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Drawings & Sketches

79,489 works

Watercolor interior: a man in a lilac coat crowns a seated man in black with a laurel wreath, beside bookshelves and a bust.

Die Gabe für sich einzunehmen oder Artour von Montpensier

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1843

Ink drawing of a kneeling kabuki-style figure gripping a long sword, with a second sword at the waist, on cream paper.

The Actor Danjuro as Shibaraku

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Three gray and white birds fly low over stylized rolling waves under a muted, overcast sky in a soft wash drawing.

Chidori Birds

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pen and ink sketch of a boy in a cap pulling a wheeled sign reading A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year from the Abbeys.

Sketch for a greeting card: A Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year from M.G. and E.A. Abbey. Boy with loaded wheelbarrow

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey ink wash drawing of a tortoise hanging from a thin string against a pale paper background.

Tortoise Suspended By String

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pencil sketch of a rural landscape with a wooded hill, trees in the foreground, fields, and a distant village.

Landscape from Hauho

Fanny Churberg, 1880

Hand-colored drawing of a armored warrior with swords standing over a fanged pink sea creature against a pale background.

Okijiro Hironari

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Charcoal drawing of two seated figures in a café interior beside a tall window with curtains and a shelf at left.

At the Café de la Rotonde

Ester Helenius, 1920

Ink drawing of a wrathful deity face with curled hair, lotus crown, bared fangs and a braided lock.

Mask of Fudō Myōō

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Red and black ink drawing of the bearded Buddhist figure Daruma with open mouth, striped red robe, and raised hand.

Daruma (Buddhist Saint)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Der Kopf des jugendlichen Schiller, im Profil nach rechts, zweimal nebeneinander

Moritz von Schwind, 1846

Watercolor of four woven binding tapes in brown, blue, red and cream stripes and herringbone patterns on a pale background.

Shaker Rug Binding Tapes

Helen Dana, c. 1937

Watercolor of a resting giraffe in a wooden interior with two seated men, one smoking a pipe beside a brazier.

Die Girafe in Ruhe am Morgen des Rast-Tages in der Remise zu Groß Höflein mit dem Araber Pazi Alli Serobary u. dem K.…

Eduard Gurk, 1828

Drawing of a dark pheasant with a red face patch and long tail, with a green snake coiled around its body and tail.

Pheasant and Snake

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Sheet of studies of cricket players

Edwin Austin Abbey

Self-Portrait

Fanny Churberg, 1870

Ink drawing of a woman carrying a child on her back, with a second child holding her hand and carrying a box.

Mother and Children in Summer Night

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a woman in a headscarf and shawl, looking intently at the viewer, on tan paper.

Study of a woman's head

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1869

Ink sketch of an elderly bald man in a loose robe leaning on a walking stick, with red underdrawing and paper overlays.

Sketch for a woodblock print

Katsushika Hokusai

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a standing nude male model seen from behind, head bowed, against a shaded wall.

Model Study

Ink drawing of a snarling nine-tailed fox yokai with clawed paws and a fan of bushy tails, with Japanese text at upper right.

Nine-Tailed Golden Fox

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Hand-colored drawing of a woman in flowing robes playing a long-necked lute, with red ribbons and floral hair ornament.

Benten (Goddess of Love)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing with red accents of smiling Ebisu holding a fishing rod and a large fish, standing on waves.

Ebisu (God of Luck, Protector of Merchants)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Painted study of a tin sausage stuffer with a tapered spout beside a carved wooden plunger on a pale background.

Sausage Stuffer and Funnel

Albert Rudin, 1940

Pencil sketch of an interior with a seated woman by a window, a standing figure, and a piano at right.

Study for An Old Song(?) (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of a grey tawashi scrubber with two small spiral snails beside it on pale paper.

Snails and Tawashi Scrubber

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of robed men, horses and shields in a landscape, with a kneeling man at left and a standing turbane

The baptism of the eunuch

Franz Werner Tamm, 1672

Pen drawing of men hauling ropes beside a large striped swing, with a seated rider suspended on a wooden frame outdoors.

"Die große "Hutschen""

Felician von Myrbach-Rheinfeld, 1895

Ink sketch of a man in a fur-trimmed hat and layered robes, one arm raised, in a lively pose on paper.

Fan Peddler

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pencil sketch of a crested bird holding a flower above a reclining lion and scroll motifs on cream paper.

Unidentified decorative details

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and brown ink drawing of four standing figures in turbans and flowing robes, grouped closely together.

Gruppe von vier Stehenden

Pen drawing of a bearded man playing a kantele beside a bird in trees, with ornate title lettering above.

Väinämöinen Tunes his Kantele

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1860