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Drawings & Sketches

77,687 works

Watercolor still life of a white bowl with yellow daisy, white lily, red zinnia and broad leaves on a pink background.

Bowl of Flowers

Morton Livingston Schamberg, 1910

Watercolor of a spring beauty plant with white pink-striped flowers, buds and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Painted interior with large potted plant, carved desk, framed pictures and chandelier, with an open doorway to a sunlit room

Interior from the Hallonblads' Home, Hympölä Manor, sketch for the double portrait of Herman and Elisabeth Hallonblad

Adolf von Becker, 1888

Watercolor of two white flowers with yellow stamens, pink buds and green leaves on a grey background.

Giant Helleborine (Epipactia gigantea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Loose watercolor of palm trees on a sunlit sandy landscape under a pale lavender sky, by Abbott Handerson Thayer.

West Indies

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Oil sketch of tall pines framing a lake view with rocky shores, a small figure on a path, and a pale sky.

Finnish Landscape, sketch

Fanny Churberg, 1873

Watercolor botanical study of two white flower spikes with long green leaves on a cream background.

Crowpoison (Chrosperma muscaetoxicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor sketch of an enthroned ruler with attendants and a crowd of robed figures beneath a hovering winged figure.

Allegory of the Good Government, sketch of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's fresco in Palazzo Pubblico, Siena

Albert Edelfelt

Charcoal sketch of a nude woman leaning over the rim of a bathtub, head bowed, arms braced on the edge.

Woman in Tub

Edgar Degas, 1883

Watercolor of a thorny currant branch with lobed green leaves and clusters of small pink flowers on cream paper.

Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a brass-framed hourglass with red sand resting on a brown wooden pedestal against a pale background.

Untitled (Hourglass)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Ink drawing of an ornate helmet of Henry II with smaller sketches of a 13th-century heaume and bascinet.

Drawings of Helmets from the 13th and 14th Centuries and the Helmet of King Henry II (from ca. 1560) from the Louvre…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Satuloitu hevonen

Alexander Lauréus, 1819

Watercolor botanical study of a plant with pink blossoms, yellow centers, green buds and serrated leaves.

Rose Gentian (Sabbatia angularis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor botanical study of a Kruhsea plant with red berries, yellow-green leaves and exposed roots on cream paper.

Kruhsea (Kruhsea streptopoides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Ink and pencil sketch of a standing peasant man in cap and tunic, carrying a tool and sack over his shoulder.

Haymaker from Häme, study for At the Gate

Albert Edelfelt

Watercolor of a yellow-flowered plant stem with feathery green leaves on a cream background.

Capnoides aureum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a winding dirt road through golden poppy fields, dark cypress trees, and hazy mountains beyond.

California Spring Landscape

Elmer Wachtel, 1920

Painting of a haloed winged angel in white robe holding a palm frond, gazing upward against a dark stormy sky.

Song - Study for the painting Joan of Arc

Jan Matejko, 1886

Watercolor of a dark red trillium flower above three broad green leaves on a slender stem.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium H.)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of deathcamas with pale cream star-shaped flowers on tall stems above slender green leaves.

Deathcamas (Zygadenus elegans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned with kneeling saints, a bishop, and donors below, with a lute-playing

The Virgin Enthroned with Saints Gregory and James, and a Family of Donors

Perino del Vaga, 1535/36

Ink calligraphy model with looping flourishes, a large decorative initial, and lines of Dutch handwritten text on pale paper.

Design for a writing sample: Marcus Curius (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing sample with dense Dutch text and elaborate looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: Highly learned Wise (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with Dutch text surrounded by large looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: The Mayors (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with ornate looping flourishes framing handwritten Dutch text.

Design for a writing sample: To S. Jaques Olis (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a Dutch calligraphy writing exemplar with ornate looping flourishes and decorative initials.

Design for a writing sample: Honorable wise provident (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved calligraphy specimen with flourished letters, scrolls and a dedication text in Dutch, by Jan van de Velde, 1605.

Design for a writing sample: The honorable pious Hans vanden Velde (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Design for a writing sample: To Mons. Jean vande Veke (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved writing model with flourished calligraphic border framing French dedicatory text and a large decorative signature.

Design for a writing sample: To very expert (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved calligraphy specimen with French text beside an alphabet, framed by large swirling pen flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: Nothing avails men (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Ink calligraphy specimen with looping flourishes, a dedication to H. Gout, and a tall ornamental penwork column at right.

Design for a writing sample: To mons H. Gout (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605