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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Grey wash architectural drawing of a classical portal with arched opening, Corinthian columns and a sculpted pediment.

Frame for a town gate with alternate suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Pencil sketch of a jagged mountain peak over rolling hills and boulders, with a handwritten caption below.

Chocorua, After the Picnic at Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Sepia wash drawing of a rocky gorge with cliffs, boulders, a dirt path and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Landscape at Civita Castellana

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1776

Pencil botanical sketch sheet with tree trunks, a branch, an arum plant and handwritten notes on leaf shapes.

Botanical Sketches, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor design of two robed figures holding torches beside a sun-faced column and a smaller smoking urn, with Italian insc

Design for an Andiron

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Circular drawing of Neptune raising a trident in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with cliffs behind.

Neptune in his Chariot

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Ink and watercolor drawing of a hunched bald man seated among scattered orange seeds and a split yellow fruit.

Gier

Karl Wiener, 1923

Brown ink drawing of a seated man and a crowd of women and boys gathered around a draped statue on a column.

Figures Adoring a Statue of the "Magna Mater"

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1585

Donkey

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketches of figures, a donkey with a seated man, and a sailboat on a light paper sheet.

Figure Sketches with a Donkey and Sailboat, Beirut, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen drawing of a city with a giant bottle labeled GIFT, a hatted man, flying airplanes, and alarmed figures below.

Gift

Karl Wiener, 1938

Grey wash drawing of a baroque design with a winged angel, a bishop, a haloed saint with a skull, and a coat of arms.

Design for a Stained Glass Window or Frontispiece with the Arms of a Cleric

Johann Heiss, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pencil and watercolor sketch of several Dutch sailing barges with masts and rigging on water, with handwritten notes.

Dutch Barges

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Pencil sketch of jagged mountain ridges and steep slopes on blue-grey paper, with handwritten notes and labels.

Mountains by the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a man in a bowler hat and long coat smoking a cigar while walking with a cane.

Gigerl fin de siècle / Figur von Hans Schliessmann geschaffen u. illustriert, von Eduard Pötzl in Vers und Prosa lite…

Hans Schließmann, 1900

Watercolor study of a grass tuft with ferns and wild plants, and a dragonfly resting on a blade of grass at right.

A Small Piece of Turf

Hans Hoffmann, 1584

Brown wash sketch of figures at work or in struggle beside rustic buildings, with trees and a hillside behind them.

Sketch, Exterior Scene with Figures at Work or in Combat

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Blue-grey wash drawing of a female saint rising through clouds among angels and putti, with a crowned figure above.

Apotheosis of a Female Saint

Giacomo Farelli, 1700

Watercolor drawing of a Last Judgment scene with an enthroned central figure, angels, rising souls and damned figures in flam

The Day of Judgment

William Blake, 1805

Pen drawing of Christ carrying a cross through a crowd of soldiers, with a town and tower in the background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Wolfgang Huber, 16th century

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a tiered altar with pediment, scrolls, cherub head, obelisks and scale bar.

Project for an Altar

Francesco Mosca, 1600

Pencil sketch of a tall palm tree beside a building, with handwritten notes on colors like warm grey and yellow light.

Palm Tree beside a Building, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a seated draped woman beside a classical urn under a weeping willow tree.

Female Figure Seated Beside an Urn

Angelica Kauffmann, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a man wearing a hat piled with newspapers, holding a sheet labeled La Presse, in a street scene.

La Presse, The Press

Constantin Guys, 1840

Pen and brown wash design drawing of ornamental panels with rosettes, foliage, and a blank central field.

Design for an Embroidered Frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd in a city square with robed figures on steps before an arched building.

Virginius and Virginia (?)

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 19th century

Ink and watercolor drawing of a seated king under a red canopy with guards and courtiers in a tiled hall.

Christian IV has the executioner take the chain of the order and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1861

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted soldier with spear and shield, with two head studies in the lower left.

Soldier Running :Study for Figure in Left Foreground, "Betrayal of Christ," Rome, S. Maria della Consolazione, Mattte…

Taddeo Zuccari, 1520

Watercolor design for a yellow andiron with green panel showing winged cupids, an altar, and urns at each end.

Design for andiron

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young woman in half-figure, eyes closed, head tilted, with long braided hair on pale paper.

Half-figure of a Young Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1918

Pen and ink first floor plan of a Chicago factory building showing column grids, framing, stairs and dimensioned walls.

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1891 Destroyed by fire on April 15, 1989

Pencil sketch of a seal net, masted ship, sailboats, rowboat and rocky shore, with handwritten captions for Killick Island.

Sketches from Killick Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850