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Drawings & Sketches

76,768 works

Pen and ink drawing of a castle on a rocky cliff, with soldiers, horsemen, a cannon and smoke during a siege.

Castle under Siege

Israël Silvestre

Charcoal sketch of a standing soldier in a plumed helmet and uniform, holding a rifle, drawn on tan paper.

A Soldier

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1920

Sepia drawing of flat-topped mesas on a desert plain under a sun with radiating rays and clouds.

Untitled (transfer drawing for print)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Charcoal study of a bald bearded man in a buttoned coat leaning over a ledge, hand raised to his head.

Figure studies for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1892

Grey wash drawing of tall trees at a wood's edge, with a horseman and attendants on a path below and a village in the distanc

Horseman and Attendants at the Edge of a Wood

Roelant Roghman

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and coat, arm raised holding a tall staff, with a crate beside him.

Copy after Grévin

Grey wash drawing of a castle with round towers reflected in a moat, with a small boat near an arched gateway.

Culemborg Castle

Roelant Roghman, 1647

Pencil section drawing of a vaulted hall with two doorways and a hatched wall, labelled with a handwritten caption.

Hall of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Painted sketch of Joseph leading a donkey carrying Mary and the infant Christ across a dry landscape with hills.

The Holy Family on the run. Sketch

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1841

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a hat embracing a woman in a long dress beneath a tree, dated 1871.

Couple Courting by a Tree

Léon Bonnat, 1871

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a white dress and bonnet lying on a sofa, head resting on her hand.

Cornelia Aletta Hulst van lies on the couch

Christiaan Andriessen, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman in a striped dress and bonnet, head resting on her hand beside a window.

Seated Cornelia Aletta Hulst

Christiaan Andriessen, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a formal French garden with scrolling parterres, cypress rows, a terraced fountain and a long mansard

Broderiparterren to la Maison du Tillet in Saint-Cloud

Israël Silvestre

Charcoal drawing of moored boats and rowboats on water in a harbor, with waterfront buildings and masts behind.

London in the Pool

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a standing worker in a wide-brimmed hat with a raised arm, on a pale unfinished ground.

Construction Worker with Hat

Edvard Munch, 1929

Pencil drawing of a bare tree behind a wooden fence with lease and grocer signs, beside a building doorway.

Billboard and Tree

Alfred Wordsworth Thompson

Pen and ink sketch of three heads of a woman in different poses, with handwritten French and Italian notes on the page.

Three Portrait Heads of a Woman

Albert Besnard, 1910

Pen and wash drawing of a formal garden with cascades, strolling figures, a palace facade and a statue beside trees.

View of the small cascades in Vaux-le-Vicomte

Israël Silvestre

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated on a chair, hands resting on a cane, gazing to the side.

The dwarf

Mina Arndt, 1910

Watercolor of clowns in striped costumes falling from brown horses on a dusty ground, with green trees behind.

Clowns and Horses

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Ink and wash sketch of a man knocked off a sailboat by its boom, with a crouching sailor below and choppy sea.

Man being knocked overboard by boom of sailboat (recto); Unidentified illustraiton of boy shining man's shoe (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and grey wash drawing of Gouda's Gothic town hall with spires, arched windows, and a staircase, with figures and chickens

View of the town hall of Gouda, RP-T-1891-A-2417

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Pencil sketch on aged paper showing stylized leaves and scrolling ornamental motifs in vertical panels for church polychromy.

Yellow archangel. Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

The water drinker

Painting of a woman in a yellow gown seated beside a carved bench, with her reflection visible in a mirror behind her.

Reflected Grace

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Ink and grey wash drawing of a river landscape with bare trees, grazing cows on the bank, and a distant treeline.

River Landscape with Cows

Roelant Roghman, 1642

Pencil drawing of a Chicago street with tall brick buildings, an elevated railway, parked cars, and smoke rising over rooftop

Chicago, North Dearborn Street

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Red chalk drawing of a haloed figure at a table with other draped figures in an interior, by Benedetto Luti.

Drawing - Benedetto Luti

Soft pastel portrait of a woman's face framed by green hair, with red lips and muted gray background.

Petite

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Grey wash drawing of a rocky valley with cliffs, trees, and a wanderer with a staff walking a path in the foreground.

Mountain Landscape with a Wanderer

Roelant Roghman, 1642

Watercolor of a seated woman in a striped headscarf, rose jacket with gold trim and blue skirt, hands folded in her lap.

Seated Italian Woman

Dominque Louis Papety, 1800s

Pastel portrait of a young woman in a white gown seated beside a bush of red roses against a soft, swirling background.

Young Woman with Roses

Alice Pike Barney, 1920