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Drawings & Sketches

77,573 works

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a standing fisherman in striped clothing, with a rowboat on the water behind him.

Anders Kruse. Fisherman on Skagen

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Pencil sketch of a grove of slender trees with leafy canopies on tan paper, shaded masses above and open ground below.

Sketch of a grove of trees

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of red sandstone spires rising above green trees and a dry streambed in a canyon landscape.

The Patriarchs, Zion National Park

Gunnar Widforss, 1920

Brown wash drawing of arcaded ruins of the Colosseum in Rome, with overgrown vegetation and a handwritten inscription on the

A Corner of the Colosseum

Friedrich von Olivier, 1820

Pencil drawing of two shriveled leaves on pale paper, with handwritten dates beneath, by Friedrich von Olivier, 1817.

Shriveled Leaves

Friedrich von Olivier, 1817

Watercolor and ink drawing of a seated market woman in a headscarf beside a vegetable stall with baskets and cabbages.

Torikauppias Pariisissa

Alexander Lauréus, 1818

Pencil and coloured crayon study of a grotesque ornament with bird heads, scrolling foliage and fruit, after church vault pol

Grotesque. Copy of the vault polychrome of the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Study of an Elderly Woman for "Disobedience Discovered"

James Ward, 1797

Watercolor study of a small fabric doll's bonnet with ribbon ties, signed Cora Parker, on a pale background.

Doll's Bonnet

Cora Parker, c. 1939

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a baby dress with puffed sleeves, drawstring neckline and ruffled hem on cream paper.

Baby Dress

Cora Parker, c. 1940

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hunebed megalithic tomb with large capstones on a flat landscape with distant trees.

Dolmen near Tynaarlo

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1915

Pen drawing of the steamship Marianna with masts, funnel and paddle housing on calm sea, with sailing ships in the distance.

Steamship Marianna

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1852

Oil study of white and red lilies among dark foliage, with a pale sky and distant horizon behind them.

Flower Studies

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Red chalk academy study of a muscular male torso seated with head tilted back, shaded against a hatched background.

Academy study: torso

Arnoldus Dirk Felix Tavenraat, 1856

Pen and watercolor landscape of a sandy road lined with trees, leading to a small red-roofed building under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a building in the distance

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1904

Brown wash drawing of a tall waterfall over rocks, framed by trees and ferns, with small figures at its base.

Waterfall

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1855

Portrait of Sarah Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of dunes at dusk with a distant city silhouette of church spires and domes under an orange sky.

Landscape with the silhouette of a city in the distance

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1886

Watercolor of a cottage beside a riverside landing stage with moored boats and figures under a hazy sky.

Landing Place near Tintern Abbey

James Ward, 1802

Charcoal study of a seated male nude with an extended arm and a separate leg study, on pale paper.

Study of Perseus for Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa, mural, Stairway, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [?]

John Singer Sargent, 1921

Pen and ink sketch of a recumbent effigy above a tiered tomb monument with arched niches and standing figures.

Tomb of Gian Galeazzo Visconti in the Certosa di Pavia

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Watercolor of red American columbine flowers with green lobed leaves and slender stems on a pale background.

American Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of yellow Dryad flowers with hairy calyces, green scalloped leaves and reddish stems on cream pape

Yellow Dryad (Dryas drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor landscape of a green field with red flowers, a distant blue horizon, and a sky with scattered clouds.

Landscape with field, horizon, sky

Edwin Austin Abbey

Larger Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a Bearberry Honeysuckle branch with dark red flowers, dark paired berries, and green oval leaves.

Bearberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil study on toned paper of a nude male torso with raised arms, with a handwritten inscription in the lower left.

Alaston pojanvartalo

Anders Ekman, 1845

Pastel drawing of three ballet dancers in green and yellow tutus, one stretching overhead and another adjusting her braided h

Three Dancers with Hair in Braids (Trois danseuses les cheveux en tresses)

Edgar Degas, 1900

Soft seascape of gentle waves breaking on a pale beach under a hazy, sunlit sky with distant sailboats.

Surf

William Trost Richards, 1870

Pencil sketch of a soldier in a kepi beside a bearded monk with rosary, with smaller figure studies on the right.

Soldier and monk

Grey wash drawing of a town in ruins after an explosion, with rubble, smoke and people working among the debris.

Die Pulverexplosion in Delft im Jahre 1654

Egbert Lievensz van der Poel

Painting of a copperhead snake camouflaged among brown and tan dead leaves, with only its head visible at left.

Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1910