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Drawings & Sketches

79,489 works

Graphite nude study of a seated male figure holding a tablet, drawn over a faint grid on tinted paper.

Study for "Mathematics," "The Sciences," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Oil sketch of a large white iceberg above dark green sea, with smaller icebergs in the foreground under a muted sky.

Icebergs of Twillingate, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Vertical border design on rust-brown ground with pale repeating vine, bell-shaped flowers and curling leaves.

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Vertical Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light in the lower right corner.

Mountain Landscape on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

A Young Woman (St. Mary Magdalene under the Cross)

Marco Pino, 1570

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a river valley with a distant city skyline and handwritten colour notes.

View of Damascus from the Wadi Barada, Syria, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted study of a wooden sledge on snow with straw, a sack, a brass bell and a decorated harness.

Sledge, study

Vasili Maksimovitš Maksimov

Pencil sketch of a winding road beside a wooden fence leading into a valley with mountains and trees.

Winding Mountain Road in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of snowy Andean peaks under clouds, with handwritten notes reading Cayambe near Quito at lower left.

Cayambe, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Architectural first story floor plan of the Ashland Block showing shops, buffet, rotundas, vaults and elevators, by D.H. Burn

Ashland Block, Chicago, Illinois, Floor Plans

D.H. Burnham & Company, c. 1892

Pen and wash design of an ornate mantelpiece with a central clock, musicians, putti and scrolling foliage above a fireplace.

Design for a mantelpiece

the elder Jean Berain, 1700

Pencil sketch of a wooded ridge with sunlight rays on cream paper, with a faint blue outline at right.

Sunlight Cresting a Wooded Ridge

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink drawing of a classical tomb with an urn and bust, two draped women holding garlands, and an inscription on the plin

Sepulchral Monument for Poet Pietro Giodani

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Hazy Catskill mountains rise above a pastoral valley with white farmhouses, trees, and fields under streaked clouds.

The Catskill Mountains from the Village of Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor stage design of a Gothic hall with pointed arches, tracery vaulting, columns with gilded statues, and a glowing wi

Stage Design: Gothic Hall

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1820

Pen and ink drawing of seated Venus embracing winged Cupid beside a quiver of arrows and bow.

Venus and Cupid

John Deare, 1789

Pen and brown wash design for a symmetrical ornamental panel with scrolling foliage, cherubs, a medallion scene, and a centra

Design for a Painted Panel

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1760

Pencil sketch of a crowned lion-head fountain with carved scrolls, steps, and architectural fragments on tan paper.

Study of a Fountain, Italy

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Pencil drawing of an ornate ewer design with curling scrolled handle and spout, supported by a seated cherub on a cloud base.

Design for a Ewer

Johannes Lutma, 1620

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a seated nude man with surrounding studies of hands, feet and legs.

Studies of a Seated Nude

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a building at upper left and mountain peaks below, with handwritten notes.

Sketches of a Building and Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Black decorative initial A in a laurel wreath with a triangle, chalice shape and two dots, on cream paper.

Lotta Svärd-runon alkukirjain Ä

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pencil drawing of a robed priest and kneeling companions raising their hands to a nude statue of Apollo on a pedestal.

Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Pencil sketch of an artist with an umbrella sketching outdoors beside loose scribbled foliage on a cream page.

Artist sketching outside

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Ink drawing of a shield with a large letter P, a checkered-trousered figure, a sword and two six-pointed stars.

Porilaisten marssi -runon alkukirjain P. Originaalipiirustus Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain kuvitukseen

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pencil drawing of Achilles restrained by Athena beside a seated Agamemnon and an altar, with soldiers watching.

Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman surrounded by angels and musicians on clouds under a radiant arch.

Virgin Ascending with Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a Mexican landscape with distant mountains, a sun in the sky, and foreground hills and shrubs.

Mexican Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen drawing of a large decorative letter H framed by laurel leaves, with a heraldic shield showing lions and a sword.

Döbeln Juuttaalla-runon alkukirjain H

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Watercolor sketch of a carter and woman in an interior as a man in a red coat recoils, with a clock and chairs.

The Pious Carter

Robert Cruikshank, 1810

Watercolor of tall dark conifers beside boulders, with a misty granite dome and mountains receding behind them.

Half Dome, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil and ink sketch of two children in sailor suits, one reading on the floor and one seated on a sofa.

Grand Dukes Kirill and Boris as Children, portrait study

Albert Edelfelt, 1881