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Drawings & Sketches

79,493 works

Pen and ink drawing of an imaginary landscape with classical ruins on a cliff, a leaning tree, figures on a path, and distant

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown wash drawing of Yosemite valley with a pale granite dome, pine trees, boulders, a stream, and a seated figure.

The North Dome, Yosemite, California

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of elegant women and cherubs in a garden with a classical column and fountain.

The Garden of Love (right portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35

Pencil drawing of a river landscape with a large tree at left, shrubs in foreground, and wooded banks receding into distance.

River Landscape, Träskända, Espoo

Magnus von Wright, 1850

Pencil sketch of masted sailing ships and a rowboat moored on calm harbor water, drawn on tan paper.

Harbor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a valley with rocky hills, trees and a distant city, with handwritten colour notes along the margins.

Distant View of Damascus, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of hop vines climbing poles and draping over a wooden fence, with grass and leaves in the foreground.

Humalatarhaa

Magnus von Wright, 1855

Pen drawing of a layered papal tomb design with columns, niches, a Madonna and Child, angels and sculpted figures.

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

Michelangelo, 1505-6

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a seated nude woman with her head bowed, arms around her raised knee, in soft green tones.

The Embrace

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Red chalk drawing of a nude man seen from behind, reclining and reaching toward a tree branch at upper left.

Male Nude Seen from Behind

the Younger Daniël Mijtens, 1672/88

Brown wash drawing of a man in a top hat riding between two women on horseback along a tree-lined road.

Cavalier and Two Ladies on Horseback

Constantin Guys

Pencil sketch of a wooden bridge over a river with a church tower and domed building behind trees.

Näkymä Oulusta

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grotesque bearded head with curled hair on a foliate-decorated column.

Head of a walking stick

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the infant Christ, shepherds, animals, and angels holding a Latin b

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1790

Pencil drawing of a town with a church spire, a wooden windmill, and houses across an open landscape.

Tornion kirkko ja kaupunkia

Magnus von Wright, 1856

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate lidded vase with dragon-head handles and relief figures on a tall foot.

Design for a Vase with Hercules and Farnese Lilies

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1540

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a woman's head and bust, with curled hair, a feathered hat and a tied ribbon at the neck.

Head and Bust of a Woman

Joshua Reynolds

A Bearded Figure Wearing a Turban and Fur Coat, Half Length, Turned to the Right

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, c. 1670

Pencil sketch of a distant landscape with buildings, palm trees and handwritten color notes on pale paper.

Looking East at Sunset, Cali, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

A Soldier Loading a Musket, "Ramme in Your Pouder"

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1596/98

Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical interior with seated and standing women, children, and a bust on a pedestal.

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing on tan paper of a seated, curly-haired male figure with outstretched arm and white highlights.

Kneeling Man

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1600

Pencil sketch of two bearded men opening a wooden chest, one holding a shovel, with figures in the background on tan paper.

Treasure Seekers (Two Men Opening a Chest)

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sailor in a straw hat and pink jacket standing on a rocky shore with hands in pockets.

A Sailor Standing on the Shore

Paul Gavarni, 1859-60

Bust of a Warrior

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586/88

Parchment leaf with dark gothic blackletter script in ink and a blue initial letter at the bottom.

The Trinity

Workshop of Master of the Gerona Martyrology, 1414

Stylized gouache illustration of a woman in a pink gown with navy sash in a pastel garden with blue flowers.

La Guirlande, Album mensuel d'art et de la litterature, 1919-1920 : Vrouw in roze jurk in tuin

Umberto Brunelleschi, 1919

Pen drawing of a girl knitting on a bench by a doorway while a maidservant in an apron stands nearby beside a yarn ball.

Breiend meisje en een dienstmeid bij een open deur

Johan Georg Gerstenhauer Zimmerman, 1868

Pen drawing of three tall pedestal clock cases with round clock faces, garlands and urn finials, with a scale bar below.

Ontwerp voor drie kasten voor staande horloges

Schwender, 1780

Pencil and watercolor study of an ornate stone basin on a carved pedestal beside a striped wall and faint figures.

Study of Basin, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Oil sketch of the Catskill mountains at sunset with orange and rose sky and dark trees in the foreground.

The Catskills at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of two men: one reclining in a chair, one standing with hands raised to chest in a dramatic pose.

Lensky and Onegin