

Oil study of a dusk landscape with pink clouds, dark trees on the right, and sky reflected in calm water.

Study of an Early Evening Landscape

Karol Miloslav Lehotský, 1899

Pen and gray wash drawing of a ruined medieval priory tower with pointed arches under a cloudy sky.

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil sketch of a hatched mountain above a horizon with layered island silhouettes labeled Little Milo, Milo, and Kimolo.

Cimolus/Melos

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Charcoal portrait of a woman in a ruffled wide-brimmed hat and lace-collared blouse, with a handwritten dedication at left.

Portrait of a Lady

Charles Albert Waltner, 1920

Pencil and chalk study on brown paper of a man's upturned head with a sketched hand and draped shoulder.

Head and hand studies

Gaspare Diziani

Sepia watercolor of a ruined castle tower on a rocky coast, with boats at the shore and cliffs behind.

Coast Scene with a Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1827

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of a column capital, a carved arch with figures, an ornate pillar, and a relief of putti.

Drawings of sculptures and architectural details of the parish church in Schöngrabern

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Brown wash drawing of an allegorical woman seated on clouds with putti, within a circular frame.

Allegorical female figure (Geography) with putti on clouds

Gaspare Diziani

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone crypt with an arched opening and a carved altar beneath a barred window.

Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Pencil sketch of a reclining lion beside a scrolled architectural bracket and stylized foliage, with handwritten inscription.

Theatre at Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Graphite sketch of a woman in a draped veil and headscarf, head turned slightly, with a pensive expression, on tan paper.

Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Resting woman

Brown wash drawing of a crowd worshipping a golden calf on a pedestal, with a figure descending from clouds at upper right.

Adoration of the golden calf

Nicolas Poussin

Pencil sketch of ruined castle towers on a rocky hill with two small seated figures in the foreground.

Beeston Castle, Cheshire: Entrance to the Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1814

Oil study of tall birch trees with autumn foliage on a sloping earthen path under a grey-blue sky.

Study of trees

Stanisław Filibert Fleury

Crayon design of colorful wavy horizontal bands in red, green, violet and blue over ochre, a decorative wave motif study.

Wave motif. Design for the polychrome of the presbytery of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil drawing of a reclining female nude in angular cubist style, overlaid with a grid of lines.

Female Nude, Reclining

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a dark coat, head turned slightly, with loose diagonal hatching behind him.

The Painter Jean François Millet

Pen and grey wash drawing of a cavalry battle with riders, fallen men and horses, and a fortress tower beyond a bridge.

Cavalry skirmish before a bridge leading to a castle

Charles Parrocel

Watercolor caricature of two men with drawn swords on a city street, one in a blue coat and top hat, one in a red military ja

Caricature of Two Men with Drawn Swords (One of a Set of Three)

John Sell Cotman, 1799