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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

White chalk drawing of billowing clouds on tan paper, with soft contour lines and a small brown stain near the center.

Clouds

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Oil sketch of a misty mountain gorge with a tower on a cliff top, peaks lit pink under a golden evening sky.

Castle in the Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink drawing of a strutting turkey on a hillside, surrounded by caricatured human faces.

They Strut About Elegantly (Lindamente se pavonean)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pencil sketch of seated men in robes, one smoking a long pipe, with handwritten notes on an aged sketchbook page.

Compositie met rustende mannen

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of a horned nude figure with arms raised, holding up a large curved disc surrounded by zigzag lines.

Los Supporting the Sun [recto]

William Blake, probably c. 1793

Pencil sketch of two veiled women, a standing figure, and several military medals and crosses on cream paper.

Compositie met vrouwen en de militaire Willemsorde

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of standing and seated Egyptian figures, including a barber tending a seated man and several men in robes.

Compositie met staande en zittende Egyptenaren

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of palm trees and cypresses behind a garden wall, with seated people and riders on donkeys in the foreground.

Rustende Egyptenaren bij een tuinmuur

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Brown wash drawing of a canal with a bridge, a tall clock tower, moored boats, trees and gabled houses.

Gezicht over het Singel op de Torensluis en de Jan Rodenpoortstoren

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with a Gothic church, gabled houses, moored boats and figures working on the quayside.

Gezicht op het Rokin, gezien naar de Beurs van Hendrik de Keyser

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Hazy distant hills under a pale sky, with a small bird on a leafy shrub at right and a grassy slope at lower left.

Distant Hills, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of a mustached waiter holding a tray with a cup and reading a Daily Graphic newspaper, 1897.

"Gustav aus Caffee Griensteidl" [Zahlkellner Gustav vom Café Griensteidl]

Friedrich Kaskeline, 1897

Ink drawing of grotesque falling figures and small elves tumbling together, with the caption Llueven duendes below.

It's Raining Elves (Llueven duendes)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown wash drawing of a crowd on a canal quay with rowing boats, a sailing vessel, and a distant church tower under cloudy sk

Uittocht van zeshonderd gewapende Amsterdamse burgers naar Utrecht, 17 juli 1787

Geerlig Grijpmoed, 1787

Grey wash drawing of a canal beside old timber houses, with a footbridge and a large tree on the right.

Gezicht op een kanaaltje buiten de Weteringpoort

George Pieter Westenberg, 1817

Loose painted sketch of autumn-toned rolling hills in reddish and ochre hues under a pale sky, with grass in the foreground.

The Catskill Mountains in Autumn, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of an infantry column marching with rifles across a field, mounted officers at center, bare trees and cavalry i

An Infantry Column on the March

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink drawing of a woman combing a seated balding man's hair, with the caption Trabajo perdido below.

Lost Labor (Trabajo perdido)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pencil sketch of distant mountain ridges with a small bare tree and shrubs in the foreground, on pale paper.

Blue Mountain Peak, from Bloxburgh, Jamaica, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor stage design of a garden with a tiered fountain framed by garlanded arches, cypress trees and stone balustrades.

Stage Design of a Garden Setting with Fountains and Arbors

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hunched old man in a cloak clutching a money bag, with winged figures behind him.

Shackled to His Treasure (Preso á su tesoro)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a winged woman pointing beside a helmeted seated woman, with a bust and the words

Monument for an Accademia della Pace

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a two-story villa with a columned portico, set among trees under a cloudy sky.

View of a villa

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink drawing of a nude woman riding a owl-like creature with grotesque figures in a dark night sky.

Flying and Other Excesses (Volando y otros excesos)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink satirical drawing of caricatured figures clustered around a torn sack spilling coins onto the floor.

Greed Breaks the Bag (La codicia rompe el saco)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Watercolor drawing of turkeys, parrots and cockatoos gathered under oak trees in a woodland clearing, with a wicker basket on

Design for a Tapestry or a Painted Wall Hanging

Daniël Marot, 1720

Red chalk drawing of a standing male figure in draped cloth, with one arm extended, on a torn sheet of paper.

Study of Standing Figure

There Was No Business (No encontraron avio)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pencil sketch sheet with five studies of women, four in oval frames and one showing a seated figure in an interior.

Five Representations of Women

Fortunato Duranti, 1810

Study of a Head of a Young Man in Renaissance Attire

Fortunato Duranti, 1800

Ink drawing of a man leaning over a ledge gazing into a mirror showing grotesque faces, with onlookers behind him.

He Looks and Doesn't Recognize Himself (Se mira y no se ve)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated female nude with extended arm, plus sketched hand and leg fragments on toned paper

Female Nude, Study of Peace for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1880