New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain ridge with layered distant peaks and handwritten notes on the slope.

View from Shoulder of Mount Chocorua

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of an ornate bay window with a pointed roof beside an arched doorway on tan paper.

Bay window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical temple interiors, a winged trumpeter, architectural plans, and figures in a garden.

Interior of Temple of Glory and Figured Details

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen drawing of a man in mid-stride running along a pavement beside a shaded wall, arms outstretched, by Karl Wiener.

Flucht

Karl Wiener, 1939

Three men in Swiss peasant dress beside a barrel in front of a thatched half-timbered house, hand-coloured print.

Drie mannen in Zwitserse kleding voor een huis

J.A. Zoutman, 1795

Pencil sketchbook spread with ornamental scrollwork, a small standing figure, and handwritten notes on an open page.

Details en versieringen van drinkvat van koning van Kandy

Jan Brandes, 1786

Grey wash drawing of an ornate lobed pedestal stand with scrollwork decoration, on a sketchbook page.

Voet van drinkvat van koning van Candi

Jan Brandes, 1786

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling king before a smoking incense burner and a classical statue, with women praying behind.

De afgoderij van Salomo

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff with a small tower above a river, boulders in the foreground, and a distant treeline.

Horseshoe Falls from the American Bank, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Drawing of two hands gripping a staff, rendered in chalk and white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Studie van twee handen die een staf omklemmen

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Studieblad met tien koppen

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man pointing at a turbaned seated king in an ornate draped interior with a harp.

David en Nathan

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Ink study sheet with many sketched human figures in varied poses, reclining and kneeling, drawn in loose strokes.

Studieblad met menselijke figuren

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Pencil sketch of a brook flowing beside two leafy trees and grassy banks, drawn in soft graphite tones.

Brook and Trees

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a woman in an Egyptian-style interior reaching toward kneeling men, with hieroglyphs carved on the wall

Jozef door zijn broers herkend

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Grey wash drawing of an old bearded man in bed blessing two kneeling boys, with a standing woman and a canopy bed.

Jakob zegent Manasse en Efraïm

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Grey wash drawing of a woman cutting a seated man's hair while a helmeted soldier watches from an archway.

Samson en Delila

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Grey wash drawing of tall sailing ships on the sea, with two men seated on an overturned boat in the foreground.

Zeegezicht

Jacobus Buys, 1780

Charcoal drawing of a swirling cloud over rooftops and chimneys, signed Karl Wiener.

Föhnwolke

Karl Wiener, 1931

Grey wash drawing of an interior with a seated woman in a plumed hat, a standing young man, and a bearded clergyman.

Interieur met geestelijke, dame en jongeman

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Grey wash drawing of two women on a shore beside a beached sailboat, with other sailboats and a village church in the distanc

Strand met twee dames

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Grey wash drawing of two women seated by a stone tomb with an urn, under a weeping willow and a crescent moon.

Twee dames zittend bij een graftombe

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Sepia drawing of a canal with arched buildings and water wheels beside a Gothic arcade with figures and a cart.

Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Sculpture; Verso: Geometric Designs

Felice Giani, 1810

Pale ochre landscape with a winding water channel, scattered shrubs, and purple mountains under a pink sky.

View from Olana, Southwest Across the Hudson Valley

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketches of trees with handwritten notes on foliage, bark and a monkey on a branch, on grey paper.

Botanical Studies, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor design with a column, oval monogram cartouche, pink roses and floral garlands on a pale ground.

Design for the Embroidery of the Right Top Part of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil front elevation drawing of a domed classical library museum with columns, arched niches, sculptures and ornamental doo

Front Elevation, Proposed Library Museum for J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., New York

Whitney Warren Jr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a wooded Jamaican valley with rolling hills, tropical trees, banana plants and distant mountains.

Wooded Vale, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a stage set with classical monuments, a triumphal arch, and a tall column along a paved avenue.

Stage Design, Group of Antique Monuments

Angelo Toselli, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled trees and rocky ground with handwritten notes about leaves, mosses and airplants.

Trees and Rocks on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador, near Chimborazo

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two sailboats on water at the center of a pale cream sheet, with faint smudges across the page.

Sailboats

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a rocky coastline with pine trees, a small cabin, driftwood, and cliffs under clouds.

Long's Eddy at William Cronk's, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850