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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil and white chalk sketch on tan paper showing figures on a bridge, including leaning men and women in bonnets.

Silhouettes on the Bridge

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pastel portrait of a young woman with feathered headdress, jeweled headband, quiver of arrows and pink sash against grey back

Personification of America

Rosalba Carriera, 1720

Winter forest scene with branches heavy under snow, pale blue-grey tones and reddish pine trunks.

Winter, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1902

Pale watercolor sketch of Granada with terracotta rooftops, cypress trees, a stone wall, and small figures on a path.

Granada

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Ink drawing of a curved sabre and a dark military cap with a pale badge, with wisps of smoke rising from it.

Luutnantti Ziden-runon loppuvinjetti

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pencil study of architectural moldings labeled capital, base, basecourse and stringcourse from Lavercost Priory Church.

Lavercost Priory Church

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design elevation of an interior wall with two arched niches holding gilded seated figures and a central grey urn.

Design for Entrance Hall, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil and charcoal sketch of a standing figure with raised arm above a crowd, a design for a segmented stained glass window.

Luonnos Pohjanmaan museon vapaussodan muistohallissa olevaa Isänmaa -nimistä lasimaalausta varten (?)

Henry Ericsson, 1930

Brown ink and wash design drawing of concentric ornamental bands, knotwork, and oval cartouches for a silver bowl or plate.

Design for a Gilded Silver Bowl or Plate

Erasmus Hornick, Flemish, died, 1540

Pen and ink drawing of an overgrown stone wall with trees and grasses behind it and a distant headstone.

Corner Confederate Burying Ground

Harry Fenn, 1880

Lot's Daughters Fleeing Sodom

Lucas Vorsterman, 1615/20

Cross-section drawing of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique showing tiered balconies, a domed roof truss, and labeled rooms.

Cross-section of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique in Paris

Jacques Ignace Hittorff, 1820

Watercolor of sweet pea flowers in pink, cream and maroon with green vines and tendrils on a pale cream background.

Sweet Peas

Henrietta Benson Homer, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man comforted by an angel, with a winged angel holding a cross above and sleeping

Christ in the Garden of Olives

Gerard van Honthorst, 1615/35

Pen and ink drawing of a battlefield with charging soldiers, artillery guns, cavalry, and smoke over a wide open field.

Capture of Guns and Destruction of a Confederate Wagon Train

Alfred Waud, 1880

Watercolor ornament design with two decorative panels of cameo medallions flanking a central pedestal with a cherub.

Ornament Design, Altar Dedicated to Mars between Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Pencil drawing of architectural stone moldings, cornices, bases and abacus capitals labeled Auxerre, on cream paper.

Architectural Details of Stonework - Auxerre

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor drawing of the Arch of Severus in the Roman Forum with ruined columns, a bell tower and small figures.

View of the Roman Forum, With the Arch of Severus in the Foreground

William Hadfield, 1770

Grey watercolor design of a two-armed candelabrum with ornamented stem and stepped base, signed Anna de Pool.

Design for a Candelabrum

Anna M. de Pool, 1880

Red chalk drawing of two classical urns, one with scrolled handles on a pedestal, the other lyre-shaped, on cream paper.

Two urns

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor of a Gothic church tower with a spire and adjoining rooftops under a cloudy sky.

Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Watercolor of a gallery with blue lattice wall panels, pink pilasters, a painted wooden ceiling, and an arched doorway at the

Gallery, possibly the Glass Passage, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor drawing of a theatre interior with red stage curtains, chandelier, seating rows and painted forest scenery on the

Interieur van de Schouwburg van Lier

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1892

Pencil drawing of a gnarled tree growing from a large boulder beside a flat landscape with distant trees and water.

Suomalainen maisema

Fanny Churberg, 1880

Pen drawing of four nude female figures seen from behind, with an angel, a standing robed figure and a swimming woman above.

Four Studies of a Female Nude, an Annunciation and Two Studies of a Woman Swimming

Pisanello, 1425

Pencil and ink decorative border design with geometric motifs, light bulbs, and a central panel of signatures.

Decoratieve omlijsting met gloeilampen, in het midden handtekeningen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Grey wash design drawing of a white cross surrounded by scrolling ribbons, clouds and radiating lines within a rectangular fr

Ontwerp met een kruis

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Graph paper design with Dutch text in a rectangular border around the year 1942, drawn as a sketch for an ex libris.

Ontwerp met tekst in rand, voor een ex libris

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Ink drawing of a dark stylized foliage ornament with rosebuds in a pencil-outlined panel, with handwritten Dutch notes below.

Ontwerp voor tininleg voor een paneel

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Twee jongens in een schoolbank

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Schoolklas

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil sketch of a winged putto leaning on a pedestal, with faint architectural lines around it on tan paper.

Sketch of Genius for "Tradition"

Kenyon Cox, 1910