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Drawings & Sketches

77,556 works

Pencil and blue crayon sketch of a peasant in a long coat and tall hat, seen from behind, with faint figure studies beside.

Sketch of a peasant in a sukmana seen from the back

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Brown ink drawing of Pan playing pipes beside goats in a rocky landscape.

Pan

Possibly a follower of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, n.d.

Watercolor of a round carved wooden Zoar butter mold with an eight-pointed star and small heart and moon motifs.

Zoar Buttermold

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Gouache study of a green stylized animal figurine holding a red bead on a teal base, within a pencil border.

Pa. German Figurine

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Sketch of male figures and a bird

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketch of hilly terrain with hatched shading and loose clouds above, on a numbered sketchbook page.

Sketch of landscape. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Loose watercolor of a reclining nude on a bed with yellow drapery and a dark striped background.

Nude Lying On Bed

Anders Zorn, 1894

Four carved wooden stamping blocks on a pale background, one heart-shaped and three leaf-shaped, with serrated edges and groo

Pa. German Stamping Blocks for Homespun Cotton or Linens

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolor portrait of a young girl in a patterned headscarf and white blouse, set against green foliage.

Portrait of a Girl

Anders Zorn, 1883

Painted study of a wooden toy merry-go-round with horses and riders under a four-armed canopy on a brown base.

Pa. German Toy Merry-Go-Round

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, ruff collar and doublet, standing with one hand on his hip.

Sir Walter Raleigh

William Thackeray

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a top hat, striped suit and open overcoat, hands in pockets, on tan paper.

Marceline, the Clown

William Glackens, 1905

Blue ink design drawing of stylized grain stalks and curling leaves on aged paper, a study for church wall decoration.

Grain stalks. Design for the polychromy of the presbytery of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Painted rendering of a carved wooden springerle board with sixteen panels showing flowers, birds, animals and a figure.

Springerle Board for Christmas Cakes

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Charcoal sketch of a bearded man in a dark jacket leaning on a chair, with a loosely drawn interior behind him.

Portrait of Charles Deering

Anders Zorn, 1893

Pastel group portrait of six children, a girl with a braid seated centrally among boys in grey smocks and ruffled collars.

Portrait of the children of Tadeusz Stryjeński

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1894

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden springerle board with flower, leaf, and rosette designs in relief.

Pa. German Springerle Board

Fritz Boehmer, 1935/1942

Brown wash drawing of South Mavora Lake with trees on the shore and jagged mountains in the distance.

South Mavora Lake

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor of a small footed covered box with pink ground, green leaves, white blossoms and red berries, with a dark knob lid

Pa. German Saffron Box

Charles Henning, 1935/1942

Tracings from illustrations in Anton Springer’s

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil drawing of a mounted officer clasping hands with a uniformed soldier, with a field gun and crew behind them.

"Elon nuoren arvelematta pois voitteko lahjoittaa". Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain kuvitusta

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Watercolor of a woven apple basket with a curved wooden handle and a forked stick tied to its rim.

Zoar Apple Basket

Julius Mihalik, c. 1938

Pencil drawing of a dim room with a curtained bed, grieving family members at a table, and a man in a top hat at the door.

Interior with mourning family at a deathbed

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1840

Grey wash study of several seashells, including a cone shell, cowries and a large conch, on a cream sheet.

Study sheet with various shells

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Watercolor study of three frogs and a frog leg, with Latin species labels Rana temporaria and Rana esculenta, by Albertus Ste

Sheet with study of a brown common frog on the right, on the left a green water frog

Albertus Steenbergen, 1834

Pencil drawing of a kneeling weeping woman in a white dress, with a standing woman at an open doorway behind her.

Interior with kneeling weeping woman

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1840

Study sheet with stag beetle and freshly emerged moth

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Painted study of an oval woven sewing basket with twisted handles, shown on a plain cream background.

Zoar Sewing Basket

John Wilkes, c. 1938

Pencil and watercolor study of a single curled feather with soft tan and brown tones on a cream background.

Study of a feather

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Flight to Egypt with the Holy Family, a donkey, and angels among clouds.

Flight to Egypt

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolor study of two dragonflies, one green and one amber, with spread transparent wings on a cream background.

Study of two dragonflies

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Watercolor study sheet showing eight numbered moths with spread wings in tan, brown and grey tones on cream paper.

Study sheet with eight moths

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824