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Drawings & Sketches

77,687 works

Watercolor of a pink rose bud on a green thorny stem with serrated leaves, labeled No. 4 in pink ink.

Untitled (Rose)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Pen drawing of a calligraphy exemplar with flourished script lines and large looping ornamental swashes on pale paper.

Design for a writing sample: To my singular friend (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Ink drawing of a 1605 writing sample with flourished capital letters and cursive text framed by looping scrollwork.

Design for a writing sample: Keepe my wordes (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of looping calligraphic flourishes surrounding a block of 17th-century English script text.

Design for a writing sample: Some man keepeth silence (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy exemplar with German text framed by elaborate looping flourishes and decorative capitals.

Design for a writing sample: Es ist (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Circular painting of a radiant apotheosis with a seated figure in military dress, allegorical women, angels, rainbows and a w

Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building

Constantino Brumidi, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rider in a cap on a walking horse, facing left, on a pale paper ground.

Man on Horseback

Edgar Degas, 1866

Ink sketch of a pelican with spread wings feeding young inside a circular frame, with wavy hatched background.

Pelikaani ruokkii poikasiaan. Luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalauksiin

Pen and brown ink drawing of a banquet scene with seated figures at a round table, a kneeling woman, and servants in a column

Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee

Domenico Campagnola, 1540/50 or later

Pencil drawing of a young couple in 18th-century dress sharing a sheet of music, the man leaning close to the woman.

Singing couple

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Tavern interior with two men at a table, one smoking a pipe and one raising a glass, a woman nursing near the hearth.

The Tavern

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Drawing of a woman as Diana with crescent moon tiara, laurel wreath and bow, rendered in chalk and watercolour on grey paper.

Diana

Abraham Delfos, 1795

Pencil drawing of a seated elderly woman in a white head cloth holding a knife, with a wooden spoon on the floor.

Seated woman with knife

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Watercolor of purple iris flowers and buds with long green leaves against a pale background.

Iris (Iris species)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Woman in a blue fur-trimmed jacket spinning at a wheel beside a sleeping dog, in a wood-panelled interior, colour drawing.

The Spinner

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Watercolor of a low whortleberry sprig with pink flowers and green leaves on brown stems, on a cream background.

Low Whortleberry (Vaccinium caespitosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a calm river beneath a leafy tree, with a figure on the bank and soft clouds above.

Untitled - William Rickarby Miller, 1870

William Rickarby Miller, 1870

Watercolor of snowberry branches with clusters of white berries and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Grey wash drawing of a crowd around a bull sacrifice at a pedestal, with trumpeters and classical architecture at left.

The Sacrifice of Pelias to Neptune

Agostino Carracci, 1584

Watercolor of a plume anemone plant with white flowers, yellow centers, blue-tinged buds and feathery leaves on cream paper.

Plume Anemone (Pulsatilla occidentalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a yellow woolly agoseris flower on a tall stem with green leaves, a red bud, and dried roots.

Woolly Agoseris (Agoseris villosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil drawing of two men in straw hats beside a fountain in a park, with trees and a seated figure at left.

Two Men in the Park, Havana

Jules Pascin, 1914

Watercolor of a green false hellebore plant with clusters of greenish flowers and broad striped leaves on a pale background.

Green Bear Cabbage (Veratrum viride)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a beaked hazelnut branch with serrated leaves and hairy, beaked husks on a reddish-brown stem.

Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus rostrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Ink drawing of a large fern leaf with a central rib and many narrow leaflets on a torn, warm-toned sheet of paper.

Fern leaf. Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Watercolor of Spanish Bayonet yucca with green seed pods, pointed leaves and curled brown dried bracts on a pale background.

Spanish Bayonet (Yucca baccata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of wild flax with pale blue flowers, buds, and slender green stems on a cream background.

Wild Flax (Linum lewisii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Drawing of three women in orange robes in a Greek-style banquet scene, one holding a tray and one a wreath, on dark backgroun

Kopio kreikkalaisesta vaasimaalauksesta

Werner von Hausen

Charcoal sketch of a ballerina in a short tutu standing with one arm extended on orange paper.

Ballerina Standing at Bar

Edgar Degas, 1870

Painted textile panel with pink peonies, pheasant birds, flowering branches and fruit on a cream background.

Drapery or Curtain

Henry Meyers, 1935/1942

Watercolor of purple gentian blossoms and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana holopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of an evening primrose plant with a yellow open flower, buds, and narrow green leaves on thin stems.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera lavandalaefolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930