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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with satyrs, nymphs and cherubs before a domed classical temple.

Bacchus and Ariadne, with Silenus, Nymphs and Satyrs

Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet and fringed shawl conversing with a man in a top hat holding a cane.

The Conversation

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an arched doorway with rusticated stonework, keystone and rosettes, with handwritten me

Doorway with alternative suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Study sheet on grey paper with several white hollyhock blossoms, pink centers, yellow stamens, and a stem with buds.

White Hollyhocks

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornamental ceiling panels with scrolls, garlands and central circular medallions.

Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and chalk drawing of a stone gate tower with pointed roof and gabled houses along a village street on tan paper.

Neumagen sur la Moselle (Neumagen on the Moselle)

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1820

Pencil sketch of an arched gallery interior with stairs and columns, above a printed list of four paintings.

Study for "Paintings"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pastel drawing of yellow daisies and a pink wild rose with green buds on a gray background.

Yellow Daisies and Pink Wild Rose

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Graphite sketch of a rocky mountain notch with dark stone outcrops and a shadowed stream channel below.

Notch, Mt. Mansfield

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Ink drawing of a patterned vase and footed bowl on a pedestal with palm fronds and a crescent moon.

Cloisonné

James Henry Moser, 1890

Loose oil sketch of Roman rooftops and pale ochre buildings in hazy warm light, with a distant church tower.

Rooftops, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of Judith with a sword pointing skyward, a maidservant, and a severed head in a landscape.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Anton von Maron, 18th century-early 19th century

Pencil study of a seated man beside sketched layout frames and the handwritten word Marbles on cream paper.

Study for "Marbles"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pencil architectural elevation of a glass wall with a multi-pane door, paneled wainscoting, and ornamental cornice details.

Glaswand zwischen den Verbindungszimmern und dem Wintergarten

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873

Pen and ink drawing of a grand staircase with arched openings, marble busts, an ornate vase, and a small figure.

Paintings - James Henry Moser, 1890

James Henry Moser, 1890

Watercolor of a heathland hillside with large boulders, a sandy path, and distant hills under a pale sky.

From the Gærum Hills in Vendsyssel, 22 May 1833

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Pencil sketch of the Salzburg fortress on a hill above town buildings, with a church spire and distant mountains.

Salzburg, Austria, viewed from the Kapuzinerberg

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a large domed building on a waterfront, with rowboats and a sailing ship on the water.

Enormous Structure Situated on a Stream

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling haloed woman looking up at a haloed barefoot figure holding a cross, with lilies behind.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Master of the Drapery Studies, ca. 1490

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate footed incense boat with scroll handles and a central medallion on a stepped stem.

Design for an Incense Boat

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Kneeling Female Figure

Master MZ, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen-and-ink frontispiece design with an empty framed panel, botanical fronds, ribbon scroll reading W. W. Corcoran, and handw

Frontispiece, Portrait of W. W. Corcoran

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pen and wash design for a jeweled pendant with a bow top, green gems, and a cross of faceted stones.

Design for a Pendant with Cross

Girolamo Venturi, 1730

Loose pen and ink sketch of the Holy Family with St. John the Baptist over a faint grid.

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

Anton Raphael Mengs, mid-18th century

Tall ornamental panel with turquoise ground, white garlands, urns, figures and a central medallion in neoclassical style.

Panel of Arabesques for the Hôtel de Salm, Paris

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1780

Oil sketch of icebergs lit gold at sunset, rising from dark green water under a red and brown sky.

Icebergs at Sunset, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink drawing of a nude woman, a cloaked skull-faced figure, and a helmeted man in front of a city building under a starry sky.

Glück und Unglück

Karl Wiener, 1938

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, one arm across his shoulder, on a rock.

Seated Nude Male

Anton Raphael Mengs, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a blank rectangular frame topped with a floral garland, draped swag and tassel, on a stepped base.

Standing frame

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil portrait of a seated man in a cap and robe at a desk, set in an ornate architectural frame with an inscribed title.

Portret van Philippus de Monte

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Page from an album with brown ruled grid lines and faint pale sketch in the center, handwritten notes at left edge.

Oningevuld schema

Joseph van Huerne, 1809

Watercolor elevation of a classical triumphal arch with Corinthian columns, a pediment, and small figures with a dog at its b

Design for a Triumpal Arch for Napoleon I, Bergamo, Italy

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1800