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Drawings & Sketches

79,493 works

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a pyramidal roof, cypress trees, and a rowboat on water.

Architectural Sketch, Beirut, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Study of a single coconut palm with spreading fronds against a pale gray and ochre background, on worn paper.

Coconut Palm

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a townscape with a wooden building, fences, leafy trees and a distant church dome.

Townscape

Magnus von Wright, 1852

Pencil sketch of a leaning white birch tree beneath the leafy top of an old elm, with roots at the base.

Old Elm Top and White Birch, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of two nude men in a landscape with a draped figure, discs on the ground, and a river.

Apollo and Hycianth, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a manor house and outbuildings among trees across a lake, with boulders and fence posts on the shore.

Näkymä Honkolan kartanosta Urjalassa

Magnus von Wright, 1867

Brown wash drawing of winged Saint Michael chaining a dragon beneath the Holy Trinity and cherubs in clouds.

The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon

Pietro da Cortona, 1666

Pencil sketch of a lakeside view with buildings on a wooded hill, small boats, and trees reflected in the water.

Näköala Siikaniemestä Riistavedellä

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Pen and brown ink sketch of a column, sphinx, seated figures on pedestals, and spiral staircases on paper.

Monument, column and spiral staircase

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a lake landscape with wooded islands, shoreline shrubs and distant hills under an open sky.

Landscape from Juustilanjärvi in Vyborg

Magnus von Wright, 1851

Painting of a dark rippled sea under a tan sky, with a distant white iceberg at left and a small red boat near the horizon.

Distant Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a lake landscape with birch and pine trees, rocks in the foreground, and a wooden cabin with a boat on the r

Rantamaisema Riilahdesta

Magnus von Wright, 1862

Pencil sketch of a valley with a winding river and distant volcano, annotated with handwritten notes, by Frederic Edwin Churc

Volcano Puracé and the Rio de Vinagre, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of a seated woman in a white hat and purple jacket in a garden with a hedge and white table.

Kunstnerens kone, malerinden Anna Syberg, i smedens have

Fritz Syberg, 1910

Pencil drawing of a wooded hill above a calm lake, with a rowboat and rocks on the shore in the foreground.

Näköala Aavasaksalta

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Studies of a Head and a Hand

Andrea del Sarto, 1510

Oil sketch of a large iceberg with smaller ice masses on dark sea under a pink evening sky.

Iceberg Against the Evening Sky, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of helmeted Prudence seated in an oval, holding a mirror and a serpent, labeled PRUDENZA.

Decorative Project with Prudence in Oval

Felice Giani, 1780

Pencil sketch of a town with a church spire, a windmill and wooden houses across an open field, dated 1856.

Tornion kaupunkia

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Pen and brown wash design for a window case with lion-head brackets, a carved mask in the pediment, and draped curtains.

Design for Elevation of a Window Case

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls seen from a cliff edge, with a tall tree on the left and distant treeline.

Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen drawing of an ornate gallery with gilded pilasters, a marble fireplace, framed paintings and a fresco ceiling.

Gallerie

Salomon Kleiner, 1730

Pencil drawing of a river landscape with trees, rocks, and a distant town with ship masts under a pale sky.

Landscape from the Surroundings of Oulu

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Brown wash drawing of a seated river god, a nymph holding an oar, and a reclining putto on clouds.

Seated River God, Nymph with an Oar, and Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Charcoal drawing of a dark standing figure in a pale field with a moored boat and dark trees beyond.

The Zone (Outside the City Walls)

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Ink and wash title page design with rococo cartouche, crossed flags, trumpets and floral urn framing the words Oeuvres de Fra

Title Page

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1900

Loose sketch of an alpine valley with dark slopes, pink-tinged clouds in a blue sky, and green meadow in the foreground.

Valley in the Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Dark drawing of a seated woman with bowed head, lit softly against a black background, hands resting low.

Embroidery; The Artist's Mother

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Watercolor of fishermen working on a calm harbor shore beside sailing ships and a ruined tower with grazing cattle.

Port Scene in Calm Weather

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782

Pen and grey wash drawing of a Helsinki park view with a ship's mast, neoclassical building, horse cart and distant sea.

Näkymä Helsingin Kaivopuistosta

Magnus von Wright

Stormy seascape with a shipwreck, survivors on rocks and in a rowboat, and wreckage tossed by dark blue waves.

The Shipwreck

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree with a cupid, figures on an arcade at right, by Rubens.

The Garden of Love (left portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35