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Drawings & Sketches

77,561 works

Grey wash drawing of two men in period clothing above a mountain landscape with a goat and seated child.

Study of two men and a mountain landscape

Schwartze, 1800

Painting of cows grazing on a green hillside beneath a large twisted tree, with a cottage and cloudy sky behind.

Pastoral Study

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1890

Pencil sketch of two chinoiserie figures, one balancing a large vase overhead and one crouching with a bundle, on pale paper.

Chinoiserie, two figures

James Ensor, 1885

Watercolor of a busy Amsterdam square with a classical town hall, Gothic church, and market figures on cobblestones.

Ansicht des Damplatzes in Amsterdam mit dem Rathaus, der Nieuwe Kerk und der Wage

Jan de Beyer, 1740

Watercolor of two yellow trillium plants with broad mottled green leaves and open yellow flowers on a pale background.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium hugeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a carved tombstone finial with a figure and ornamental scrolls on squared sketchbook paper.

Sketches from the St. Mary's Church in Cracow: a fragment of the finial of the tombstone of Sebastian and Urszula Mon…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil sketch of a decorative wooden fence with posts, with trees and shrubs drawn softly behind it.

Säleaitaa taiteilijan Lugnet-nimisen huvilan ympärillä

Ferdinand von Wright

Brown wash drawing of a curving ruined arcade inside the Colosseum, with a seated figure in the foreground and arches recedin

Im Inneres des Kolosseums (Umgang)

Jean Grandjean, 1771

Pen and ink sketches of a reclining nude, a seated reader, and a bearded man with a book, with handwritten labels.

Drawings of Raphael Santi's paintings

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Watercolor of soldiers in an arched guardroom, officers studying a map at a table beside a window and fireplace.

Wachstube

Cornelis Troost, 1746

Watercolor drawing of a long-stemmed tobacco pipe with a rounded bowl and curved ivory-colored mouthpiece on a pale backgroun

Pipe

John Hall, c. 1940

Pencil sketch of a rocky landscape with a large tree trunk on the left, a fence, and loose hatched shading on boulders.

Sketch of a landscape with tree, fence and female figure

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sketchbook page of a woman in a hat holding a child, with studies of standing, seated and riding figures.

Woman with child, sitting and standing pair

Grey wash drawing of a sailing ship and rowing boat on choppy water before a walled fort with a flag on the shore.

Fort Zeelandia

Hendrik Huygens, 1849

Watercolor of a flowering shadbush branch with white blossoms, green leaves, and brown stems on cream paper.

Shadbush (Amelianchier oblongifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen and watercolor design for a wall with two landscape panels, a boat on a river, cattle, and a central clock ornament.

Design drawing for a wall panel

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Brown wash drawing of a riverside plantation with a masted ship and a sailboat with figures on the Suriname river.

Jagtlust plantation on the Suriname River

Hendrik Huygens, 1849

Grey wash drawing of a plantation with wooden buildings, a windmill, palm trees, a canal, boats and workers.

View of a plantation, possibly Rust en Werk

Hendrik Huygens, 1849

Pencil drawing of a fortified stone gate by a river with a rowing boat of figures and a sailing boat.

Befestigte Toranlage an einer Flusslandschaft

Karel La Fargue, 1753

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a bottle at left and several quick studies of heads in caps and hats.

Studies of bottle and heads

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor and pencil design drawing of an unfolded room with blue and lilac paneled walls and gold moldings, with dimensions

Design for a room

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Watercolor wall design with two landscape panels of cattle, goats, trees and a lake, separated by a central text panel.

Design drawing for a room wall

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Watercolor design drawing of a room wall with a central fireplace flanked by two painted landscape panels.

Design drawing for a room wall with fireplace

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Watercolor of white alpine flowers with yellow centers and dark green leaves growing from brown soil against a grey wash.

White Dryad (Dryas octopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two slender stems with clusters of purple tubular flowers against a pale background.

Grass Nut (Brodiaea laxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Design drawing of a room wall with double door, tree landscape panels and a frieze of figures above.

Design drawing for a room wall with door

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Chalk portrait drawing of a man with wavy hair, dark coat and white collar, on a tan paper background.

Porträtkopf eines Mannes

Cornelis Troost, 1712

Ink and watercolour design with two vertical landscape panels: a woman with a basket and a rider near a building.

Design for a wall painting

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pencil and watercolor drawing of antique spectacles and a handled eyeglass, signed Cora Parker, c. 1938.

Spectacles

Cora Parker, c. 1938

Watercolor of violet vernal iris flowers with yellow throats and green leaves on a pale cream background.

Vernal Iris (Iris verna)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor study of a yellow leaf with a crumpled green edge imitating a caterpillar, attached to a brown twig.

Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor ceiling design in a quatrefoil frame with winged Zephyr, Flora in red drapery, putti and flower garlands on clouds

Deckenentwurf. Zephir und Flora

Jacob de Wit, 1723