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Drawings & Sketches

77,788 works

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly man with long curly hair gazing upward, turned to the left.

Head of an Old Man, Study for A Marriage Contract

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1761

Watercolor study of a dark silk Quaker dress with a sheer lace-trimmed fichu and detail sketches of lace.

Quaker Dress

Lillian Causey, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of two rowboats with flags on water and three standing figures on a sandy beach.

Beach and sea pleasures

James Ensor, 1892

Watercolor botanical study of purple gentian flowers with green leaves and red stems on a cream background.

Riverbank Gentian (Gentiana affinis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a devilsclub plant with clusters of red berries, spiny stems and large lobed green leaves on pale paper.

Devilsclub (Echinopanax horridum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Lewis monkey flower stem with magenta tubular blossoms, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Lewis Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1899

Pencil sketches of a Deesis icon with enthroned Christ and saints, and Our Lady of the Sign in an ornate frame.

Deesis and Our Lady of the Sign from iconostasis of the church of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Watercolor of a quilted skirt with gathered waistband, diagonal stitching and a feather-pattern quilted hem band.

Skirt

Lillian Causey, c. 1937

Elżbieta Pieniążkowa; Stanisław Bojanowski; Stanisław and Katarzyna Włodek

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Watercolor of Larnaca harbor with white buildings, a two-masted ship with a red flag, and hills behind the town.

Port of Larnaca

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a thorny branch with pink five-petaled flowers, yellow stamens, buds and green leaves on tan paper.

Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Woman's Dress

Lillian Causey, 1935/1942

Bust of a man in antique costume

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1882

Pencil sketch of walking male figures near a tent and among trees, with shaded logs and handwritten notes on the page.

Piirustuksia vaeltavista mieshahmoista

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1880

Watercolor of a longleaf pine with a purple-red cone cluster surrounded by radiating long green needles.

Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor drawing of a dancing man in striped trousers and pink shirt, holding a hat aloft on a grey stage.

The Negro Dancer

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering plant with a cluster of maroon-green blossoms, seed pods and long green leaves.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pastel portrait of a gray-haired man with a mustache and spectacles, wearing a white collar and tie, on tan paper.

Charles C. Torrey Prof. of Semitic Languages 1900-

William Sergeant Kendall

Man with mustache (Post-winter time)

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with three bright red flowers with yellow centers on a cream background.

Hedgehog Cactus (Coryphantha arizonica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a mounted soldier with a rifle galloping a brown horse across a sandy plain toward distant hills.

The Advance Guard

Frederic Remington, 1880

Pastel drawing of a pink cathedral tower and tiled rooftops overlooking a winding river and distant castle under a cloudy sky

Landscape, view of the Wawel Cathedral tower and the Vistula River

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a dress with floral striped bands, lace collar and cuffs, plus a pencil back view.

Dress

Frederick Jackson, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of two mounted knight statues with armor studies, a heraldic crest and sword details on tan paper.

Hawkwood; Roberto Malatesta; “Battle of San Romano” (Paolo Uccello)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Brown wash drawing of an obelisk grave monument with a portrait medallion and lamp finial, set in a landscape with willow tre

Tomb monument of Gerhard Heinrich van Senden in Zwolle

Wilhelmus Cornelis Chimaer van Oudendorp, 1855

Sepia Art Nouveau book cover design with lettering panel and stylized vines, columns and a bird motif.

Rubaiyat Hundred Quatrains

Willem Arondéus, 1914

Watercolor of a bristle-cone pine branch with green needles and two dark reddish-purple cones on a pale background.

Bristle-Cone Pine (Pinus aristata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Sepia drawing of a woman with a goblet beside columns, peacocks and grapevines, with Dutch verse above, art nouveau style.

Awaken oh strange boy, it is already dawning

Willem Arondéus, 1914

Sepia Art Nouveau drawing with a haloed robed figure, flowing hair, columns and jugs, framed by a Dutch inscription banner.

The wise men, boy, who have gone before us

Willem Arondéus, 1914

Brown ink drawing of a hooded figure kneeling beneath stylized Art Nouveau trees, with urns and a Dutch inscription above.

Shriveled in a dark corner of life's garden

Willem Arondéus, 1914

Brown ink drawing in Art Nouveau style of a robed figure lifting a sphere above a seated woman with flowing hair.

He who founded heaven's wheel, earth's ramparts

Willem Arondéus, 1914

Brown ink drawing of a robed woman beside stylized Art Nouveau trees and a crescent moon, with Dutch text at top.

On goes the nocturnal caravan

Willem Arondéus, 1914