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Drawings & Sketches

77,788 works

Watercolor and pencil study of a jacket with lace trim, shown front and back with an enlarged border detail.

Jacket

Lillian Causey, c. 1937

Tall design sheet of lilies, poppies and stylized stems in orange, green and yellow, with a butterfly, for a stained glass wi

Element of fire (II). Design for a stained glass window for the presbytery window of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Loose oil sketch of a gray barn and dark roofed buildings beneath a cloudy sky, with trees and grass in muted greens.

Landscape Study

Karl Jansson, 1870

Watercolor of harebell stems with violet-blue bell-shaped flowers and slender green leaves on a pale background.

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pastel portrait of a man with blue eyes in a black academic gown and pink hood, on tan paper.

David S. Smith, B.A. 1900, Dean of School of Music 1920-

William Sergeant Kendall

Watercolor study of slender stems with white flowers, yellow petal tips, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

(Untitled--Flower Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Watercolor of sailing boats and a ship on choppy water with a distant city skyline under billowing clouds.

View of the IJ and Amsterdam from the Oosterdoksdijk

Petrus Josephus Lutgers, 1869

Watercolour drawing of a canal with a rowing boat, windmills, a domed pavilion, and a distant city skyline under cloudy sky.

View of the Kostverlorenvaart

Jan de Beijer, 1755

Pencil sketch of a harbor crane, canal and city buildings with a church tower and moored boats, dated 1754.

View of the Waal and the Kraansluis

Jan Spaan, 1754

Watercolor winter landscape with skaters on a frozen canal, a windmill, snowy cottages and a bare tree under a pink sky.

Winter landscape

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Ink and wash drawing of a flat polder landscape with windmills, a city skyline with ship masts, and figures on a road.

View of Amsterdam from the Spaarndammerdijk

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1773

Watercolor of sailing boats and a steamboat on a choppy waterway with a city skyline and church towers under cloudy skies.

View of ships on the IJ, looking towards the Kamperhoofd

Petrus Josephus Lutgers, 1870

Grey wash drawing of a gabled warehouse beside a stone canal bridge, with a tree and a small pedestrian at left.

View of a warehouse on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal

Kasparus Karsen, 1838

Watercolor of a canal with sailing barges, gabled houses and the Munttoren tower in the background, Amsterdam.

View of the Munttoren and the English houses on the Amstel, corner of Kistenmakersgracht

Eduard Alexander Hilverdink, 1877

Oil sketch of dark clouds over a moonlit lake, with a small lit cottage and trees on the shore.

Moonlight, study

Fanny Churberg, 1878

Watercolor of a bogbean plant with two stems of white and pink fringed flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of purple penstemon flowers and buds on green stems with pointed leaves against a pale background.

Penstemon (Penstimon fruiticosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Ink line drawing of a young boy in a tunic and boots holding a long sword diagonally across his body.

Boy with sword

Sepia wash drawing of a bearded man's bust with a ruffled collar on a stone pedestal.

Pieter Adriaensz. van der Werff

Jan de Bisschop, 1650

Pen drawing of decorative calligraphy with a large ornamental initial, flourished borders, French text and an alphabet sample

Design for a writing sample: Julius Caesar (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy writing exemplar with a large flourished initial, italic text, and an alphabet line.

Design for a writing sample: Garde toy (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Watercolor of a purple and a white crocus flower with green striped leaves on a cream background.

Untitled (Crocuses)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Ink drawing of Saint Andrew holding a saltire cross and a book, with a halo and ornamental border, in a stained glass style.

Saint Andrew. Artistic reconstruction of a stained glass panel from the Dominican church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil sketch of Krakow townhouses, a domed tower and trees beneath a cloudy sky.

Fragment of the Cloth Hall and the frontage of the Krakow market square

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Watercolor of blue columbine flowers with white and lavender petals, yellow stamens, green leaves and buds on a tan backgroun

Blue Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a slender plant with pointed green leaves, small dark buds and thin roots on a cream background.

Kruhsea (Kruhsea streptopoides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Sigismund I the Old (Decjusz)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing a nude man with a sword, a beheading scene, and a woman holding a platter.

Die Ermordung des Holofernes

Ludovicus Finson

Watercolor landscape with swirling purple clouds, blue sky patches, and autumn-toned trees on a green hillside.

Watercolor no. 31, Landscape with Clouds

Allen Tucker, 1930

Pencil sketch of two women conversing in a salon with open windows, a fireplace, and a flower vase.

Women Conversing in a Salon with Open Windows and a Fireplace

Edouard Vuillard, 1915

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing nude woman with outstretched arms, after a sculpture by Carl Schlüter.

A nude woman. Sketch based on Carl Schlüter's sculpture

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Watercolor of a yaupon holly branch with red berries and serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920