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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pastel sketch of a lakeside scene with a woman in red standing on a sandy bank beside pine trees and blue water.

Sarvikallio, sketch

Eero Järnefelt, 1910

Resting Greyhound, Turned Left

Ludolf de Jongh, 1644

Black chalk drawing of a standing greyhound facing left, with white highlights on buff paper.

Standing Greyhound, Facing Left

Ludolf de Jongh, 1644

Drawing of a seated greyhound seen from behind, head turned right, tail curling at the bottom, in grey chalk with white highl

Seated Greyhound, Seen from Behind

Ludolf de Jongh, 1644

Oil study of two tree trunks on a forest floor, one pale and lichen-spotted, with a hazy green hillside behind.

Tree Trunk, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with short hair and mustache, looking sideways, with the handwritten word Gomårron below.

Omakuva allekirjoituksella: Gomårron!

Albert Edelfelt

Watercolor sketch of two angels flying within an arched frame against a blue-grey sky, with cherub heads in the corners.

Composition with two trumpet-blowing angels above the globe

Karl Isakson, 1895

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated dog with a separate study of a dog's head on grey paper.

Een zittende hond en de kop van een hond

Ludolf de Jongh, 1644

Brown wash drawing of neoclassical mantelpiece designs with caryatid, sphinx, urn, garlands and carved medallions.

Designs for a Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Black chalk drawing of a sleeping dog lying on the ground with its head resting on its paws.

Een slapende hond

Frans Snyders, 1589

Pencil drawing of a domed tower beside gabled houses and moored boats along a waterfront.

Gezicht op de Haringpakkerstoren

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Black chalk drawing of a greyhound seated and biting at its hind leg, with light highlights on grey paper.

Sitting Greyhound Biting its Hind Leg

Ludolf de Jongh, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of a standing woman beside baskets of grapes, melon and fruit, with fruit studies below.

Vrouw staande naast een uitstalling van fruit

Frans Snyders, 1589

Graphite drawing of a running dog with open mouth and collar, with faint studies of legs on cream paper.

Running Dog / Verso: Fragment of a Study, Probably of an Animal

Ludolf de Jongh, 1644

Pen and wash drawing of the Judgment of Solomon: a soldier raises a sword as a kneeling woman pleads beside a seated king.

Oordeel van Salomo

Theodoor van Thulden, 1616

Pencil drawing of the Virgin seated with a halo, holding the standing infant Christ on her lap, with shaded drapery.

The Virgin with the Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Grey wash drawing of sailors in a boat opening a sack while onlookers watch, by Theodoor van Thulden, 1631.

De metgezellen van Odysseus maken de zak open waarin Aeolus de winden besloten had

Theodoor van Thulden, 1631

Pencil sketch of conifers along a wooded shoreline with a tall pine at right and handwritten date in lower right.

Wooded Shoreline, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a tomb design with a reclining effigy, a winged figure above, and a putto in an architectural niche.

Ontwerp voor een grafmonument met een gisant

Pieter Verbruggen, 1619

Pencil sketch of the leaning tower of Pisa with trees and small figures below, inscribed 'Pisa après imagination de moi'.

Pisan kellotorni

Brown wash drawing of a symmetrical interior wall with three arches, Corinthian columns, statues and relief panels.

Design for Salon Entrance Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled tree roots and branches spreading across pale paper, with a handwritten date in the upper right corn

Tree Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor of a whitewashed house with a red roof, a large tree, a woman with a basket, and mountains behind.

Huis in een berglandschap

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff at left and a jagged mountain ridge with rolling hills at right, on pale paper.

Mountain Sketches

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor winter landscape with snowy farmhouse, two windmills, bare trees, a cart on a road, and cloudy sky.

Winterlandschap met boerderijen en molens

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Ink and pencil sketch of two dancing women in loose gestural poses, with a small scene sketched at the right edge.

Study for a dancing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Watercolor of a lakeside village with a sailboat, wooded hills, a ruined tower on the left, and distant blue mountains under

Dorp aan een meer in een berglandschap

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Watercolor of a shepherd resting with sheep and goats on a hillside under dramatic clouds at sunset, with a farmhouse in the

Herder en schapen in een landschap bij zonsondergang

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Watercolor of a mountain landscape with a half-timbered house, a horse-drawn cart, and a small figure beneath cloudy skies.

Berglandschap met een wagen bij een huis

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Watercolor of a river bank with a tower, church spire, sailing boat and figures under a pale sky.

Gezicht op een rivieroever met toren en kerk

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Pen and brown wash elevation drawing of a church facade with columns, pediment, cross, statues and an arched window.

Elevation of a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Brown ink drawing of two putti among acanthus scrolls and a large flower within a ruled border, by Francesco Bedeschini.

One of a set of projects for a title page and the decoration of a horizontal panel

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690