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Drawings & Sketches

79,482 works

Brown wash sketch of a pelican feeding young inside a circular leaded window design under an arched frame.

Pelikaani ruokkii poikasiaan, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalausta varten

Loose oil portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a pale ruffled blouse against an olive background.

Study in Auburn

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a stream flanked by tall poplars, a farmhouse and footbridge in the distance, rocks in the foreground.

A Wooded Stream and a Farmhouse in Normandy

Richard Parkes Bonington

Grey wash drawing of elegant figures by a river, sailboats at right, trees and a church spire in the distance.

Landscape with Elegant Figures by a River, with Boats to the Right and a Town Behind Trees Beyond

Allart van Everdingen, n.d.

Watercolor of a brick bell tower with arched windows and a green roof rising above rooftops under a pale blue sky.

Tower, San Francisco Romano, Rome

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Pencil sketch of a boy leading a horse and cart past cottages, with figures walking in the background.

Boy with a horse-drawn cart against the background of a cottage

Józef Chełmoński, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a bonnet and shawl, hands resting in her lap, by Richard Parkes Bonington.

Study of a Seated Woman

Richard Parkes Bonington

Pen and colored drawing of haloed women and a reclining figure by the sea, with masons building a brick wall at right.

The Arrival of the Muses of Art at Architecture

Jan Toorop, 1890

Painting of a blue oval bandbox decorated with rust and white horses, a carriage, trees, and a figure.

Bandbox

Walter Doran, c. 1939

Watercolor of a large curved arch of layered rock strata rising above hills, with dark trees in the foreground and a pale clo

Folded Strata, a Great Geological Arch, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1870

Sardinops neopilchardus (Tas) : Pilchard

Frank Edward Clarke, 1869

Pencil sketch of a giant reclining figure bound by tiny figures in a flat landscape with trees and distant town.

Gulliver Bound by the Lilliputians

Brown ink drawing of an allegorical scene with a helmeted female figure before a triumphal arch labeled Porta Virtutis, with

Allegorische Darstellung der Porta Virtutis

Federico Zuccari

Pen and ink drawing of wrecked boats on a shore before a town of gabled houses and a church spire, under a stormy sky.

Washed Up Ships

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1864

Loose charcoal sketch of clouds over a dark shoreline with rocks and water, on a sketchbook page.

Landscape sketch in an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Oil study of a quarry with pale rock face, dark cut stone blocks, grass patches and loose rubble under a pale sky.

Study of Rocks

Lajos Csordák, 1900

Pencil landscape of a river between a high wall and bank, with figures and a distant town under a pale sky.

Italian Landscape with River Running Between High Wall at Left and High Bank at Right Towards a Small Town with Figur…

Richard Wilson, 1753

Colored drawing of a crucified Christ with outstretched arms, surrounded by wings, roses and thorny branches in panels.

Christ, unrealized variant for the stained glass of St. Francis

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Ink drawing of men fighting on a rock in a forest, with wolves, a bear and a skull in the foreground.

Fight on the Hiidenkivi Rock

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Grey wash landscape showing tall gnarled trees framing a path that leads toward distant hills.

A Woodland Study

Samuel Palmer, c. 1856

Watercolour botanical study of a small rimu sprig with red fruits and fine roots on cream paper.

Rimu

Fanny Richardson, 1924

Watercolor of a tall Italian bell tower with red brick base, pale stone upper stories, a bell and weathervane, against a blue

Bell Tower, Italy

Cass Gilbert, 1930

Pencil drawing of men playing boules under fruit trees, with a woman, a girl and a dog watching beside a stone wall.

Petanque Players in Brittany

Charles Laval, 1890

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing young man in a tricorn hat, seen in three-quarter view.

Full-length Study of a Young Man

Oil sketch of a sailing ship with furled sails and rigging, its dark hull moored in green harbour water.

Sketch of a sailing ship no. 1

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Brown and grey wash drawing of infantry with bayonets clashing with cavalry before a church, smoke and fallen horses in foreg

A Skirmish Between the Cavalry Officers and Footsoldiers with Bayonets

Dirk Langendijk, 1781

Studies for Shylock

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

Brown wash drawing of mourners surrounding a reclining body on a hillside, with a cross and standing figures in the backgroun

Lamentation of Christ

Matteo Rosselli

Pencil drawing of a woman in a white gown and veil standing by a tree, arms outstretched, with a lake in the distance.

Portrait of a Lady Standing near a Lake

Richard Cosway, 1802

Grey wash drawing of a tree-lined avenue with a lone figure walking toward a bright opening in the distance.

The Broadwalk, Oxford

Brown ink drawing of a ruined brick tower with a man walking a stony path below, framed in an oval.

Tower with Man Walking

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1797

Grey chalk drawing of tall trees with spreading foliage and a small seated shepherd with a staff at lower left.

Shepherd Seated Under a Tree