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Drawings & Sketches

76,778 works

Brown wash drawing of a Dutch courtyard with an arched gateway, coat of arms, dormer windows and a bookbinder shop at right.

The Stock Exchange in Amsterdam

Augustus Wijnantz, 1830

Profile head of a monk

Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790

Red chalk drawing of a crowd in a violent scene with men in hats near a tall structure and buildings in the distance.

Mutilation of the bodies of the De Witt brothers, 1672

Bernard Picart, 1728

Watercolor of an elderly woman in a green striped cloak selling apples from a basket on a city street corner.

The Apple Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pastel drawing of a seated woman in a white dress leaning on a wooden bench, on a warm brown paper ground.

Lady in White

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Head of a Girl

Marius Avy, 1910

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing a tower with an oriel window and faint architectural lines, numbered 36.

Sketch of a tower with an oriel?

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Brown wash drawing of tall trees beside a river, with rolling hills and a distant village behind.

View Near Tivoli (Vue prise à Tivoli)

Jean Achille Benouville, 1857

Watercolour drawing of a baker in a white apron blowing a horn beside a bread counter, with a basket and onlookers.

Baker blows on a horn in front of his shop

Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790

Elderly man reading a paper in a tiled room, with a child peeking from behind a board and a wicker basket nearby.

Interior with reading man

Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790

Pencil and red chalk drawing of an elderly man dozing on a bench beside barrels, a bowl, and a hanging lantern.

Sitting, sleeping man

Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790

Chalk head study of a young boy in a cap and collared coat, turning toward the viewer, with red chalk on cheeks and lips.

Study head of a boy

Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790

Loose watercolor of a green hillside with clusters of yellow wildflowers on dark shrubs beneath a dark sky band.

Landscape with wildflowers

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Pastel drawing of a sunlit stone terrace with stairs, urns, red flower beds and dappled shade under green trees.

Terrace, Prospect Park

William Merritt Chase, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a church spire among dark trees beside water, with loose diagonal strokes across a cloudy sky.

Sketch of church in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil study sheet of horse anatomy showing a skeletal and muscular side view, leg bone details, and a rear view.

Horse's Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Charcoal sketch of a boy absorbed in playing with a box of building blocks at a table beside a carved chair.

Raf playing with block set

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed green hat and pale blue dress on tan paper.

A Delightful Evening

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolour of bare, wind-bent trees on a hill above a stone wall, under heavy grey clouds and pale snowy fields.

Moonrise over Cleeve Hill

Paul Nash, 1945

Loose charcoal sketch of a seated figure gesturing beside a standing figure in a long robe, with faint studies below.

Eastern couple

Pencil sketch of a valley with trees and a winding stream leading toward distant mountains, inscribed Valley of Lledr.

Looking toward Dolwyddelan, Valley of Lledr

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a pale woman floating face-up on dark teal water beside white flowers.

Ophelia

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor portrait of a standing man in feathered headdress and fringed dress, holding a staff, shield and club beside him.

Kee-O-Kuh

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor drawing of a stone church with a tall spire and Gothic windows, with gravestones in the foreground under a cloudy

S.W. view of St. Helen's Church, Abingdon, Berkshire

John Buckler, 1801

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a flat rural landscape with a tall poplar and farm buildings.

(Sketchbook) Near Roche

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Sketch on linen of seated and standing nude figures with a large wing form, drawn in blue and yellow crayon.

Awakening People

Edvard Munch, 1909

Pencil drawing of tall trees with spreading branches on flat open ground, with distant trees receding to the left.

Skog på slättland

Alexander Lauréus, 1800

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat seated at a bar table beside tankards, with a stool at right.

Sketch of a crippled man seated at table in bar

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pastel head study of a man with short hair looking forward, set against loose blue strokes on a tan background.

Mr. Francis Nye

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair beside a bowl of peaches, set against a swirling golden-green background.

Peach Bloom

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a smiling boy with short dark hair in a white collar and blue overalls on grey paper.

Little Gardener

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Dark silhouette of a leaning tree with bare branches against a grey dusk sky above dark hills.

Tree study

Petrus van der Velden, 1893