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Drawings & Sketches

75,648 works

Graphite study of a man's right hand on aged tan paper, showing knuckles, tendons and curled fingers.

Study of a man's right hand (recto); Studies of four heads and of a nude figure seen from the rear (verso)

Bronzino, about 1545-1552

Brown wash drawing of Moses holding tablets as Israelites dance around a golden calf on a pedestal.

The Israelites Dancing around the Golden Calf

Sébastien Bourdon, about 1645

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Anne, flanked by angels and cherubs above.

Holy Family with Saint Anne (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

Pietro Testa, about 1645-1650

Pen and brown ink sketch of an older standing man leaning toward a seated woman, with a pillar at the right.

Study of a Man Talking to a Woman Seated on the Left

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1635-1636

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing tree trunks and foliage drawn with loose hatched shading.

Landscape with a row of trees

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor of a young woman in a cream dress standing with bowed head beside potted red geraniums and a round table.

Young Girl Meditating

Thomas Eakins, 1877

Watercolor of a wide valley under heavy clouds, with a curving dirt road in the foreground and distant blue hills.

View of a Valley in Normandy

Paul Huet, about 1825-1830

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a running youth among a crowd of figures beside a classical column.

Youth Running

Giorgio Vasari, about 1544-1545

Drawn bust portrait of a man in a broad cap and white collar, gazing upward against a warm brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Lucas Cranach the Elder, about 1530

Pencil sketch of two men seated at a table, leaning together, one holding a tankard, with cards on the table.

Card Players

Myles Birket Foster, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining river gods and figures pursuing near a tree, by Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592.

River Gods Watching Apollo Pursuing Daphne (recto); Virgin and Child and Two Partial Studies of Hands and Drapery (ve…

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude figures embracing among trees, with a winged figure above.

Embracing Couple (Mercury and Lara?)

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588-about 1594

Pencil sketch of a man seated backward on a chair beside a table with a bottle, with an overturned chair on the floor.

Study for Facing the Enemy (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Francis William Edmonds, ca. 1845

Drawing of a slumped man supported by an angel as another angel offers a chalice, with clouds and cherubs above.

The Agony in the Garden

Carle Vanloo, about 1760

Drawing of an angel in flowing robes with outstretched arm, beside a separate study of folded drapery, in brown wash.

Study of an Angel and of Drapery

Innocenzo da Imola, about 1520

Red chalk drawing of a swooning Virgin held by three women, with standing draped men and a nude study at right.

The Swooning Virgin Supported by Three Holy Women and Three Studies of Men (recto); Saint George and the Dragon (verso)

Cesare da Sesto, about 1510

Grey wash drawing of a ruined tower on a rocky hill with trees, a wooden gate and two small seated figures in front.

Landscape with Château Gaillard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Pencil sketch of three entwined figures standing on a mound, drawn on a cream page.

Group of three figures

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor of a woman in a white dress and bonnet raking a garden path beside a tree, with a pavilion behind a hedge.

The Duchess of Chaulnes as a Gardener in an Allée

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1771

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female allegory beside a crowned oval cartouche, with a laurel wreath and drapery abov

Allegory in Honor of Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Charles Errard, about 1672

Watercolor of a plum branch with blossoms, a striped caterpillar, pupa, cocoon, and a pink moth with eyespots above.

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum, plate 13 of the Caterpillar Book

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679

Watercolor of Union Park in New York with a tall fountain, iron fence, autumn trees, townhouses, and a couple in the foregrou

Union Park, New York

Sarah Fairchild, ca. 1845

Portrait of Antonio Canova

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1787

Watercolor of a glowing sunset over a distant city skyline with church spires, framed by dark trees and hills in the foregrou

City and Sunset

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing two lions, one with a full mane at lower left and a muscular body with paws.

Pair of lions

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor sketch of a picador on a horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, with spectators in the stands.

Bullfight

Édouard Manet, 1865

Watercolor of Caesarea Philippi ruins with a camel and travelers on a stone path below rolling hills.

Caesarea Philippi (Banias)

Watercolor of two men sawing logs beside a palmetto-thatched hut among tall palms and cypress trees by a misty river.

The Cypress-Shingle Yard, Ocklawaha River, Florida

Harry Fenn, 1870

Charcoal drawing of tall poplar trunks rising from a dark field, with soft light on their upper parts and grainy shading.

Poplars

Georges Seurat, about 1883-1884

Pen and ink drawing of four robed saints standing on steps, one wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a book.

Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno)

Andrea Mantegna, 1456-1459

Watercolor plate of antique furniture and bronze objects from Herculaneum, including lamps, a lion-footed table and a sphinx

Vases, Furniture and Objects Discovered at Herculaneum

Pierre-Adrien Pâris, 1777

Brown wash drawing of Christ and the Canaanite woman with disciples before a large tree and distant landscape in an arched fr

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Bagnacavallo, about 1530