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Drawings & Sketches

76,868 works

Ink and wash drawing of a skeleton in a helmet riding a rearing horse, raising a banner against a pale sky.

Death on a Horse, study for the etching in the "Five Deaths" series

Stefano Della Bella, 1648

Pencil sketchbook spread of pollarded willows and poplars before a hazy mountain range, left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Near Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Colorful drawing of a crowd fleeing a burning opera house, with flames and smoke at upper left and tiered balconies.

Fire in an Opera House

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1890

Pastel and pencil design of stylized hearts and flames in yellow, orange, blue and black under a red band, on cream paper.

Heart and flame motif. Design for the polychrome of the chancel arch of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Watercolor of pink tubular Menzies pentstemon flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Menzies Pentstemon (Pentstemon menziesii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

The artist's sister Mitche and figure

Pencil sketch of figures carrying a bundle on a shore, with a sailing ship with masts at right and hills behind.

Crushed

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Titian Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a standing female saint with a leafy crown, holding a book and palm frond in a draped gown.

Saint Agnes after an engraving by Martin Schongauer

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil sketch of stained glass designs showing a dove in a circular window and a lion in an arched window.

Pyhä henki, Leijona kuolleen pentunsa vierellä, luonnokset Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalauksiin. Toteuttamaton suun…

Watercolor of a large white trillium with three white petals, a second bloom, and whorled green leaves on pale paper.

Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pastel drawing of a woman with dark hair turned slightly to one side, against a soft blue background.

Untitled - Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a sleeping child with tousled hair on a pillow, with a study of a raised hand at the upper right.

Sleeping child

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Watercolor study of a small plant with pink flowers and green leaves on a pale background, with a soft shadow beneath.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Pastel portrait of a young woman with dark bobbed hair and a white fichu, on tan paper, signed Alice Pike Barney.

Jaqueline with Fichu

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil portrait of a young child with curly hair and a direct gaze, on stained, aged paper.

Portrait of Ethel D. Puffer

Thomas Dewing, 1870

Sketch of workers and a horse at a construction site with cranes, scaffolding and smoke in the background.

Workers on the Construction Site

Edvard Munch, 1928

Watercolor of a Western monkshood stem with purple hooded flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on cream paper.

Western Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Charcoal sketch of a man in a dark coat seen from behind, walking beside a woman in a bonnet among a crowd of figures.

The Conversation

Hand-coloured street scene of the Kohlmarkt in Vienna with pedestrians, carriages, riders and baroque buildings.

"View of the Kohlmarkt" / "View of the Kohlmarkt" (Model for the colored copper engraving, published by Artaria)

Carl Schütz, 1794

Pencil sketch of a muscular nude man in a dynamic pose with a small horse below, on cream paper.

Dream of a Broncho #2

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of purple aster flowers with yellow centers, green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Prairie Aster (Aster campestris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with rugged peaks, forested slopes and a cluster of village houses.

From Our Hotel, Cortina

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of rearing horses and a fallen figure in a dramatic mythological scene.

Hippolytus

Abraham Bloemaert

Pencil sketch of log cabins, a wooden fence and large boulders in a rocky rural setting.

Cottages in Puutikkala

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1895

Brittany Bonnet

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of trees, a spire and low buildings on a sketchbook page, with handwritten label at upper right.

Sketch of trees and buildings. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman with flowing hair, roses and a serpent at her bare feet.

Cleopatra

Albert Fourié, 1910

Four pen and ink studies of human legs and feet at different angles, with dense cross-hatching showing musculature.

Study of Anatomy, #5

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a young girl with long dark hair standing with hands clasped, wearing a long dress, on torn cream paper.

Untitled (Woman's Figure)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of two figures in an interior, one seated at a table and one standing near a window.

Two figures

Petrus van der Velden

Pastel drawing of a woman with blue hair gazing upward against swirling green and blue tones.

Lunar

Alice Pike Barney, 1920