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Drawings & Sketches

77,556 works

Pencil study of a lobster on cream paper with handwritten Dutch color notes and leader lines.

Study of a lobster

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil study sheet with sketches of a lobster tail and uropods, with handwritten Dutch annotations.

Study of the tail piece and the uropods of a lobster

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Painted rural homestead with poplars, a pond, laundry on a picket fence, and women working in a field under a cloudy sky.

Long Island Homestead, Study from Nature

Andrew W. Warren, 1850

Studies of the cephalothorax of a lobster

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil study of a lobster's head and claws on sand, with handwritten Dutch notes on colour and light, by Gerrit Willem Dijsse

Study of the head part and the claws of a lobster

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Elderly bearded saint in red robe at a desk with an open book, skull, crucifix and scrolls, with a red hat behind him.

Saint Jerome in his study

Marinus van Reymerswaele, 1535

Pencil sketch of a running hare with raised ears on a sketchbook page, shaded in soft grey tones.

Running hare

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil and gray wash drawing of an elderly woman in a bonnet and shawl, shaking her fist and holding an umbrella.

She Gave Her Darter-in-law a Piece of Her Mind

William Glackens, 1909

Pastel and charcoal drawing of a seated nude woman with auburn hair and a blue drapery, by Jules Pascin.

Nude

Jules Pascin, 1920

Watercolor of a tapering pewter coffee pot with stippled birds and floral scrollwork, lid open, spout to the right.

Pa. German Coffee Pot

Loose ink sketch of a head with dense dark hatched hair and shadowed face on a pale tan mount.

Head of a Girl

Anders Zorn, n.d.

Pencil sketch of an old church with a rounded apse, central dome with cross, and arched doorways on a sheet of aged paper.

"Armenian Cathedral (view of the presbytery apse)"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Watercolor of a woman with lowered eyes in a black veil, set against a pale ochre oval background.

Head of a Veiled Woman

Anders Zorn, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular horned satyr with curly hair, raising one arm and holding a long staff.

A Satyr

Benvenuto Cellini, 1544

Watercolor of a weathered farm building beside a field with a walking figure, grazing cow, and rolling hills.

Farm building

Frederick Sedgwick, 1910

Pencil sketch of vaulted ceiling panels with wing-like feathered forms, an eye motif and decorative lettering on a tinted she

Siipiluonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon urkulehterin holvivaippoihin

Charcoal study of a sculptural group showing a bowed seated man and embracing figures on tan paper.

Sketch of the sculpture ‘Ugolino and his sons’ by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Stanisław Wyspiański

Painted study of a carved wooden spoon rack with rosette and star motifs on a circular crest and three shelves.

Pa. German Spoon Rack

William H. Edwards, c. 1942

Brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings carrying a young figure upward through clouds.

The Rape of Ganymede

Niccolò dell'Abbate, 1545

Charcoal sketch of a standing woman in a long skirt, hand raised to her head, against a railing on tan paper.

A Party Has a Right to Add More Tong to Their Own Joint

William Glackens, 1910

Panoramic pen and watercolor drawing of Amsterdam seen from above, with church spires, harbor and sailing ships in the foregr

Bird's-eye view of Amsterdam

Anton van den Wyngaerde, 1547

Watercolour of moored boats and a white-sailed yacht on calm teal water, with soft blue hills and a hazy sky.

Evening after rain, Auckland

Alfred Walsh, 1911

Panoramic pen and wash drawing of Brussels from the north, showing rooftops, church spires, city walls and rolling hills.

Panoramic View of Brussels from the North by Anthonis van den Wyngaerde, 1558 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, inv. C.LG.IV…

Anton van den Wyngaerde, 1558

Pastel drawing of a bedroom interior with draped curtains, flowers, a metal bed, a wooden trunk and an open door.

Interior of the artist's Parisian studio

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1893

Panoramic pen and watercolor drawing of Bruges from 1557, showing city rooftops, church spires, windmills and surrounding fie

Antoon van den Wijngaerde, View of Bruges. Drawing, 44,4 × 115,2 cm. Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Museum Plantin-Moretus…

Anton van den Wyngaerde, 1557

Pencil sketch of a barefoot peasant woman in a headscarf holding a small child on her hip.

Standing peasant woman holding a child in her arms

August von Pettenkofen, 1856

Painting of an ornamental headdress with pink feathers, gold filigree, red gems and pearls on a dark background.

Study of an Ornamental Escuffas

Stanisław Chlebowski

Pencil sketch of a lake landscape with a farmhouse, conifers, a birch tree and distant hills.

Lake View from Sappee

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1895

Female Bust

Attributed to Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Study painting of a heavenly adoration of the Lamb with angels and kneeling figures, and a crowd with a cross on the right.

The Adoration of the Lamb. Study

Gaspare Diziani

Woman in Black Hat and Black Skirt

William Glackens, 1910

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman praying toward winged putti in clouds, with a distant landscape below.

Woman in Ecstasy, and Putti

Possibly after Donato Creti, n.d.