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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Watercolor of a tiger stalking toward a fallen animal across a dusky rocky plain, with a bird flying overhead.

Tiger Stalking Prey

Antoine-Louis Barye

Watercolor design for an oblong panel with an urn, scrolls, ribbons, a caduceus and floral cornucopias on a pale ground.

Project for the Decoration of an Oblong Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1780

Muted sketch of a mountain rising above a still lake with dark trees along the shore and soft clouds overhead.

Mt. Katahdin from Katahdin Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of rococo scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and a cartouche on a pale sheet.

Decoration of an Oblong Panel and an Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni

Pencil sketch of a lake with wooded shore in front and mountains behind, with a small boat on the water.

Landscape Sketch, Walker Pond, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of a skeleton in a uniform lying in tall grass with wildflowers, with handwritten text below.

"Ewiger Friede" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1943

Grey wash sketch of a donkey rider facing a lance-bearing knight on a thin horse, with a squire in the scene.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Girl Holding a Shell

Winslow Homer, 1870

Grey wash drawing of Vernal Falls cascading past a domed granite peak, with pines and a rocky stream in Yosemite.

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1900

Loose sketch of a street performer balancing on a chair with arms raised, beside a man in red leaning on a barrel.

Street Show (Paillasse) (recto); a clown playing a drum (verso)

Honoré Daumier, 1825-79

Architectural elevation drawing of a symmetrical library facade with columns, tall windows and a central entrance on tan pape

Study for the Fifth Avenue Elevation of the New York Public Library

Whitney Warren Jr, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a church facade with pediment, central urn niche, flanking statues and columns at the doorway.

Church, Monte Vergine

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Helmi Sjöstrand's Silhouette

Carl Eneas Sjöstrand, 1873

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded herm figure on a scrolled pedestal topped by an Ionic capital, with handwritten notes.

Project for a Herm

Domenico Peruzzini, 1720

Pale sketch of the American Falls at Niagara with snowy rocks, bare trees and mist, drawn in graphite and white highlights.

The American Falls in Snow, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ex libris bookplate drawing of a manor house with steep roofs and an arched gate, inscribed Exlibris Hans Müller.

"Exlibris / Hans Müller" Gutshof mit Schopfwalmdach, Gaupen und Tor mit Rundbogen

Karl Wiener, 1920

Pencil sketch of a man seated on a ship deck, head raised, with diagonal rigging lines in the upper right.

Man on a Deck Striking a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Grey wash drawing of a woodland bacchanal with satyrs, nymphs, a statue, wine jars and grapes beneath trees.

Bacchanalian Scene

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1770

Watercolor ex libris bookplate with three fish swimming under waves, labeled Ex Libris and Hilde Halosar.

"Exlibris / Hilde Halosar" "Fische"

Karl Wiener, 1920

Ink and wash design study with an octagonal central panel of classical figures and a cupid, flanked by two round roundels.

Peace, Vaulted Panel, Sala d' Onore and the Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of clouds and horizon with handwritten color notes such as smoky green, brick red, and brilliant orange.

Evening Rain over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen drawing of a tree in a meadow with an Exlibris bookplate border and decorative lettering.

"Exlibris / Karl Kihl [Kinl?)"" Baum auf einer Wiese

Karl Wiener, 1920

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornamental tablet frame with a pediment, shell motifs, urns, and a laurel wreath.

Design for the Frame of a Tablet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash design drawing of a lidded tureen with lion finial, snake handles and grapevine decoration on a footed base.

Design for a Tureen

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Ink drawing of a city street with buildings on both sides and a dark explosion of debris and smoke at the center.

Explosion

Karl Wiener, 1921

Red chalk drawing of winged old Time seated on a pedestal with putti, below an oval portrait medallion of a man.

Allegory of Time in Honor of a Painter (Claude Lorrain?)

Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi, 1675-1750

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate door knocker with acanthus scrolls, plus two rosette knob designs.

Designs for two doorknockers

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Pencil cloud study on aged paper with numbered tonal notes and handwritten annotations about grey clouds.

Clouds over Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a stylized figure with splayed legs against dark hatched background with yellow glow, captioned Expre

Expression: Komödie

Karl Wiener, 1922

Brown ink drawing with white highlights of a nude man raising a mallet over a bull, with laurel-crowned and draped figures be

Sacrifice of a Bull

Attributed to Francesco Primaticcio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior in a chariot dragging a nude body past onlookers at a city wall.

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen and brown wash drawing of a church facade with a dome, columned doorway, pediment and niche statues.

Elevation of a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800