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Drawings & Sketches

79,544 works

Brown wash drawing of figures beaching a boat on a shore, with sailing vessels, cliffs and a cloudy sky.

Coastal Scene with Figures and Boats

Thomas Gainsborough

Manshuvud i Profil Perdu

Isaac van Ostade

Pictilabrus laticlavius (Tas) : Wrasse

Frank Edward Clarke, 1868

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a path, a cow, and small figures beneath billowing trees.

Wooded Landscape with Figures, Cottage and Cow

Thomas Gainsborough, 1785

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a vaulted ceiling design with feathered wing motifs and a lighter study below.

Siivet, luonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon urkulehterin holviin

Pencil sketches of ornamental scrollwork, a fleur-de-lis, foliate motifs, a bracket, and a draped female figure on tan paper.

Sketches of Gothic and Renaissance ornaments

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Watercolour landscape of a wooden barn, trees and a wooded hill under a pale blue sky, inscribed Dunedin.

Dunedin

James Crowe Richmond, 1866

Soft brown wash landscape with a winding path, dark trees, resting cattle on the left, and a hazy distant mountain.

Landscape and Cattle

Thomas Gainsborough

Black and red chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair glancing upward, bust portrait on toned paper.

Bust Portrait of a Young Man

Simon Vouet, 1620

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a dense wooded landscape with large trees, shadowed undergrowth and rocky ground on grey paper.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman, Cows and Cottage

Thomas Gainsborough, 1785

Watercolor drawing of a white ceramic vase with grape clusters and a blue-accented floral relief panel.

Vase

Katharine Merrill, c. 1937

Watercolour of misty blue mountains and a forested valley, with small figures resting on a path in the foreground.

Adams Peak, Ceylon

Nicholas Chevalier, 1870

Pencil sketches of a Gothic chapel interior with a ribbed vault, arches and painted decoration on a sketchbook page.

Drawings of a chapel interior covered with painted decoration

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Sketch layout of nine reclining Muse figures and a central Hermes and Apollo scene for a library decoration.

Sketches for the Decoration of a Private Library "A"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of a boy harnessing two horses in a farmyard, with a woman on a wooden staircase and a cart nearby.

Zwei Pferde werden in einem Hofe von einem jungen Pferdeknecht angeschirrt, eine Frau kommt über die offene Holztrepp…

Franz Pforr, 1809

Pen and wash drawing of workmen unloading barrels by a horse before a village inn, with houses and a church tower behind.

Workmen before an Inn

Isaac van Ostade, 1645

Portrait miniature of a woman in a lace bonnet and dark dress, in a gold frame inside an open red velvet case.

Sarah Carter Stearns

Sarah C. Frothingham, 1840

Grey wash drawing of horseback travellers on a road approaching a village with a church spire and trees.

Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire

Thomas Gainsborough, 1765

Pencil sketch of a milkmaid with a pail beside a wooden stile, with a figure in a wide hat and trees behind.

A Milkmaid Climbing a Stile

Thomas Gainsborough, 1750

Pencil sketch of the ruined Egmond abbey with a broken tower, a spire, an arcaded wall and a chapel on open ground.

Ruïne van de abdij van Egmond

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1630

Pen drawing of two birds in flight, one diving and one skimming above rippling water, with cloud shapes behind.

Twee vogels

Leo Gestel, 1891

Ink drawing of a dense tangle of shrub branches and foliage in black and grey strokes by Leo Gestel, 1891.

Bloemenstruik

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pen and ink drawing of a flower bouquet with roses and leaves tied with a bow, in a footed vase.

Mand met bloemen

Leo Gestel, 1891

Charcoal sketch of a ship's bow and bowsprit over the Thames, with hazy riverside buildings and a bridge behind.

Boegbeeld en boegspriet van een schip op de Theems

Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1891

Colored sketch of a theatre garden set with a central fountain, stone balustrade, willow trees and a small pavilion in the ba

Sketch of scenery for Act I of "Skałka"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Drawing of a wooden carpenter's clamp with two threaded screws and turned wooden handles on a tan background.

Carpenter's Clamp

Alexander Anderson, 1939

Pen and ink drawing of a striped fish and a shell among underwater plants on a seabed.

Vis en schelp in het water

Leo Gestel, 1891

Black ink drawing of a mountain landscape with pine trees, clouds, grazing cattle, a pond with swans and a distant village.

Berglandschap met bomen en vee

Leo Gestel, 1925

Pastel watercolor sketch of palm trees beside a winding path with soft green hills and pale sky.

Landscape with Palm Trees, Southern France

Edvard Weie, 1935

Ink line drawing of three seagulls with spread wings above wavy sea lines on pale paper.

Drie vogels in de lucht boven zee

Leo Gestel, 1891

Ink drawing of a man leading a white horse past a village with a church spire, a rooster and a cart nearby.

Man met paard en wagen en een dorp op de achtergrond

Leo Gestel, 1891

Gezicht van een man en een vrouw

Leo Gestel, 1891