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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pen and ink sketch of a lunette with two reclining figures flanking a standing draped figure, labeled Apollo Mnemosyne Giove.

Design for Lunette with Apollo, Mnemosyne and Jove

Felice Giani, 1810

Black ink thistle plant with spiky flower heads wrapped around a large serif letter K on a tan panel.

Kuningas-runon alkukirjain K

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a peach sunset sky, with a small ice flower splash at left.

Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink sketch of a caricatured clown with spiky hair, a large ruffled collar and outstretched arms, on pale paper.

The Clown: M. Joret

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1885

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside town with a church tower, houses, trees, a small boat and rocky foreground.

Town view with houses and church by a river. Ancient Rome

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Pencil sketch sheet with a reclining bull, a bull's head, a tree stump, a rock, and dated handwritten notes.

Bull and Landscape Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painted view of a green alpine lake with a rowboat at lower left, framed by forested mountains and rocky cliffs.

Alpine Lake, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of a woman walking a cow along a road lined with bare trees, with a village in the distance.

Vrouw met koe lopend langs de Leidsevaart

Elias Stark, 1859

Watercolor of a canal bridge and gabled houses with figures on the quay and a moored boat.

Gezicht op de Leprozengracht

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure with curly hair standing before classical arches and architecture, with small figures in

Saint Sebastian

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil design drawing of an ornamental ship stern with columns, rope garlands and floral wreaths on tan paper.

Ontwerp voor de spiegel van het fregat Delta

A.J. Schouten, 1839

Pen drawing of a ship's bow with curved planking, scroll ornament, bowsprit and square gunport, by A.J. Schouten, 1839.

Ontwerp voor de versiering van de boeg van het fregat Delta

A.J. Schouten, 1839

Pencil design of a ship stern ornament with rope border, vine pilasters, star rosettes and the word DELTA.

Ontwerp voor de decoratie van de spiegel van het fregat Broedertrouw

A.J. Schouten, 1837

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs and rolling hills in a canyon landscape, with a handwritten note in the lower right.

Canyon and Cliffs, Palestine or Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of a ship's bow with a carved bearded figurehead holding a staff and a small bird ornament.

Ontwerp voor een boegbeeld voor het fregat Osiris

A.J. Schouten, 1841

Pencil design drawing of an ornate curved mirror frame with floral panels, sunburst crest and ribbon bows on a pedestal.

Ontwerp voor de decoratie van de spiegel van het fregat Osiris

A.J. Schouten, 1841

Pen and grey wash design for a classical wall with columns, a central arched door and Charitas inscription.

Ontwerp voor een wanddecoratie met symbolen van Caritas (deugd)

A.J. Schouten, 1775

Pen and ink drawing of tied flags with a large letter N, a crowned monogram, and a laurel sprig at the base.

Hurtti ukko-runon alkukirjain N

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Design elevation of a wall with blue and pink marbled Corinthian columns, gilded capitals and arched niches.

Ontwerp voor een wanddecoratie met gemarmerde Korinthische zuilen

A.J. Schouten, 1775

Pen and wash design of a classical wall elevation with pilasters, Corinthian capitals and palm-motif panels.

Ontwerp voor een wanddecoratie

A.J. Schouten, 1775

Watercolor elevation of a domed neoclassical oratory with a Corinthian portico and flanking pavilions under a blue sky.

Design for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1810

Pencil drawing of a corner of old gabled houses with chimneys, a cobbled street and an iron railing by Tinus de Jongh, 1916.

Gezicht op de Krom Boomssloot, hoek Korte Dijkstraat

Tinus de Jongh, 1916

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornate gateway, church spire, market stall and figures in an Amsterdam-style street scene.

Gezicht op de poort aan het Zuiderkerkhof te Amsterdam

Carel Lodewijk Hansen, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate organ design with pipes, draped swags, cherubs and a finial on top.

Design for an Organ

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Chalk drawing of a plaster male head with curly hair on a decorated pedestal, against a grey background.

Akatemiaharjoitelma ; Miehen pää, kipsivalos

Arvid Liljelund, 1867

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and an elevated plain with handwritten annotations and numbered features.

View of an Elevated Plain from Mojarras, Colombia, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of three sailing boats: a schooner on calm water, a small sloop, and a grounded boat on rocks.

Three Sketches of Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil and white chalk sketches of four sloops on tan paper, one with a bright sail and reflection.

Four Sketches of Sloops

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges with a handwritten note reading Brownish warm gray stripes at top left.

Landscape Study, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a desert waterhole with horsemen, trees, and a distant mesa under a cloudy sky.

Waterhole in the Desert, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Red chalk design for a symmetrical decorative panel with draped nymphs, garlands, scrolls and a flaming urn.

Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil sketch of a towered Gothic Revival building among trees, with a tall bare trunk on the right.

View of Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880