New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Drawings & Sketches

77,581 works

Watercolor of a Big Whortleberry branch with dark purple berries and green oval leaves on reddish stems.

Big Whortleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pastel seascape of a rocky cove with two sailboats on calm water under a pale, cloudy lavender sky.

Rocky Cove

William Trost Richards, 1870

Sketch of a mounted soldier on a horse in charcoal, with a pen-drawn wooden stool below on a sketchbook page.

Military on horseback, and chair

Oil sketch of a seated woman in a green dress with a red ribbon in her hair, against a brown background.

Elisabeth Hallonblad, Sketch for the Double Portrait of Herman and Elisabeth Hallonblad

Adolf von Becker, 1888

Pencil sketch on pale paper showing two studies of female heads with flowing hair, one faint and one detailed in the lower ri

Two sketches of female heads

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1882

Watercolor sketch of a lakeshore with a standing man, figures beside a rowboat, and mountains under a grey sky.

A ferry crossing. Figures by boats

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Pencil sketch of a kneeling bearded monk raising a crucifix while a shadowy demonic face looms in the rocks behind him.

Rukoileva Hieromymus ja kohonnut krusifiksi erämaassa

Anders Ekman, 1845

Abstract watercolor drawing of overlapping blue, ochre, grey and black geometric and curved sail-like shapes.

Abstraction Based on Sails, V

David Kakabadzé, 1921

Watercolor design of a round gold jewelry piece with a deep red garnet center and beaded gold border on pale paper.

Garnet Earring

Edward White, c. 1936

Pencil study sheet with a winged ornament, a bearded man against a niche, a grotesque face, and a hooded figure.

Copies after Passion engravings by Albrecht Dürer

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pastel drawing of sailing boats silhouetted on calm water under a rose and grey sunset sky.

A Seascape at Sunset

Ernest Ange Duez, 1880

Charcoal drawing of a woman in a dark hat seated at a café table with a carafe and glass.

The absinthe drinker

James Ensor, 1880

Crayon drawing of a seated woman in a black hat and patterned dress beside a small dog under a fruit tree.

Woman and Dog Under Tree

Lenna Glackens, 1922

Pencil sketch of a village waterfront with a church tower, houses, a moored sailing boat and loose clouds over calm water.

View of Durgerdam

Hobbe Smith, 1916

Watercolor of a fisherman by a canal beside wooden farm buildings, with reeds and a distant village under a pale sky.

View near Amstelveen

Gerrit Lamberts, 1815

Red chalk sketch of two nude male figures reaching toward each other, one seated and one leaning on a pedestal.

Two Nude Figures

Pen drawing of a woman playing piano while a seated man in a suit looks toward her, with flowers and a framed picture in the

"--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--"

George Du Maurier, 1865

Watercolor of a red coral bead necklace with a silver crucifix pendant decorated with star motifs, on a pale background.

Coral Beads and Crucifix

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Watercolor drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched barns and a grassy field under a cloudy sky.

View of Diemen

Roelant Roghman, 1637

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining classical sculpture with a man in a top hat in the foreground, with handwritten notes

The Ilyssus!

George Du Maurier, 1880

"Illumination Study" (Portrait)

Karl Wiener, 1926

Brown ink drawing of a brick pavilion beside a large tree, with a lake and church tower in the background.

Maisemakuva paviljonkeineen, puu keskellä

Pencil sketch of a small sailboat with triangular sails and a second boat hull sketched below on cream paper.

Sketch of a sailboat

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink drawing of two children walking on a snowy path between bare trees, with a fence and cottage behind.

Two Children in the Snow

George Du Maurier

Watercolor of pink Anemonella wildflowers with green leaves, slender stems and visible roots on a cream background.

Anemonella (Syndesmon thalictroides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of fashionable figures in a gallery; a man in a top hat gestures while women in gowns stand nearby.

Distinguished Amateurs no. II: The Art Critic

George Du Maurier, 1880

Watercolor of an ornate gold locket with black enamel floral scrollwork, hanging from a chain with cross-patterned links.

Locket

Edward White, c. 1937

Four figure studies in black and white chalk on tan paper showing draped standing and seated figures.

Figure Studies

Frederic Leighton

Watercolor of a hawthorn branch with white flowers, serrated green leaves, and long dark thorns on a pale background.

Thicket Hawthorn (Crataegus coccinea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil and chalk study of a dancing woman in classical robes beside seated women on a stone bench in a garden.

Study for "Greek Girl Dancing"

Frederic Leighton, 1867

Ink drawing of pine trees framing a lake with a rowboat, with the title Vårt Land and a poem stanza below.

Title page for the poem Our Land (Finland’s National Anthem)

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pencil sketch of three robed figures, one holding a child, with blue crayon accents on a sketchbook page.

Drawing of three figures

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870