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Drawings & Sketches

75,648 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted man with a spear approaching a town, flanked by companions and nude figures.

Taddeo Returns to Rome Escorted by Drawing and Spirit toward the Three Graces

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pastoral drawing of a woman on horseback guiding sheep past a palm tree, with shepherds and distant hills.

Pastoral Journey

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, about 1650

Watercolor of a seated man reading a newspaper, a woman holding an infant, a table with fruit and books, and a wall clock.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Otis and Child

Joseph H. Davis, 1834

Pastel portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat holding a black hat against a grey background.

Portrait of George de Ligne Gregory (1740 - 1822)

John Russell, 1793

Study for the Figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Fra' Bartolomeo, about 1509

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling falconer with a dog and horse in a rolling landscape with a distant town.

A Falconer in a Landscape

Monogrammist MS, 1557

Sketch of a robed man led by a winged angel past sleeping guards in a prison interior.

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Laurent de La Hyre, about 1647

Pencil drawing of a coat of arms with a princely crown and two winged victory figures supporting an oval shield.

Coat of Arms of the Rezzonico Family, capped by a Princely Crown and Supported by Two Winged Victories

Giuseppe Cades, 1767-1779

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a dark voluminous skirt and off-shoulder ruffled bodice, with curled hair.

Standing Woman

Constantin Guys, c. 1870-1875

Brown ink drawing of a sailing boat with mast on shore and several rowboats lying in shallow water.

Boats on Shore and in Water

Jan de Bisschop, 1648-1652

Pen and brown ink drawing of a tiered wall decoration with a crucifixion scene in the center and narrative panels around it.

Project for a Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, about 1522

Watercolor portrait of a smiling woman with upswept brown hair, white blouse and dark floral shawl.

Anne Charlotte Lynch (Later Mrs. Vincenzo Botta)

Savinien Edme Dubourjal, ca. 1847

Red chalk drawing of a muscular man with raised arm beside a lion and sketched heads, on a pale sheet.

Studies of Saints John the Baptist and Jerome, a Crucifix, and Various Heads (recto); Studies of the Christ Child, a…

Parmigianino, about 1525-1527

Brown ink and wash sketch of a man's head with wavy hair and downcast eyes, mounted on a card with handwritten labels.

Head of a Man

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, 1600/11

Moonlit drawing of a stone fort on a rocky headland with anchored sailing ships and a glowing fire on the shore.

[Fort and ships]

James Makgill Heriot Maitland, 1840s-1850s

Pencil sketches of figures in an interior: a standing man, a woman with a fan seated on a sofa, and other seated figures.

Soirée

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Pen-and-ink perspective drawing of a Victorian mansard-roof house with wraparound porch, framed by a decorative border, 1876.

N. C. Thompson House, Rockford, Illinois, Perspective

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1876

Pencil sketch of a seated dog in a room with a draped table, sword, helmet, open book and bed.

[sketch of a dog]

Eliza Willis, mid-19th century

Three watercolor design studies of brick and terra cotta cornice details with stepped patterns and moldings on cream paper.

Cornice Studies, Chicago, Illinois, Design Drawing

Drake + Wight, c. 1873-1876

Red chalk drawing of a nude male torso and leg with a study of a hand at left, on pale paper.

Seated Figure (recto); Reclining Figure (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling nude man and a seated woman reaching out, with faint figure studies behind.

Classical Nudes (recto); Classical Statuary (verso)

Théodore Géricault, about 1814-1815

Grey wash watercolor of a man in a rowboat holding a fishing rod and landing net over calm, reflective water.

Netting the Fish

Winslow Homer, 1889

Brown wash drawing of a charitable woman and a girl visiting an elderly man lying in bed in a draped interior.

The Charitable Woman (La Dame de Charité)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1772-1775

Brown wash drawing of a banquet hall with columns, a woman kneeling at a seated man's feet, guards with spears, and a dog.

Christ at Supper with Simon the Pharisee, with the Anointment of Christ's Feet by Mary Magdalen

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, about 1785

Drawing of God the Father with a long beard, blessing with one hand and holding a globe topped by a cross, among clouds.

God the Father (recto); Standing Christ (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, about 1495-1500

Sepia drawing of Dido confronting Aeneas on a colonnaded terrace, with onlookers and a city with builders behind.

Dido Excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the "Aeneid"

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1803

Drawing of St. Jerome with a halo and a lion, gazing up at a trumpet blown from clouds above a rocky landscape.

St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Vincenzo Carducci, about 1626-1632

Brown wash drawing of a river view with a castle and town on the far bank, shepherds and goats in the foreground.

The Town and Castle of Saumur from across the Loire

Lambert Doomer, about 1670

Chalk study of a bearded man gazing upward on tan paper, with white highlights on the forehead and cheeks.

Head of Saint Stephen: Study for the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Jacopo Cavedone, 1627/30

Drawing of a young boy in period dress with a ruffled collar, absorbed in reading an open book against a dark background.

Study of a Boy Reading

Joseph Wright of Derby, about 1766

Drawing of a tree-lined park alley with a circular fountain on the right and an arched opening in the distance.

View of the Park at Arcueil

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1744

Figure studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814