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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pen and ink sheet of decorative studies with putti, garlands, candelabra motifs and coffered ceiling designs with Italian not

Decorative Studies; Verso: Anatomical Studies

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of Venus on clouds with a winged cupid holding an arrow, crowns and a scepter nearby.

Venus Triumphant

Hans Werl, n.d.

Pencil sketches on a small sheet mounted in an album, showing horses, a wagon, and figures in loose studies.

Sketches, Artillery on the March

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and watercolor sketch of three long-horned oxen with a yoke and bell, standing on a light brown ground.

Study of Cattle in Tuscany

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a snowy winter landscape with peasants chopping wood beside a donkey, a stone bridge and buildings at le

Winter Landscape with Peasants Gathering and Chopping Wood

Jacob Cats, 1784

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a fluted column on a stepped base with domed flanking elements and a circular plan.

Design for a Memorial Structure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink drawing of a robed woman among clouds with angels and cherubs, beside an oval Madonna and child medallion.

Female Figure Among Clouds; Resurrection, Study after Panetti

Felice Giani, 1820

Grey wash drawing of a stormy shore with figures unloading boats beside a large tree and a house by the water.

A Stormy Scene with Figures Unloading Boats Near a House on the Water's Edge

Jacob Cats, 1785

Brown wash painting of a young girl in a white dress and bonnet beside a spring with water jugs, under a tree.

Young girl getting water at a spring

Thomas Sully, 1830

Brown ink drawing of two deathbed scenes, a sick man attended by figures and a penitent man visited by a priest and angels.

The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of draped women gathered in a wooded clearing around a small fire and baskets.

Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent

Hendrick de Clerck, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Pencil and chalk sketch of mountains under a swirling sky with a small house and handwritten color notes.

Thunderstorm over the Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing with a town and church tower, a bridge, boats, a tall tree, and distant mountains.

Landscape with a Town by the Seashore and Mountains in the Distance

Matthijs Cock, mid-16th century

Pencil sketch of a gun crew working around a cannon, with soldiers handling a rammer and stacked cannonballs nearby.

Gun Crew Loading a Cannon

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash elevation of a monumental stone gateway with a central arch, trophy reliefs, and a crowned coat of arms above.

Design for a monumental gateway honoring the arrival of Marie Antoinette at Versailles

Queen of France Marie Antoinette, 1780

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman beside a pale horse and a red lizard, with handwritten French text above.

Nave Nave Fenua

Paul Gauguin, probably 1894

Pen drawing of a walled city across water, with sailing boats, a leafless tree, and a thatched cottage in the foreground.

Landscape with a Walled City and a Large Body of Water

Matthijs Cock, 16th century

Watercolor drawing of interlocking red and grey fish-like motifs in a repeating tessellated pattern on grid paper.

Decoratief ontwerp in rood, licht- en donkergrijs

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Decorative geometric design in red, black and cream on squared graph paper, with stepped motifs and a bordered rectangle.

Decoratief ontwerp in rood en zwart

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a repeating interlocking decorative pattern with handwritten measurement notes.

Decoratief ontwerp

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Horizontal decorative band design with black scrolling and orange interlaced motifs drawn on graph paper.

Decoratief ontwerp voor een langwerpig paneel

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded battle scene with horsemen, a rearing horse, winged figures in clouds, and a distant city.

Conversion of St. Paul

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1538 (?)

Pen sketch of a woman in a long dress holding a child beside her in a dense garden with trees and shrubs.

Moeder met kind in een tuin

Edzard Koning, 1879

Brown wash drawing of a man leading a horse and cart past a stone farmhouse and large trees.

In a Village

Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, 1840

Pencil and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of two bearded older men with studies of their hands.

Two Studies of Daniel Huntington for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil drawing of a standing man seen from behind, pulling hard on a long pole with both hands.

Staande man, trekkend aan een stok

Adrianus van der Koogh, 1806

Zittende man, en profil naar rechts

Adrianus van der Koogh, 1806

Pencil drawing of a bent man in a cap and loose jacket reaching forward with both arms, with a shadow on the ground.

Voorovergebukte man met uitgestrekte armen

Adrianus van der Koogh, 1806

Pencil drawing of a forest clearing with tall trees, exposed roots in the foreground, and light streaming through the canopy.

Open plek tussen hoog geboomte

Willem van Konijnenburg, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of Juno descending on clouds above nude sea gods on a shore with rain falling.

Juno Appearing to Sea Gods

Cornelis van Haarlem, late 16th-early 17th century

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a woman resting her head on her hand, eyes lowered, with loose shaded lines.

Vrouw met hand onder hoofd

Willem van Konijnenburg, 1878