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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical acanthus scroll ornament with small animals and birds among the leaves.

Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds

Giulio Romano, 1540

Watercolor drawing of a bearded herald in a heraldic tabard with coats of arms, holding a staff and a rolled document.

Herald

Nicolaes de Kemp, 1590

Pen and wash drawing of a classical female statue with liberty cap on a fluted column, enclosed by an iron railing.

Vrijheidsmonument op de Neude te Utrecht, 1798

Willem Rutgaert van der Wall, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of Moses striking water from a rock as a crowd of people drink and gather vessels nearby.

Moses Striking Water from the Rock

Attributed to Crispin van den Broeck, n.d.

Grey ink drawing of ancient Roman tombs with large inscribed urns, carved reliefs and trees against a pale sky.

Stage Design, Ancient Roman Tombs

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Grey ink and wash drawing of an imagined oriental town with tall temple towers, terraces, pavilions and distant mountains.

Stage Design, Oriental Town

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Pencil sketch of an alpine valley with snowy peaks, meadows, trees and small farmhouses, inscribed Berchtesgaden.

Near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink drawing of a young man asleep with his face in his arms on an open book at a desk.

"Tuo tyly veli, kädet kasvoillaan". Originaalipiirustus Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain kuvitukseen

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Head of a Horse

Edgar Degas, ca. 1878

Grey wash drawing of a circular interior with a ring of columns, arched niches and a coffered ceiling.

Stage Design, Interior of Circular Building

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Loose oil sketch of a snowy winter landscape at sunset with dark clouds, a wooded knoll, and glowing distant hills.

Winter Landscape at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Ink and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a scrolling handle, two putti, fruit garlands and swags.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of a sky over low hills with handwritten colour notes and a date along the bottom edge.

Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two mountain peaks above rolling hills and trees, with handwritten place notes along the bottom edge.

Welch Mountain in Waterville and Thornton, New Hampshire, from Sandwich Notch Road, Campton

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Watercolor of a river reflecting pale cliffs and a red-capped rock formation, with cottonwood trees on the left bank.

Green River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs with horizontal rock strata and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Straits of Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of clouds over a sea horizon and rocky shore, with handwritten colour notes on grey paper.

Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated woman in an off-shoulder dress, with studies of hands, a quill and an open book.

Study of Woman for "Philosophy and Christian Art"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of five icebergs on a horizon line, with white highlights and handwritten dates July 5th and July 6th.

Five Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and grey wash drawing of two winged female figures flanking an oval cartouche above clouds, one playing a trumpet.

The coat of arms of a prelate

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed figure reading a book on clouds, with two winged angels holding palm fronds.

St. Paul in the Clouds with Angels and Palms

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of a landscape with ruins, a palm tree and a standing figure, set within an ornate decorative frame

Study for The Fleece of Gideon, Plate 375, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pencil sketch of a rocky plain with boulders, a lone tree, and distant mountains, with handwritten colour notes.

Mountainous Landscape with Boulders, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Brown and grey wash drawing of a moonlit sky over a cottage and rocks, with two figures walking across a dark field.

Moonlight

Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Trinity above apostles Peter and Paul, with angels, a cross, and clouds.

The Trinity and the Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1770

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a graveyard with tombstones, a pond with reeds, and a church spire under cloudy sky.

Graveyard

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Pencil sketch of a seated man on a boat deck beside a mast, with sea and rigging sketched in the background.

Man on Deck with Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of three ornamental pillar capitals with rams, a mask, scrolls, and a griffin-like figure.

Three capitals of pillars, with alternative suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

Oscar Kleineh

Severin Falkman, 1860

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with a central archer goddess, putti, urns, and rococo scrollwork in red and blue.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Hubert François Gravelot, 1740

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of tree roots, branches, wispy clouds and wildflowers on tan paper, by Frederic Edwin Chur

The Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tall trees on a riverbank with rocky cliffs and distant hills receding to the right.

Le Martinet near Montpellier

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1836