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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Painted landscape of a hillside forest in autumn, with orange and yellow trees, bare trunks, and a grassy meadow below.

Autumn Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a sleeping girl in white on a floor, with a bearded man in a doorway and a chair in the room.

Slapend meisje op een vloer

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1905

Pencil sketch of the old town of Visp with a church spire, stepped-gable houses, a bell tower and mountains behind.

Old Town of Visp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor and pen sketch of women in bonnets and long dresses seated on a beach with a child in a red plaid dress.

On the Beach

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1865

Grey wash drawing of a young man reading aloud to a reclining woman on a daybed, with a windmill seen through a window.

Jongeman leest meisje voor

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1905

Pencil and wash sketch of a uniformed mounted cavalryman in a kepi cap beside a horse, with a second figure at upper right.

Mounted Cavalryman

Winslow Homer, 1860

Oil sketch of a large pale iceberg on dark sea under gray clouds, with smaller icebergs in the foreground.

Icebergs at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Drawing of three studied hands above a young girl's bust, her arms resting on a plate, in graphite and white chalk.

Studies of Hands and the Bust of a Young Girl Holding a Plate

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca.1801-03

Ink and wash elevation of a bed alcove with Corinthian columns, draped canopy, balustrade and paneled walls.

Bed Alcove for the Duc d'Orléans, Palais Royal, Paris, France

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tiered sepulchral monument with an urn top, medallion portrait and figures, under trees.

Sepulchral Monument for Poet Pietro Chiari

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink landscape of trees and a road leading to a hilltop town with a dome.

Road Leading to a Mountainous Town

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pencil sketch of a tall vase decorated with small struggling figures, mounted on grey card with a label reading Vase.

Vaas met figuren

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Ink drawing of a man and a bobbed-hair woman in pleated dress walking together under an archway.

Flirt

Karl Wiener, 1933

Grey ink drawing of an ornate vase with a lattice pattern and a horse and rider scene on its body.

Vaas met ruiter

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate vase with scrolled handles and a small scene of figures in the upper body.

Vaas met figuren op een toneel

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a multi-story mansion facade with arcaded tiers, columns and a row of small figures o

Central Section of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink drawing of a shell-shaped vase with a spiral body and curled spout, mounted on a cream sheet labelled Vase.

Schelpvormige kan

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Ink sketch of a tall vase with branches, leaves and berries over the rim, mounted on a blue-grey card.

Vaas met figuren en takken

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Ink drawing of an ornate vase with a small figure pointing at the letters ABCD, with seated figures below.

Vaas met figuren waarvan er een de letters ABCD schildert

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Oil sketch of tree trunks, a clinging epiphyte and rocks in dense jungle undergrowth, inscribed Jamaica.

Trees in the Jungle Interior, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a boy playing a double bass inside a vase outline, with musical staff lines and small animal figures.

Twee vazen, de grootste met een basspelend jongetje

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman, a mother with a reclining infant, and a small head study on paper.

Seated Woman, Mother and Child

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Ink and pencil sketch of a footed vase with a tall figural handle, drawn on beige paper.

Kan met oor in de vorm van een figuur

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Grey wash sketch of an ornate vase with a decorated frieze and a figural scene on its body, signed in the lower right.

Vaas met toneel

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate vase with the letters RPOM and a small figure striking an anvil on its body.

Vaas met figuur die op een aambeeld slaat en het opschrift: RPOM

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Pencil sketch of a basin on a pedestal supported by a dancing female figure, with a smaller figure at right.

Bekken op hermvoet met dansende figuur

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Pencil sketch of an ornate basin held up by two putti beside a fluted column with scrolled capital.

Bekken met twee jongetjes

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of a domed columned altar canopy topped with a statue and figures, by Giuseppe Barberi, 1780.

Design for an Altar

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Oil sketch of a rain-filled mountain valley under dark storm clouds, with brown hills and scattered trees.

Storm in the Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of mythological figures battling winged sea monsters in two horizontal friezes, by Felice Giani, 1800.

Triton Combats Sea Monster

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil drawing of two angular faces against a sunlit sky with a city skyline and a tree, dated 1943.

Flucht aus der Zeit

Karl Wiener, 1943

Model Study for A Girl Shelling Peas

Alexander Lauréus