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Drawings & Sketches

79,357 works

Watercolor sketch of the ruined temple columns and stone walls of Baalbek under a pale sky.

Ruins of Balbeck

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Portrait of Carolina Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Pen sketch of a woman in an apron cleaning a window, with a bucket and cloth on the sill below.

Frau Knopp beim Fensterputz

Wilhelm Busch, 1876

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with short hair, a mustache and a high collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Omakuva, pää

Albert Edelfelt

Pencil and watercolor study of a ribbed cathedral vault with curved arches and pale yellow and grey shading.

LuonnoksiaTampereen tuomiokirkon holvivaippoihin ja ruoteisiin ; Luonnoksia urkulehterin siipiaiheesta (kaksipuolinen…

Watercolor of a pitcher plant with tubular green leaves and a nodding maroon and pink flower on pale paper.

Catesby Pitcherplant (Sarracenia catesaei)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of yellow composite flowers with green basal leaves and brown roots on cream paper.

Montana Parnassia (Parnassia montanesis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil cartoon of a seated woman in a draped gown beside a carved pianoforte, within a circular frame on tan paper.

"Der kleine Mozart kniet auf dem Schoß der Kaiserin Maria Theresia", Karton für die Fresken in der Loggia der Hofoper

Moritz von Schwind, 1864

Watercolor of a glossy green double-gourd glass bottle with a long neck, centered on a pale background.

Green Bottle

Cora Parker, c. 1938

Watercolor of three stems of rose paintbrush flowers with pink bracts and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Rose Paintbrush (Castilleja pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a green glass carboy with a rounded body, long neck, and pale reflections on a cream background.

Carboy

Edward White, c. 1937

Watercolor of pink meadow fleabane flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on tall, hairy stems.

Meadow Fleabane (Erigeron speciosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of pale pink ghostpipe flowers and slender stems on a cream background.

Ghostpipe (Thalesia uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Grey wash design drawing of a funerary monument with a bust, skull, urn, two allegorical women and cherubs.

Ontwerp voor een grafmonument

Frans Decker, 1694

Watercolor of a translucent blue glass gemel bottle with a double neck and rounded body on a cream background.

Gemel Bottle

John Dana, c. 1937

Pen and watercolor drawing of goddesses by a woodland pool with swans and cherubs, mythological scene.

The Judgment of Paris [recto]

Guillaume Guillon Lethière, 1812

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical country house with shuttered windows, a pediment, and a circular driveway flanked by garde

De hofstede Vreedelust aan de Spanjaardslaan te Haarlem

W.B. Craan, 1799

Monochrome drawing of a man holding a candle near a sleeping woman in a chair, in a dim interior with a table and cupboard.

Man met kaars kietelt een slapende vrouw

J. Dillhoff, 1747

Pen and watercolour drawing of cows in a flat meadow, a milking couple, windmills and a church steeple on the horizon.

Het dorp Amstelveen

J. Dirksen, 1795

Watercolor of cut leaf fleabane plant with slender stems and yellow-centered flower heads against a cream background.

Cut Leaf Fleabane (Erigeron compositus nudus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen drawing in a circle of a nude male figure with a staff, two lions and a classical urn beside a pedestal.

Allegorische mansfiguur, staande met twee leeuwen

Johannes van Dregt, 1778

Sailing boats and fishermen on calm water at dusk beside a walled town with towers, drawn in grey and muted colour.

Schepen voor een omwalde stad bij ondergaande zon

Jan Matthias Cok, 1730

Pen sketch of a stout man in a tall hat walking past a bucket, broom and hanging cloth on a tan paper.

Herr Knopp stößt im Vorbeigehen seine putzende Frau aus dem Fenster

Wilhelm Busch, 1876

Pen drawing of an allegorical woman beside a grave monument with a skull and urn, two women below, and an inscribed tablet.

Figuren bij een grafmonument

Johannes van Dregt, 1747

Pen drawing of a nude allegorical woman in a chariot with wheat and a torch, guiding a winged creature, in a circular frame.

Allegorische vrouwenfiguur, in triomfwagen

Johannes van Dregt, 1778

Watercolor of a farrier shoeing a horse in an open landscape, with two onlookers and a dog nearby.

Hoefsmid in landschap

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Grey wash drawing of a dentist treating a seated patient while a woman with a basket watches from a window.

De tandarts

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and leaves shaded from green to russet on a pale background.

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a woman in red beside flowering trees, with turkeys grazing in a meadow and a village in the distance.

Watching the Turkeys

Horatio Walker, 1880

Pastel portrait of a young man with curly hair, dark coat and white ruffled collar, resting his hand on a book.

Adolph Friedrich Theodor Gritzner

Friedrich Christian Krieger, 1809

Watercolor of a branching stem with tubular purple penstemon flowers, green leaves and buds on a pale background.

Purple Pentstemon (Pentstemon lyallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil drawing of a woman with curled hair and a Greek key headband, head tilted, one hand touching her hair.

Classical Woman's Head

Augustus Charles Pugin