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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Charcoal sketch of three men climbing a rocky slope with walking sticks, with several sketched heads at lower right.

Three climbing gentlemen and heads

Pencil sketchbook page with a hand study above and a crowded religious composition of figures below.

Copies of fragments of compositions by Titian: "Venus with Cupid and an Organist" and "Gloria"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Brown wash drawing of a wounded turbaned man lying on a bed while a seated figure in a cap watches beside him.

Military Hospital

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1824

Watercolor portrait of a standing man in a striped blanket robe and beaded moccasins beside a rock and trees.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce

William Henry Holmes, 1880

Pen and blue wash drawing of Mary Magdalene kneeling to anoint Christ's feet at a table with onlookers in a columned hall.

Maria Magdalena salbt die Füße des Heilands

Watercolor of a red barn behind a flowering garden and wooden fence, with trees and clouds under a blue sky.

Sharon Springs

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1880

Graphite drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, with draped cloth and a small head sketch at upper right.

Akatemiaharjoitelma ; Selin seisova alaston miesmalli tai kipsivalos

Arvid Liljelund, 1868

Ink sketch of a bearded male figure with arms raised, wearing a loincloth, drawn on tan paper.

Tracing of the figure of the Risen Christ

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Rear view painting of a carved cigar store figure in a turban, red patterned jacket, green sash and full skirt.

Cigar Store Figure

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a lion head ornament with a ring, surrounded by architectural lines and scrolls on torn paper.

Ornament - Leeuwenkop

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude, torso frontal, head turned left, one arm raised and bent gripping an object.

Stehender männlicher Akt, Hüfte en face, den Kopf nach links

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Red chalk sketch of a toddler's overlapping legs and feet seen from below, on a warm grey-brown paper.

Übereinandergelegte Beine eines Kleinkindes, in Untersicht

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Study of a head

August von Pettenkofen

Pencil and colored crayon study of common toadflax above and red dead-nettle below on pale paper, a design for church decorat

Common toadflax (top) and red dead-nettle (bottom). Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Old Church, Tours, France

Old Church, Tours, France

Cass Gilbert, 1880

Watercolor of a painted wooden figure in a crown and long robe, holding a staff, standing on a wooden base.

Commemorative Figure

Henry Murphy, 1935/1942

Red chalk drawing of gods Jupiter and Neptune with eagle, horses and putti presenting a heraldic shield in clouds.

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Paying Homage to the Coat of Arms of Cardinal Borghese

Simone Cantarini, early 1640s

Loose brown sketch of a standing nude woman leaning against a wall, head tilted, on pale paper.

Le Modèle (Henriette)

Henri Matisse, 1922

Pencil caricature of a top-hatted man leaning on a striped street lamp beside a tree, with a German caption below.

"Der constitutionelle Werther oder Ein Herz und ein Schlag." (Karikatur)

Francisque, 1848

Watercolor of a carved wooden toy soldier in tan coat and black shako holding a rifle, on a green base.

Carved Soldier

Samuel W. Ford, c. 1939

Watercolor of fluted Doric temple columns and stone steps in warm light, with grass and a fallen block in the foreground.

(Temple)

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Pencil sketch page with a study of an older man's face, a woman's portrait below right, and a small figure sketch.

Father (?) and mother of Ensor

James Ensor, 1877

Nine vertical panels of blue and black pastel showing a woman's face and flowing hair, fading to pale sketch lines below.

Wanda

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Drawing of a painted wooden soldier figure in a tricorn hat, raising a sword, standing on a red-patterned drum base.

Revolutionary Soldier

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Pencil sketch of a garden fountain topped by a putto statue, with trees and shrubs behind, by Hans Thoma.

Fountain with Putti in the Garden of the Villa Borghese

Hans Thoma, 1880

Gouache drawing of a seated painted wooden woman figure in a dark dress with red and yellow trim, raising one hand.

Seated Woman

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Pen and grey wash drawing of swirling flying angels and putti across a sheet with loose sketched clouds.

Fliegende Engel und Putten

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")

Egyptian Family (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")

Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1835

Watercolor of redstem saxifrage with pink-tinged white flowers on slender red stems above lobed green leaves.

Redstem Saxifrage (Saxifraga lyallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate baroque church interior with columns, arches and a receding tiled floor.

Innenraum einer barocken Kirche

Jacopo Antonio Mannini

Red chalk landscape drawing of a hilltop castle with towers, cottages, trees and small figures in the foreground.

Landscape with a Castle

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1716/18

Watercolor of a stem of yellow evening primrose flowers with green leaves and buds on a pale background.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930