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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure on tan paper, signed Gustav Klimt, with loose contour lines.

Reclining Nude

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1912-13

Watercolor design of a painted ceiling above a living room elevation with fireplace, marble dado, draped sofa and Italian not

Design for Living Room with Alternate Suggestions

Gaspare Salvi, 1810

Pencil portrait of a young woman with a braided hair and shawl, drawn on brown paper with handwritten inscription below.

Senorita Filetta Molina Bolador del Carmen, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red chalk drawing of a decorative arch with a flower basket, floral swags, a putto head, a bird, and trophy objects.

Preparatory Study for Plate 41 in "Maisons de plaisance," Vol. II

Jacques-François Blondel, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged allegorical figures holding a draped cloth with a medallion portrait, above reclining fi

An Allegory of the Arts Vanquishing Time, Surmounted by a Medallion Portrait of King Stanislaw August of Poland as Pa…

André Lebrun, after 1780

Pencil sketch of a child in a wide-brimmed hat reaching for a toy sailboat near water and rocks.

Theodore Cole Pulling his Toy Sailboat, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch with handwritten colour notes for a landscape, showing faint horizontal bands and small shaded patches on cream

Prairie Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental rococo frame with scrollwork, shells, garlands and two cherubs at the corners.

Design for a Ceiling

Jean Bérain, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Grindelwald village street with timber chalets, villagers, and a snowy mountain peak behind.

Gezicht op het dorp Grindelwald met in de verte een gletsjer

monogrammist GVZ, 1800

The Appeal

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Monochrome watercolor of a granite cliff above conifers and boulders reflected in still water at Mirror Lake, Yosemite.

Mirror Lake, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil studies of monkeys on cream paper, including a head study of a marmoset and a young monkey, with handwritten labels.

Money and Marmoset

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and ink drawing of Saint John the Baptist with a lamb in a wooded wilderness, within a circular format.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Hans von Kulmbach, ca. 1510-15

Pencil and chalk drawing of snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano emitting smoke above hatched hills, with Spanish inscription.

A View of the Volcano Cotopaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Grey-toned sketch of musicians playing flute and cello beside a balustrade, with figures and trees behind them.

Recto: The Concert Verso: Seated Male Nude

Johann Liss, early 17th century

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an altar mensa with a central wreath, lion-head brackets, and flanking pilasters.

Design for an Altar Mensa

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Brown wash drawing of Abraham raising a sword as a winged angel restrains him over a nude youth, Isaac.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Johan Carl Loth, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a rococo candle bracket with two cup-shaped holders and curling leafy scrollwork on toned paper.

Design for a Candle Bracket

Romain Girard, 1770

Grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with an enthroned female figure, a dove, putti and allegorical figures among clouds.

Sketches for a Ceiling Painting: The Triumphant Church

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 1740

White chalk drawing of two lily blossoms on a dark grey-green paper ground.

Floral Design

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded standing man in a long greatcoat and wrapped headwear, by Tiepolo.

A Standing Oriental Wearing a Greatcoat

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1753/1762

Pencil sketch of a railway bridge spanning a rocky mountain ravine, with distant hills drawn in light lines.

Railroad in the Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a mountain range with two palm-like plants in the foreground and handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Mountain Range with Palm Trees, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and ink wash drawing of a crowded palace scene with draped figures around a central man and a table.

Solomon

Johan Carl Loth, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded standing man in a loose robe and cap, holding a thin rod.

A Standing Oriental Holding a Rod

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1753/1762

Pencil sketch of a hazy distant lake and clouds at sunset, with handwritten color notes along the lower edge.

Sunset in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of an ex libris bookplate with a grinning crowned demon, a printing press, cherubs, and an owl.

Printer's Devil

Francis Scott King, 1895

Grey-toned drawing of a spray of Canterbury bells with bell-shaped flowers and buds on a dark olive background.

Spray of Canterbury Bells

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Black chalk sketch on blue paper of a foreshortened male figure reclining with outstretched arms.

Reclining Male Nude, Foreshortened

called Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti, 1562

Pencil sketch of two slender bare trees rising from boulders, with a small shrub at right, on tan paper.

Trees and Boulders near Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil and wash drawing of a fashionable woman beside a gas lamp, with a poor hooded woman and child seated in a doorway.

Light and Shadow: The Shadows of Dissipation Falling upon the Poor

James Carter Beard, 1870

Blue wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, a ruined stone wall, and a distant building under a pale sky.

Landscape

Isaak Major, early 17th century