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Drawings & Sketches

79,491 works

Pencil sketch of a dense forest with tall trees, layered foliage and undergrowth on a cream sheet.

Metsänsisusta

Werner Holmberg, 1856

Graphite drawing of two standing draped male figures, one bearded, with a partial third figure at the right edge.

Group of Apostles

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1854-61

Pen and brown ink drawing of a screaming head with snakes writhing in place of hair, the Medusa subject, signed Maes.

Head of Medusa

Godfried Maes, 1680

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints, a lion, angels and classical temples in a landscape.

Madonna and the Infant, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene and Angels, after Correggio

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of young trees and shrubs on a sloping forest clearing, opening toward a distant horizon.

Metsänsisustaa, jossa sivuilta keskelle viettävillä mäillä kasvaa nuorta metsää

Werner Holmberg, 1853

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing soldier in a draped cloak on blue paper, with a squared grid and red chalk accen

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1851-52

Loose oil sketch of a layered rust and lavender cliff face with dark shadowed recesses, painted in quick brushstrokes.

Cliff Face, Petra, Syria (Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a wooded riverbank with deciduous trees, small buildings, and calm water in the foreground.

Rantamaisema, lehtimetsää ja rakennuksia

Werner Holmberg, 1848

Charcoal study on grey paper of a muscular male nude with raised arm and sword, with a crouching figure in the corner.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Crouching Male Nude (verso)

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1864-74

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men: one seated in a wide hat, one standing from behind, one with a staff on his shoulders.

Three Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1630

Oil sketch of distant blue mountains under a pink evening sky, with dark evergreen trees on a hillside in the foreground.

Looking toward the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil drawing of a mountain range with bare peaks rising above a calm lake and distant shoreline.

Vuoristomaisema, etualalla järvi, taustalla paljaita vuorenhuippuja

Werner Holmberg, 1856

Pencil drawing of a tall poplar and a pollarded willow beside a pond, with shrubs at the lower left.

Landscape with a Poplar and a Willow Tree at the Edge of a Pond

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1787-1842

Pencil sketch of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with a distant landscape and buildings at the left.

The Virgin and Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of a peasant smoking a pipe on a wooden cart pulled by an ox, with handwritten notes below.

Talonpoika härän vetämillä kärryillä

Werner Holmberg, 1848

Red chalk drawing of winged Father Time seated on a globe with a scythe and two putti above, on a carved pedestal.

Father Time on a Globe; Design for a Clock

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, 19th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two religious interior scenes with crowds of figures beneath arches and beside a column.

The Mocking of Christ [left]; Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dense forest with a curving dirt road, a small building and a glimpse of water.

Metsämaisema, ristikkorakennus, lampi ja tie

Werner Holmberg, 1854

Pencil drawing of a bearded seated figure in flowing robes, leaning on one arm, with an arched inscription above.

John the Apostle, for the church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Luonnoksia lehmästä ; Luonnoksia lehmästä, lisäksi pienet luonnokset Väinämöisestä (kaksipuolinen teos)

Werner Holmberg, 1848

Graphite sketch of horses and riders in motion on tan paper, with loose studies of more horses and figures in the background.

Sheet of Studies for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1840-99

Pen and brown wash drawing showing two stacked elevations of a large palace with arches, columns and pediments.

Two Elevations of the Central Part of a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tiered funerary monument with urns, garlands, and a summit group of figures beneath a cross.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil and wash drawing of a forest path with a horse and cart winding past tall trees toward an open clearing.

Metsämaisema, jossa hevonen ja kärryt ; Metsäinen maisema, mies onkimassa puron ylittävällä sillalla (kaksipuolinen t…

Werner Holmberg, 1858

Drawing of a seated man in a white robe holding a long pipe, shown in two studies in brown and white chalk.

Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1820-60

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in an arched classical niche, with kneeling and standing worshippers below.

The Virgin and Child with Worshippers in Classical Interior

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Grey ink and wash drawing of a rocky valley with tall cliffs, trees, ruined walls and a building on a ridge.

Stage Design, Rocky Valley with Buildings

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a small log cabin beside fallen logs and rocks, with tall pine trees in misty background.

Pieni koski ja sen partaalla pieni hirsirakennus ; Männynlatvoja, laveeraus (kaksipuolinen teos)

Werner Holmberg, 1857

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd resting by a stream under trees, with sheep grazing and a classical temple on a hill.

Classical Landscape with a Shepherd

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1803

Watercolor and ink elevation of an altar design with painted marble panels, a central oval medallion, and classical pilasters

Project for an altar: intended to be executed in colored marbles

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1750

Small oil sketch of a turquoise iceberg on dark sea under a brown sky with sunlight breaking through clouds.

Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of bare deciduous trees with a fenced path receding through the woods on the right.

Paljaita lehtipuita, joiden alla kulkee tie

Werner Holmberg, 1855