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Drawings & Sketches

77,550 works

Watercolor drawing of a church interior with a tall stone column, carved wooden pulpit, gothic arches, and small figures on t

Interior of the Oude Kerk

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1736

Head of a child, to the right

Jacob Jordaens, 1603

Pencil and watercolor sketches of church vault ornaments, featuring a serpent around a tree and rose vine borders.

Keskiholvin käärmeaihe, Hyvän ja pahan tiedon puu, Ruusuköynnösornamentti. Luonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon (Johanne…

Bust of an evangelist, to the left

Jacob Jordaens, 1603

Loose watercolor sketch of a figure in a long robe standing beside a large tree with a spreading canopy on gray paper.

Figures standing beneath a tree - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal study sheet with three nude children drawn in different poses on tan paper.

Drei Kinderaktstudien

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1891

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a bearded man's head turned right, wearing a cap and draped garment.

Head of a man, turned to the right

Jacob Jordaens, 1603

Drawing of an allegorical seated woman with scales and sword, flanked by figures, cherubs, a dove and a sheep, in brown wash.

Justice, sitting between Faith and Charity

Jacob Jordaens, 1643

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated dog with head lowered, shown in three-quarter view on grey paper.

Seated Dog

Jacob Jordaens, 1638

Red and brown chalk drawing of mourners gathered around a body on a stone slab, several figures bending in grief.

Entombment

Jacob Jordaens, 1660

Pen and wash drawing of a walled town with a church tower and boats, with travelers, cattle and sheep in the foreground.

View of the city of Grave

Luca Giordano, 1655

Watercolor sheet showing nine insects including a butterfly, caterpillar, beetles, a bee and a fly on pale paper.

Blad met negen insecten

Jan van Kessel, 1653

Pencil sketch of a standing nude girl seen from the front, hands clasped over her abdomen, on tan paper.

Stehender Mädchenakt, die Hände vor dem Bauch zusammengelegt, von vorn

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1891

Watercolor of a buff monkeyflower stem with orange tubular blossoms and serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Buff Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a wagon train guarded by soldiers firing on a grassy plain as mounted riders attack from the right.

Attack on General Marcy's Train

Hermann Stieffel, 1860

Watercolor of a river at dusk with pilings, reflections, and a silhouetted town skyline with spires.

Wasserkunst bei Bremen

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1891

Faint grey charcoal sketch on pale paper showing a smudged head study and loose figure contours.

Cup and print

Charcoal drawing of a dense garden with trees and a building behind them under a pale sky.

Kurgarten in Kissingen

Adolph Menzel, 1886

Painting of red Indian paintbrush flowers and a white aster with green stems on tan paper.

Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja rhexifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Pastel drawing of a twisting elongated nude figure beside a seated man, with a red mountain and swirling blue sky behind.

Composition

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1921

Charcoal drawing of dark trees and shrubs in a garden with a low building roof behind them under a pale night sky.

Kurgarten in Kissingen bei Nacht

Adolph Menzel, 1886

Drawing of a woman with curled hair and puffed sleeves, hand to her face, seated in a dim interior.

Portrait de Mme. E. D.

Paul Delaroche, 1829

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a pale knitted child's stocking with cable and openwork pattern, with a matching sock below.

Child's Stocking

Cora Parker, c. 1938

Watercolor study of a pink flower with green buds and stem on a cream background.

(Untitled--Flower Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Pencil drawing of two nude bearded satyr figures, one with raised arms and one reclining, by Adolph Menzel, 1877.

Betrunkener Satyr

Adolph Menzel, 1877

Drawing of folded pale pink stockings with lace and knit panels and a striped pair with a label behind them.

Stockings

William High, c. 1936

Watercolor of closed blue gentian flowers on green stems with narrow leaves on a cream background.

Closed Gentian (Gentiana andrewskii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Pencil sketch of a dagger, knife, scabbards and hilt details with handwritten measurement notes by Adolph Menzel.

Hirschfänger und Messer Leopold von Dessaus. Mit Detailstudien und Maßnotizen

Adolph Menzel, 1840

Watercolor of red wind poppies with dark centers, buds and slender green stems on a pale background.

Wind Poppy (Stylomecon heterophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Brown wash drawing of two figures looking up at an opening in a vaulted stone ruin, with foliage and light.

In der Ruine, ein Herr und eine Dame blicken zu einem großen Loch im Gewölbe empor

Adolph Menzel, 1880

Watercolor of a seated nude female figure beside a leafy tree, with warm yellow light behind her.

From the Museum

Bodil Slomann, 1946

Watercolor architectural elevation of a brick building with arched windows and an arcaded ground floor, by Heinrich von Ferst

B. PL. 52

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1855