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Drawings & Sketches

76,817 works

Pencil portrait of a young woman with bobbed hair and a peter pan collar, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of an unknown girl

Henk Henriët, 1913

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river valley with wooded banks, a village with a church spire, and hills in the distance.

The Rhine below Trechtlingshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal and white chalk portrait sketch of a woman with upswept hair on brown paper, by Alice Pike Barney, 1900.

Impression of Natalie

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored archangel with a sword above falling rebel angels in clouds.

Fall of the Rebel Angels

or copy after? Domenico Piola

Pen and ink sketch of a nude woman seated and bending forward, with pinned hair and a necklace, over loose water lines.

Study of a bathing woman

Portrait of a bearded man in dark navy military uniform with gold sash, medals and sword, leaning on a railing.

Prince Henry of Prussia

Max Krusemark, 1900

Pencil sketch of a leafy branch with lobed leaves on grey paper, with faint preliminary leaf studies at left.

Study of a branch with leaves

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and wash sketch of a dove within a jagged sun halo and circular window grid, a study for stained glass.

Pyhän hengen kyyhkynen, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon etelälehterin lasimaalaukseen

Watercolor of an acrobat rider in red and blue standing on four galloping horses, holding a long whip.

Acrobat Rider on Four Horses

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Faded sketch in pastel lines showing several nude figures, some standing and one reclining, on a pale yellowed ground.

Naked Figures

Edvard Munch, 1924

Pencil and coloured crayon portrait of an elderly woman with a dark headscarf, rosy cheeks and a dedication inscribed below.

Old Woman

Eugène Burnand, 1920

Watercolour of an old stone church with a bell turret among trees, with a woman in a long dress standing on a dirt road.

Old church among trees

A Blanchard, 1824

Pencil drawing of a young child in draped clothing beside a stone pedestal with a sundial, arm outstretched.

Untitled (Child with Sun Dial)

Louise Cox, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a shepherd with a staff leading a flock of sheep along a path through an open landscape with bare trees

Shepherd with His Flock

Anton Mauve, c. 1870

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a round window and dark archway, flanked by trees and a wooden fence.

Untitled (Archway)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil drawing of a desert mountain range with saguaro cacti, desert shrubs, and cumulus clouds under a pale sky.

Untitled (transfer drawing for Camelback Mountain, Phoenix)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourners carrying a body toward a stone tomb, framed by a double black border.

The Entombment

Nicolas Poussin, 1656

Charcoal study of a man with one arm raised, wearing a heavy draped robe, sketched on grey paper.

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

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of coastal rocks, a sea stack, figures at a cave arch, and a sailing boat on distant water.

Cliffs and rocks

William Bartlett

Grey wash drawing of passengers leaving a moored boat beside a city wall and tower, with masts on the right.

Passengers leave regular boat at a city wall

Hendrik Schaap, 1888

Pencil drawing of a wooden footbridge crossing calm water toward a wooded headland under a pale sky.

Näköala Porrassalmelta

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf

Grey-wash drawing of a dilapidated farmhouse with thatched roof, climbing vines, barrels, and a leaning ladder in the yard.

The Dilapidated Farmhouse

François Boucher, 1740

Red chalk drawing of an old woman holding a baby on a chair, with a half-figure study of a woman in the upper left.

Old woman with baby and half-figure of singing woman

Jan Josef Horemans, 1724

Charcoal sketch of a man in half-length view, head bowed, with loose sweeping strokes for hair, face and arms on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Marsden Hartley, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a runaway horse-drawn chariot on rocky ground, with a classical temple and onlookers in the distance.

The Death of Hippolytus

Nicolas Poussin, 1600

Watercolor of tree trunks framing a distant hilltop with ruined towers above a valley of trees and rooftops.

Landscape, Italy

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Original Drawing for

Edvard Munch, 1920

Red chalk sketch of a woman holding a baby and a seated woman in a bonnet resting on a table with a bowl.

Woman with swaddled infant and woman with soup bowl

Jan Josef Horemans, 1692

Charcoal sketch of a seated young child with a light scarf, turned toward the viewer, signed Jan de Smedt and dated 1932.

Raf in armchair II

Pen and brown wash drawing of rococo scrollwork, cartouches and putto heads on a grey-blue ground.

Fragment of an ornament

Willem Jacob Herreyns, 1753

Red chalk study sheet with two seated figures, a boy on the left and a figure in heavy drapery and a hat on the right.

Study sheet with two youths in semi-seated posture

Jan Anton Garemyn, 1722

Red chalk drawing of a draped cloth lying over a carved double armchair with curved legs.

Jacket lying on a double armchair

Jan Anton Garemyn, 1722