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Drawings & Sketches

77,599 works

Watercolor of a shallow river flowing over rocks with rapids, green shrubs and hills beyond, in warm tan tones.

The Placid Potomac

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Walking man, in profile to the right

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Red chalk sketch of two children with a goat on a path, with trees, a fence and birds in the sky.

Two walking children with a goat

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Red chalk sketch of two nude figures seated beneath a looping tree, with a goat and small animal nearby.

Adam and Eve

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Pen and grey wash sketch of a young boy wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a lace collar.

Boy's head with a broad-brimmed hat

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Red chalk drawing of a young man's head with wavy shoulder-length hair and a steady gaze, on cream paper.

Boy's head

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and autumn-toned leaves on a pale background.

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of purple gentian buds on slender green stems with narrow leaves against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana macounii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Costumed figure in armor

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Pen and ink sketch of boys and men playing a game with hats, with a small dog at lower left and faint figures in the distance

Boys playing a game with hats

Moses ter Borch, 1656

Pen drawing of children playing in a town square before a tower and arched building, with a small dog at right.

Playing children in front of the Town Hall Tower and the school in Zwolle

Moses ter Borch, 1656

Brown ink and wash sketch of men in broad hats seated on a dune ridge against a pale sky.

Eine Anzahl Männer mit breiten Hüten, auf dem Kamm einer Düne sitzend, gegen die Sonne gesehen

Jan de Bisschop

Pen and brown ink sketch of children playing near a building with steps, with figures and a hatted adult in a street scene.

Playing children in front of the side of a building in Zwolle

Moses ter Borch, 1656

Woman in a green gown sits on a crescent moon beside a brown owl, surrounded by soft pastel clouds.

The Witch's Daughter

Frederick Stuart Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City, 1880

Drawing in brown ink and wash showing two allegorical groups of nude women and putti on clouds.

Zwei allegorische Gruppen

Niccolò Bambini

Painted rendering of a tall wooden case clock with an arched hood, brass finials, gilded eagle, and silvered dial.

Clock

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1938

Pen drawing of a street scene with men carrying a pole and a cage, and figures near a building with windows.

Street scene with working men and playing boys

Moses ter Borch, 1656

Pen and blue wash drawing of soldiers on horseback and grieving figures in a town square with an obelisk.

Der Bethlehemitische Kindermord

Pieter Stevens d. Ä.

Pen and wash sketch of two saints gazing up toward God the Father, with a dove of light and angels in clouds.

Die Heiligen Franziskus und Antonius vor Gottvater

Gaspare Diziani

Brown ink drawing of a canal with a wooden bridge, sailing boat, town houses, church tower and tree in the foreground.

Breiter Kanal mit Ortschaft (Nieuwersluis aan de Vecht?)

Abraham Rutgers

Painted drawing of a red writing table with turned legs, with three small measured technical views below.

Writing Table and Desk

Henry Meyers, 1935/1942

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling man writing in the dust while a crowd gathers and a veiled woman stands at right.

Christus und die Ehebrecherin

Pieter van Lint

Watercolor of a brown and blue glazed stoneware jug with a looped handle and drip-glaze pattern on a pale background.

Stoneware Jug

Annie B. Johnston, c. 1938

Pen and ink drawing of a seated crowned figure surrounded by men raising staffs, on an arched sheet.

Die Dornenkrönung

Colored pencil study of decorative border ornaments with checkerboard, scallop, and leaf-scroll patterns in orange, red, yell

Study of ornaments for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Shaded drawing of a brown stoneware jar with two loop handles, signed Annie B. Johnston, against a cream background.

Stoneware Jar

Annie B. Johnston, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a seated figure on a canopied throne receiving robed clergy and guards in a vaulted hall.

Audienz von Ordensleuten beim Papst

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and wash drawing of armored soldiers and riders in combat, with a domed building and walled town behind them.

Entwurf für eine Tapisserie (Bekehrung des Saulus?)

Lancelot Blondeel

Pen and wash drawing of two winged allegorical women with a putto, plus red chalk head studies in the upper corners.

Zwei Allegorien (Immortalità und Concordia) und zwei Köpfe

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolor of two figures gathering on a seaweed-covered rocky shore with a white sailboat on calm water beyond.

Morning on the Shore

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Pen drawing of armored horsemen fighting below a divine figure with angels in the clouds, with a distant town.

Bekehrung des Paulus

Brown wash drawing of a river with a rainbow over village houses and willow trees, reflected in the water.

The Avon above the bridge at Stratford-on-Avon