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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor drawing of a bat-eared fox with large ears and a bushy tail on green grass, with handwritten notes.

Otocyon megalotis (Bat-eared fox)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1773

Rear view of a spotted hyena in watercolor and ink with handwritten Dutch annotations above and below, dated 1777.

Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed figure striding with a staff while a kneeling man reaches toward him.

Domine, Quo Vadis

Jacopo Vignali, 1592-1664

Drawing of a standing youth in pleated armor holding a sword and a palm branch over his shoulder.

Standing Youth with Sword and Palm Branch

Antonio Vivarini, 15th century

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a nude male figure with raised arm seated on a cloud.

Christ Blessing

Giacomo Zoboli, 1681-1767

Red chalk sketch of two women embracing with draped robes and other standing figures in the background.

The Visitation of Our Lady (Luke 1:39-56)(recto); Zachariah (verso)

Giacomo Zoboli, 1681-1767

Brown-toned drawing of a tall carved Maya stela at Copán framed by jungle plants and palm trees.

Stela at Copán

Frederick Catherwood, 1843

Fan mount design with a dancing couple, elegant seated women in gowns, arched colonnade and an oval landscape vignette.

Fan Mount: The Spanish Piazza

Charles Conder, 1896

Graphite landscape drawing of a winding path through woodland with pollarded trees framing a cloudy sky.

Young pollards

John Constable, ca. 1801

Pencil sketch of a cloudy sky over a low horizon with a few trees and small distant figures.

Cloud Study at Hampstead Heath

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1850-87

Grey wash drawing of a rolling landscape with clusters of trees, a winding path, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Derbyshire landscape

John Constable, ca. 1801-2

Pencil drawing of a woman in classical dress beside a peacock, with a winged cherub holding a pendant above her.

Lavinia, Countess Spencer as Juno

Richard Cosway, ca. 1806

Pen drawing of a siege camp with tents, cannons and soldiers before a walled city with a tall church spire, 1529.

Vienna obsessa a Solimanno anno 1529

Barthel Beham, 1529

Pen and grey wash drawing of helmeted Minerva guiding a nude Cupid as he draws a bow, seated on a draped oval base.

Cupid and Minerva

Richard Cosway, 1788

Pen drawing of a siege camp with tents, cannons and soldiers before a walled city with spires, dated 1529.

Vienna Obsessa Solimanno anno domini 1529

Barthel Beham, 1979

Watercolor of a ruined castle on a hill with a shepherd, dog and sheep on a dirt path under a pale sky.

Ruined Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1823-42

Watercolor of a half-timbered farm building with a thatched roof beside a pond, with trees and a fence under a cloudy sky.

Farm Building by a Pond

John Sell Cotman, 1808-11(?)

Red and ink ground plan of a church with nave, apse and rows of piers, annotated with measurements and handwritten notes.

Ground-plan of the Sint-Petruskerk, 's-Hertogenbosch

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1632

Watercolor sketch of a colonnade of classical columns with small figures walking toward a central portico.

Greenwich Hospital (recto); Study of a Building (verso)

David Cox, 1820s

Grey wash drawing of a couple in 18th-century dress beneath a large tree, with a man leaning toward a woman holding a fan.

Illustration to Roderick Random, by Tobias Smollett

Francis Hayman, c. 1760

Watercolor of a rocky river running through a mountain valley with a small stone cottage and clouds over distant peaks.

River Landscape in Wales

David Cox, ca. 1850

Watercolor sketch of two seated women seen from behind, one in pink and one in black, beside a wooden chair and pedestal.

A Piano Lesson

David Cox, 1800-1859

Grey wash drawing of ruined arches atop a wooded hillside with a cascading waterfall below, under a pale sky.

Tivoli, Villa of Maecenas and part of the Cascatelle

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1794-97

Brown ink drawing of soldiers killing infants among grieving mothers in an arched colonnade, with bodies scattered on the flo

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Battista della Rovere, ca. 1590

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds, with Saint Dominic giving rosaries to kneeling faithful and angels above

The Virgin and Child, Saint Dominic, and Angels Distributing Chaplets to the Faithful

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1575-1640

Drawing of a flying angel with arms raised, draped robes, and white chalk highlights on blue-grey paper.

Flying Angel with Arms Upraised

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1575-1640

Brown wash drawing of a swordsman stabbing a panther as armored warriors with spears and shields look on.

The Shipwrecked Alphone Rescues Lisamante from a Panther

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Watercolor of fishing boats with tall masts resting on a sandy beach beside small figures under a pale sky.

Fishing Boats on the Beach of Scheveningen

Johannes Bosboom, 1873

Wash drawing of a haloed Carthusian saint among ill and kneeling figures beneath a curtained classical arch.

A Carthusian Saint Visiting the Plague Stricken

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Watercolor interior of a wood-beamed courthouse with officials behind a railing, a standing child, and seated women.

The Courthouse in Nieuw-Loosdrecht

Johannes Bosboom, 1865

Charcoal sketch of a Gothic cathedral interior with a rood screen, vaulted arches and a pointed window on the right.

View of the Rood Screen of St John's Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch

Johannes Bosboom, 1827

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Joseph and angels among clouds.

Holy Family

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661