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Drawings & Sketches

76,778 works

Pencil and crayon sketch of figures in a city square with columns, scaffolding and rooftops, on aged paper.

Oslo City Hall Under Construction

Edvard Munch, 1928

Pencil sketch of an industrial interior with iron rods, furnace openings, a workbench and a wooden plank floor.

Sketch of Continental Iron Works(?) [industrial interior]

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a leaning, gnarled tree at a river's edge with two people rowing a boat in the distance.

Oak Cliff--Dallas

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a smiling man with a holly crown and a woman in a straw hat seated together on a bench.

Harvest Home

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880

Charcoal portrait of an elderly woman in a headwrap, looking down to the left, signed Jan De Smedt, 1937.

My mother

Pen drawing of a village with adobe houses, cattle, an oxcart, and mountains under a sky with trees.

The Plains of Etla

George Overbury "Pop" Hart, 1920

Pastel portrait of a dark-haired man in an olive open-collared shirt against a grey background.

Edward Leiter

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil and chalk drawing of a bearded saint in a wide hat and long robe holding an open book.

Saint Jerome. Copy of a wall painting from the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Loose pencil sketch of horses and a seated man on grey paper, with overlapping figure studies.

Horses and seated man

Pencil sketch of an old stone arched bridge over a river, with a domed tower, houses, trees, and small figures.

Old Bridge over Mosel, Coblenz

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal study of a standing woman in a long dress gazing upward, arm raised, with sketched trees behind her.

Study for "Joan of Arc" - right side of two sheets

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879

Pastel drawing of a woman with windswept golden hair and a stern expression against a swirling dark blue and green background

Lucifer (Natalie Clifford Barney)

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in a flowing robe, one arm raised, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888.

Portia: "It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven," from Act IV, Scene I, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman with short dark hair on a red cushion, against a soft green draped backdrop.

Between Poses

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with dark hair on tan paper, signed and dated in the lower right.

Camille Gorde

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a castle corner with two conical towers, trees, and a hillside beyond.

(Sketchbook) Corner of Castle at Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Grey wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse under a large tree, with a horse cart, a farmer and cattle near a fence.

Farm under trees

Hermanus Fock, 1776

Charcoal sketch of a seated clown in a pointed hat and ruffled collar holding a cane, with a handwritten signature below.

The Clown

Jules Chéret, 1910

Watercolor landscape with a church on a wooded hill, a horse cart on a road, figures in the foreground, and a river below.

Landscape

Sybrand Feitama, 1704

Grey wash drawing of fishermen in boats on a river, with a village church tower and sailing boats in the distance.

Fishermen on the Lek near the village of Tuil

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Pencil sketch of a group of trees and bushes on open ground, with handwritten inscription at lower left.

Sketch of group of trees

Hermanus Fock, 1776

Grey wash drawing of a wooded path with tall trees and undergrowth, light opening toward the sky.

Trees on the Amstelveense Weg

Hermanus Fock, 1776

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded town square with armed men, gabled houses and a civic building with a tower.

Riot in Hoorn, over the introduction of new excise duties on beer, in 1470

Jacob Folkema, 1747

Grey wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse, figures, a rowing boat on a canal, and a church tower in the distance.

The village of Drumpt in Gelderland

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river valley with an arched stone bridge, wooded hills, distant buildings, and a standing figu

Silta Sevresissä

Alexander Lauréus, 1817

Pencil sketch of trees, haystacks and mountain ridges in an open rural landscape.

Near Roche, Vaud

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a red draped garment against a blue-green background.

Madame R.

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of a girl in a pointed bonnet and long cloak carrying a wicker basket on her arm.

Girl with basket

Grey wash drawing of a village with a church tower, thatched cottages, trees, figures on a dirt road, and a pond.

The village of Hoevelaken

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Grey wash drawing of a rural landscape with a leaning tree, thatched farmhouses, a herdsman with a cow, and a distant church

The village of Driebergen

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Grey wash drawing of a country road with a farmhouse, walkers, trees, a fence, and a distant church spire under a cloudy sky.

The village of Blaricum

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Grey wash drawing of a country road with a horse cart, trees, thatched cottages, and a distant church spire.

The village of Laren in the Gooi

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758