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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Pencil and watercolor landscape of a pale mountain above a valley with farms, viaduct arches, and pine branches in the foregr

Montagne Sainte-Victoire (The Arc Valley)

Paul Cézanne, c. 1885

Pencil sketch with red wash of standing draped figures on a stage, with handwritten French text below.

Opera scene

Watercolor of a yellow lupine plant with arching stems of yellow flowers and whorled green leaves on pale paper.

Yellow Lupine (Lupinis arboreus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a black carved wooden head with red painted lips on a rough wooden base, c. 1940.

Head of a Negro

Mina Lowry, c. 1940

Watercolor of a mountain laurel branch with pink-white flower clusters and dark green leaves on a tan background.

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a cholla cactus branch with yellow blossoms, a closed bud, and spiny green stems on a pale background.

Cholla Opuntia whipplei

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Black ink line drawing of a woman's face in three-quarter view with flowing hair and a beaded necklace.

Marguerite

Henri Matisse, 1906

Ink line drawing of a woman with hair in a bun, head bowed, writing with a pen on paper.

Marguerite écrivant

Henri Matisse, 1906

Watercolor of a Douglas fir branch with green needles and hanging brown cones on a pale background.

Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga mucronata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of yellow-green trumpet pitcher plants with hooded pitchers on tall stems against a pale background.

Trumpetleaf (Sarracenia flava)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Charcoal drawing of a woman with bobbed hair and a buttoned blouse, in loose expressive hatching, signed Matisse.

Madame Raynal

Henri Matisse, 1914

Watercolor of a carved tavern figure with a gilded smiling face, black tricorn hat, red neckcloth and brown coat with folded

Tavern Figure

Henry Murphy, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a Virginia springbeauty plant with white pink-veined flowers, buds, and long green leaves on a pale background.

Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil botanical study of a plum branch with leaves, blossoms and enlarged flower details, with handwritten notes.

Plum

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pencil line drawing of a woman's face with closed eyes and loosely sketched hair, by Henri Matisse.

Marguerite les yeux baissés

Henri Matisse, 1916

Jane Stone

Jane Stone

Benjamin Trott, 1800

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Watercolor landscape of a leaning tree, a rowing boat with figures on a river, and a stone bridge under a pale sky.

Landschap met een bootje

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolour landscape with a large tree, grazing cattle, herders and a hillside with a distant building.

Landschap met vee

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Brown wash drawing of a bearded old monk bent over a large open book in an oval medallion frame.

Bärtiger Mönch in das Studium alter Folianten vertieft

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man seen from behind beside a half-length figure with tilted head.

Two figures: on the left a seated man seen from the rear, on the right a half-length figure

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Ink line drawing of a woman's face with wavy hair, large eyes and a simplified nose on a pale background.

Marguerite (1915)

Henri Matisse, 1915

Pen and watercolor landscape with a round temple on a hill, trees, figures by a lake, and distant hills under pale clouds.

Landschap met ronde tempel

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor landscape with a waterfall, leaning trees, a draped cloth, small seated figures and distant hills.

Landschap met waterval

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Charcoal portrait of a young man in a felt hat and fur-trimmed collar, head tilted down, on cream paper.

Hucuł

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1901

Watercolor landscape of a wooded path with tall trees and a stone fountain where three figures gather.

Landschap met fontein

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor landscape with a ruined classical column, tall trees, figures on a grassy bank, and a sailboat on a distant lake.

Landschap met tempelruïne

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor drawing of a large tree, an ox cart on a path, and a domed building in a hazy green landscape.

Ontwerp voor kamerbehangsel met landschap met kar

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and wash design for a room wall with three landscape wallpaper panels showing trees, water, boats and figures.

Ontwerp voor kamerwand met drie behangselpanelen

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Painted study of a dark leather fire bucket with a hinged handle, with a small pencil sketch of the same object in the corner

Leather Fire Bucket

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Grey ink drawing of an arcadian landscape with a tall tree, a rotunda, an arched bridge over water, and a seated figure with

Ontwerp voor behangselschildering met arcadisch landschap met hoge brug

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor of spotted bee balm stems with pink bracts, yellow spotted flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910