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Drawings & Sketches

79,423 works

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair and a direct gaze, signed by Fredrik Ahlstedt, on pale paper.

Portrait of C.E.Sjöstrand

Fredrik Ahlstedt, 1867

Watercolor of a painted doll with dark face, curly hair, white lace-bodiced dress, plaid sash and striped headwrap.

Doll

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Pastel drawing of a Venetian palace corner above a canal with a gondola and a standing figure on the steps.

The Marble Palace

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Blue pastel drawing of Battersea Bridge at night, with a yellow moon, bridge pilings and a hazy city skyline.

Nocturne: Battersea Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Black and white drawing of a gaunt woman in a flower crown holding a snake, with the words DER NEID beside her head.

Der Neid

Gustav Klimt, 1898

Pastel drawing of a standing woman in a blue striped robe beside a railing with morning glories, with boats in a harbor behin

Morning Glories

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Watercolor and pencil studies of stained glass designs: a lion in an arched window, an angel roundel, and rose panels.

Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalausluonnoksia: Leijona, Pelikaani, Alakerran ruusuaihe

Hand-colored print of the Neuer Markt in Vienna with a fountain, carriages, pedestrians and a church spire.

Der neue Markt in Wien

Johann Vinzenz Reim, 1834

Grey wash drawing of a hexagonal covered vase in front of a floral-patterned plate on a horizontal ground line.

Still life

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Watercolor of a pale blue glass covered compote with a figural finial, with scale drawings below.

Covered Compote

James Vail, c. 1936

Loose brown wash drawing of a bearded elderly man with raised arm beside an angel figure, set against trees and landscape.

Abraham sacrifices Isaac

Jacopo Tintoretto

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop with a crozier as kneeling figures receive gifts from a man in a yellow cloak.

Der Heilige Nikolaus von Myra verteilt Geschenke

Watercolor study of a blue glass compote with a wide bowl, twisted stem, and ribbed foot on a cream background.

Blue Compote

Edward White, c. 1936

Ink and wash sketches: a cloaked man embracing a young woman, and a pale veiled ghost passing a dark figure.

Sketches for illustrations for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard

Albert Edelfelt, 1904

Painting of a faceted blue glass candlestick with hexagonal base and flared top on a cream background.

Candlestick

Ronau William Woiceske, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a standing footman in red and yellow livery holding a silver tray with a white cloth.

Royal footman with two empty trays

Johannes Senn, 1807

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a glass candlestick with a fish-shaped stem curling down to a square base.

Glass Candlestick

John Hall, c. 1940

Brown wash drawing of a nude man and woman seated near a tree with a serpent, while a winged demon crouches at left.

Der Sündenfall, am Baum der Erkenntnis kauert ein Dämon

Heinrich Füger

Painted study of a yellow pressed-glass candlestick with ribbed stem and hexagonal base, on cream paper.

Candlestick

John Dana, 1935/1942

Pen and wash drawing of a biblical scene in an arched interior, with embracing men, a woman in prayer and a small dog.

Die Einkehr des Tobias bei Raguël

Augustin Braun, 1610

Watercolor sketch of two standing women in green and pink robes against a blue background.

Sketch for the stained glass window Christus Resurrexit in Pori Church

Magnus Enckell, 1920

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a flared glass tumbler with thumbprint-pattern relief on a beige background.

Tumbler

Henry Moran, c. 1940

Pastel study of a young girl in a white bonnet reading a red book, face lit softly from the right.

Portrait of Berta Edelfelt, study

Albert Edelfelt, 1880

Watercolor drawing of a pale glass cracker jar with a ribbed domed lid and a dense pattern of round pressed-glass motifs.

Cracker Jar

Henry Moran, c. 1940

Pen and wash drawing of a magician's workshop with a flying figure, a scholar at a desk, a skull and a bird.

Werkstatt eines Zauberers und Sterndeuters

Johann Toussyn, 1647

Der Nörgler

Karl Wiener, 1926

Sepia drawing of two winged women with a lyre, floating on a cloud with radiating lines and script inscriptions.

De Muziek verheft de Geest

Matthias Joseph de Noël, 1792

Pencil and wash drawing of armed guard, seated and standing men, women, child and dog in an interior, 1848.

"Der oberste Gerichtshof in Wien. im Jahr 1848." (Karikatur zur Revolution 1848)

Ludwig Freiherr von Pereira-Arnstein, 1848

Pen and ink drawing of a boy in a leaf and acorn costume with black breeches, standing before a black circle.

Jongen in kostuum van bladeren en eikels

Jony, 1875

Ink drawing of a startled girl in a polka dot dress recoiling from a large balloon held by a man in a dark suit.

Meisje schrikt van een ballon

Jony, 1875

Ink drawing of two girls playing with dolls on a rug beside a pram, with a woman in a dark dress under an arch.

Twee meisjes spelen met poppen

Jony, 1875

Watercolor interior with wooden ceiling beams, tall stone columns, arched openings and a balustrade, drawn in grey and brown

Room with Vaults and Columns

Aron Wallick, 1808