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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Portret van Joseph Jacops

Joseph Jacops, 1840

Pencil sketch of a riverbank with trees, shrubs and a small boat with figures on the water.

Ontwerp voor behangselschildering met bootje bij rivieroever (doorgekrast)

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with trees, rocks and shrubs under pencilled clouds, on a grid.

Ontwerp voor behangselschildering met heuvelachtig landschap

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Drawing of a tapered leather water bucket with an iron handle, shaded in graphite on a cream background.

Leather Water Bucket

Alexander Anderson, c. 1938

Watercolor of two tall stems with clusters of small white flowers and long narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Miner's Candle (Oreocarya virgata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of American twinflower with pink nodding bell flowers and round green leaves on a pale background.

American Twinflower (Linnaea borealis americana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man in a broad-brimmed hat, facing left, with raised arm and crossed legs.

A man in a broad-brimmed hat seated facing left

Salvator Rosa, 1630

Persian Women

Persian Women

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil line drawing of a woman with short wavy hair and a high collar, seen from the shoulders up.

Marguerite (1918)

Henri Matisse, 1918

Pencil sketch of a nude youth leaning on a tree trunk, a study after a classical sculpture, dated 1887.

Drawing of a copy of Praxiteles' sculpture "Apollo Sauroktonos" in the Vatican Museums

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Brown ink sketch of two muscular male figures wrestling, drawn with hatched shading and set in a gold border.

Studies of Wrestlers

Jusepe de Ribera, 1620

Pencil sketch of a woman's face turned sideways, eyes looking upward, with loose curly hair framing the head.

Marguerite (1920)

Henri Matisse, 1920

Watercolor of a lilac mariposa lily stem with three open pink-purple flowers, buds, and slender green leaves on cream paper.

Lilac Mariposa (Calochortus splendens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular Hercules standing on a hydra, leaning on a club, with sketches at right.

The Triumphant Hercules with the Vanquished Hydra

Guercino, c. 1618

Painted study of a red leather fire bucket with metal rivets, carrying handle, and a gold numeral 4 on its side.

Fire Bucket

John Cooke, 1938

Pen drawing of an ornamental frame made of serpents with a Medusa head pendant hanging from the bottom.

Lotta Svärd-runon loppuvinjettin kehyskuvio

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing boat with a sail marked LEPIC and a rowboat on calm water, inside a circle.

Plate Design for E. Leveille

Ludovic Napoléon Lepic, 1886/89

Pen and brown wash drawing of a fallen armored soldier with a plumed helmet and outstretched arm.

A fallen soldier

Salvator Rosa, 1640

Watercolor of yellow Carolina jessamine flowers and green leaves on reddish branches against a pale background.

Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of an anchor on rocky shore with a sailboat and islands in the distance, with handwritten notes.

Anchors on a Seashore, study

Alfred William Finch, 1912

Pen and brown wash drawing of figures in motion, one standing and removing a garment, another crouched at lower left.

Three bathers undressing

Portrait of Maximillian Luce in 1887

Georges Manzana-Pissarro, 1887

Pen and brown ink sketch of a curly-haired man seated on the right beside a draped figure, on cream paper.

A man seated against a block on the right

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Watercolor of arum arrowhead plant with arrow-shaped leaves, white flowers with yellow centers, and buds on green stems.

Arum Arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil and wash drawing of an ornate metal fireman's trumpet with embossed base, decorative bands and ring handles.

Fireman's Trumpet

Florence Hastings, c. 1937

Painting of nude men and robed figures on a pale sandy plain with distant hills, a study for a cathedral altarpiece.

Resurrection, study for the left side of the altarpiece at Tampere Cathedral

Magnus Enckell, 1907

Caricature drawing of a man with a large head, curly hair and side whiskers, standing with hands on hips, in chalk.

Caricature of a Man

Étienne Carjat, n.d.

Painted study of a green-gray faceted fire hydrant with a chain and side nozzle against a beige background.

Fire Hydrant

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Watercolor of a branch of white azalea flowers with red stamens and green leaves on a pale background.

Sweet Azalea (Azalea arborescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Western Bluebells stem with blue drooping flowers, pink buds and green leaves on cream paper.

Western Bluebells (Mertensia paniculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man bending over a sleeping infant, with a head study in the upper left.

A man looks down at an infant lying on the ground; above there is a head study

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated bearded man beside a stone well, with a wooden post, wall and plants.

Ruben at the well

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650