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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Ink drawing of a whip and tangled leather reins and bridle draped across a horizontal rod on tan paper.

Kuormarenki-runon alkuvinjetti

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pencil and watercolor sketch of bathers beneath an arched bridge, with blue and green foliage above.

Bathers Under a Bridge (recto); Study after Houdon's Ecorché (verso)

Paul Cézanne, 1894-98 (verso); 1900-06 (recto)

Two brown ink and wash designs of oval escutcheons with crowns, putti, laurel fronds and drapery on a pale sheet.

Escutcheons

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of a woman carrying a jug beside arched stone buildings and doorways.

Woman with a Water

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Charcoal drawing of a dark silhouetted woman in a long dress standing on a pale ground, holding a thin fishing rod.

A Woman Fishing

Georges Seurat, 1884

Pencil sketch sheet of canoes and paddlers in hats, drawn in loose studies on buff paper.

Canoeing, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a landscape with tall grasses, a small figure on a path, distant hills, and handwritten color notes.

Landscape Scene near Velletri, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged putto holding a flower wreath while flying among clouds, in a lunette shape.

Spring, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of an interior with nine figures, including a soldier in uniform, a seated bearded man, a woman with an infant,

Interiööri, jossa yhdeksän henkilöä, keskellä sotilasuniformuinen poika

Anders Ekman, 1845

Pen and watercolor drawing of a symmetrical neoclassical ceiling design with a central medallion, rosettes and garlands.

Drawings for Ceilings and Wall Elevations

James Wyatt, ca. 1768-1800

Pencil sketch on tan paper of rigging lines and a ship's bell form, with handwritten notes Right and Green at upper right.

Sketch of a Boat Deck and a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch of a river valley with rocks, trees and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Ammonoosuc River and White Mountains, N.H.

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain peak above rolling hills, a calm creek in the foreground, trees and small figures at right.

Mount Chocorua, From the Creek

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a Gothic ribbed vault with a circular central boss and handwritten notes on the sheet.

Tampereen tuomiokirkon urkulehterin holvi, osaluonnos

Pen and watercolor interior of a woman and child looking at a book beside a flowering plant and window.

Mother and child looking at pictures (Anna and Hans Syberg)

Fritz Syberg, 1896

Pencil sketch of a palm-lined riverbank across water with handwritten colour notes, opposite Guayaquil.

East Bank of the Guayas River, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and a distant volcano near Popayan, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

View near Popayan with the Volcano Purese, Cauca River, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red chalk sketch of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a central figure, flying angels, and a distant city.

Martyrdom of a Saint

Watercolor elevation of a brick building with arched bays, green doors, and a tiled roof, with a small tower at left.

A Warehouse of the 16th Century in Pisa, Italy

Whitney Warren Jr, 1890

Sepia drawing of nude male figures carrying a limp body over rocks, with gesturing arms and a dark landscape behind.

Nude Male Figures Bearing the Bodies of their Dead Companions

James Jefferys, c. 1779

Pen and brown wash drawing of a colonnaded amphitheatre with arches, columns, and small figures along the top terrace.

Amphitheatre

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

White painted nosegay design with blossoms, feathery sprays and leaves on a brown textured ground.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Nosegay of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of nine dancing men and women in a holding-hands chain, several seen from behind, in 17th-century dress.

Rij van negen dansende mannen en vrouwen, op de rug gezien

Harmen ter Borch, 1648

Watercolor of a beached sperm whale on a sandy shore, with a crowd of people in period dress and carriages nearby.

Potvis gestrand bij Egmond aan Zee, 1764

J.A. Visser, 1840

Watercolor allegory with cherubs, sea creatures, a Latin banner and a crowd gazing toward a city skyline with a dome.

Allegorie op het bezoek van Willem V van Oranje-Nassau en Wilhelmina van Pruisen aan Amsterdam, 1768

Reinier Vinkeles, 1768

Red chalk study of one standing sheep and two reclining sheep, one with curled ram's horns, on pale paper.

Studies van een schaap, liggend en staand

M. Stokvis, 1700

Ink and wash drawing of a rower in a small boat under a full sail, with Latin text written below.

Ontwerp voor Horatiaans Emblemata: Constantia

Otto van Veen, 1599

Anatomical Sketches of Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Graphite sketch of a woman in period costume with a fitted bodice, wide skirt and sleeves, on tan paper.

Sketch of Woman in Period Costume

James Wells Champney, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Catskill Mountain House, a large multi-story building on a sloping mountainside, on cream paper.

Catskill Mountain House

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Graphite sketch of a preacher at a lectern before a seated congregation, with head studies of a man and a woman at right.

Divine Service in Uusimaa Archipelago, sketch

Albert Edelfelt

Ink and wash sketches of several cattle heads and horns on a cream sheet, with small pencil studies of legs at top.

Sketches of Cattle, Irvington

Samuel Colman, 1870