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Drawings & Sketches

79,403 works

Comic strip page of a man in striped pajamas dreaming Earth and American cities crash toward him, with the Capitol dome loomi

Dream of the Rarebit Fiend: Here Comes Washington

Winsor McCay, 1908

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald head and hatched jacket, signed by Paul de Saint-Étienne.

Portret van Jean Macé

Paul de Saint-Étienne, 1815

Loose pencil sketch of a man raising a cane beside a woman in a long dress, with faint underdrawing behind.

Leo Gestel en An Overtoom met bloemstuk

Leo Gestel, 1937

Ontwerp voor raam in het Amsterdams Lyceum

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1922

Pen-and-ink comic strip panels showing a crescent Earth and sun, a lighthouse, and men under lamplight, with radiating hatche

The Lamps of God

Winsor McCay, 1922

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald

Harrison Fisher, 1927

Watercolor of a ruby red glass tumbler viewed from above, with soft shading and glossy highlights on the glass.

Tumbler (Ruby)

Edward White, c. 1936

Portrait of a Younger Gentleman, Unfinished

Jens Juel, 1780-1789

Pen and ink sketch of horsemen and walking figures crossing an open hatched landscape, with handwritten text below.

Piirustus mahdollisesti Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuvillen maalauksen pohjalta

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1880

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude

Florimond Aerts, 1892

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman in a dark hat and coat against a warm brown background.

Le silence

Charcoal sketch of a seated nude woman with hair pinned up, pulling on dark stockings against a shaded background.

Malliharjoitelma, nainen, jolla on mustat sukat jalassa

Alfred William Finch

Pencil drawing of a clear tumbler glass with vertical etched lines on its lower half, on cream paper.

Glass

Lillian Causey, c. 1937

Painting of two blue jays with spread wings over bright snow, with bare branches in front and a leafless wooded edge behind.

Blue Jays in Winter, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Pastel portrait of a mustached man in a hat and hunting clothes holding a shotgun in a marsh at dusk.

Henry Vasnier en tenue de chasse

Charles Léandre, 1902

Ink drawing of a laurel branch border framing a nameplate reading J. Z. Duncker.

Heinäkuun viides päivä -runon välivinjetti, J. Z. Duncker

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pastel portrait of a young child in a white fur bonnet and cream fur coat against a green background.

Madeleine Lemoine, nièce du peintre

Charles Léandre, 1902

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a blue background.

Captain Robert Lillibridge

William Verstille, 1700

Pencil drawing of a canal with townhouses, a sailboat, rowing boats and a bridge, by Willem Hekking jr., 1835.

Gezicht op het Spui en de panden van Arti et Amicitiae en het Leesmuseum

Willem Hekking jr., 1835

Pencil sketch of the arcaded facade of student society Nos Jungit Amicitiae on the Rokin, with flags and handwritten colour n

Gezicht op Rokin 31, de studentensociëteit Nos Jungit Amicitiae

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1887

Pencil sketch of a canal lined with trees and moored boats, with a stone bridge and rowboat in the distance.

Gezicht op de Amstel

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Pencil drawing in an oval of a man in a tall wide-brimmed hat and high-collared coat, with small study sketches at upper left

Zelfportret in ovaal

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1746

Ink sketch of a standing priest beside an altar with a cross, plus small head studies on cream paper.

Divine Service in Uusimaa Archipelago, sketches for the priest

Albert Edelfelt, 1881

Pencil landscape sketch on tan paper showing a rocky cliff at left and a bare leafless tree at right.

Landschap met ruïnes en een boom

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1746

Grey wash drawing of a classical interior with columns, a pyramid tomb, and a funeral procession with torches and soldiers.

Begrafenis in een gefantaseerd klassicistisch interieur

Jacques-François Blondel, 1715

Grey wash drawing of a domed church interior with Corinthian columns, a checkered floor, and kneeling robed figures.

Interieur van een koepelkerk

Jacques-François Blondel, 1715

Circular medal design of a kneeling female figure with arms raised beside a flaming altar and fleur-de-lis shield.

Ontwerp voor een gedenkpenning ter herdenking van het herstel van de Franse koning

Edmé Bouchardon, 1744

Drawing of ruined classical columns, a carved sarcophagus and a pyramid, with two armed figures among the rubble.

Bouwvallen van antieke gebouwen

Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1751

Pen and wash drawing of a kitchen with a girl in a cap cooking at a hearth, surrounded by pans, plates and utensils.

Kitchen-sene with a Girl frying Pancakes

Louis Aubert, 1740

Pencil sketches with colour of a winged lion and a seated haloed figure in triangular vault panels, surrounded by stars.

Evankelista Markuksen leijona, Evankelista Matteuksen Enkeli Perniön (?) kirkon holvista. Luonnos Tampereen tuomiokir…

Painted study of a footed goblet-shaped glass vase with floral medallions and lattice bands in gray tones.

Mirrored Glass Vase

Edward White, c. 1936

Night scene of factory buildings with glowing windows, smokestacks, and a green-yellow smoky sky by Horatio C. Forjohn.

Industry at Night

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1933