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Drawings & Sketches

79,493 works

Study of a Girl's Legs for the painting "Young Spartans"

Edgar Degas, ca. 1860-62

Small sketch of wooded hills under a pink evening sky, with a lone tree and a patch of water in the foreground.

Wooded Hills

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rolling landscape with a winding path, tree line, and a small chapel among trees.

Tasankomaisema, jossa keskellä lehtometsän laidassa pieni kappeli

Werner Holmberg, 1856

Pencil drawing of a tall plane tree with a dense leafy canopy above a sturdy trunk, shrubs and a rock at its base.

A Plane Tree

Jean-Victor Bertin, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a fallen tree trunk on a riverbank with shrubs and faint trees behind.

Kaatunut vanha puu rannalla

Werner Holmberg, 1853

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Hazy mountain ridges under a red and orange sunset sky, painted in loose brushwork with a misty valley below.

Sunset and Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of large boulders in a forest with trees and undergrowth behind them.

Kivenjärkäleitä metsässä

Werner Holmberg, 1857

Grey watercolor of a seated man in a hat looking over a lake toward wooded hills, with a fallen log in the foreground.

Mountain River or Lake

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil study of a standing robed man with hands at his chest, gazing upward, drawn in soft graphite on pale paper.

Study of an Apostle, for the painting of the Ascension in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris (1839-1863)

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1822-64

Pencil sketch of a cloudy landscape with dense foliage on the right and open pale sky on the left.

Pilviharjoitelmia paperin molemmilla puolilla

Werner Holmberg, 1848

Drawing of a seated man with long hair in a pink cloak, resting his hand on bagpipes, colored with pencil and wash.

The Bagpipe Player

Guillaume Bodinier

Pen and brown ink design drawing of a rectangular tablet with scrolled ornament, oval medallion and handwritten measurements.

Design for Tablet

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Pencil sketch of clouds and mist over a rippled sea horizon on tan paper, with handwritten notes at the top.

Clouds and Mist over the Sea, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil drawing of a village street with wooden houses, a large tree, and two church towers in the background.

Tornion koulutalo ja raatihuone

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Graphite study of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with a rod across her lap, within an architectural frame.

Study for the Muse Thalia

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 19th century

Pencil sketch of two standing sentries in greatcoats and kepi caps, one holding a rifle upright, on aged paper.

Two Studies of a Sentry

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a village with twin church towers and trees in front of steep mountains, dated 1898.

Gaaden

Gustav Barbarini, 1898

Pencil drawing of a riverside landscape with pine trees, a seated woman in a bonnet, a small boat and distant buildings.

Riverside Landscape from Laanila, Oulu

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Pencil sketch of three figures in hats resting on grass beside trees, one in striped clothing, study for The Fishing Party.

Study for "The Fishing Party"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil drawing of a river view with birch trees, a wooden fence, and a distant town with a church tower.

From Nokkala

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Pencil drawing of a robed figure offering bread to a bearded man, with spearmen and jars in a classical colonnade.

Melchizedek Presenting Abraham with Bread and Wine

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Pen and brown wash drawing of six ornate chalices with flared cups and varied decorated stems on a tan sheet.

Six chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil drawing of a river town with wooden houses, a church tower, a sailing ship, rowboats and shoreline objects in the fore

Haaparanta

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Pen and brown wash drawing of a young man holding a dagger toward a reclining older man on a draped bed.

The Son of Marcus Cato Bring a Dagger to his Father

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil drawing of a wooden house by a river with a plank fence, reeds, trees and a flat meadow in the distance.

River Landscape from Oulu

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Pencil sketch of an air plant, a fern frond, and a flowering stalk with handwritten notes, above a distant hilly landscape.

Botanical Sketches with a Landscape View, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a bearded figure with a scythe beside a tripod and large disc, with reclining figures and the date 1874.

Father Time

Winslow Homer, 1870

Black chalk sketch of a crowded scene of struggling figures, including a raised arm with a blade and reaching women.

Massacre of the Innocents

Circle of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 1585/1600

Pencil drawing of a church with a tall spire, bell tower, stone wall and trees across an open field.

Tornion kirkko

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Watercolor and pencil study of rocky Welsh cliffs under stormy clouds, with a small seated figure at lower right.

Rocky landscape in Wales with figure drawing in the foreground to the righr

David Cox, 1836-1859

Grey wash drawing of a draped figure lying on open ground, with a pale hand extended and distant buildings at right.

War Scene (A Female Casualty)

Théodule Augustin Ribot, ca. 1870-72