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Drawings & Sketches

77,506 works

Graphite study of a standing woman in a long gown gazing down at a bowl she holds in both hands.

Woman holding a bowl: study for "The Grove of the Academe," painting commissioned by Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelp…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor botanical study of a mayapple with a white flower, green pistil, and lobed serrated leaves on a pale stem.

Mayapple (Podphyllum paltatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Loose painted study of robed figures, one kneeling in the foreground, against a yellow wall.

Study, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900

Parisian Woman - portrait study

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1891

Pencil and ink drawing of a hand wearing a black lace mitten with a patterned panel and scalloped cuff.

Mitt

Marie Alain, c. 1938

Soft grey pencil portrait of a curly-haired child in a wide-brimmed hat and frilled white collar.

Untitled (Head of a Child with Hat)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Ink sketch of a robed figure striking a crouching man beneath large winged figures, with birds scattered below.

Selkäsauna

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Künstlerin mit Palette und Pinsel in ganzer Figur nach links gewandt, vor der Staffelei sitzend

Angelica Kauffmann, 1756

Watercolor of a canyon with a tall rock pillar, storm clouds and rain, and a balanced boulder in the foreground.

Shin-Au-Av-Tu-Weap (God Land), Cañon of the Colorado. Utah Ter

Thomas Moran, 1870

Oil study of two armoured guards with helmets and swords, painted in loose brushwork on a pale ground.

Figures of Armoured Guards. Study to the Painting

Grey wash drawing of men in a rowboat with a horn player, figures running on a shore with trees, and a distant ship.

Men in rowboat fleeing Indians on shore - unidentified illustration (Columbus discovering New World?) - explorers lan…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of a grieving woman draped over a fallen armoured man, with mourners in a curtained chamber.

Kriemhild hält Totenwache für Siegfried

Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1756

Pen and ink drawing of a carved stone column capital with dense curling foliage and a moulded top, on a tan background.

Copy of the shaft capital in the chancel of St. Mary's Church in Cracow

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Grey wash sketch of a river with a pale water expanse and dark shrubs and trees along the right bank.

Landscape by a river

Edwin Austin Abbey

Painted study of a straw hat with blue ribbon and a knitted blue drawstring purse with long cords.

Wedding Coin Purse

Ellen Duncan, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a village church with a tall spire partly hidden by trees, with low buildings in the foreground.

Dorfkirche

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1752

Pencil sketch of a coiled dragon ornament with a scalloped border and a study of leafy tracery below, on tan paper.

Sketch of decorative motifs copied from works in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Watercolor of a small white-flowered sprig with green leaves and a pink stem on a cream background.

Untitled--Flower Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Biblical scenes, erased

James Ensor, 1877

Painting of a tall pine tree with spreading branches above rocky desert ground, with distant mountains and a cloudy sky.

Pine Tree

n.d Sandow, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a hooded woman beside two men and a two-wheeled cart in front of a stone arch.

Frau mit Umhang, dahinter zwei Männer mit einem zweirädrigen Wagen (Una mujer y dos hombres cerca de un carro)

Francisco Goya, 1761

Watercolor of a spruce branch with green needles and dark purple cones on a pale background.

Picea engelmanni

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen drawing of a helmeted halberdier flanked by two pikemen in period dress, with putti and garden scenes in the corners.

Halberdier and Two Pikemen

Hans Jakob Plepp

Pencil sketch of four men in a tavern-like gathering, three seated and one standing, one raising a mug.

Study for .1212 - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a lily twayblade orchid with broad green leaves and a spike of brownish flowers, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920.

Lily Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval watercolor of rocky mountains, golden grassy slopes, pine trees and a valley under a pale blue sky.

Untitled (Mountain Scene)

Edward S. Siebert, 1940

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an Amsterdam canal with gabled houses, red roofs, a stone quay and trees under a cloudy sky.

Amsterdam canal

Albert Hemelman, 1902

The artist's father in death

Watercolor of a canal lined with gabled brick houses, a bridge, and a church tower in the distance under an overcast sky.

View of the Oudezijds Kolk and the Kolksluis looking towards the Oude Kerk tower

Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg, 1862

Horizontal drawing of a line of robed figures and nuns walking along a cobbled road in dark ink on a reddish ground.

Walking girls and nuns

Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1891

Charcoal study sheet with several sketches of lobsters and crustaceans and handwritten Dutch colour notes.

Studies of lobsters

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pen and ink sketch of a robed bearded figure, God the Father, with arms outstretched among swirling clouds.

"Dieu séparant la lumière des ténèbres, Raphael". God the Father after Raphael’s painting from the Vatican Loggias

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888