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Drawings & Sketches

77,573 works

Watercolor prospect of Ringsted town with church, red roofs, watermill, haystacks and grazing horses in fields.

View of Ringsted

Johan Jacob Bruun, 1753

Watercolor and ink design of a baby costume with embroidered gown, bonnet, jacket and booties.

Baby Costume

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Charcoal study of two hands clasped in prayer on cream paper, with detailed shading on the upper hand.

Sketch of two hands, clasped in prayer

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil drawing of a city square with an arcaded hall, a tall clock tower, townhouses and trees under cloudy sky.

Krakow market square

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Pen and brown ink drawing of figures gathering manna near a basket, with a tent camp and standing robed men in the scene.

Die Mannalese

Aertgen van Leyden

Watercolor of two baby's caps with ruffled trim, ties, and lace insertions, signed Lillian Causey.

Baby's Cap

Lillian Causey, c. 1939

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Christ, his body reclined across her lap beside a stone pillar.

Beweinung Christi

Hieronymus Wierix

Watercolor of a valley town below wooded hills, with hunters and a dog in the foreground and a hop field at right.

Blick auf Bad Hub

Friedrich Helmsdorf, 1847

Watercolor of two bog-asphodel stems with white flower clusters and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Bog-Asphodel (Tofieldia intermedia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Ink drawing of a heraldic crest with a large letter K on a shield, black wings with white crosses, and scrollwork.

Adlercreutz-runon alkukirjain K, originaalipiirustus Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain kuvitukseen (suom.painos)

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Sepia drawing of a woman with curled hair, a ruffled white collar and a buttoned bodice, in three-quarter view.

Portrait of a Woman

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1821

Painting of a child's blue bodice with bows and a tiered checked skirt, with a small white dress sketch in the upper right.

Child's Dress

Douglas Campbell, c. 1940

Ink and wash study of a Pompeian mosaic floor with a braided border, animals among foliage, and geometric medallions.

Study after Pompeian floor

Joakim Skovgaard, 1931

Watercolor of a juniper branch with blue berries and green needles on a cream background.

Mountain Juniper (Juniperus sibirica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed figure among a crowd in a columned stone interior with arches.

Das Scherflein der Witwe

Constantijn à Renesse

Brown ink drawing of a woman in a robe holding a severed head beside a turbaned attendant before drapery.

Judith mit dem Haupt des Holofernes

Watercolor of a pink smocked boy's suit with scalloped-hem trousers, beside pencil diagrams of trousers.

Boy's Suit

Frederick Jackson, c. 1936

Watercolor of Silene multicaulis stems with small pink-white flowers, purple calyces and narrow green leaves on pale paper.

Silene multicaulis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman with a dark masked face in a dark dress, with a second figure at upper left.

Masked woman

Pencil drawing of a bearded man in a fur hat and long coat, smoking a pipe and leaning on a walking stick.

Porter

Józef Chełmoński, 1888

Pencil sketch of a man standing with a raised sword, face turned upward, on pale paper.

Sketch for the painting "Bolesław Chrobry in Kiev" - Sketch of a male figure

Jan Matejko, 1884

Watercolor of a Northern Butterwort plant with three purple flowers on curved stems above green leaves on brown soil.

Northern Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two Gray Pussytoes plants with fuzzy white and brown flower heads on tall slender stems against a cream backgro

Gray Pussytoes (Antennaria howellii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Charcoal drawing of a muscular nude man holding a sword and shield, seen from behind, with a fly above.

Stehender nackter Mann

Lucas van Leyden

Oval portrait miniature of a woman in a white bonnet, lace collar and blue ribbon, in a metal pendant frame.

Mrs. William Boswell Lamb (Margaret Stuart Kerr)

Margaret Lamb, 1790

Allegorical ceiling painting of an enthroned Egyptian ruler with winged genius figures, cherubs, and clouds, with scrolls and

Study and Genius unveil ancient Egypt to Greece

François-Édouard Picot, 2012

Hand-colored genealogical chart with heraldic shields, crests and inscribed scrolls linking a family tree, dated 1738.

Coat of arms chart with the coats of arms of the six children of Jan van de Poll and Margaretha Rendorp and those of…

Gerrit de Broen, 1738

Drawing of two female heads side by side, one in soft pastel tones and one in dark charcoal, on blue-grey paper.

Zwei Köpfe

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1891

Two scholars in a sunlit study, one reading near a window and one writing at a desk beside a globe.

The Scholars

Abraham Delfos, 1798

Watercolor of a dirt road past bare and golden trees under a dramatic blue sky with shafts of sunlight.

Watercolor no. 63, Road

Allen Tucker, 1930

Pencil drawing of three winged cherubs attending a sleeping child wrapped in cloth, with a wreath and palm frond.

Little angels with dead child

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Watercolor of two white trillium flowers and green leaves on pale stems against a light background.

Wake-Robin (Trillium grandiflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910