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Drawings & Sketches

75,482 works

Red and black chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman on a bed with an older woman seated beside her.

The Remedy

Jean-Antoine Watteau, about 1716-1717

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur and a female faun reclining in a rocky landscape with cypress trees.

A Centaur and a Female Faun in a Landscape

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, about 1775

Pen and ink drawing of a classical altar with Corinthian columns, a pediment, and statues in niches.

Design for an Altar

Baldassare Peruzzi, about 1527

Sepia drawing of fishermen by a river with a castle on a hill and a large tree in the foreground.

Fishermen on the River Zschopau by Kriebstein Castle, Saxony

Adrian Zingg, about 1785

Black chalk drawing of a standing man in a cap and cloak on blue-grey paper.

Standing Male Figure

Franciabigio, about 1515

Pen and wash drawing of two cabbages and a trailing marrow plant with leaves and a gourd on pale paper.

Studies of a Marrow Plant and Cabbages

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1605-1614

Pencil drawing of a standing man in a long draped coat with hands clasped, head turned slightly to one side.

Joseph Wintergerst in a Floor-length Coat, Standing, with his Hands Placed on Top of one another

Wilhelm von Schadow, about 1811-1813

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing studies of armored, turbaned and kneeling figures with faint architectural outlin

Studies of Figures and Architecture (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

Perino del Vaga, about 1542-1545

Pen and ink drawing of a toad-like creature clutching coins, an allegory of greed by Jacques de Gheyn II.

Allegory of Avarice

Jacob de Gheyn II, about 1609

Brown wash drawing of robed apostles gazing upward as winged angels point to the sky over a hilly landscape.

Study for "The Ascension"

John Singleton Copley, 1774

Pencil sketch of a woman with opera glasses in a theatre box, with men in the audience behind her.

Opera Boxes

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Pencil study on blue paper of a figure draped over a cannon, pulling down a staff, with faint grid lines.

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Astride Cannon Pulling Down Spanish Colors

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86

Pen and brown ink costume studies of draped standing figures with handwritten notes, by Paolo Veronese, about 1584-1585.

Costume Studies for Sophocles' "Oedipus Tyrannus" (recto); Costume Studies for Sophocles' "Oedipus Tyrannus" (verso)

Paolo Veronese, about 1584-1585

Drawing of an ornate ceiling design with a central oval of a female figure on clouds, surrounded by putti and drapery.

Study for a Ceiling

Lattanzio Gambara, 1565-1570

Bishop Holding a Candle (recto); Draped Legs (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1493

Graphite sketches of male figures on blue paper, including an embracing pair in cloaks, by John Singleton Copley.

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Group of Dying French Officers

John Singleton Copley, 1782-83

Grey wash drawing of a moated castle with a tall tower, a wooden footbridge, and trees in the background.

The Castle Giessenburg, near Gorinchem

Roelant Roghman, 1646-1647

Pencil sketch on sketchbook page with three studies of figure groups, including a standing man and horsemen.

Three compositional studies of figure group

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Graphite drawing of a nude male figure reaching toward a draped female figure, with a squared grid and a classical urn behind

Science Instructing Industry: Nude Study

Kenyon Cox, 1898

Brown ink and wash drawing of a paved Venetian-style square with palazzi, arched windows and small groups of figures.

View of Campo S. Polo

Francesco Guardi, about 1790

Ink and watercolor sketch of a standing woman with hands on hips beside a kneeling woman resting her head against her.

Two Women

Constantin Guys, c. 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a woman's head tilted downward, with red chalk on cheeks and lips and a ruffled collar.

Head of a Woman

Jacob Jordaens, about 1635

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman holding a nude infant, with loose hatched drapery around them.

Studies of the Madonna and Child (recto); Studies of the Madonna and Child and of an Architectural Detail (verso)

Parmigianino, about 1535

Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude warrior in a helmet leaning on a volute and holding a sword.

Nude Warrior (Mars?) Leaning over a Volute (recto); Nude Child Playing with a Viola (verso)

Toussaint Dubreuil, about 1589-1602

Interior scene of a seated man drawing at a table beside a woman in a white cap at an open window.

The Artist in his Atelier

Christiaan Andriessen, about 1805-1808

Brown ink and wash drawing of farm laborers digging in a hilly landscape with distant mountains and trees under a hazy sky.

Landscape in Latium with Farm Laborers

Claude Lorrain, about 1660-1663

Watercolor still life of a blue lidded pot, white pitcher, teapot and apples on a white cloth and patterned fabric.

Still Life with Blue Pot

Paul Cézanne, about 1900-1906

Brown wash drawing of shepherds and cattle resting under a tree beside a cascade, with a hilltop town in the distance.

A Landscape with Shepherds Resting Under a Tree by a Cascade (recto); Sketch of a Landscape (verso)

Francesco Zuccarelli, mid-1700s

Drawing of loaded horse-drawn wagons and travelers crossing a frozen flat landscape with windmills on the horizon.

A Scene on the Ice with Skaters and Wagons

Moulin, 1655

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining lion with a full mane, head turned toward the viewer, tail curling to the right.

Study of a Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Brown wash drawing of a seated laureled poet beside lyre-playing figures in an oval frame, with the name Savage above.

Frontispiece Design for Bell’s Poets of Great Britain, Savage

Angelica Kauffmann, 1779-1781

Brown wash drawing of monks mourning around a draped body on a bier, with two angels hovering in a vaulted hall.

The Deaths of the Blessed Ugoccione and Sostegno (recto); A Study of the Farnese Hercules (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, about 1604-1612