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Drawings & Sketches

77,573 works

Pencil design study of a mullein plant with flowering stalk, serrated leaves and roots on tan tracing paper.

Mullein (lower fragment - stem with root). Design for painted decoration of the presbytery of the Franciscan church i…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil sketch of a turbaned man in a long robe with a jewelled necklace, beside a small winged figure on a pedestal.

Son of the jeweler of the crown of Constantinople

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen and watercolor drawing of a young girl in a lavender dress reading at a wooden cabinet filled with books.

Reading girl by a cupboard

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman painting at an easel beside a small table, 1782.

Seated woman, painting

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen drawing of a festive gathering with a violinist, dancing couple, seated guests and a sailing ship above.

Joy

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Watercolor of a pussy-toes plant with white fluffy flower clusters on slender green stems and rosette leaves at the base.

Pussy-Toes (Antennaria racemosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen drawing of workmen building a timber roof frame in an attic, with rafters, beams and a ladder.

Construction work in an attic

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen drawing of three people in a period interior, with an oval portrait of a bearded man on the wall behind them.

Historical scene with interior with three persons

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Watercolor of a pink-flowered Pyrola plant with round green leaves and a tall spike of nodding blossoms on cream paper.

Showy Pyrolla (Pyrola asarifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Pen and ink drawing of cloaked figures on a stone staircase before arched windows, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888.

Exuent Salarino and Salanio, from Act I, Scene i, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Grey wash drawing of a family outside a columned building: a man leads a boy, a woman carries a toddler, under trees.

Family in front of a house

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil and wash drawing of two girls, a boy and a seated woman beside a wicker basket and bench.

Two girls and a boy

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Fan-shaped painting of a misty mountain landscape with pine trees, rocky cliffs, small houses, and a boat on water.

Fan - Landscape

Qin Bingwen, 1864

Pen and wash sketch of a man in a long coat watching animals in a cage while women stand and sit nearby under trees.

Bezoek aan de dierentuin

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1800

Watercolor of a silverberry branch with silvery leaves, reddish twigs, and clusters of oval drooping fruit on cream paper.

Silverberry (Elaeagnus commutata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen drawing of a flat Dutch landscape with windmills, a church tower, figures on a dirt path, and a cloudy sky.

View of the Spaarndammerdijk

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1778

Pen drawing of a military camp with soldiers resting, horses, barrels, and bare trees under an open sky.

Military camp

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pastel drawing of two women in long dresses talking closely in a sitting room with a sofa and fireplace.

The Confidantes

May Preston, 1907

Pencil sketch of two seated figures on a cart, one in a bonnet looking toward the viewer, the other seen from behind.

Two figures seated on a cart - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Painting of white flamingos with red wing patches blending into a purple and gray background, with cracked paint surface.

White Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Pencil and yellow wash costume design of a helmeted warrior with spear, shield and bow, with German notes.

Costume design for Protesilaus for the drama

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Charcoal street scene of two men in top hats talking beside a horse-drawn carriage, with pedestrians and bare trees.

Carriage and two gentlemen

James Ensor, 1880

Pencil and wash sketch of a ceremonial reception on steps, with a crowd raising top hats before a colonnaded building.

"Greeting of Prince Schwarzenberg at the / festive distribution of the London Exhibition / medals in Vienna on Februa…

A. Wassermann, 1826

Watercolor design of an ornate gold brooch with a star medallion, filigree scrollwork and hanging spike pendants on cream pap

Brooch

Edward White, c. 1936

Watercolor of pink fleabane flowers with yellow centers and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Pink Fleabane (Erigeron caespitosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Two horizontal bands of stylized plant ornament in yellow, blue and green crayon with dark pencil outlines on paper.

Fragment of the polychrome design for the Franciscan Church in Kraków - stylized plant motifs

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Sketch in red chalk and pale wash of reclining nude figures by water, with blurred foliage above, by James Ensor.

Streaming water

James Ensor, 1913

Pen drawing with blackletter heading, striped arches over a wood-grain wall, and birds flying above clouds at right.

Pirtin nurkka, 7. luvun otsakuva

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1907

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a man in a dark suit and tie against an angular abstract background, dated 1922.

Portrait of Jan Tarnowski from Dzików

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1922

Watercolor of a yellow and a purple pansy with green leaves, buds and stems on a pale background.

Untitled (Pansies)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Oil portrait of a young girl in folk dress with clasped hands and coral necklace against a green background.

Study of a Girl

Edward Lepszy, 1903

Pencil sketchbook page with two standing men, three head studies and two small women figures.

Figures and heads

James Ensor, 1873