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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman with one arm outstretched on cream paper.

Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm

Gustav Klimt, 1903-1904

Ink roof plan of a rectangular factory building with stone coping, chimneys, drainage conductors and dimension lines on traci

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Roof Plan

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

General Napoleon Bonapart

Napoleon Bonaparte, 1810

Pencil sketch sheet with a distant hilly landscape above and loose studies of foliage and rocks below.

Mixed Sketches, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing nude woman with head tilted and arm raised, signed Gustav Klimt Nachlass in lower right.

Standing Nude

Gustav Klimt, 1906-07

Pen and watercolor design for an ornamental cross with winged angels, cherubs on clouds, garlands and crossed staffs.

Design for a Cross

Pietro Belli, 1810

Red chalk sketch of a standing woman holding a child on her hip, drawn on thin translucent paper.

Study for a woman holding a child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Red chalk sketch of two reclining female nudes on tan paper, one resting her head on her hand.

Two Reclining Nudes

Gustav Klimt, 1905-1906

Architectural drawing of a factory building with alley and east elevations and a wall section, showing rows of arched windows

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Section

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

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped conical mountain above hatched foothills on cream paper, with handwritten notes.

Snow-Capped Mountain, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure turning his head, resting one arm on a ledge, on toned paper.

Drawing, Nude

Domenico Corvi, 1730

Hand-drawn 1891 architectural sheet with floor plan, stone sill schedule and chimney cap details for a Chicago factory.

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Stone Specifications

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

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental cartouche with cherubs, a trumpeting winged figure, and a globe, a study for a book plate.

Preparatory Study for Plate 34 in "Maisons de plaisance" Vol. II

Jacques-François Blondel, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of seated allegorical Justice holding scales and a sword within an ovoid frame, inscribed Giustizia.

Design for an Ovoidal Painting: Justice

Giacomo Zampa, 1770

Brown ink and wash design for a barrel vault with classical ruins and figures seen through a central arch.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor with a mythological medallion of Venus and Cupid surrounded by fruit, insects, a crayfish and butterflies.

"Venus disarming Amor" in a medallion surrounded by plants, fruits, insects and shellfish

Joris Hoefnagel, 1593-1597

Ink architectural drawing of a sliding door detail with elevation, sections and plan, annotated with dimensions on aged paper

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Multiple Views

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

Pencil sketch of two studies of female figures on tan paper, one reclining with eyes closed, one crouched below.

Two Studies for a Crouching Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1914-15

Pencil sketch of a rugged canyon and winding path with a distant village, labeled El Yemen, on tan paper.

Canyon View, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a forest waterfall between dark rocks and trees, with a pink foreground and a pale pool of sky.

Mountain Stream, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two nude women reclining and intertwined, with loose contour lines on cream paper.

Two Women Reclining

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1905-06

Wash drawing of winged harpies attacking armored men beside a stone arch, with white highlights in the clouds.

The Harpies Attacking Aeneas and His Companions

Johann Carl Loth, 1670

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic church with a stone fountain, market stalls and gabled houses beside a square.

Vismarkt, oostzijde, met pomp

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, 1670

Red chalk drawing of a seated turbaned woman reading an open book, with a younger figure behind her on the left.

The Persian Sibyl

Michelangelo, 1600

Pen and grey wash drawing of two architectural window cases with pediments, garlands, and a carved mask.

Two Window Cases

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

Watercolor drawing of two men and two women in period dress gesturing in a room with a window and chairs.

Gisperl und Fisperl

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1826

Pencil sketch of two intertwined reclining figures on tracing paper, with handwritten inscription at upper left.

The Lovers

Gustav Klimt, 1913

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate ceremonial mace with an oval cartouche flanked by two figures on a tall shaft.

Mace with Arms of Pope Pius VII

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil landscape sketch of a winding river valley with rocky banks and distant mountains, annotated near Latacunga, Ecuador.

Landscape near Latacunga, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, with loose drapery, on cream paper.

Reclining Nude with Drapery, Back View

Gustav Klimt, 1917-1918

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped female figure balancing on a sphere, holding a pole that supports a double-bowled oil l

Desing for an Oil Lamp

Vincenzo Belli, 1820

Pencil sketch of two schooners and small dories on calm water, with soft reflections on a tan sheet.

Two Schooners and Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880