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Drawings & Sketches

76,768 works

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of birds in flight and perched, drawn in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Birds

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Design drawing with pale star and floral ornaments on a dark blue wash, showing angular rosettes and a stylized sprig motif.

Stars. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Brown ink and wash drawing of thatched cottages and a barn beside a road, with a church spire and a water channel in front.

Cottages and Barn beside a Road

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650

Watercolor of skaters on a frozen canal at dusk, with windmills and snowy houses under a low pink sun.

View of Arnheim (recto)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1864

Pastel poster design of a woman in a large feathered hat with a blue ribbon, with 'Friendship Hat Sale' lettering in the marg

Hat Sale Poster

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Sketch of a ploughing scene with horses and a ploughman in loose dark brushstrokes on an ochre background.

Ploughing (Sketch)

Jacek Malczewski, 1883

Pencil sketch of an old arched stone bridge over a river, with a small boat, a riverside town, and hills behind.

Old Bridge at Heidelburg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Drawing of a circular ceiling design with radiating rococo bands, a central medallion, and figural scenes in grey wash and go

The Life of Ignatius Loyola

Egid Quirin Asam, 1748

Victor Chapman

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of old stone towers rising above trees, with a handwritten caption reading Old Towers, Laufenbe

(Sketchbook) Old Towers, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a chimney sweep in a tan coat and red cap, carrying brushes over his shoulder on a pavement.

The Patent Chimney Sweep Cleaner

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor interior of a 1748 waiting room with officers smoking, card players by a fireplace, and a spotted dog.

Waiting Room

Cornelis Troost, 1748

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and blue eyes on a brown paper ground.

Laura Attentive

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Charcoal sketch of three men in overcoats talking together on a street, with loose smudged shading below.

Three gentlemen in conversation

Watercolor landscape of a pale road winding past green trees toward distant blue hills under a soft sky.

On the Albi Road

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Study of a young man's face, in profile

Edwin Austin Abbey

General Grant

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Drawing of a church interior with wooden barrel vault, blue ribs, galleries, a pulpit and a painted organ at the far end.

Interior of the Old Lutheran Church

J.A. Tempelier, 1782

Pencil sketch of several tall wading birds with long necks and legs, one bending down to feed among grass.

Six birds

Lucien Pissarro, 1873

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with short dark hair and colorful earrings, holding pink drapery against her chest.

Model Holding Drapery

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with moored boats, gabled houses, figures on the quay and a church tower in the distance.

View of the Singel looking towards the Munt

Eduard Alexander Hilverdink, 1877

Pastel stage design of a night garden with flowers, a seated figure on a mushroom pedestal, and blue framing curtains.

Garden of Flowers (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Oil portrait of a bearded seated man in a tall fur hat, bare-chested with a dark jacket, hands clasped, against a grey backgr

Study of a Russian Prisoner

Ladislav Treskoň, 1922

Pencil drawing of a canal with an arched bridge, brick townhouses, a twin-towered church and reflections in the water.

View of the Deventer Houtmarkt, looking towards the Moses and Aaron Church

Jan Baureis, 1850

Pencil sketch of a canal with moored boats, a brick warehouse on the right, and church towers in the hazy distance.

View of the Markengracht

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1853

Pen drawing of a naval trophy with fanned flags, a heraldic lion and horse, cannons, and an inscribed pedestal.

Design for a trophy with the mirror decoration of The Royal Charles

jonkheer Barthold Willem Floris van Riemsdijk, 1860

Pencil drawing of a twin-towered water gate with an arched passage over a canal, with moored boats and trees.

View of the Waterpoort in Sneek

Elias Stark, 1859

Pencil sketch of waves breaking over rocky coastline with a small sailboat on the horizon.

Bordighera, Italy

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a riverside town with a church with twin towers above rows of houses.

(Sketchbook) Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Cover of Lundagård magazine, November 1950, with a pale blue abstract drawing of angular shapes and curved lines.

Original drawings and manuscripts by the artist, and documentary material, in Lundagard #12, issue of November 25, 1950

Viking Eggeling

Pencil sketch of caricatured musicians playing double bass, horn, drum and lute outdoors, with a building in the background.

The Muses

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830

Seated man in a grey suit looking down while adjusting a violin, drawn in warm reddish tones on a textured background.

Study of a Seated Violinist

Ladislav Treskoň