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Drawings & Sketches

79,493 works

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long frock coat with a bow tie, one hand resting on a surface.

President Chester Alan Arthur Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Charcoal study of a woman's head turned upward on grey paper, with white highlights and faint grid lines.

Study of Head for "Early Christian Prisoners"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Seated Man with Helmet, study

Ilya Repin, 1892

Watercolor of a stormy sky over a field with a domed city skyline, a water wheel, and seated figures on a dirt road.

A View of Paris

Jules-Achille Noël, 1830-81

Brown ink drawing of a classical sepulchral monument with a reclining male figure, lyre, urn, two columns and inscriptions.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument for the Critic Galilei

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet with multiple studies of heads, facial profiles, limbs and seated nude figures, labeled Jupiter and Esqui

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Torsos

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Sheet of Studies

Thomas Stothard

Charcoal drawing of a waiter in a white apron holding a bowl at a table with flowers and bowls, 1920.

Waiter at the Restaurant Bouillon in Paris

Ester Helenius, 1920

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ raising a kneeling figure from Limbo, with crowds of souls and angels in an arched frame

The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1536

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long gown holding flowers, with a faint second arm study at left.

Sketch for Portrait of a Standing Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of treetops and branches on cream paper, loosely drawn with open paper around the study.

Treetops, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded man with head bowed over a table, with handwritten inscriptions on the page.

Sculptor Hugo Salemann, Portrait Study

Pencil sketch of figures with a parasol on a sandy beach, wooden posts and a flat horizon in the distance.

Seashore

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown wash drawing of a winged female figure in flowing robes beside a helmeted head, set in a dark circle.

Vignette for a Title Page: "Winged Victory"

Thomas Stothard

Brown ink drawing of ten octagonal and round panels showing classical mythological figures with handwritten Italian labels.

Ten Octagons with Mythological Figures

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long gown before seated audience rows beneath tall arches.

After the Concert

Watercolor design of a gilded neoclassical medal cabinet with a caduceus, eagle, laurel wreath and rows of gold medallions.

A Medal Cabinet for Napoleon

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1804-10

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair, white lace collar and olive dress against a brown-green background.

Caroline D. Wade

Frederick W. Freer, n.d.

Pen and ink sheet of studies showing winged angels, cowering figures and sketched poses on pale paper.

Sheet of Studies with Angels and Cowering Figures (Illustration for Macklin's Bible?)

Thomas Stothard, 1791

Pencil sketch sheet of camels in multiple poses, with a robed figure and the handwritten note 'Against evening sky'.

Camel Studies, Against Evening Sky, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of clouds over a jagged mountain range, with handwritten notes on the sky and peaks.

Clouds over Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil drawing of a forested hill rising above a calm lake, with a wooden jetty on the shore.

Aavasaksa

Ferdinand von Wright, 1856

Pen and wash drawing of a wooden measuring machine with plumb line beside a gothic column, with French explanatory text below

Machine ayant servi à prendre les mesures pour les travaux de restauration de la cathédrale de Sées (1817)

Jean-Antoine Alavoine, 1817

Pen and wash drawing of a fantastic creature with a long neck and wrinkled head, standing among reeds and wildflowers.

A Fantastic Creature

Arent van Bolten, late 16th-early 17th century

Pencil sketch of resting mules tethered near covered wagons, a log cabin and a tree in the background.

Resting Mules Tethered to Wagons

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash design of a decorated portal with draped fabric, candelabra, lion figures and floral garlands.

Decoration of a portal in honor of a prelate

Paolo Pozzi, 1770

Pencil drawing of a calm lake with rocky shore, pine trees, reeds and a distant building on the right.

Lakeside Landscape

Ferdinand von Wright

Pencil drawing of a bearded draped man reclining, one hand raised upward, on tan paper with an arched top edge.

St. Thomas the Apostle, for the Church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Pen and wash drawing of two hanging trophies of carpentry and cabinetmaking tools, books, and drapery, by Delafosse.

A pair of trophies referring to the crafts of the cabinet maker and the carpenter

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pencil caricature sketch of a hen-headed woman with a fan, an owl-headed man in a coat, and a man's face on a bird body.

Caricatures

Ferdinand von Wright

Drawing of a kneeling bearded old man in a robe, hands clasped in prayer, in ink and white highlights on blue paper.

Saint Jerome (recto); Soldier with a Spear (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1480-1525

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a fish, a rowboat with figures, and standing figures, with handwritten notes.

Mixed Sketches, Obersee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860