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Drawings & Sketches

76,768 works

Pastel portrait sketch of a bespectacled, mustached man with tousled hair on brown paper, signed and dated 1900.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair looking down, holding a red and yellow fan against a gray background.

Study with Fan

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Loose oil study of a reclining female nude with closed eyes, a second figure faintly behind, in warm earth tones.

Composition (Study of Nudes)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Oil study of a seated woman in a pink dress holding a pink fan, on a red chair against a warm ochre background.

Study for a Rehearsal

Edward John Gregory

Faint pencil sketch of a seascape with waves, a small sailboat, a rainbow arc and clouds on pale paper.

Marine sketch

Graphite study of a draped seated figure with a hooded fabric arch over the head, over a faint grid.

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Science, study for panel)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Blue-toned pastel drawing of a marsh at dusk with a winding stream, reeds, and dark wooded hills under a pale sky.

Marshlands at Sundown

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Circular red wash study with zodiac figures over a pencil geometric grid, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Composition study with zodiac figures for "The Hours" ceiling mural, House Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol at Har…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Study of a Woman from Habina

Ladislav Treskoň

Study of a Man from Detva

Ladislav Treskoň

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a tilted head against sweeping green and brown strokes.

Freda

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Colored pen sketch of a stage set interior with fluted columns, cypress trees, a pavilion and a gilded bench.

Design of decoration for

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Sepia portrait drawing of a young man in U.S. military uniform and garrison cap, with Latin inscription above.

Hamilton Coolidge

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a black veil and dark dress holding a parasol, against a rose background.

Julienne

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Charcoal and pastel sketch of a woman's head bowed with closed eyes and long flowing hair, by Stanisław Wyspiański.

Study of a woman’s head for the figure of the Virgin Mary. Sketch for the stained glass

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1893

Pastel portrait of a woman with short dark hair and blue eyes wearing a pale blue dress against a soft background.

Mrs. Pansy Cotton

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Ink and wash sketch of two stylised figures carrying a decorated load on red ground, with a pencil hatched fragment below.

Loose sketches, including a fragment of Greek vessel decoration in black

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil study of concentric circles, squares and a stepped platform on aged paper, with handwritten annotations.

Study for an unidentified ceiling decoration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a seated woman seen from behind in a period dress, with tall windows suggested in the background.

Ella at the Piano

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man with furrowed brow and dark clothing against a brown background.

Head Study of an Old Man with a Beard

Ladislav Treskoň, 1920

Eagle, Capricorn. Unrealized design for a stained glass window for the Medical Society House in Kraków (for the side…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Four theatregoers

Watercolor of four men lounging and reading newspapers in a tavern, feet up on a green-covered table beneath candelabra.

The Bar-Room Loungers

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Red chalk portrait of a young man in a naval cap and high-collared uniform, looking directly at the viewer.

Richard McCall Elliot, Jr.

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, a stream, and a mountain rising under cloudy skies in North Wales.

Valley of the Llugwy (Moel Siabod), North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Painted portrait of a man in a dark hat and pale jacket with a black scarf, in loose brown and ochre brushwork.

Study of a Man from Dlhé Pole

Ladislav Treskoň, 1922

Horse Study

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Brown wash drawing of a smiling woman with short wavy hair, earrings and a lace collar, with French inscription at right.

Woman's Head

Antoine Injalbert, 1910

Painted head study of a man with short dark hair, looking toward the viewer against a muted brown background.

Head Study of a Man

Ladislav Treskoň, 1920

Colored drawing of the Descent from the Cross with figures lowering Christ's body, framed by an ornamental border resembling

Descent from the Cross

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1891

Pencil sketch of three arched openings in a weathered stone wall with worn steps and rubble in the foreground.

Untitled (Three Arches)

Howard Russell Butler

Oval pencil drawing of a man with curly shoulder-length hair, a small cap, a wide collar and a draped cloak.

Marin Cureau de La Chambre

Robert Nanteuil, c. 1656