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Drawings & Sketches

77,767 works

Ink sketch of a cyclist leaning forward, with fragmented forms and motion lines suggesting speed, on tan paper.

Study I for Dynamism of a Cyclist

Umberto Boccioni, 1913

Watercolor of a hilltop village with stone buildings and olive trees above a sunlit dirt road under blue sky.

Sun-Drenched Hills near Menton

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1880

Pencil sketch of Sidon, showing a tower and stone buildings on a shore with small figures and moored sailing boats.

Sidon

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1868

Pencil and wash sketch of a stone prison interior with a barred window, vaulted corner, and stone floor.

Interior of Tasso's Prison, Ferrara

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of slender stems with clusters of bright red star-shaped flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Gilia arizonica

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Francesco, Hermit of Venice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Charcoal drawing of an ornate upright piano beside a standing woman in a long dress in a dim interior.

The piano

James Ensor, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated boy and head studies of a girl, a bearded man and a veiled woman on cream paper.

Studies of children and a few adults

Cornelis Kruseman, 1814

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a young girl asleep with her head on her arms at a table, seated on a bench.

Study of a sleeping girl

Cornelis Kruseman, 1814

Drawing of a woman in a red hood with clasped hands under her chin, looking pensively at the viewer.

Woman in red, with folded hands

Cornelis Kruseman, 1814

Pen and ink drawing of a man's head with smaller studies of profiles, an eye, a standing figure and an animal on tan paper.

Head of a Man, with Various Studies

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1850

Pencil sketch of a columned Egyptian temple interior with a robed figure standing near a column.

Egyptian Temple

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor sketch of a standing sergeant in dark military uniform with a kepi cap and white gloves, one hand on hip.

Standing sergeant

Heinrich M. Krabbé, 1878

Watercolor of a deep red pitcher plant bloom on a tall green stem beside green pitcher leaves on cream paper.

Red Pitcherplant (Sarracenia jonesii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Colored crayon design of a stylized peacock feather ornament with teardrop motifs, concentric circles and wavy bands on tan p

Fragment of an ornament for the polychrome on the north wall of the transept arm of the Franciscan Church in Kraków -…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Watercolor of a pine branch with green needles and clusters of dark purple-red cones on a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Portrait of Mrs. Parnemann

Heinrich M. Krabbé, 1901

Pencil sketch of a girl's face beside feathery branches and foliage, drawn in loose hatched lines on pale paper.

Girl with upturned nose (?) and Calla Lilies

James Ensor, 1880

Half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and drop earring against a brown background.

Portrait of a woman

Christiaan Kramm, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a man in a plumed wide-brimmed hat and historical doublet, gloved hands clasped at his waist.

Warrior in historical costume

Christiaan Kramm, 1807

Watercolor of two tall stems with clusters of small white flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Miner's Candle (Oreocarya virgata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor and pencil study of three parrots perched on branches, one red with blue wings, one red and yellow macaw, and one

Studies of parrots

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a castle with a spired tower, a large tree, small figures and a dog on a road.

Castle and Figures

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

Sheet of pencil and watercolour studies of lionesses and lion cubs, including heads, a walking figure, and resting cubs.

Studies of lions

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lake framed by distant hills, with trees, a stone wall, and small figures in the foreground.

Sea of Tiberias, From Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a chalice amid swirling white and dark spirals, with a handwritten verse on a label below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Despair

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor and pencil studies of a black and tan dog in sitting, lying and curled poses on a cream sheet.

Study of a dog

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1880

Portrait of a young woman with bonnet with ribbons

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1880

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse and wooden barn with thatched roofs beside a dirt path and forest.

Farm and wooden barn near woods

Abraham Krayestein, 1803

Pencil drawing of two studies of sheep on pale paper, one reclining sheep at top and a sheep head at bottom.

Two studies of a sheep

Abraham Krayestein, 1803

Horizontal border design of eight blue faceted spouted objects in a row on a brown wavy patterned band.

Decorative border with eight objects with spout

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Drawing of a seated boy reading a book in a circle, with green scrolls and the years 1815 and 1915 on either side.

Seated boy reading a book

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1915