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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Oil sketch of a golden plateau, lavender mountain, and thatched hut under a pale blue sky.

Ecuador ?, mountain plateau with hut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and ink design for a ceiling with rococo scrollwork, a fan vault, garlands, a medallion and a central classical figure wi

Design for One Half of a Ceiling with Elaborate Medaillons and Figures

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-30

Painted landscape of a Victorian house with a tower among trees above a sunlit lawn and stone wall.

House in Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1885

Brown ink and wash drawing of three figures by a hut and tree on a riverbank, with a sailboat on the water.

Landschap met drie figuren aan de oever van een water

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Sepia drawing of a winter landscape with skaters on a frozen canal, a windmill, a tower and a farmhouse.

Winterlandschap met ijsvermaak

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Oil study of a still lake with rocky shore, a pointed mountain and distant ridges under a glowing evening sky.

Mounts Katahdin and Turner from Lake Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1855

Pen and brown wash drawing of St. Catherine's martyrdom with spiked wheels, angels above, and falling figures below.

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Brown wash drawing of a horse-drawn wagon crossing toward a stone bridge, with a church spire, trees and a boat on water.

Landschap met een wagen die een stenen brug nadert

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Sepia drawing of a town wall, church tower and sailing boats on water, with rowers in a small boat in the foreground.

Stadswal

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a thatched cottage, figures by a boat, a distant church tower and tall pine trees

Riviergezicht

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Sepia drawing of a sailing boat on choppy sea with a distant town and church tower under a cloudy sky.

Zeegezicht

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with sailing boats, a church tower, tall trees and small figures on a path.

Landschap

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated bearded man with a crown, arm outstretched, draped in heavy robes.

Seated Crowned Male Figure Holding a Book or Scroll (recto); Seated Nude Boy (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Brown wash drawing of a sailing boat on choppy water beside a shoreline with trees, a thatched barn and a church spire.

Woelend water

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Landscape study of wooded hills, a meadow with a small house, and a warm orange foreground with pencil rock outlines.

Mt. Desert Island ?, landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Dutch dike landscape with figures, a sailing boat, trees and a grazing animal.

Gezicht op een dijk

Allart van Everdingen, 1631

Pen and brown wash drawing of a round tower above a gabled house, with a curving road and trees in the foreground.

Belvedère te Nijmegen

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen and brown ink drawing of a pond with trees, a farmhouse and two seated figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op een vijver

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Brown ink drawing of two thatched barns beside a sandy path, with a wooded hill and small seated figures in the foreground.

De twee schuren

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen and wash drawing of a church interior with a kneeling saint before an altar and groups of onlookers in the nave.

Saint Antoninus Kneeling before the Crucifix in Orsanmichele, Florence

Bernardino Poccetti, 1600-1605

Painted study of a tall coconut palm above terracotta tiled roofs of wooden houses, with two birds perched on its fronds.

Palm Trees and Housetops, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Pen and ink drawing of a nude woman bathing at a pond while two men peer from behind bushes.

Susanna im Bade

Karl Wiener, 1924

Painted seascape of a rocky shore with evergreens under a red sunrise sky, with distant headlands over calm water.

Schoodic Peninsula from Mount Desert at Sunrise

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil drawing on an octagonal sheet of a swooning woman supported by a young man and a veiled nun at a doorway.

Swooning Woman at the Door of a Nunnery, Supported by Nun and Young Man

Attributed to Benedetto Pastorini, n.d.

Pen and ink study of an enthroned figure and standing attendants beneath draped canopies and columns.

Studies for an Altarpiece with the Virgin Enthroned, Attended by Four Saints (recto); Various Figure Studies, Some Po…

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1530-35

Loose oil sketch of a calm sea under a pinkish cloudy sky with a thin distant horizon line.

Seascape with Icecap in the Distance

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Oil sketch of a snow-capped mountain above clouds and dark ridges, with smaller study panels of hills at right.

Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with kneeling figures, angels in clouds and a vaulted stable setting.

Adoration of the Magi

Cesare Pollino, 1560-1630

Red chalk and brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and a young John the Baptist.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist

Cesare Pollino, 1560-1630

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above brown hills, with green shrubs and a thatched hut in the foreground.

Study of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Red chalk and wash sketch of a seated woman with an infant, a draped figure, and a standing nude child.

The Holy Family with Attendant Putti

Cesare Pollino, 1560-1630

Pencil drawing of the Palais de Justice in Paris with an ornate iron gate, domed central building, and Gothic chapel behind.

Palais de Justice

Henri-Émile Gibert, 1850