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Drawings & Sketches

77,658 works

Watercolor of a winding arroyo with dark water channel through pale, shrub-dotted hills in warm ochre and olive tones.

Arroyo Landscape

Victor Higgins, 1920

Ink drawing of a large decorative letter F with circular name medallions and dates, beside a second F framed by palm fronds a

Kuoleva soturi -runon alkukirjain F

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Brown ink and wash drawing of mourners grieving over a reclining nude body, with a dog and smoke in the background.

The Lamentation of Abel

Jacob Jordaens, 1617

Pencil sketch of a Gothic cathedral portal with a pointed arch, pinnacled towers, and carved niches on an album page.

Sketch of the portal of the façade of Reims Cathedral

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil sketch of a sleeping giant draped over a throne above small crowds of figures on a ground line.

Sleeping giant on a throne and several small figures

Henk Henriët, 1936

Watercolor of a pink bitterroot flower with reddish buds and stem on a cream background, with a soft gray shadow beneath.

Bitterroot (Lewisia redivivia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil sketch of six standing figures in long robes and caps, one gesturing with a raised hand, on pale paper.

Six standing professors

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of two muscular giant figures working, one lifting a bundle, the other carrying a load on his shoulders.

Two building giants

Henk Henriët, 1936

Head with a bird in the hair

Henk Henriët, 1913

Watercolor of a branching plant with small yellow flowers and narrow green leaves on brown stems, on a pale background.

Yellow Willow Grass

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a group of standing figures in hats and robes, with fainter sketched heads around them.

Group of standing figures

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil study sheet with caricatured male heads in hats and a standing male figure, on tan paper.

Several figures with hats

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of embracing giant figures with a small figure below, drawn on grey paper.

Giants embracing each other and a small figure

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch on beige paper of a woman's upper body and a larger study of her head, by Henk Henriët, 1913.

Upper body and head of a woman

Henk Henriët, 1913

Grey wash drawing of a cathedral with tall towers and spires above riverside houses and a stone bridge.

Cathedral of Lyon

Karel Dujardin, 1655

Pencil sketch of a reclining giant with an open mouth, small figures beside it, and three old faces in the lower right.

Reclining giantess with an open mouth and three heads of old people

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pen and wash panoramic drawing of a walled town with church spires, labeled Beaulne, set against low hills.

Beaune

Jan Peeters the Elder, 1650

Pencil sketch of four large seated giant figures beside a tiny standing figure, drawn in loose overlapping lines on pale pape

Four giants and a small figure

Henk Henriët, 1936

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and yellow waistcoat, in a pierced gold frame.

Colonel John Cox

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Pencil sketch of a baby with dark hair and a serious expression, shown from the chest up on pale paper.

Baby

Henk Henriët, 1913

Pencil sketch of a large reclining woman on a bed with five small hooded figures around and on her body.

Large reclining woman on a bed next to and on whom stand five small figures

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a feathered hat raising a cup, beside two sketched upper bodies of men.

Standing man and two upper bodies of men

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of a large figure in a plumed hat and ornate collar, with three small heads and tiny standing figures.

Giant, small figures and three faces

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pen and wash drawing of the Trinity and Virgin appearing in clouds above kneeling ecclesiastics, with angels and cherubs.

The Trinity and the Virgin Appearing to Ecclesiastics

Theodoor Boeyermans

Pencil sketch of two men seated at a table, one raising a cup, the other wearing a hat, on cream paper.

Two men sitting at a table

Henk Henriët, 1936

Charcoal and red chalk portrait of a woman with curly hair and earrings, looking sideways with a faint smile, on tan paper.

Portrait of Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1919

Watercolor botanical study of a climbing white pea vine with pale flowers, green leaves, and tendrils on paper.

White Pea (Lathyrus ochroleucus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of five ducks of varied plumage standing on a pale washed ground.

Studies of various duck species

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the Christ Child, with angels and rosary beads around her.

The Madonna of the Rosary

Vicente Salvador Gómez, 1674

Pencil sketch of decorative floral friezes with stylized four-petaled flowers and red dots on pale paper.

Friisiornamentti, ristilukki-teemasta (?), luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon maalauksia varten

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered around a basket, with a turbaned man reaching in and a reclining figure

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

After Lucas Kilian, after 1602

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with curled hair and a ribbon, looking upward, wearing a lace collar and pendant.

Portrait of young woman