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Drawings & Sketches

79,493 works

Graphite sheet with sketches of a reclining draped figure and a smaller seated figure, by Eugène Delacroix.

Sheet of figure studies: two studies of a reclining figure, and a seated figure holding a lyre (?)

Eugène Delacroix

Grey wash drawing of three kneeling women in lace veils beside classical columns and a bust, by John Brown.

Three Kneeling Women

John Brown, 1770/75

Pen drawing of a village with thatched huts, a raised wooden house, fencing, figures, chickens and pigs before wooded hills.

Greniers indigenes et habitations a Akaroa, presqu'Ile de Banks

Charles Meryon, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of a standing mounted officer in a kepi cap, sash and sabre, on aged paper.

Mounted Cavalry Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor and pen drawing of ruined Gothic abbey arches and a tall broken tower above grass, with a sailing ship on the sea

Eldena Abbey, near Greifswald in Swedish Pomerania

Caspar David Friedrich, 1814

Oil sketch of a flat-topped iceberg above dark water under a muted sky, painted by Frederic Edwin Church in 1850.

Iceberg in Cartwright's Bight, Southwest from Battle Harbor, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Studies of a Damned Man, for "The Barque of Dante"

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Illuminated manuscript page with Madonna and Child enthroned between two bishop saints, and a Christ initial above text.

Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saints Petronius and Alle (Eligius); Christ in the Initial A

Nicolò da Bologna, in or after 1383

Pencil sketch of broken tree trunks and branches on tan paper, with the upper part of the sheet left blank.

Broken Tree Trunks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and ink sketch of a nude woman with a staff, a lion attacking a serpent, and winged figures in clouds above.

The Triumph of Genius over Envy

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1849-51

Painted study of broken fluted columns and stone fragments overlooking a blue sea and distant mountains.

Broken Columns, View from the Parthenon, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design drawing of a neoclassical chimneypiece with Ionic columns and a relief frieze of figures and lions.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a nude sea god seated on rocks, holding a trident, with a billowing cloak behind him.

Seated Triton

Perino del Vaga, 1545-47

Pen and brown wash drawing of an empty rococo cartouche topped with a papal tiara and crossed keys.

Drawing - Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pencil sketch of distant mountains and trees with handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Mountain Views from Cuautla, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

"Generals-Hut." (Vorzeichnung für die Serie "Chronologie der Kopfbedeckungen")

Anton Zampis, 1848

Brown ink drawing of a dense battle scene with swordsmen, shields, and fallen warriors in a horizontal frieze.

Battle Scene

Lelio Orsi, 1531-87

Pencil sketch of a figure seen from behind, wearing a cap and coat, on cream paper with a museum stamp.

James McNeill Whistler

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of icebergs and sea, with handwritten notes about colour on pale paper.

Four Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sunset over Rome with St. Peter's dome and a statue-topped column above rooftops, drawn in loose brown and orange strokes.

The Column of the Immaculate Conception and St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite and white chalk study of a reclining figure with a raised arm and flowing drapery on grey paper.

"Genius" (Studie zum Ferdinand Raimund-Zyklus in Schloss Kogl, Attergau)

Josef Engelhart, 1912

Brown and white wash drawing of a seated man in a wig and frock coat pointing, with a faint rearing horse sketched behind him

The Sculptor Antoine Coysevox

Pen and brown wash drawing of a classical facade with four standing figures in niches and reclining figures on the pediment.

Entrance to a prison

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink and wash stage design showing classical columns, an arcade and a rocky cave with trees under diagonal light.

Stage Design, Cave and Temple

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a martyrdom scene with a seized woman, crowd of soldiers, classical building and two cherubs above.

Scene of Martyrdom, after Giovanni Angelo Canini

Jean-Robert Ango

Pencil study of a standing man in an overcoat with a repeated head, shoulder and outstretched arm on tan paper.

President Chester A. Arthur, Standing, with Separate Head, Shoulder, and Arm Study

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Oil sketch of a forest path with tree trunks and sunlit undergrowth, painted in browns and greens.

A Road into the Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil drawing of a crowned figure pointing at an infant held by a seated woman, with a bearded man and onlookers.

The Infant Moses before Pharaoh, after Giovanni Battista Ruggieri

Jean-Robert Ango

Bust of a Bearded Old Man

Pencil sketch of a stone lazaretto with a domed roof, arched doors and a low wall on a hillside.

Lazaretto at Hebron, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small sketch of a broad plain with rounded hills, forested slopes, cloudy sky and a red path in the foreground.

Liguanea Plain, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor interior of a palace room with chandelier, tapestry, white stove, red curtains and gilded chairs.

Room of Archduke Ludwig Victor in the Hofburg, Vienna

Franz Alt, 1861