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Drawings & Sketches

77,643 works

Ink and wash drawing of a cloaked figure raising an arm toward a bright star above fallen bodies on the ground.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Christmas Night of the Rulers of Europe in 1915

Johan Braakensiek, 1915

Pencil sketch of farmers riding cows and oxen with a crowd behind them, drawn on brown paper.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Farmers riding cows (March 2, 1902)

Johan Braakensiek, 1902

Pencil sketches of three stained glass window designs with beaded letter forms, mosaic patterns and measurement notes.

Alfa ja omega, kolme luonnosta Tampereen tuomiokirkon kirjainikkunoihin

Pencil sketch of many small irregular mounds and organic forms scattered across a pale ground, studies by Johan Braakensiek.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: three standing men (March 2, 1902)

Johan Braakensiek, 1902

Pencil sketch of bears near a barrel labeled BRUINE VERF, with a standing bear reaching toward another bear.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: bears painting themselves with brown paint (April 24, 1926)

Johan Braakensiek, 1926

Sepia drawing of a caricatured dark-skinned figure with a bird-like body hatching from a large egg, eggshell pieces around it

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: a black man crawls out of an egg (April 19, 1930)

Johan Braakensiek, 1930

Ink drawing of a maid carrying a tray of caricature faces stepping over a ledge marked Verkiezingen, by Johan Braakensiek, 19

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Dutch Virgin as a maid with a tray of glasses stumbles over the step…

Johan Braakensiek, 1924

Pen and ink sketches of an armored knight in an arched niche, a kneeling woman, and a reclining sleeping figure.

Copies of painting and sculptural works decorating modern tombstones

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1885

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bishop with a crozier, two priests, and an acolyte holding an open book.

A Bishop and Two Priests, with an Acolyte Holding Open a Book Before Them

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress and bonnet waving a flag, with loose lines on a warm tan paper.

Woman Waving Flag

William Glackens, 1905

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a gray wig, blue coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

Robert Oliphant

Raphaelle Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a bouquet of white and lavender lilacs in a sculpted vase on a tan background.

Lilacs

Elizabeth Nourse, 1890

Pastel and pencil study of wheat and rye ears with vertical colored bands on a tan sheet.

Ear of wheat and rye. Design for the polychrome of the presbytery of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Watercolor sheet with colour studies of church vault ceilings, rosette medallions and painted wall friezes and arch ornaments

Luonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon keskiholvia, pohjoista sivuholvia sekä seinäfriisejä ja holvikaarien koristeornamen…

Pencil sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, with a dark hair bun and loosely hatched shoulders and dress.

Seated woman seen from behind

Watercolor of Miles City, Montana, showing a river, riders on the bank, a boat, trees, and a row of town buildings.

Miles City, Montana

Hermann Stieffel, 1870

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of two figures walking side by side, one in a long skirt and one in a loose garment.

Dancing couple

Watercolor of a village road with a wooden windmill, wooden houses, picket fences, a horse cart, and tall trees.

Florida Village

Walter Paris, 1900

Watercolor of Evergreen Saxifrage with rosette leaves and two red stems topped by clusters of small white flowers.

Evergreen Saxifrage (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Red chalk drawing of a standing bearded man in a hat leaning toward a smiling seated man in a cap beside a bench.

The Jolly Hunters

Pastel landscape of a river winding between reddish trees, green meadows and dark charcoal shrubs in the foreground.

Landscape near the Rudawa

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a stone bridge, brick buildings, and figures near a shop awning.

On the Way to the Public Garden

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1890

Watercolor of a tall spike of pink fringed orchid flowers with broad green leaves on a pale background.

Large Purple Fringe-Orchid (Habenaria grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a young boy with chin resting on his hands, wearing a blue jacket with red trim, 1905.

Portrait of a Boy, Józio Feldman

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Studies of a Male Nude

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1550

Ink line drawing of a seated nude woman with short hair, arms wrapped around her knee, on a tan paper background.

Nude Seated

Albert Marquet, 1910

Painted study of a patterned floral dress with flared sleeves, plus detail views of a cuff and a fabric swatch.

Pa. German Dress

Betty Jacob, 1935/1942

Watercolor portrait of a smiling blond man in a grey coat and white cravat, with a removable hair piece at the top of his hea

Portrait of Daniel Dijlius with cut-out, removable hair

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1806

Red chalk drawing of two standing figures, one helmeted with wings, embracing in a twisting pose with draped cloth.

Mercury and Aglauros

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1566

Pencil drawing of a square quilted coverlet with a central flower basket, feathered oval wreath, and rose garland borders.

Quilt Coverlet

Minnetta Good, c. 1938

A Hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus)

Hans Hoffmann, 1584

Watercolor of beargrass with a tall stem of dense white flowers, a reddish bud, and long green leaves against a pale backgrou

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920