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Drawings & Sketches

76,868 works

Charcoal portrait of a man with round glasses and combed-back hair, head and shoulders, dated 1939.

Self-Portrait

Reijo Ruskeepää, 1939

Ink and brown wash sketch of a stern man in a top hat and tie, drawn in loose, expressive lines.

Self-Portrait with Hat

Enrico Glicenstein, 1920

Abstract crayon drawing with overlapping orange, brown, purple and yellow shapes outlined in black ink on cream paper.

Untitled - Arthur Dove, 1940

Arthur Dove, 1940

Watercolor and pen drawing of a silver Photichthys argenteus fish with a smaller head sketch and handwritten fin counts.

Photichthys argenteus (NZ) : Lighthouse fish

Frank Edward Clarke, 1871

Watercolor of a branching plant with clusters of small yellow flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Psilostrophe sparsiflora

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a branch with drooping white bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop fortress above a town with a church tower, backed by mountains and framed by trees.

View of Salzburg

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1820

Charcoal drawing of a tricorn-hatted officer raising a flag in a forest battle, with fallen soldiers and troops around him.

Washington at Braddock's Defeat

Earl Horter, 1930

Pencil sketch of an infant leaning against a chair back, with a handwritten inscription and signature below.

Raf in armchair

Oil study of a bare arm emerging from gathered silver drapery, with pencil outlines on a textured canvas ground.

Study of Quinn Barbara's Arm to the Painting

Watercolor of white wood nymph flowers on slender stems above round green leaves against a pale background.

Wood Nymph (Moneses uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Grey wash allegorical drawing with winged figures, a radiant sun, an hourglass, a scythe and figures gathered below.

Allegorical representation of the entry of the Allies into Paris, March 31, 1814

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1814

Pencil and wash design of a robed saint standing in an arched niche with garland ornament above.

Design for a grisaille by H. Petrus

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and grey wash sketch of turbaned men gathered around a table in an interior, engaged in discussion.

Sketch of Christ among the scribes

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and ink sketch of a parasol-carrying woman by foliage, with additional figure studies of park visitors on the page.

Park

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor drawing of a stream cascading over rocks in a dense mountain forest with tall trees and foliage.

Waterfalls in a Mountain Forest

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1797

Ink and grey wash drawing of two draped male figures, one gesturing toward the other, against a shaded background.

Laenas draws a circle in the sand around Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey wash drawing of two putti standing on a stone pedestal, framed by ivy and shrubs.

Two putti on a pedestal

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey wash drawing of nude putti in combat, some wielding swords, with one fallen figure at the lower right.

Warring putti

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey wash drawing of putti in an oval frame with grapes, a vessel and a staff, playing with Bacchus attributes.

Putti with the attributes of Bacchus

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor portrait of a woman with blue eyes, brown curls, pink and white roses in her hair, and a lace shawl.

Woman with Roses in Hair

Emily Eastman, 1820

Red chalk drawing of a woman with curly hair reclining among coiled serpents and spiky shell-like creatures.

(Untitled--Woman and Serpent)

George Grey Barnard, 1920

Watercolor of a whitewashed cottage beside a waterfall and mill, with two figures at the door and wooded hills behind.

The water mill

A study of four dogs

Frans Snyders, 1620

Grey wash drawing of figures honouring a woman's bust on a garlanded altar beneath a tree, with Dutch verse below.

Tribute to the portrait bust of a birthday woman

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman with a sword beside a lion, in front of a draped curtain.

Judith with the head of Holofernes

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and grey wash drawing of an Arcadian landscape with trees, a rotunda temple, a fountain, an urn and small figures.

Arcadian landscape

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and watercolor sketch of a seated figure by a tree beside a garden statue on a pedestal.

Woman with dog in park

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and grey wash sketch of two domestic interior scenes: a woman with a child by a door, and a woman cleaning a tiled floor.

Sketch of woman with child and sketch of sweeping or mopping woman

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1798

Seated woman in dark dress with a small monkey on her shoulder, against a warm brown background.

Monkey Pet

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a large spreading tree with two resting figures and grazing cattle in a pastoral landscape.

Et in Arcadia Ego

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1790

Watercolour of a Danube riverside with boats, market stalls, pedestrians and mounted soldiers in white uniforms.

"View of the Schanzel on the Danube" / "View of the Schanzel near the Danube" (Model for the colored copper engraving…

Johann Andreas Ziegler, 1779