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Drawings & Sketches

78,176 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures beside a stone slab on a rocky hillside, with a standing woman at right.

Die Auffindung von Abels Leichnam

Pencil sketch of a street scene with a stone building, market figures under an awning, and men in hats on the right.

In Segovia

John Lewis, 1832

Watercolor of a burning Chicago street with a brick Chamber of Commerce building, flames and smoke overhead, and fleeing crow

Chicago in Flames

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Brown ink sketch of two men embracing, a mounted rider, armed attendants and trees in an open landscape.

Versöhnung von Esau und Jakob

Karel van Savoy

Watercolour of a glacier and snowy peaks rising above brown hills and a pale lake.

Waiau Glacier, Mount Cook range

William Marshall Cooper

Pen and ink sketch with wash showing studies of draped figures, one with a staff at right, on pale paper.

Studies of figures

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil drawing of a medieval brass with three praying figures, a central man flanked by two women, under gothic canopies.

The Sepulchral Brass of Robert Braunche and His Two Wives in Saint Margaret's Church, Lynn, Norfolk, 1364

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Stehender nach rechts

Matthias Grünewald

Loose charcoal sketch of a standing woman in a long dress among trees and bare branches, by James Ensor.

Joan of Arc

James Ensor, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a levitating figure above an angel and robed saints, on an arched sheet with graphite underdrawing.

Vision der Heiligen Theresa und andere Heilige (Transverberatio)

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil sketch of a reclining dead Christ figure on a draped block, with a handwritten note referencing the Louvre Pietà.

Dead Christ from the drawing attributed to Raphael (in the Louvre collection)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil sketch of a narrow arched church window with iron bars and a star-patterned carved arch above it.

Window on the North Side of Burnham Ulph Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Graphite drawing of two old horses standing in a flat field, one facing right and one turned away.

Two Old Horses Standing in a Field

John Sell Cotman

Pen and ink sketch of a winged angel descending among robed figures, with putti and clouds above and a column at right.

Ein Engel krönt einen jungen Mann

Giuseppe Diziani

Pencil and chalk drawing of travellers and animals crossing a stone arch bridge over a steep alpine gorge.

Travellers Crossing a Bridge over an Alpine Gorge

John Sell Cotman, 1828

Watercolor drawing of a pale ceramic teapot with green floral sprigs on its body and a curved handle and spout.

Teapot

Thomas Holloway, c. 1936

Pencil sketch of a tall stone tower with a conical roof, a figure with a basket, and a small market scene below.

Yarmouth, the North-west Tower

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Watercolor of a carved wooden chest on a stand with iron strap hinge and rosette and floral panel carvings.

"Casa en Mesita" or Chest on Stand

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Watercolor caricature of a thin man offering papers to a stout man in brown coat, who raises a hand to refuse.

The Rise of the Stocks (One of a Set of Three)

John Sell Cotman, 1799

Watercolor of a rustic wooden armchair with slatted back and plank seat on a pale background.

Chair

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1938

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed procession with a banner passing an arcade, with spectators along the edges.

Procession (fragment)

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil and wash drawing of a Gothic church west front with twin towers, a spire, and figures on wide steps.

St. Peter at Lisieux, Normandy: West Front

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil sketch of a church and bell tower across fields by a lake, framed by trees in the foreground.

Sääksmäen kirkko

Magnus von Wright, 1846

Pen and ink sketches of a church facade in Rimini and a winged lion on a pedestal in Venice, on tan paper.

Drawings from Rimini and Venice

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of the Tiber river at Ripetta, with city buildings, church domes and moored rowboats in the foreground.

Ansicht des Tiber bei Ripetta

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel

Watercolor of a man in a red cap and yellow jacket with companions on a sandy shore, boats on water beside.

Figure on the seashore

Pencil landscape drawing of wooded hills and mountain peaks under soft clouds, with a small hilltop town in the distance.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Richter, 1824

Grey wash drawing of a ruined Gothic abbey facade with pointed arched windows, framed by trees and distant hills.

West Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

John Sell Cotman

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden chair with stepped crest and horizontal panels, shown in three-quarter view.

Wooden Chair

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Watercolor of a brown-sailed boat with a standing woman and reclining man on calm water at dusk, Venice skyline distant.

The Grand Canal, Venice

Pietro Gabrini, 1910

Pen and ink sketch of the Madonna with saints Joseph, Anthony of Padua and John the Baptist, with angels in clouds.

Madonna mit den Heiligen Joseph, Antonius von Padua und Johannes dem Täufer

Gaspare Diziani, 1754

Pencil drawing of a hilltop town with rooftops, city walls, a bell tower, and terraced hills under cloudy sky.

Daken in Perugia

Alberto Tutino, 1933