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Drawings & Sketches

77,556 works

Red chalk drawing of bearded Saturn holding a scythe, with putti, a coat of arms, and a landscape behind him.

Study for Saturn Presiding over the City of Bologna, with the Arms of Cardinal Giulio Sacchetti

Giovanni Battista Coriolano, c. 1640

Three painted door panel samples stacked vertically: speckled tan with green border, pale wood grain, and rust panel with she

Zoar Door Panels

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1937

Chalk and pastel study of a seated woman in a flowing white dress, head unfinished, one hand raised, on brown paper.

Costume study for the portrait of Countess Agnete Marie Rosencrone

Jens Juel, 1800-1803

Brown wash drawing of a winged kneeling figure before the Madonna and Christ child with cherubs above.

A monk with wings venerates the Madonna

Gaspare Diziani

Pastel drawing of St. Mary's Church towers and a green dome seen past a stone column and wooden railing.

St. Mary's Church towers

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Brown wash drawing of the Circumcision of Christ with a priest, attendants, a kneeling figure, and angels in radiant light.

Circumcision of Christ

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bacchanale with a satyr playing reed pipes beside reclining figures under tall trees.

Bacchanale, with Satyr Playing Reeds

Circle of Bartolomeo Biscaino, n.d.

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair in a black jacket and waistcoat, resting his hand on a gilt-edged book.

Study of a Portrait of a Young Man with a Book

Johann Perger, 1865

Watercolor of a wooden Zoar child's bed with turned legs, a slatted swinging side rail, and bedding inside.

Zoar Child's Bed

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1938

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family resting with a donkey, an angel, and a distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Watercolour of a boy fishing from a log in a river, with a town and trees on the banks under a grey sky.

River scene - boy fishing

William Beverley, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted mounted warrior on a rearing horse above fallen soldiers in a battle scene.

Battle scene

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged bearded old man in drapery holding a staff, with a serpent ring at his side.

Father Time

Attributed to Alessandro Algardi, c. 1620-1650

Drawing of a rusted wrought iron bracket with a curled scroll, pointed finial and hook on a cream background.

Iron Bracket from Zoar Tavern

Ralph Russell, c. 1938

The Angel of the Annunciation

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a log hut interior with a plank door, stone fireplace, and hanging cloth.

The hut

David Cox the elder

Pen and brown wash drawing of an allegorical group of figures and winged putti on clouds, on an octagonal sheet.

Allegorical group of figures on clouds

Gaspare Diziani

Painted study of a tin pail with wire bail and a tin coffee pot with looped handle on a pale background.

Zoar Tin Coffee Pot and Pail

John Wilkes, c. 1938

Colored pencil drawing of a standing bishop in red vestments holding a crozier and an open book.

Bishop Iwo Odrowąż. Copy of a wall painting from the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Brown wash drawing of shepherds with staffs beside a rock, with figures and a tower on a distant hill.

Shepherds Peering into a Chasm

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna above two standing saints, a bishop and an armored warrior with a spear.

Madonna with Saints Spyridon and Demetrius

Gaspare Diziani

Painted study of a carved wooden butter mold with a pinwheel floral pattern and scalloped rim, on a cream background.

Zoar Butter Mold

John Wilkes, c. 1939

Red chalk drawing of two seated figures, a woman at left and a bare-chested man at right, with loose drapery lines.

Amnon and Tamar

Pencil sketch of robed figures before a seated ruler, with a flying figure among clouds above.

Subject before a ruler

Gaspare Diziani

Painted drawing of a red and yellow wooden thread holder with starburst motifs, tiered shelves and a dome-topped spool.

Zoar Thread Holder

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1938

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a waterfall, cliffs, a stream, a tree and small figures.

Landscape with a Waterfall

Painted study of a brown earthenware cake mold with a central tube and yellow and green glazed bands inside.

Economite Bowl or Cake Mold

Edward White, c. 1937

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures beneath a canopy in a procession scene, with a kneeling man at lower right.

Scene from a saint's legend (?)

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse beside a tree in an open landscape.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a hat and long dress walking left, drawn in loose strokes on tan paper.

Woman Walking to the Left

William Glackens, 1910

Painted study of a tan stoneware bowl with brown glazed interior, wavy band decoration and a curved handle, on cream paper.

Economite Bowl w/ Handle

Edward White, c. 1937

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus beside Cupid, shown as a sculpture in an arched niche.

Venus with Cupid (trompe-l'œil sculpture)

Gaspare Diziani