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Drawings & Sketches

77,228 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of an ornate ewer with a scrolled handle on a stepped base, with faint sketched objects at left.

An Ornate Ewer [recto]

Pencil sketch of a gothic building with pointed spires and a tall corner turret on pale paper.

House with tower bay window

James Ensor, 1890

Watercolor of a lechuguilla agave flower spike with green buds, yellow blossoms, and maroon stamens on white paper.

Lechuguilla (Agava lechuguilla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Pen and ink drawing of three arm studies with clenched fists on cream paper, by Solon H. Borglum, 1890.

Three Arm Studies

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark bobbed hair and pale face against a dark background, wearing a green collar.

An Oriental

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Baroque painting of a haloed saint in black robes gesturing toward a crowd of sick figures, with angels in clouds above.

The miracles of St. Francis Xavier, Modello

Peter Paul Rubens, 1616

Watercolor of red wind poppies with dark centers, green buds and slender stems on a pale background.

Wind Poppy (Stylomecon heterophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river valley with steep hillsides, a riverside village with a church tower, and small boats.

The Rhine at Bacharach

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Study Head

Anders Ekman, 1854

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude woman in a head wrap against a dark textured background.

Untitled (nude)

Robert Henri, 1920

Pencil sketch of two sailboats with masts and hatched sails on a sketchbook page.

Sketch with sailboats in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Black and red chalk study of an upraised arm with a clenched hand gripping a rod, on tan paper.

An Upraised Arm

Oil head study of a bearded man in a laurel wreath and ochre drapery, turned to the left against a dark background.

Head study of a Roman emperor

Frans Floris, 1530

Watercolor of a dense cushion of small white phlox flowers with yellow centers and green foliage on a pale background.

Phlox (Phlox caespitosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Charcoal drawing of a standing bearded nude man with bowed head, leaning on a wooden table, dated 1881.

Malliharjoitelma

Fredrik Ahlstedt, 1881

Pastel drawing of a reclining nude woman with dark hair resting on white pillows and lavender drapery.

Reclining Model

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, 1890

Young Woman in Green

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil and wash study of an ornamental tassel with a perforated cap and braided cord on cream paper.

A Tassel

Faded sketch in pencil and crayon of a hunched seated figure beside a child and a reclining figure on ochre paper.

Alma Mater: Study of a Seated Boy

Edvard Munch, 1910

Watercolor of pink globemallow flowers with red centers, buds, and lobed green leaves on stems against a pale background.

Orange-Eye Globemallow (Sphaeralcea davidsonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a purple trillium flower above three broad green leaves on a slender stem, on a plain background.

Trillium erectum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Brown wash drawing of a shaded lane between large trees leading to a plastered house with a tiled roof.

Albanossa

Alexander Lauréus, 1821

Drawing of two towhee birds, one brown and one black with white wing patches, perched on a pale log.

Towhee Bunting

John James Audubon, 1810

Charcoal study on brown paper of an outstretched arm with a clenched fist, shaded to show forearm muscles.

Arm study for Equestrian Monument

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Watercolor of pink mountain rose-bay rhododendron blossoms and buds with large green leaves on a pale background.

Mountain Rose-Bay (Rhododendron catawbiense)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

A Kneeling Nude Woman with her Left Arm Raised

Head - Portfolio of Polish Graphic Artists

Józef Chełmoński, 1903

Watercolor drawing of brick castle Kasteel de Voorn with towers and arched bridge, surrounded by trees under a cloudy sky.

Castle de Voorn, design for the painting of a part of the porcelain dessert service, perhaps an ice pail (glacière)

Andreas Schelfhout, 1819

Grey wash drawing of a man in a top hat and long coat holding a walking stick beside an iron railing.

Self-portrait

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Norman Prince

John Elliott, 1920

Night watercolor of illuminated Chicago skyscrapers and a monument on a pedestal under a dark blue sky.

Chicago, London Guaranty Building

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil panorama of Dunneed showing a church, rural huts, haystacks, grazing cattle and gum trees under a wide sky.

Dunneed, Australia

Nicholas Chevalier, 1862