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Drawings & Sketches

79,423 works

Grey wash drawing of two men fighting in a patterned-wall room while women look on, one holding a cane.

Handgemeen tussen baron van Tilbury en Galjart

Willem de Famars Testas, 1888

Pen drawing of bare trees and an ivy-covered brick garden wall with dense shrubs beneath a pale sky.

Tuin van de Villa Madama, buiten Rome

Gérard ter Borch, 1609

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long dress, hand raised near her face, drawn with loose quick lines on pale paper.

Seated woman, smoking

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Sepia watercolor of a Dutch interior: two women embrace by a bed while a seated woman watches at a table, with a cat and bird

De terugkeer van Klaasje Zevenster bij haar moeder

Willem de Famars Testas, 1888

Drawing of a man in a frock coat searching papers at a lamp-lit table in a room with patterned wallpaper.

Jan Bleek snuffelende in de papieren van Mr. Flinck

Willem de Famars Testas, 1888

Pencil sketch of a kitchen interior with a woman standing by an arched window, a wooden table, and a pitcher.

A Kitchen at Lutzelbourg

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Grey wash drawing of an elderly man with a cane speaking to a woman in a bonnet beside a panelled door in a hallway.

Eerste ontmoeting van de oude heer Flinck met zijn schoondochter

Willem de Famars Testas, 1888

Pencil drawing of a flat polder road with telegraph poles, a distant steam train, and trees along a fence on the right.

Trein in een polderlandschap

Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, 1886

Pencil sketch of three standing figures in bonnets and cloaks, drawn in loose overlapping lines on pale paper.

Group of three standing figures

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Graphite study of two hands, one gripping a vertical staff and the other turned palm-up, on pale paper.

Zwei Hände, die eine mit Stab

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Pencil sketch of a man asleep sprawled across a pile of luggage, legs stretched out, with loose hatched shading.

A man asleep on a pile of luggage

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Ink line drawing of a seated woman on a wooden veranda beside reeds and trees, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), Kujō Yoshitsune

Katsushika Hokusai

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a seated woman in a hooded shawl leaning over a stone ledge, seen from behind.

Annie

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Ink drawing of a lidded ginger jar with pale blossom branches on a dark wash, with a small motif sketch beside it.

Oviform Ginger Jar with Bell-shaped cover

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Grey pencil drawing of a ribbed glass tumbler with scrolled decorative motifs on a cream background.

Flip Glass

John Dana, c. 1938

Pencil portrait of a young person with curled hair and a white collar, looking toward the viewer, on pale paper.

Portrait of Whistler

James McNeill Whistler, 1840

Charcoal drawing of a nude man standing with both arms raised against a dark background, on cream paper.

Der Mensch

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen drawing of a serpent biting its tail in a circle, enclosing a chained oil lamp with curling smoke.

Vänrikin tervehdys -runon loppuvinjetti

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with trees, a small spired building and distant hills on a wooden panel.

River Landscape

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Watercolor sketch of two black horses and a rider galloping through stylized red and yellow flames.

Luonnos 5.luvun värikuvaan Ritari ja kuningaskäärme

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1894

Sketch of a Venetian lagoon with a distant skyline, a red-sailed boat at right, and mooring posts in blue water.

Blue and SilverThe Islands, Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Grayscale drawing of a footed cut-glass sugar bowl with a domed lid decorated with diamond and fan patterns.

Sugar Bowl with Cover

John Dana, c. 1936

Watercolor drawing of a lidded blue and white vase with figures and floral designs, with a small motif sketch beside it.

Vase with slightly bulging body

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Pastel drawing of a Venetian skyline at dawn, dark rooftops silhouetted against pink and yellow sky with reflections on water

Venice: Sunrise on the Rialto (recto) and a Venetian Scene (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Pencil sketch of a café terrace under an arched trellis with seated patrons, a waiter, and a woman in a shawl in the foregrou

Brasserie à Mayence

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Charcoal and chalk sketch of Venice's skyline across a lagoon at dusk, with a sailboat and gondola in the water.

Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Pen and wash sketch of several heads of clean-shaven men in turbans, with a quiver of arrows at upper left.

Verschiedene Köpfe von bartlosen Männern mit turbanartigem Kopfputz; links oben ein Köcher mit Pfeilen

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Ink sketch of a robed woman seated on an elephant, with a bald monk and a seated figure in a tall hat below.

Preparatory sketch for <em>The Courtesan Eguchi as the Bodhisattva Fugen and the Monk Saigyo</em>

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a buttoned coat beside a glass, with handwritten notes above.

Chez George Sauer a Lion Rouge

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Grey ink drawing of a cylindrical vase with blossom pattern on a pale sheet, with a small fragment beside it.

Cylindrical vase with thick neck

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Pencil sketch of a narrow street with gabled houses, a hanging sign, and pedestrians on the cobbles.

A Street Scene

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Watercolor drawing of a green glass candlestick with a fish-shaped stem curling over a stepped square base.

Candlestick

Ronau William Woiceske, c. 1936