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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in period dress leaning on a table beside a curtain and tall flowering plants.

Portrait of M.-J.-A.-N. de Coritat, Marquis de Condorcet

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate palatial wall with niches, statues, busts, putti and framed relief scenes.

A Palatial Wall Ornamented with Sculptures and Paintings

Andrea Semino, 1570

Grey wash drawing of a sunlit forest with large beech trees and a small wooden bench beside a path.

Bosgezicht

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1813

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a dark suit, arms folded, head bowed, on a wooden chair.

Young Man, Seated, from Scribner's "Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex"

Charles Dana Gibson, 1900

Brown wash landscape of a shepherd and sheep beside a stream, with boulders, wooded slopes and distant mountains under clouds

Berglandschap met beekje, herder en schapen

Andreas Schelfhout, 1797

Brown wash drawing of many sheep and lambs, standing and resting in rows across an open field, with a signature and date at l

Studies van schapen

Jan van Ravenswaay, 1824

Watercolor interior of a man cutting a child's hair while women and a child watch from beside a window.

Kind bij de kapper

Diederik Franciscus Jamin, 1862

Watercolor of a windmill, red-roofed cottages, trees with hanging laundry, and a rowboat on a canal under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op het Kerkpad vanaf de Lijnbaansgracht

Albert Martin, 1892

Watercolor of a windmill, wooden footbridge over a canal, houses and a rowboat under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de Middenweg

Albert Martin, 1892

Ink drawing of three stylized figures standing together, a man with bowed head on the left, a central woman, and a woman seen

Gescheiterte

Karl Wiener, 1933

Brown wash drawing of a standing officer in uniform holding a sword, with a stone pedestal and landscape behind him.

Portrait of C.-F. du Perier Dumouriez

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Black chalk sketch of a striding nude youth seen from behind, arms raised, on a toned paper sheet.

A Striding Youth with His Arms Raised, Seen from Behind

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1579

Watercolor and pencil design with rose and heather bouquets and oval embroidered floral motifs on a pale blue ground.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Front Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a kneeling bald man leaning forward with an outstretched arm and draped garment.

A Kneeling Man Holding a Staff [recto]

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1550

Brown wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat pointing forward beside a horse, with a flag and rocky ground behind him.

Portrait of Prince Henry of Prussia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Ink and grey wash drawing of a ruined arched aqueduct in a wooded rocky valley with a wooden fence in the foreground.

Stage Design, Aqueduct

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil sketch of two hunched male figures leaning together on a pale ground beneath an empty horizon, with handwritten notes.

Geschlagen

Karl Wiener, 1942

Brown wash drawing of a man in a long coat leaning on an inscribed pedestal beside a quill and book.

Portrait of Giovanni Fantoni (or "Labindo")

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Ink architectural drawing of an organ screen elevation and floor plan for Isaiah Temple with fretsawn ornament and labeled ro

Isaiah Temple, Chicago, Illinois, Organ Screen Plan and Elevation

Dankmar Adler, 08/10/1898

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints, an ox, putti and angels among clouds and trees.

Madonna and Child with Saints John and Luke

Jehan Cousin the Younger

Pencil sketch of a rocky outcropping beside birch and hemlock trees, with handwritten labels on pale paper.

Rocky Outcropping with Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink landscape drawing of figures crossing a wooden bridge over a stream, with trees, a distant house, and clouds.

Landscape with Bridge

Felice Giani, 1820

Watercolor of a 1821 drawing-room party with a pianist, seated guests, dancing figures, and a dog in the foreground.

Gesellschaftsspiel der Schubertianer in Atzenbrugg

Leopold Kupelwieser, 1821

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in period dress holding a top hat and cane, with a building and shrubs behind him.

Portrait of Edmond Burke

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Pen and ink design for a frieze with a blank oval cartouche, seated woman, putto, garlands and scrollwork.

Design for Frieze Decoration, with Alternative Suggestions

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Pencil sketch of cloudy skies over mountain ridges, with handwritten color notes along the bottom edge.

Cloudy Skies over Mountain Ridges near Hacienda Chillo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink drawing of a pale skull-faced ghost on stairs above a startled dark-clad man, set against heavy crosshatched shadows.

Gespenst

Karl Wiener, 1921

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man in a coat examining coins in an open cabinet drawer, with shelves and a skull in the roo

Portrait of Joseph-Hilarius Eckehel

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Men

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tree branch with twigs and a small perched bird on a tan sheet of paper.

Tree Branch

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Gespenstische Stadt

Karl Wiener, 1938

Pen and ink sketch of two women in long robes and headscarves, one barefoot holding a spindle, on a brownish ground.

A Woman Spinning and an Old Woman

Hieronymus Bosch, 1470