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Drawings & Sketches

79,544 works

Grey wash drawing of a Roman countryside with a road, ruins, travelers, and distant mountains under cloudy sky.

The Via Nomentana

Richard Wilson, 1754

Drawing of the Fresco Depicting Paradise at Cappella del Podestà (Cappella della Maddalena) at the Bargello Museum: P…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil sketch of a tall arched aqueduct and rocky cliff with a distant hilltop town and mountains under a pale sky.

Ponte delle Torri, Seen Through an Arch

Pencil sketch of a crowd of agitated figures, some gesturing and one wearing a turban, against a dark shaded background.

Mordecai's Triumph

James Ensor, 1885

Watercolor of a tall bell tower beside a cathedral with a canal and grassy field in the foreground.

The Tower, Cathedral of Torcello

Cass Gilbert, 1910

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall plunging over cliffs beneath a hilltop town with a tower.

The Falls at Tivoli

Richard Wilson, 1752

Painted rendering of a cast toy bank shaped as an eagle beside a nest with chicks, with a pencil study in the upper left.

Toy Bank: Eagle

William High, c. 1940

Graphite sketch of a waterfall cascading between rocky cliffs, with spray and small figures among the rocks below.

The Cascade at Terni

Watercolor of a stone castle with towers and ivy-covered walls behind a green lawn and a winding gravel path.

Compton Castle, Devonshire, England

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Pencil sketch of two figures in a rowboat on rippling water, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat, in a sketchbook.

Sketch of figures in rowboat in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Pencil sketch of Saint Anthony holding the Christ child in an arched frame, with angels in clouds above.

Der Heilige Antonius mit dem Kind

Martin Johann Schmidt

Charcoal drawing of a torchlit wedding procession in a timber hall with antlers on the wall and a feast table.

Wedding at Pohjola

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1860

Watercolor of a painted toy bank showing a clown in a handstand balanced on a blue ball over an ornate yellow base.

Toy Bank

Sarkis Erganian, 1935/1942

Pencil sketch of a ruined temple, tall trees, and two figures on a river bank under an open sky.

Ruined Temple of Minerva?, Two Figures on River Bank

Pencil sketch of a river valley with steep slopes and snow-capped mountains, annotated with handwritten notes including Arthu

Arthurs Pass

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Grey wash drawing of Christ and disciples in a colonnade as a paralytic man rises from his bed before them.

Christus heilt den Lahmen: Christus mit den Jüngern steht in einem Säulenhof, vor ihm erhebt sich der Lahme von seine…

Grey wash drawing of the ruined domed Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, with fields, trees and figures in the foreground.

Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Richard Wilson, 1754

Sketchbook page with loose charcoal figures, a small cart at upper right, and smudged shading across the paper.

Silhouettes and cart

Outline drawing of tall, serrated thistle leaves on tan paper, with faint red guide lines framing the design.

Meadow thistle (leaves). Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two richly dressed women seated at a table and in a chair, one looking toward the

Zwei reichgekleidete holländische Frauen an einem Tisch sitzend, die vordere hat ihr Gesicht gegen den Beschauer gedr…

Pencil and chalk drawing of two draped standing figures with a staff, plus a small head sketch and inscription at right.

Study of Figures for "A View of the Campagna"

Richard Wilson, 1755

Jacob

Oscar Kleineh, 1863

"Sleeping child"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1902

Watercolour of a rocky bay with a rock arch, small figures on the beach, calm sea and distant headland under a blue sky.

Breaker Bay

Samuel Birch, 1937

Watercolor of a woman and child in a vine-covered stone doorway, with a path through a flower garden.

The Garden in Its Glory

Childe Hassam, 1890

Pencil drawing of an old gnarled tree trunk with vine-covered roots and thin saplings behind it.

Study of an Old Tree: Trunk and Creeper-Covered Roots

Front cover of a bound album with red marbled paper and a red leather spine.

Album met bloemen

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Pencil sketch of craggy cliffs, three standing figures at their base, and two distant horsemen on a flat shore.

Three Figures Standing by Rocky Cliffs, Two Horsemen in Distance Left

Pencil and watercolor winter landscape with skaters on a frozen canal, bare trees, a windmill and a tower house.

Tekening aan anoniem

Andreas Schelfhout, 1854

Watercolor panorama of an ox wagon, riders, Khoekhoe figures and horses on a plain before mountains, 1786.

Khoekhoe en kolonisten op Kaapse vlakte

Jan Brandes, 1786

Pencil drawing of a riverside scene with a hexagonal building, wind-bent trees, figures on a path, and a distant arched bridg

Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-Drawn Wagon Crossing Bridge at Right

Ink drawing of snowy pine trees beside a frozen lake, with a lion coat of arms and a Swedish ribbon inscription below.

Closing Vignette from the Poem The Ensign’s Greeting

Albert Edelfelt, 1897