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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Teresa Scala, Calabrese

Peter Rittig, 1819

Pale graphite and white-highlighted drawing of rolling hills, a winding path, a bright sea and sky, with a small tree at lowe

View of the Palisadoes and Kingston Harbor from Bellevue, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds with saints, a banner, and cherubs above and below.

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints

Antonio de' Dominici, 1740

Red chalk drawing of a domestic interior with figures by a fireplace and a street scene with a bridge outside.

January (one of a series representing the labors of the months)

Jonas Umbach, 1690 or slightly earlier

Sepia drawing of rolling hills with a large white country house, a smaller building, and horsemen in the foreground.

View of the Governor's House in St. Helena

Thomas Daniell, 1794

Sepia wash drawing of the Holy Family, a seated woman with an infant among arched architectural forms.

The Holy Family

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a cloudy sky over a river horizon with wooded shoreline below.

Cloudy Sky, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a giraffe carrying a man in a wide hat and a woman in a long dress, with a To Windsor signpost.

The Camelopard, or a new hobby

William Heath, 1827

Pen and brown wash drawing of a waterfall over rocks with small figures beneath, trees and a winding path nearby.

Cascade

Johann Georg Wagner, 1732-67

Pencil sketch of two studies of a left hand gripping, with shaded wrists and a museum stamp at lower left.

Studies of Two Left Hands

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hall wall with arched niches, columns and draped swags.

Wall Elevation of a Hall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Sepia drawing of a shepherd with a staff and dog on a grassy hill overlooking a hazy coastal bay under a vast sky.

Eastern Coast of Rügen Island with Shepherd

Caspar David Friedrich, 1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman with a bow resting among hounds beneath a radiating sunburst and clouds.

Diana Resting with Her Hounds (recto); Flora Seated by a Vase with Two Harks on the Ground, after Jost Amman (verso)

Hermann Weyer, 1607 (verso)-ca. 1615 (recto)

Pencil sketch of a tall evergreen tree beside distant mountains and clouds, with handwritten notes on the landscape.

Mountains and an Evergreen, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Charcoal sketch of boats and a figure on wet sand at low tide under a cloudy sky.

Beach at Low Tide, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Red chalk drawing of comedians performing on a platform in a public square, with a lute player and a crowd of spectators.

Italian Comedians Performing in a Public Square

Jacob Matthias Weyer, 1635-91

Pencil sketch of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with angels, while kneeling figures gather beside a tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Watercolor sketch of two women in dark shawls and full skirts, one holding a gold fan, against a grey background.

Two Spanish Women Promenading

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a standing soldier with a pole over his shoulder, slashed breeches and a sword, with a town in the bac

Standing Soldier

Jost Amman, 1550-91

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a monument with a bust in a niche, pediment, pilasters and inscribed plinth.

Design for Monument

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of an obelisk monument behind an iron fence, with a large tree and wooden gate in the foreground.

De Naald van Waterloo, monument ter ere van de Prins van Oranje, te Soestdijk, 1815

Gerrit Lamberts, 1835

Watercolour of a crowded church interior with a large organ, tricolour bunting on galleries, and a preacher at the pulpit.

Viering van het tweehonderdjarig bestaan van het Seminarium van Remonstranten, 1834

Adrianus Gerardus van Schoone, 1839

Painted sketch of a Victorian house with a turret among large trees above a sunlit lawn and stone wall.

House in Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and ink sketch of a stout man seated on a stool with two women pulling at him, surrounded by loose sketched forms.

Falstaff with Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page (Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 5)

Henry Fuseli, 1790

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman with one arm raised and her head turned upward, on tan paper.

Female Nude

James Wells Champney, 1880

Brown ink sketch of figures gathered around a round well with water jars, camels, and architecture in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Collage of a tall woman in a long black dress beside a small black silhouette of a man under a stylized sun.

Große Dame, kleiner Mann

Karl Wiener, 1939

Pale brown drawing of a centaur guiding a nude youth who draws a bow inside a rocky cave, with a lyre and arrows nearby.

Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow

Bertel Thorvaldsen, after 1810

Watercolor of a pale armored warrior on a rearing horse beside nymphs in glowing water and a hooded figure.

Hagen and the Nymphs of the Danube

Henry Fuseli, 1802

Loose painted sketch of a frozen waterfall with snowy rock ledges, bare trees, and a distant wooded gorge in winter.

American Falls in the Snow, from Goat Island, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of sailboats and rowboats on calm water with a distant shoreline and lighthouse on the left.

Point of Land with a Lighthouse

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil drawing of three fishermen hauling a net by a river, with a sailing boat and a distant town with a church spire.

Riviergezicht met drie vissers en gezicht op Leiden

Jan van Goyen, 1647