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Drawings & Sketches

76,861 works

Pencil sketches of twisted tree roots and bare branches across two sketchbook pages with handwritten notes.

Studies of tree roots

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pencil sheet of many small grotesque mask faces in rows, with a loosely sketched figure with raised arms above.

Series of Masks

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark veil and gold comb against a warm brown background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1930.

Spanish Comb

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Red-brown crayon portrait of a man in a leather flying helmet, with the name Raoul Lufbery inscribed at upper left.

Raoul Lufbery

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of misty mountains and rolling hills with tussock and flax in the foreground, with handwritten colour notes.

Untitled (Mavora Lake area)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a standing female nude with auburn hair, rendered in pale orange wash on paper.

Extase

Dancer in a Fisherman's Costume

Kôno Bairei, c. 1880-95

Watercolor of three sailing vessels on blue sea, two brown-sailed boats in front and a masted ship at right.

Three ships: two speronaras from Scilla and a tartane

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pencil sketch of a lioness bending over a lifeless cub inside an arched niche, with two small emblem panels on either side.

Naarasleijona yrittää henkäisyllään elvyttää kuolleen pentunsa. Toteuttamaton luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaal…

Pencil sketch of Marksburg castle on a steep hill above Braubach village and the Rhine river, with a church steeple.

Castle Marksburg at Braubach, Rhine

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Grey wash drawing of a black-draped catafalque inside a Gothic church with heraldic shields and an arched nave.

Catafalque for the corpse of William I, Prince of Orange, in the New Church in Delft, 1584

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Drawing of numbered sailing ships and rowing boats on choppy water before a distant town, with a row of flags above.

Arrival of Count Leicester in Flushing, 1585

Pieter van Looy, 1879

Pencil sketch of a windmill and farm buildings across a flat polder landscape under a cloudy sky.

View of the Koenenmolen and a farmhouse in the Buitendijkse Buitenvelderse polder

Hobbe Smith, 1915

Watercolor of a village edge with red-roofed houses, bare trees, a field and a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

View of the surroundings around the Weesperpoortstation

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pencil drawing of a canal with a low house, bare trees, sailing boats and a bridge under an overcast sky.

View of the path from the Weesperzijde to the Omval

Tinus de Jongh, 1895

Drawing of a brick railway arch above a small stone bridge over water, surrounded by dunes and shrubs under a pale sky.

View of a gate under the railway embankment

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pencil sketch of a river valley with steep hills, a steamboat with smoke, a sailboat, and trees along the banks.

Up Rhine from Hirzenach

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Colored drawing of a wooden hut with a chimney beside a dirt path, with a gasometer and church tower in the distance.

View of a railway bridge house near the Zuidergasfabriek

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Colored pencil drawing of a street with an arched doorway, a cart, a footbridge and small figures under a pale sky.

View of the level crossing near the Weesperzijde

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man in spectacles and bow tie, head tilted down, drawn on brown paper with red accents.

Portrait of Antoni Lange

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1899

Pastel portrait of a woman in a black hat and veil, wearing a white high-collared blouse, on tan paper.

Self Portrait with Hat and Veil

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel drawing on tan paper of a young girl with bowed head, long hair and raised hands, with white highlights.

Young Girl

Paul Émile Chabas, 1930

Pencil sketch of a reclining man partly wrapped in a blanket, with an arm raised and loose hatching on the drapery.

Studies of a man wrapped in a blanket: 1. Standing. 2. Reclining

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Watercolour allegory from 1747 with a red lion and white unicorn holding heraldic shields under a crown, with Dutch inscripti

Allegory on the accession of William IV, 1747

J. Luiscius, 1747

Brown wash drawing of two men at a studio table, one smoking, with a microscope, sculptures and framed pictures behind.

Julien Alden Weir and Albert Edelfelt in Their Studio at 5 Rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris

Albert Edelfelt, 1874

Pen and wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Christ, a bagpipe-playing shepherd and angels.

The Nativity

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Red chalk sketch of several sheep in standing, lying, and head studies on a pale sheet.

Studies of Sheep

Pencil sketch of a narrow sunlit street with stone buildings, balconies, and figures walking, titled Calle del Campanero.

Calle del Campanero

Howard Russell Butler

Charcoal sketch of two figures by a campfire, one standing in a cloak, one crouched, with diagonal rain strokes behind.

Campfire scene from an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil sketch of a wooden water mill with a large wheel, a pitched roof, and trees, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Water mill

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Charcoal portrait of an elderly bearded man in a wrapped turban, looking toward the viewer on tan paper.

Head of an old man

Pen and wash drawing of the Annunciation: Mary seated by a lily while an angel holds a staff and a dove glows above.

The Annunciation

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552