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Drawings & Sketches

79,489 works

Charcoal portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, fur stole and pearl necklace, drawn on tan paper.

Harriett Pullman Carolan

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Pen and ink sketch of three octagonal vignettes of classical figures with Italian captions, study for a Theseus room.

Three Sketches of Theseus Subjects, for the Sala di Teseo, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of peasant women, oxen with a cart, a hunter, rabbits and birds among foliage, within a ruled border.

In the Mountains (Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a dancer balanced on pointe, skirt flaring, arm extended, on tan paper.

Dancer on pointe

Edgar Degas, ca. 1878

Loose pencil sketch of a landscape with a central tree trunk and scribbled shrubs on a cream sheet.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Watercolor of a canyon with rust-colored cliffs, a sunlit rock outcrop, and a dark stormy sky above a shadowed foreground.

Grand Canyon in Stormy Weather, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1900

Loose pencil and blue crayon sketch of two riders on horses beside sketched trees on cream paper.

A Woman and a Man on Horseback

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1879-81

Pen and ink design drawing of a five-armed chandelier with floral garlands, fluted column, and tassel base.

Design for a Chandelier

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Grey chalk drawing with white highlights of a standing figure with raised arm in draped cloth, beside a cropped drapery study

Study of a Draped Figure

Edgar Degas, 1857-58

Pen drawing of an ancient hunting horn tied with a cord and ribbon bow inside a circle, with handwritten caption.

Cor de chasse antique

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil drawing of an antique bagpipe with ribbons, a flute and scroll ornament inside a circular frame.

Musette antique

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of an antique bagpipe with ornate scrolls, pipes and a ribbon bow inside a circle, by Pierre Félix van Doren.

Musette antique du temps de Neron

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of an antique stringed instrument with ribbons and a bow, inside a circular border, on aged paper.

Le Tricorde et instrument epercettes [?] antique

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of ancient cymbals with ribbons and floral rosettes inside a circular frame, on aged paper.

Cimbales antiques

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Ink drawing of a Roman cavalry trumpet and lyre-like instrument with ribbons inside a circular border.

Espèce de thorminx [?] et trompette de cavallerie Romaine

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Charcoal sketch of two sailing fishing boats on the sea with hatted figures watching from a rocky shore.

Two Fishing Boats with Sails, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen drawing in a circle of a drum, shield, spears and a staff with serpent-like forms, with a French inscription above.

Le repas[?] Grec, Kuttis [?] turc et tambour de Guerre turc

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a hunched, bowed seated man with head lowered and arms drawn close to the body.

Study for Ugolino

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 19th century

Watercolor sketch of four men on a hilltop beside a pine tree, with a pale blue lake and distant shore behind them.

Four Men Looking at the View from Holmekollen

Martinus Rørbye, 1830

Pencil drawing of a lyre-shaped instrument with ribbons, scarab beetles and daisy flowers inside a circle.

Calissomine [?] Egyptien

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Black chalk sketch of a stooped peasant man in a broad hat and loose clothing, carrying a bag, on tan paper.

Peasant with Bag

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pen drawing of an Egyptian harp with a sphinx at its base, ribbons and rosettes, inscribed Harpe Egyptienne.

Harpe Egyptienne

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of an amphicordum stringed instrument with ribbons tied in a bow, inside a circular frame.

Amphicordum italien

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing in a circle of a bagpipe-like instrument with a bulbous bag, crossed cords and a tasseled knot.

Le Samara el Kurbe Egyptien et la halamanie turc

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of a decorated lyre with curling ribbons inside a circle, titled Lyre de Pythagore at the top.

Lyre de pithagore

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen and brown ink drawing of dancing women and reclining revelers beside a fountain and classical architecture.

Bacchanalian Scene with Circle of Dancing Figures

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil study of an intertwined group of figures within an arched niche, drawn in loose overlapping strokes on paper.

Study for the Ugolino Group

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 19th century

Pen drawing of a long horn crossing a tambourine with wavy tassels radiating around it, inside a circle.

Le Surmi [ ?] des Egyptiens et le doff qui ressemble au tambour des basques

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil sketch of coastal views with sailboats, a rocky shore, a wooden shed, and clouds over hills.

Coastal Views, Maine or Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted study of a campfire glowing beneath fallen logs beside a stream, with autumn leaves and moss on the forest floor.

Campfire, Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of an open Pompeian dining room with Ionic columns, a fountain, a cypress tree and painted red and blue walls.

Triclinium, Excavated in the House of Actaeon, Pompeii

Charles Frédéric Chassériau, ca. 1824

Watercolor drawing of a nude woman on a beach beside sailboats, figures near a tree, and a sun with rays over pink clouds.

Fresko Studie

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1927