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Drawings & Sketches

78,193 works

Colored pencil drawing of a Rio Grande Pueblo shield with feathers, beaded border and two small figures at center.

Shield

Charles Charon, 1935

Watercolor of a crabapple branch with pink buds, open pale blossoms, green leaves and thorny twigs on cream paper.

Wild Sweet Crab (Malus coronaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of a man's white suit with short jacket, ruffled shirt and blue floral cravat, shown without a body.

Man's Suit

Henry De Wolfe, c. 1939

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a head wrap and apron, resting her arm on a wooden barrel.

Sitzende Frau

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Watercolor of white Dutchman's breeches flowers with fern-like leaves and two purple violets on a grey background.

Dutchman's Breeches (Bikukulla cucullaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Drawing of a bow saw with a curved wooden frame and rusty serrated blade on a pale background.

Saw

Charles Charon, 1940

Watercolor of a long brown double-breasted coat with puffed sleeves, high collar, and green lining shown at the front opening

Man's Topcoat

Henry De Wolfe, 1935/1942

Pen and wash drawing of two turbaned men talking in a square before a domed rotunda and ruined buildings.

Salomon und Absalom

Aertgen van Leyden

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering orchid-like plant with brown and yellow blooms and long green leaves on pale ground

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil drawing of a bull's eye lamp with a glass lens and dark metal hood on a stepped pedestal base.

Bull's Eye Lamp

Charles Charon, 1936

Taiteilijan kuva (Berndt Lindholm?)

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair, blue eyes, and a white ruffled collar against swirling feathery strokes.

Portrait of Gabriela Czarnocka - Berezowska

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1936

The Pineapple Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of an altarpiece design with a central Lamentation of Christ, flanking saints and ornate scrollwork.

Entwurf für einen Flügelaltar mit der Beweinung Christi

Lucas Cranach, 1515

Watercolor of a self-heal plant with purple flower clusters and green oval leaves on a cream background.

Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil drawing of a bull's eye lantern with a glass lens and turned metal base, with a small scale sketch in the corner.

Bull's Eye Lantern

Charles Charon, 1936

Watercolor of a man's olive corded suit with floral embroidered waistcoat, lace cuffs, and breeches on a plain background.

Man's Suit

Henry De Wolfe, 1935/1942

Pastel drawing of a snowstorm over railway tracks with telegraph poles and bare trees receding toward distant hills.

View of the Kościuszko Mound. Blizzard

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Pen and grey wash drawing of women attacking kneeling clerics with sticks in a wooded landscape, by Lucas Cranach, 1520.

Frauen überfallen Geistliche

Lucas Cranach, 1520

Watercolor of three yellow daisy-like flowers on slender stems above green leaves and pink roots, on cream paper.

Golden Fleabane (Erigeron aureus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Painted study of a dark tail coat with peaked lapels and gathered sleeves, shown on a pale cream background.

Tail Coat

Henry De Wolfe, 1935/1942

Pen and ink drawing with blue and pink wash of a saint on a gridiron before onlookers under Gothic arches.

Die Marter des hl. Laurentius

Albrecht Dürer, 1509

Ink sketch of a nude young figure with a leafy wreath in its hair, standing with one arm outstretched.

The Youth of Orpheus

Watercolor of Mammoth Hot Springs with blue thermal pools, white travertine terraces, steam, and a purple mountain under a pa

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1870

Painted study of a dark tailcoat, pale waistcoat, bow tie and light trousers displayed on a headless figure.

Boy's Coat and Trousers

Henry De Wolfe, c. 1939

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Kinship: seated women and children around the infant Christ beneath an arched window.

Die Heilige Sippe

Lucas Cranach, 1506

Watercolor of a California lilac branch with dense blue flower clusters and green leaves on a white background.

California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch by James Ensor: a crowd of children leaving a building above, and a woman's head and shoulders below.

The Turkish school is out

Watercolor drawing of a cream long coat with brown velvet collar and puffed sleeves on a dress form.

Man's Top Coat

Henry De Wolfe, c. 1940

Pen drawing of Hercules with a lion, nude nymphs, a satyr and cherubs among trees, with a castle on a hill.

Satyr, Nymphen und Herkules

Hans Cranach, 1530

Grey wash sketch of a dim prison scene with a dying man reclining while companions sit and mourn beside him.

La Mort de Socrate (esquisse)

François Boucher, 1762

Pencil sketch of a knitting woman bent over her work, a shaggy dog beside her, and a seated figure at upper right.

Knitting woman and small dog