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Drawings & Sketches

77,573 works

Watercolor study of a pink cameo brooch with a seated woman and tree, plus back and side view drawings.

Cameo Brooch

Frederick Jackson, c. 1937

Watercolor botanical study of two gentian plants with purple flowers, green leaves and roots on a cream background.

Gentiana propingua

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil sketch of an ornate metal weapon fragment with curling scrolls and a rounded boss on aged paper.

Copy from a fragment of a weapon

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Charcoal study on grey paper of a robed figure with bowed head and clasped hands, draped in flowing cloth.

Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a coastal scene at dusk with a stone tower, rowboats on the beach, and a sailing ship offshore.

Untitled (Landscape)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Pencil study of a standing robed bearded man with clasped hands and upturned gaze on a tan sheet.

Study for a stained glass window picturing St. Peter, Paris

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a magenta Arabis lyallii flowering stem with green basal leaves and roots on a cream background.

Arabis lyallii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Dark brown leather album cover with gold tooled scrollwork, corner ornaments and a central oval medallion.

Album with 35 drawings, all but one pasted in, of landscapes, plantations and types in Suriname

Jacob Marius Adriaan Martini van Geffen, 1850

Pencil sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, with loose diagonal hatching and a bun of hair.

Writing woman seen from the back

James Ensor, 1882

Sepia charcoal drawing of a young woman in a white headscarf and dark buttoned bodice, looking to the side.

Girl in a Scarf

Pekka Halonen, 1889

Ink line drawing of a nude woman standing on a sandy shore with arms raised to her head, on tan paper.

Nude Woman Standing

Albert Marquet, 1910

Grey-wash drawing of a man with long curled hair and white collar in an oval frame with a shield below.

Portrait of a man

Roeland van Eynden, 1757

Grey wash drawing of a putto beside an oval portrait of a man, with a sculpted head, palette and brushes below.

Putto with portrait medallion of an artist

Roeland van Eynden, 1757

Grey wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat beside a palette, with an oval portrait of another man in the lower right.

Portrait of an artist

Roeland van Eynden, 1757

Grey wash drawing of a crowd kneeling in a forest clearing around a stone altar beneath a large tree, with smoke rising.

Religious ceremonies of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1788

Grey wash drawing of a horse beside a smoking funeral pyre, with mourners and attendants in a wooded landscape.

Funeral ceremonies of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1788

Watercolor botanical study of red and yellow flowering stems with green leaves on a pale background, dated 1900.

Stachys palustria

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Grey wash drawing of a warrior column and cart crossing misty Alpine mountains, with women and children in the foreground.

The procession of the Cimbri over the Alps

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1782

Fan-shaped landscape drawing of wooded islands with pine trees, small boats on water, and a distant mountain, with calligraph

Fan - Wooded Islands

Wang Yuanqi, 1691

Pen and grey wash drawing of many sculpted heads and busts, including bearded men, a helmeted figure, and a female bust.

Heads of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1782

Watercolor of a young girl in a yellow robe, blue headdress and striped sash, standing with one hand raised.

Sophi, an Armenian of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen and ink sheet of twelve decorative initial letters with animals, crosses and interlace patterns, plus handwritten notes.

14 alkukirjainta ja 1 luonnos 7. lukuun

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Grey wash drawing of a pastoral landscape with cattle, goats, pigs, a milkmaid, a boatman and a large tree.

The Agriculture of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1783

Grey wash drawing of villagers gathered by a thatched cottage, a white horse, cattle and large trees.

Marriage ceremony of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1784

Grey wash drawing of robed men in an outdoor council beneath a large tree, with a white horse and armed soldiers behind.

Council meeting of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1784

Watercolor sketch of tiled rooftops, palm trees and a whitewashed church tower in a sketchbook page.

View over Galle

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil landscape sketch on tan paper showing tall trees, shrubs, a small building and distant hills, with handwritten text be

Landscape

Pen and ink drawing of a woman carrying a basket on her head, with draped cloth around her waist and hips.

Laundress

Manolo, 1921

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a bare tree, a conifer, a wooden fence and a figure carrying a basket.

Landscape with group of trees and on the right a woman gathering wood

Jan Apeldoorn, 1775

Grey wash drawing of a castle on a wooded rocky cliff above a stream, with two men fishing at lower right.

Castle and mountainous landscape

Cornelis Apostool, 1822

Grey wash drawing of a rowing boat with figures and two sailing barges on calm water near a distant shore.

Some barges near a coast

Jacobus Luberti Augustini, 1763

Pencil drawing of a man, woman and child talking by an open window, with a ruined tower in the distance.

Man, woman and child in conversation by an open window

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782