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Drawings & Sketches

76,768 works

Charcoal and white chalk figure study on brown paper, a man with both arms raised, with a second arm sketch at upper right.

Figure study for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Saint Charles' head between two cherubs

Giacinto Brandi, 1621

Pastel drawing of a woman with long windswept auburn hair and a fur wrap against a pale blue-grey background.

Circe

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Graphite sketch of three studies of wild cat heads on grey paper, one large head above two smaller ones below.

Three heads of wild animals

Pencil sketch of village houses, a stone tower, and mountain ridges on a sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) At Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

The Writer (Natalie Clifford Barney)

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pencil sheet with numbered sketches: a seated Madonna and Child above, a woman with a child and a crouching male nude below.

Copies from illustrations in Anton Springer’s book

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pastel portrait of a man in a red fez and dark suit against a grey textured background.

Mirza Sarab

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil and chalk drawing of a valley with a snow-capped mountain peak, a winding river and trees in the foreground.

Sources of the Waimakariri

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch sheet with a crucifix figure, a robed statue, a cross-shaped ornament and carved decorative details.

Drawings of sculptures and carved details from St. George's Church in Drohobych

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Charcoal sketch of a Venetian canal with gondolas, an arched footbridge, and tall old buildings on both sides.

A Canal at Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1920

Pencil sketch of a stone wall with an arched doorway, trees, and a small building, with handwritten color notes.

Untitled (Stairways, Etc.)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel portrait of a woman in a white dress with hands clasped, set against a teal forest background with tree trunks.

Sylvan Background

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor study of four arched stained glass windows showing biblical figures and Gothic ornament, by Achille Devéria, 1844.

Study for Four Stained Glass Windows "Généalogie d'Abraham"

Achille Devéria, 1844

Pastel portrait of a woman with curly hair in a bright green hat and green scarf against a grey-brown background.

Odette Tyler Shepherd

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel drawing of a misty mountain valley with green forested slopes, blue lakes, and a red meadow beneath clouds.

U Wrót Chałubińskiego

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1905

Pencil sketch of a standing nude woman seen from the front, with loose contour lines on a tan background.

Standing Female Nude

Edvard Munch, 1920

Pencil sketch of a dead, leafless tree with a grazing colt and rocks at its base on pale paper.

Dead Tree and Colt Grazing

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Drawing of a curving dirt road beside willow trees, with a plowed field and split-rail fence in soft brown chalk.

Landscape with Willow Trees

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil study of a robed figure raising an arm toward a banner, with a crowd and horsemen sketched below.

Study for "Crusaders Sighting Jerusalem" (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown wash drawing of a harnessed horse pulling a loaded cart toward a bridge and distant trees.

The Horse

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Charcoal drawing of two figures, an older woman with a bow at left and a man with a neck ribbon at right, on dark hatched gro

Two regents

James Ensor, 1880

Pencil sketch of a laden mule and muleteer with a dog on a road through a landscape with trees.

Landscape with mule driver

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Watercolor of a country house seen along a curving gravel drive lined with tall trees and topiary in tubs.

The country estate Spaarnhout

Ernst Witkamp, 1885

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure with bent legs and outstretched arms on cream paper.

Swimming Nude, "The Plunge"

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor of a woman in a headscarf carrying a heavy sack along a path, with field workers and haystacks in the background.

Walking woman with heavy bag

Ernst Witkamp, 1883

Pastel portrait of a young blond child wearing a white cap, looking directly forward against a dark smudged background.

Tiny White Cap

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a stone baptismal font with oval medallions, an inscription reading ANNO DOM 1706, and handwritten notes.

Stone baptismal font at the church in Cięcina

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Ink sketch of a nude figure pointing upward over a cloud, with a head below and handwritten notes naming Villa Farnesina and

Drawings of Raphael's paintings in the Villa Farnesina in Rome: a sketch of a naked woman, the head of a man

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Drawing of a standing nude woman holding a dark dressing gown, with loose hair, against a warm orange and yellow background.

Modell in Dressing Gown

Edvard Munch, 1919

Watercolor of art lovers in a gallery with columns, framed paintings, sculptures and a patterned tiled floor.

Art lovers in a gallery

Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1826

Pen and wash drawing of a farmhouse by the water, shaded by tall trees, with a rowboat and small figures.

View of a farm by the water

Henricus Franciscus Wiertz, 1794