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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pencil drawing of a beach with sailboats, figures, a horse and cart, and a dog under a pale sky.

Strandgezicht bij Scheveningen

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pencil sketch of a horse-drawn wagon with a star-marked canvas cover, horses and riders on a tan sheet.

Study for "The Wreck"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a cow with head lowered beside a leafy plant with serrated leaves on cream paper.

Cow Scratching its Head and a Leafy Plant

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a dune landscape with a church tower in the distance, a horse cart, and figures in the foreground.

Duinlandschap met gezicht op Scheveningen

Jan van Goyen, 1649

Pen and ink drawing with framed scenes of the Prodigal Son, a shepherd with pigs, feasting figures, and ornate architectural

The Prodigal Son

Daniel Lindtmayer, late 16th-early 17th century

Drawing of a hooded winged Angel of Death embracing a kneeling girl who holds a scythe, on stone steps.

The Angel of Death

Evelyn De Morgan, 1885

Pencil drawing of a riverside farmhouse with figures, a cart, a rowing boat on the water, and a distant windmill.

Boerderij aan de oever van een rivier

Jan van Goyen, 1652

Grey pencil drawing of a village with a thatched cottage, large tree, figures, and a distant church tower.

Dorpsgezicht in Renkum

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Grey wash drawing of people skating and standing on ice with horses, a dog, a ruined tower and a windmill.

IJsvermaak

Jan van Goyen, 1648

Graphite study of a right hand seen from behind, with white highlights on toned paper and handwritten notes below.

Study of Right Hand of Alexander Hamilton

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Grey wash drawing of many people skating and walking on a frozen river, with horses, boats and windmills on the flat horizon.

IJsvermaak op een brede rivier

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pencil drawing of a river with sailing boats, figures in rowing boats, cattle on the bank, and a windmill in the distance.

Riviergezicht met vissersboten

Jan van Goyen, 1652

Pencil drawing of three sailing ships and small boats on a river, with a church spire and village on the far bank.

Rivieroever met drie zeilschepen

Jan van Goyen, 1652

Pen and ink drawing of Joseph being sold to merchants, framed by ornate cartouches, putti and classical columns.

Joseph Sold by His Brothers into Egypt

Daniel Lindtmayer, 1574

Watercolor elevation of a park colonnade with fluted columns, fountains with lion-head spouts, urns, and a garden view.

Design for a Park Colonnade

Josef Georg Kornhäusel, 1820

Pencil and red chalk portrait of a man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of Marc Liotard-Sarasin

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1720-89

Grey pencil and wash drawing of herders and cattle on a riverbank, with thatched cottages and trees under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op een oever met herders en vee

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pencil drawing of a river jetty with lifting beams, houses, boats with figures, and a distant church spire.

Riviergezicht met een aanlegsteiger met hefbomen

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Grey wash drawing of a woman at a well beside a thatched cottage, with a flat landscape and distant tower behind.

Vrouw bij een waterput

Jan van Goyen, 1635

Pencil drawing of leaning bare trees beside thatched cottages and a waterway with a small boat, by Jan van Goyen.

Landschap met kromme kale bomen voor boerderijen

Jan van Goyen, 1606

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate catafalque elevation with paired columns, carved figures, and a winged trumpeter atop.

Elevation of a Catafalque for a General

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Pen and ink drawing of a woman seen from behind in a long gown and tall headdress, holding a staff.

A Woman from Altmark

Melchior Lorck, 1570

Graphite and white chalk sketch of surf breaking over rocks along a coastline under a pale sky.

Coastline at Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Gray wash drawing of a central standing man in a fur cloak, flanked by seated figures, cherubs and a blank scroll.

Study for a Stained-Glass Window

Christoph Murer, late 16th-early 17th century

Pencil sketch of jagged snowy Alpine peaks above a valley with a church spire at left.

Landscape in the Austrian Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of an arched niche between two columns with studies of arches below, labeled Niches in Rock.

Niches in Rock

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and grey wash drawing of a heraldic coat of arms with lions, columns, putti, and two seated allegorical women.

Design for a Stained Glass Window

Christoph Murer, 1608

Pencil study of a reclining male nude seen from behind, with draped cloth, a raised hand holding a bowl, and sketched clouds.

Study for Bacchus or Silenus

Domenico Maria Canuti, c. 1664

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed figure praying before an altar with flames, with figures and a column at left.

The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of two winged putti flying among clouds in a semicircular lunette design.

Gemini, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of two 17th-century men in plumed hats, one playing a lute and one seen from behind.

Study of Two Figures

Jacques Callot, ca. 1617

Vessel of the Russian Line (Vaisseau de ligne russe)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1827