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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil sketch of a bark-covered wigwam with a dark entrance, a smaller wigwam at left, and bare branches around it.

Wigwam, Niagara Falls

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a woman riding a many-headed beast under an arched frame, with a small portrait head below.

Portto ratsastaa seitsenpäisellä eläimellä, toteuttamaton luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalaukseen

Brown ink landscape of two cattle and a goat by a cliff, with a resting shepherd in the foreground and a distant town.

Landscape with Cattle, a Goat, and a Resting Shepherd

the elder Palmieri Pietro, 1774

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a hat and gown beside a chair, within a decorative rectangular border.

Sarah Bernhardt

Alphonse Mucha, c. 1898

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree with a dense canopy on a cream sheet, with faint background strokes.

Tree

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a plain with scattered trees and distant mountain peaks on a tan paper, by Thomas Moran.

The Tetons, Shown from the Plain

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch of a seated man in an interior with a draped curtain, on a sheet with faint handwritten notes.

Portrait Sketch

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a church with a domed tower among trees and shrubs on a hill, with handwritten color notes.

Church on a Wooded Hill, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman on clouds with two winged putti holding inscribed tablets, within an oval frame.

Personification of Theology, After Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Three-panel gouache design for a stained glass window with Christ, angels, a tree of life and scenes of judgment.

Sketch for the chancel stained glass window in Turku Cathedral

Magnus Enckell, 1923

Pencil sketch of an ornate Venetian balcony with an arched doorway and decorated facade on pale paper.

Balcony

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Virgin standing on a crescent moon with cherubs, clouds, and a dove above.

The Immaculate Conception

Jusepe de Ribera, 1650

Pen and ink sketch of a bent working man in a wide-brimmed hat reaching into a basket beside him.

Working Peasant

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil sketch of a garden with a leafy tree in front of a house with chimneys and a window.

Garden

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Two stacked ink and brown wash sketches of a city square with a fountain, statue, and arcaded classical buildings.

Stage design for a Square with Fountain

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical doorway with a pediment, cartouche, inscription, and rusticated stone wall.

Doorway in a Benedictince abbey

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a classical tomb carving with pediment, wreath and urn reliefs, labeled Museum at Athens.

Tomb Carving from the Museum at Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch with white highlights of a lake framed by steep mountain slopes and a distant peak.

Obersee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Chalk drawing on brown paper of a young woman with bowed head, dark hair, and white lace collar.

The Artist's Wife Sophie

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of a deep valley with layered cliffs, a winding stream and distant hills under a pale sky.

Valley of the Yemen, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of craggy alpine peaks above a lake shore with sparse trees, inscribed Gosau at lower right.

Alps over Hinterer Gosausee, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of an emperor in hussar uniform receiving five officers in an ornate interior room.

"Empfang der Honvéd-Deputation durch Kaiser Franz Josef zu Ofen im Dez. 68." (Der Kaiser in Husarenuniform, an einen…

Vinzenz Katzler, 1868

Graphite study of a seated female figure holding an electric light globe, with grid lines and architectural notes.

The Electric Light, Study for Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Watercolor of Taormina's ancient theater ruins with figures and Mount Etna rising in the background under a pale sky.

The Ancient Theater at Taormina with a View of Mount Etna, Study for Saint Non's Voyage Pittoresque de Naples et de S…

Louis-François Cassas, 1783

Watercolor design of a courtroom entrance with double doors, a seated female figure in an arched niche, and two cherubs.

Design for the Entrance Wall of a Courtroom

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of soldiers and tents in an army encampment, with tree branches in the foreground.

Army Encampment

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical palace elevation with a central dome, surrounded by column and window studies with

Elevation of Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil sketch on tan paper of two evergreen trees and a drooping conifer branch study with handwritten notes.

Sketch of Evergreens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of waves and a sailboat on a stormy sea, with handwritten color notes at the top.

Combers in a Stormy Sea

Winslow Homer, 1890

Graphite study of a standing nude male figure with one arm raised over his head, drawn over a faint grid.

Study for "Commerce," "The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education" State Capitol, Des Moines, IA

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a large century plant with spiky green leaves and small yellow flowers against a dim brown background of shrubs.

Century Plant, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a columned mortuary hall labeled Leichenhalle, with a crowd of small figures on the steps and an arched colo

"Ende des Lebens" (Leichenhalle)

Karl Wiener, 1942