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Drawings & Sketches

77,581 works

Pencil study of flowing drapery over a seated figure, with a small hooded head sketched above and a fold study below.

Study for "The Wise and Foolish Virgins"

Frederic Leighton

Two painted drawings of a gold and white sword-shaped pin with a dangling chain, one larger and one smaller.

Sword Pin

Ellen Duncan, c. 1936

Pencil sketch of two men seated at a table in an interior with an arched doorway and a fireplace.

Two men at table in an interior

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a seated man and woman under a tree with a dog at their feet and a figure in the background.

Lovers under a Tree

John Everett Millais, 1840

Watercolor study of an orange pottery jug with ivy leaves, set among grass and stones outdoors.

Study of a Pottery Jug [recto]

John Everett Millais, 1842

Pencil sketch sheet with a man on horseback, two heads in wide-brimmed hats, and a standing figure outline.

Sheet of figure studies

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a hillside with a cluster of trees on the right and a small figure bending in the grassy foreground.

Landscape near Washington, Connecticut

William Hamilton Gibson

Study Head

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Watercolor design of a Gothic stained glass window with crowned and robed saints, angels in tracery and blue background.

Stained glass window design for Moulins Cathedral (1836)

Émile Thibaud, 1835

Pen drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, after Raphael, with a hilly landscape behind them.

Madonna ja lapsi, kopio Rafaelin mukaan

Albert Edelfelt

Watercolor of two white trillium flowers with yellow stamens above broad green leaves on pale stems.

Wake-Robin (Trillium simile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Painting of an ornate gold-inlaid sabre with a patterned hilt and a separate scabbard on a dark background.

Study of a Sabre

Stanisław Chlebowski

Oil sketch of a shirtless young man with head turned away, beside a scrolled vase, against dark foliage.

Study of the Bust of a Naked Youth with a Vase - Sketch to the Painting

Henryk Siemiradzki

Watercolor of magenta purple saxifrage blossoms and green leaves growing on a dark mossy mound on pale paper.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Charcoal study of a bearded man with long hair, turned to the side, drawn on grey paper.

Study of a head for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for th…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a cloudy pale sky over calm water with a low line of dark trees on the distant shore.

Untitled - James Henry Moser, 1910

James Henry Moser, 1910

Red chalk drawing of a standing goat seen from behind, with hatched shading on its haunches and legs.

Standing goat, from behind

Abraham Krayestein, 1803

Red chalk study of a cow seen from behind at an angle, head lowered to the left, on cream paper.

Study of a cow, diagonally from behind

Abraham Krayestein, 1803

Pencil sketch of three studies of a sheep, showing its head and body from different angles on pale paper.

Three studies of a sheep

Abraham Krayestein, 1803

Pencil drawing of a grotesque monster head with a grimacing mouth attached to a sweeping ornamental form on pale paper.

Ornament - Head of a monster

Two ink elevation drawings of Gothic cathedral chapel walls, showing damaged and restored tracery windows with pinnacles.

Restoration of the south chapels of Luçon Cathedral (1857)

Émile Boeswillwald, 1856

Watercolor of blueflag iris with purple blooms, buds and long green leaves on a pale background.

Blueflag Iris (Iris versicolor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a grenadier in white uniform and bearskin cap standing by a red heraldic standard in front of a striped tent.

Grenadier of the guard of His Excellency the Grand Pensionary

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1806

Watercolour of a Dutch officer in white and red uniform gesturing to a grenadier with a musket beside a pillar, 1806.

Grenadier officer and commoner of the Life Guard of the Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1806

Watercolor of two soldiers in blue and red uniforms facing each other on a sandy shore beside a palm tree, 1806.

Batavian Colonial Infantry of the Cape of Good Hope

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1806

Watercolour of two standing officers in red and blue uniforms with plumed bicorne hats, one touching the other's hat, by a ri

Two standing officers

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1801

Watercolor of a woman in a shawl walking with an officer in a blue uniform and plumed hat beside a bare tree.

Officer of the Engineers, 1801

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1801

Watercolour of a uniformed officer in a blue coat and tricorn hat walking with a woman in a white floral gown outdoors.

Batavian officer of the 1st Half Brigade, 1801

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1801

Watercolor architectural drawing of a proposed parish sacristy for Agen Cathedral, showing elevation and section views with a

Sacristy design for Agen Cathedral

Pierre Édouard Demenieux, 1897

Watercolor of two bearded men in striped turbans and yellow trousers standing beside a stone pillar, one gesturing.

Two guardsmen of King Louis Napoleon with turbans

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1807

Two standing soldiers in blue and red uniforms with tall fur hats and plumes, drawn in watercolour on a path.

Two standing soldiers

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1807

Watercolor of a trumpet creeper branch with clusters of red tubular flowers, buds, and green leaves on pale paper.

Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia radicans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920