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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pencil sketch of a woman in a full skirt seen from behind, with loose background hatching suggesting a room.

Woman at Piano

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a village with a church steeple, trees and a gabled farmhouse across a flat landscape.

View of a Village ("Wasschout"?)

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a busy harbor with figures, barrels, moored boats, a dog, and a rocky cliff with arched buildings.

A Port Scene

Pierre-Jacques Volaire, 1800

Drawing of crowned Christ standing between two figures holding a cloth, in brown ink and wash on tan paper.

Ecce Homo

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a cherub writing on a globe beneath an empty oval rococo frame with scrollwork.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Pen and brown ink sketches of an altar with a domed tabernacle, putti, a balustrade and a small cabinet on paper.

Sketches for an altar

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ among disciples, with a kneeling woman reaching toward him beneath a large tree.

Christ and the Canaanite Women

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Black chalk sketch on gray-blue paper of a standing monk in a hooded robe, one hand raised, seen from behind.

Sheet with Sketch of a Monk

Red chalk sketch of a flying angel with a raised arm, draped figure, cherubs and studies of limbs on paper.

Flying Angel and Other Figures

Mattia Preti, 1660

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman with arms raised and face upturned, draped in flowing robes.

Kneeling Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of two horses pulling a wooden cart with a load, sketched on pale paper.

Twee paarden met wagens

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of a horse harnessed to a carriage, tied to a tree beside a building doorway.

Paard met rijtuig, aan een boom gebonden

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Watercolor landscape of a dirt road lined with trees, with chickens in the foreground and a figure walking in a distant meado

Landschap met kippen langs de weg

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Red chalk sketch of a gnarled tree with spreading branches and foliage on a pale sheet, with a small blue wash at lower left.

Schets van een boom

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Charcoal sketch of two fishermen in a canoe on rapids, with rocks and evergreen trees along the distant shore.

Fishermen in the Rapids

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of a narrow street with gabled houses, a church tower, and a lantern on a wall.

Straatgezicht

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Brown wash drawing of a steep rocky gorge with a stream over boulders and pine trees far below a pale sky.

Toltec Gorge, Colorado

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pencil portrait drawing of a bearded man with a lace collar and buttoned doublet, set in an oval on blue paper.

Et mandsportræt

Lucas Kilian, 1700-1799

Pen and ink drawing with green wash of two gnarled pollard willow trees with bare branches on grassy ground.

Studies of Two Pollard Willows; Verso: Wide Landscape Prospect

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a man rowing and a woman seated in a small boat on water, with a house and trees behind.

Man en vrouw in roeiboot

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of figures gathered around a large glowing star, with a child in white and a dog in the foreground.

Driekoningen

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of an interior with a man playing lute, a seated woman at a table, and a standing man by a fireplace.

Interieur met luitspeler, zittende vrouw en staande man

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Brown ink drawing of a standing man in a draped cloak beside sketched trees and shrubs in a landscape.

Romeins officier in landschap

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of two seated bearded men and a standing youth in classical robes in an architectural interior with a statu

Democritus en Heraclitus

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil drawing of a standing woman in a bonnet carrying a basket and a jug on pale paper.

Staande vrouw met mand en kruik

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Brown ink and wash drawing of Moses displaying the tables of law to a crowd of Israelites.

Moses Shows the Tables of Law to the Israelites, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of a tree with branches and loose foliage on pale paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

Sketch of a Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown wash drawing of a satyr listening to a youth playing a pipe among trees, with putti nearby.

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf leaning on a basket against a shaded tree background.

Zittende vrouw met een mand

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a bonnet beside a woven basket, with a fence and shrubs behind her.

Zittende, rustende vrouw met een mand

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Black and white chalk drawing of a seated elderly woman in a bonnet and shawl holding a wicker basket on grass.

Zittende oude vrouw met een mand

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Hoofd van een vrouw, en profil naar links

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782