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Drawings & Sketches

77,561 works

Pencil sketch of overgrown brick ruins with arches and a pine tree on a hillside, inscribed Albano 1821.

Ruin vid Albano

Alexander Lauréus, 1821

Painted drawing of gold-toned spectacles with octagonal lenses and thin wire earpieces on a cream background.

Spectacles

William High, c. 1937

Brown wash drawing of horsemen halted at a cottage, one drinking from a jug, with a dog and a cart in the landscape.

Halt von Reitern vor einer Schenke, der vordere aus einem Krug trinkend

Karel La Fargue, 1753

Pencil and watercolor drawing of spectacles with green lenses and metal frames on a cream background.

Spectacles with Green Lenses

Herbert Marsh, c. 1936

Brown wash ceiling design of mythological figures, putti and clouds around radiating sunlight, by Jacob de Wit, 1737.

Deckenentwurf: Phaetons Fahrt zur Sonne

Jacob de Wit, 1737

Brown wash drawing of floating putti circling a flower basket against a pale sky with clouds, in an octagonal frame.

Schwebende Putten um einen Blumenkorb

Jacob de Wit, 1737

Watercolor sketch of two men on a boat deck at sea, one in a straw hat, with a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Unfinished drawing of two men sailing - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash ceiling design of the nine Muses in clouds within a quatrefoil frame, with a central figure holding a torch.

Deckenentwurf: Die neun Musen, rechts oben Erato, im Hintergrund Athena und Helios, von einer Balustrade in Vierpaßfo…

Jacob de Wit, 1710

Akatemiatutkielma, Pariisi

Ellen Thesleff, 1892

Pen and wash drawing of the round Castel Sant'Angelo seen across the Tiber, with a bridge and a rowing boat.

Engelsburg, vom Tiber gesehen

Hendrik Frans van Lint, 1720

Charcoal study of an outstretched arm and hand on blue-grey paper, a figure study by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Figure study for "The Hours," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed b…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil study of decorative numerals 0 to 9 on brown paper, with red crossings and Polish inscription, dated 1904.

"Cyfry do oznaczenia obrazów" "Numbers for labeling paintings"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Watercolor of a branch with clusters of red berries and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Canada Buffaloberry (Lepargyrea canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil drawing of Schloss Purmerstein across a river, with a fisherman, ducks, moored boats and a wooden bridge.

Ansicht von Schloss Purmerstein in Purmerend, Nordholland

Karel La Fargue, 1753

Watercolor of a pink azalea branch with red stamens and green leaves on a pale background.

Pinxter Bloom (Azalea nudiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Brown ink drawing of a canal with a wooden sluice gate, a stone building, tall trees, and small figures at work.

Kanalansicht

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1756

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a boat reaching toward a mermaid rising from sea waves, by Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1861.

Väinämöinen and the Strange Fish ; Original drawing for "Kalewala, Finsk National-dikt, framställd i teckningar af R.…

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1861

Pencil study of a mourning veiled woman with repeated head sketches and a small lion head in the lower right.

Grieving woman and lion head

James Ensor, 1877

Painting of a striped lighthouse and a white mail boat battling choppy waves under a stormy, rust-colored sky.

Mail to Cape Lookout (mural study, Beaufort, North Carolina Post Office)

Simka Simkhovitch, 1930

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a tricorn hat and striped breeches, smoking a pipe and carrying a wicker basket.

Stehender Bauer

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1747

Pen and ink drawing of a seated classical male nude with bowed head, resting an arm on a carved pedestal.

Copy of the sculpture by Carl Schlütter

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pen and grey wash drawing of the castle of Lathum with a gabled house on the left and a domed tower on the right.

t' Kasteel te Lathum. Links zwei Häuser, rechts ein Torturm

Jan de Beyer, 1743

Watercolor drawing of red horsehair jewelry: a flower brooch with tassels, a rosette bracelet, and a pair of drop earrings.

Horsehair Jewelry

William High, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a meadow with grazing animals, a cathedral spire behind trees, and a faint arc in the sky.

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows

James Ensor, 1880

Watercolor of a sprig of small blue forget-me-not flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a pale background.

Moss Forget-me-not (Eritichum elongatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Grey wash drawing of riders watering horses in a river beside a tall rocky cliff, with a sailboat in the distance.

Flusslandschaft mit Reitern in der Schwemme

Karel La Fargue, 1753

Fan-shaped ink landscape with rounded mountains, pine trees, a winding path, and a red seal at the upper left.

Fan-Mountain Landscape

Shen Shichong, 1631

Ink sketches of figures in historical costume with crowns, ruffs, plumed hats and capes on a torn beige sheet.

Four Historical Caricatures of Sigismund III Vasa, Henry of Valois, Józef Poniatowski

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Watercolor of white phlox blossoms with green leaves and pink buds on a brown shadowed ground.

Phlox

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Abstract watercolor and ink landscape of outlined organic shapes in olive, brown, green and blue, dated 1940.

Over the Harbor, Centerport

Arthur Dove, 1940

Pferd im Profil, von einem Jungen nach rechts geführt

Karel La Fargue, 1753

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with gold braid, against a teal background.

General John Cadwalader

Charles Willson Peale, 1780