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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey and blue wash drawing of a misty valley with steep rocky cliffs, rock outcrops and trees in the foreground.

Mountain Scene with Rocks

Follower of John Sell Cotman, first half 19th century

Sepia wash drawing of a wooden footbridge over a rocky stream and waterfall, framed by trees and wooded hills.

Bridge Near Waters-Meet, Lynton, North Devon

Attributed to James Bulwer, first half 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting with a rotunda and statue.

St. Paul preaching at Athens (Copy of Raphael's tapestry, reversed)

Raphael, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular giants falling among rocks beneath a winged figure in the sky.

Fall of the Giants

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Watercolor of a crenellated castle on a grassy hilltop beneath a blue, cloudy sky, with ochre and green slopes.

Castle on a Hill

Attributed to James Bulwer, first half 19th century

Brown and grey wash drawing with white highlights showing several winged cherubs in flight and in poses of motion.

Cherubs

Raphael, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of robed bearded men walking in procession, one holding a long staff, within a ruled border.

Moses and Other Figures

Cesare Nebbia, 1570-80

Pencil sketch of a ruined gatehouse and tower half hidden by trees, with a small figure in the archway, dated 1829.

Ragland

Attributed to James Bulwer, 1829

Pen and ink study of a bearded robed man beside a nude figure, with sketched heads and hands at the upper right.

Creation of Eve

Vincenzo Tamagni, 1517-1520

Watercolor drawing of a sandy shore with sailboats in choppy water under a dark, cloudy sky.

Shore Scene with Boats in Choppy Water

Unknown artist, first half 19th century

Brown ink drawing of a helmeted warrior raising his arm before a crowd with spears in front of city walls.

Gideon Gathering His Army, Scene from the Book of Judges

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Etching of two goats perched among curling vines, leaves and berries, forming a vertical grotesque ornament border.

Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Pen and brown ink sketch of a robed saint beneath a hovering angel among clouds, with studies of hands at left.

Saint Stephen Being Crowned by an Angel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Watercolor of a windmill on a hilltop above a river at dusk, with figures on the bank and a rowboat in the foreground.

The Mill

after Rembrandt van Rijn Anonymous, first half 19th century

Wash drawing of a bearded Franciscan saint holding a crucifix, standing in an arched niche with a scalloped shell behind him.

Standing Franciscan Saint in a Niche

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700

Watercolor of a smoky street fire beside a statue of Neptune with a trident, in front of old gabled buildings and a tower.

The Bristol Riots: The Burning in the Street

John Skinner Prout

Loose pen and wash sketch of figures lowering a body from a cross, with draped mourners around it.

Descent from the Cross

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with ruins on a plain, trees in the foreground, and mountains in the distance.

Landscape with Ruins

Drawing of a horse's head in brown wash with a green and red bridle ornament against a gray architectural background.

Horse's head

Raphael, 1500-50

Head of a boy and section of a horse's mane

Raphael, 1500-1550

Faded fragment of a woman's head with dark braided hair over a pink and yellow headdress, with grey swirling clouds behind.

Tapestry Cartoon Fragment: The Top of Woman's Head with Hair Braided over a Cloth Headdress

Raphael, 1500-50

Pen and wash drawing of armored knights fighting horsemen before a castle with round towers, over a numbered grid.

Fighting Knights Before Castle

Attributed to Robert Ker Porter, c. 1800

Fragment of a tapestry cartoon showing an outstretched hand, a winged figure's body, and a feathered wing in muted colors.

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Outstretched Hand, Body of a Seraph, and a Wing

Raphael, 1500-1550

Watercolor fragment of a laced buskin on a foot, blue drapery, a green plant, and a Greek key border.

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Foot in a Buskin, Drapery, and a Plant

Raphael, 1500-50

Brown wash drawing of swirling fire tongues and a radiating halo, a fragment of a Descent of the Holy Spirit cartoon.

Head of an Apostle Surrounded by a Tongue of Fire and a Nimbus: Fragment of a Cartoon for a Descent of the Holy Spirit

Raphael, 1500-50

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling hunter beside a horse, facing a stag with a crucifix between its antlers in a forest.

The Vision of St. Hubert

Vittorio Amedeo Rapous, 1728-1800

Black chalk study of a reclining headless male nude over drapery, with a small blue sheet of a female figure pasted at lower

The Reclining Headless Body of Holofernes; Study of Female Semi-Nude Figure (on a small separate, unrelated sheet of…

Guido Reni, 1625-40

Pencil sketch of an open-air theater at night with a figure on stage and a seated audience in the foreground.

"Theater nachts im Freien" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1935

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, on tan paper.

Ecce Homo

Guido Reni, 1575-1699

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin Mary rising with outstretched arms above three cherub heads, attributed to Guido Reni.

Assumption of the Virgin

Guido Reni, 1575-1642

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a man in loose shirt and breeches walking right, seen from behind.

Man Walking to the Right, Seen from Behind

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1642

Etching of classical gods and a warrior with shield in clouds, a chariot with radiating sun rays, and a reclining figure.

The Gods Representing the Planets

Christian Winck, 1770