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Drawings & Sketches

79,593 works

Watercolor of a mountain valley with a stream, rocky banks, grassy patches, and sunlit peaks under a blue sky.

Mountain Landscape

François-Louis Français, 1865

Watercolor of a sunlit stream through a dense forest, with boulders, tall trees and two small figures by the water.

A Stream through a Dense Forest

François-Louis Français, 1884

Watercolor of a woman in a white hat standing on paving stone barricade, surrounded by a crowd with tools and a flag under a

Die Carolinen Baricade

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Kopf eines alten Mannes im Dreiviertelprofil nach links

Hendrick Goltzius

Fan-shaped painting of yellow poppies and red flowers in a green vase on a gray-blue ground.

Fan with Poppies

Henri Charles Guérard, 1890

Charcoal drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf handing a glass across a tavern table to a standing young man.

"Ja saapunehelle Lotta se nyt täpötäytehen soi pikarin", Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain kuvitusta

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Brown wash drawing of two glazed wooden sheds beside overgrown shrubs, with a fence and steps at the right.

Shacks and Shrubs

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal sketch of a river crossing with a rowboat, low sheds on a grassy bank, two figures, and open sky.

Old Crossing, Otter Tail River

Homer Dodge Martin, 1871

Pencil sketch of hazy mountains and rolling hills with pine trees and rocks in the foreground.

Raven Hill

Homer Dodge Martin, 1868

Watercolor landscape of a valley with red-roofed farm buildings, grazing horses, and a woman and child on a path.

A View near Greis Mill in the Area

Søren L. Lange, 1821

Watercolor panorama of a farmstead with buildings, fields, tents, oxcart and livestock beneath mountains and clouds.

Kweekvlei,the stock-farm of the widow of Zacharias de Beer, east of the Gamka river

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Watercolour landscape of a wide river winding through hills, with rocky ground and shrubs in the foreground.

The confluence of the Caledon and Orange Rivers, seen from the south-west

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour of giraffes on savanna with hunters firing rifles beside a large tree, mountains in the distance.

Giraffe-hunt near the Orange River in the vicinity of the Augrabies Falls on the Orange River

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Ink drawing of a long-haired woman in a flowing robe beside a man holding a torch, with sun rays behind them.

Die Dame mit dem Fackelträger

Karl Wiener, 1941

Pencil drawing of a manor house on a rise beyond a wooden footbridge over a river, framed by pine trees.

Jokioinen Manor, original drawing for Finland Depicted in Drawings

Adolf Wilhelm Lindeström, 1843

Charcoal and red chalk study of a standing female figure with arms outstretched on blue-grey paper.

Study for "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of Upper Saranac Lake with a wooded shore, a distant mountain, and tree reflections on still water.

Upper Saranac Lake

Homer Dodge Martin, 1861

Pencil sketch of a man lying on a pillow with closed eyes, dated 1905, on a pale beige sheet.

Albert Edelfelt on His Deathbed

Eero Järnefelt, 1905

Ink drawing of a bowing man in Elizabethan dress reaching toward a standing woman in a long embroidered gown.

Gratiano: "My eyes, my lord, can look as swift as yours," from Act III, Scene ii, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Watercolor of a rosewood piano forte with brass inlay, turned fluted legs, and an open keyboard against a beige background.

Piano Forte

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1936

Standing Woman in Profile

Homer Dodge Martin

Brown ink and wash drawing of worshippers kneeling and sitting in a church interior, with women in bonnets and a crowd behind

Rukoilijoita kirkossa

Alexander Lauréus, 1818

Pencil drawing of a waterfall over rocks into a river, with a small building and dense trees along the shore.

Hudson River

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Graphite sketch of a nude female figure with arms outstretched, leaning forward, on cream paper.

Study for figure of 9 am for "The Hours" mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink floor plan of Cathédrale de Chambéry on yellowed paper, with lettered legend listing nave, chapels and bell tower.

Plan de la cathédrale de Chambéry

Joseph-Samuel Revel, 1883

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a shawl facing a bearded man in a hat, with two figures standing behind them.

Figure Scene, study for "A Castle in Spain"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil caricature of two men arguing, one in a top hat with a cane, with German captions below, framed by a gold border.

"Die Deputirten in Kremsier" (Karikatur zur Revolution 1848)

Ludwig Freiherr von Pereira-Arnstein, 1848

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden furniture panel with a sunflower and scrolling acanthus leaves in a brown frame.

Furniture Panel

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Architectural drawing of a cathedral choir showing longitudinal and cross sections and a floor plan with Gothic arches.

Chœur de la cathédrale de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (1883)

Joseph-Samuel Revel, 1883

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man's head bent forward, with flowing hair and dense cross-hatched shading.

Kopf eines bärtigen Mannes, nach vorn gebeugt

Hendrick Goltzius

Pen and watercolor sheet with three seated women, a man in a broad-brimmed hat, and caricatured heads.

Figurengruppen und Karikaturen

Colored pencil drawing of a yellow-green fire water pail with a wire handle, with measurement diagrams at upper right.

Fire Water Pail

Herbert Marsh, c. 1936