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Drawings & Sketches

79,423 works

Painted gouache drawing of a stiff figure in a top hat and dark coat standing on a dark square base.

Hitching Post

George File, c. 1938

Two bears

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Painted study of a cast iron jockey hitching post with green jacket, red cap and raised arm holding a ring.

Cast Iron Jockey Hitching Post

Frank Gray, c. 1938

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical temple beside a waterfall, tall cypress trees, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Mountainous Landscape with Classical Temple

Pen and ink cover drawing: woman pointing to a Paris skyline as two children stand in a boat, title Helsingfors - Paris 1889.

Cover illustration for the art publication "Helsingfors - Paris 1889"

Albert Edelfelt, 1889

Pen and wash design for an oval coffered ceiling with a central medallion of mythological figures in clouds.

A Coffered Dome with Apollo and Phaeton

Felice Giani, 1787

Pencil sketch of a seated bearded king with a staff and a young woman beside him, before an arched window.

Sokea kuningas tyttärineen

Anders Ekman, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded classical academy hall with students drawing from statues and figures.

The School of Rome

Felice Giani, 1795

Pencil sketch of a dancing skeletal figure with raised arm and leg on cream paper, titled Der tanzende Tod, 1942.

Der tanzende Tod

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pencil sketch of a dancing bear on a chain facing children and a woman in a room with a doorway.

Kinder mit einem Tanzbären

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Pencil sketch of a tower and house framed by large trees, with figures walking on a lawn beside a fence.

Der Thurm von Gothenburg von Rückwärts

Nikolaus Kofler, 1819

Brown ink and wash drawing of draped allegorical figures with wings beside a stone pedestal, by Felice Giani.

Allegory of Justice

Pencil drawing of a striding giant lifting a cube above a city skyline, shaded in dark hatching.

Der Titan

Karl Wiener, 1942

Ink and wash drawing of a sacrifice scene with a bull, altar, robed onlookers, and a bearded satyr head at right.

Ancient Sacrifice and Head of a Satyr

Pencil sketch of two figures, one in a bucket hat and one in a flat cap, with handwritten text above.

Jon Ericson ja hänen morsiamensa, Meudon

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1881

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, gazing upward.

Male Nude Study

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Watercolor study of a wooden horseshoe-shaped bog shoe with leather straps and buckles, plus separate strap details below.

Bog Shoe for Horse

James Vail, c. 1936

Pencil sketch of a standing skeleton raising one arm to hold a long-handled tool, with faint guidelines around the figure.

Der Tod

Karl Wiener, 1941

Pencil sketch of a long-haired robed figure standing in a hatched interior with an arm extended to the left.

"Der Todesengel" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1935

Sepia drawing of a vaulted crypt with sarcophagi, columns, a central tomb monument and a kneeling figure in light.

A View in San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome

Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, c. 1820

Charcoal drawing of a man lying on a studio floor beside an easel, with a barred window and framed pictures on the walls.

Der tote Maler

Karl Wiener, 1926

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a standing nude young man with curly hair against a shadowed background on blue paper.

Adonis

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1810

Watercolor drawing of a four-pronged grappling hook with a looped eye, shown in brown tones on tan paper.

Grappling Hooks

Alexander Anderson, 1940

Charcoal drawing of a grimacing bald man raising a club, set against dense dark hatching.

Der Totschläger

Karl Wiener, 1930

Blue pencil sketch of a nude boy seen from behind carrying a vine over his shoulder, with a small head study below.

Köynnöstä olkapäällään kantava poika selin, harjoitelma Tampereen tuomiokirkon etelälehterin kolmatta poikaa varten

Pencil sketch of a mourning woman leaning on a staff beside a giant armored figure above a city skyline.

"Der trauernde Friede und der Krieg" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Twelve ink drawings of decorative initial letters with scenes of skiers, wolves, books and figures in arched frames.

12 alkukirjainta 12. lukuun, Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Watercolor of a hoe with a wooden handle, broad heart-shaped blade and two curved prongs on a cream background.

Hoe

George File, 1935/1942

Brown ink landscape drawing of a horse cart crossing a stone bridge, with a large tree and farm buildings beside a river.

Landschap met een kar op een stenen brug

Jan Bruyn, 1779

Night alley drawing of a barefoot young man, a black cat, bats, a full moon, and two grotesque faces in the walls.

Der Träumer

Karl Wiener, 1929

Pencil sketch of a pelican in a circle beside a watercolor panel with an orange mosaic pattern and a pearl-outlined alpha sym

Pelikaani ja alfa, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon ikkunamaalaukseen

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a cap, seated pensively beside a wooden barrel and jugs.

Russischer Bauer, sinnend bei seinen Vorräten sitzend

Wilhelm Amandus Beer