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Drawings & Sketches

79,490 works

Pen and brown wash drawing with two scenes: a giant blinded by men above, and a body on a bier with onlookers below.

Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch on torn paper of standing figures in a loose landscape, study for a book illustration by Helene Schjerfbeck.

Kuvitusta kirjaan Finska Folksagor, Berättade af Rafaël Hertzberg, satu Mösset, som stod brud, luonnos sivun 25 kuvit…

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1880

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of tall twisting trees and rocky ground in a forest, on tan paper, arched top.

Trees in a Forest

Édouard Bertin

Oil sketch of autumn hills with orange and red trees, a grassy meadow in front and a pale sky above.

Autumn in the Hills of Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a volcano erupting with a dark smoke plume and glowing orange summit under a pale sky, rocky slopes below.

Sangay Erupting, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a small nude child seated with his back to the viewer, shaded on beige paper.

Istuva pieni poika, veistos takaapäin

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1877

Ink caricature of a winged woman watching an animal-headed painter with palette and brush, paint drops falling between them.

Caricature of the Art of Painting

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1800-66

Pen and ink drawing of a seated warrior in a tent as a woman is led forward by a helmeted man and bearded elders.

Achilles Yields Briseis

Felice Giani, 1790

Miehen rintakuva

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1877

Drawing of a young girl in a white communion dress and veil, seated with hands clasped against a dark background.

The Little Communicant (La Petite Communiante)

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1848-84

Mauritz Maexmontan, kasvot

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1878

Pencil sketch of tall trees and rocky ground in a forest clearing, drawn in 1854.

Plateau de la Mare aux Fées (Forest of Fontainebleau)

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, 1854

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped mountain peak above forested hills and a valley, with white highlights on the snow.

The Watzmann from the Grounds of the Château in Aigen, near Salzburg, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grayscale drawing of a tall vase on a pedestal supported by two winged sphinxes with lion paws.

Design of a Vase

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Watercolor of a white-walled coastal city with a tall tower and red roofs, seen across calm blue sea under a pale sky.

Sketch Taken at Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Red chalk drawing of a lake shore with a twisted pine tree, reed beds, conifers and distant hills under a pale sky.

Lake Landscape

Eero Järnefelt, 1910

Nude Male Figure with a Sword

Alexandre Cabanel, 1878

Watercolor of a sea and hills at sunset seen through a circular porthole against a dark background.

Bay of Tunis Through Porthole of Steamship Fürst Bismark, Tunisia, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Brown wash drawing of a classical public building with a columned portico, central dome, and flanking wings, with a small ske

Elevation for a Public Building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a town skyline with a tall bell tower, domed churches, rooftops and a stone arch in the foreground.

Parma

Alexander Lauréus, 1820

Graphite study of two veiled, draped standing figures, one with a halo and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Saints Adrian and Natalia

Hippolyte Flandrin, 19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a classical ruin with columns, an arched bridge, a statue, vines and small figures.

Fantasy of an Architectural Ruin

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, 1780

Pencil sketch of Acropolis ruins overlooking a distant plain and hills, with columns at the right edge.

View from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain gorge with stone buildings, a chapel tower, trees and a winding road.

Vuoristosola

Alexander Lauréus, 1817

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop palace with an arcaded facade, surrounded by trees and a rolling landscape with distant moun

Castello Colonna at Genazzano, Italy

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, 1835

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints, angels and putti gathered around a draped altar niche.

Virgin and Child with Saints

Charles Mellin, 1640

Charcoal drawing of gnarled trees and shrubs on a hillside with pale buildings on the slope under an open sky.

Begroeide heuvels bij Borines

René Janssens, 1880

Pencil study of a hooded female figure holding leaves, with additional sketches of hands and arms on aged paper.

Study of Figure for "In the Mountains"

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of an Italian townscape with a tall tower, rooftops, trees and distant mountains on a pale sheet.

Kaupunkinäkymä Italiasta

Alexander Lauréus, 1820

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man seated in an armchair in a cluttered studio interior, looking toward the viewer.

Zelfportret van René Janssens in zijn atelier

René Janssens, 1890

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a kneeling nude male figure leaning over a low block on gray paper.

Crouching Nude Male Figure

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1864-74

Pencil drawing of an ivy-covered arched gateway beside a church apse, with two chickens in the cobbled courtyard.

Tuinportaal aan de achterzijde van een kerk

René Janssens, 1918