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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash drawing of a watermill with a water wheel, sluice gate, trees and a small outbuilding under a cloudy sky.

Watermolen

Monogrammist AWA, 1700

Charcoal drawing of two pale pillars and a low wall against a dark, textured background, with a vertical post at right.

The Gateway

Georges Seurat, 1882

Grey wash drawing of Diana on a cloud beside a crescent moon, with a sleeping Endymion, a tree, and a dog below.

Diana en Endymion

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703

Twee portretten van Roosje

Jan Brandes, 1779

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a ruffled striped gown and tall feathered hairstyle reading a letter outdoors.

Gallerie des Modes

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1778

Seated Monkey

Georges Seurat, 1884

Grey wash drawing of Christ ascending into cloudy sky while kneeling apostles gaze upward from a hilltop.

The Ascension of Christ

Ventura Salimbeni, 1568-1613

Charcoal drawing of a pale child in white with a small hat, emerging softly from a dark crosshatched background.

Child in White

Georges Seurat, 1884

Pen and wash drawing of apostles at the Virgin's tomb beneath a radiant sun, with two seated figures in the upper corners.

The Apostles at the Tomb of the Virgin, and Studies for Two Pendentives

Francesco Maria Salvetti, 1691-1758

Colored crayon drawing of a green sloping meadow, rust-colored trees at left, a thin pole on the horizon, pink sky.

The Meadow

Georges Seurat, 1881

Pen and wash drawing of mounted riders and a crowd in a triumphal procession entering a city gate, shown in a lunette shape.

Triumphal Entry into a City

Francesco Salviati, 1530s

Charcoal sketch of a sailboat with a tall mast on calm water, with distant buildings along the horizon.

The Clipper

Georges Seurat, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude viewed from behind, head bowed, arm wrapped around bent knee.

Seated Male Nude

Francesco Salviati, 1510-63

Loose colored crayon sketch of a shop front and two figures, with yellow, blue and red strokes on pale paper.

A Shop and Two Figures

Georges Seurat, 1882

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and a young John the Baptist in a tight group.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1550

Pen and red chalk drawing of an allegorical scene with a muscular figure raising a sword above putti and clouds.

Allegory

Orazio Samacchini, 1532-77

Pencil and wash drawing of a gothic town hall facade with spires and townspeople on a cobbled street.

Town Hall in Lübeck

Cornelis Springer, 1870

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical vault decoration with seated figures, putti, garlands and grotesque masks.

Study for the Decoration of a Vault

Orazio Samacchini, 1532-77

Lithograph of two men facing each other, one in a patterned coat and one seated with a cane, labeled Francia and Artigas.

Francia - Artigas

Alfred Demersay, 1847

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Andrew with a transverse cross, book, and fish, standing in flowing robes with a halo.

Saint Andrew, Apostle, with Transverse Cross, Book, and Fish, (recto); Architectural sketch (verso)

Fabrizio Santafede, 1576-1623

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with two angels above and two saints below, on a brownish sheet.

Virgin and Child with two angels appearing to two saints

Fabrizio Santafede, 1575-1623

Grainy charcoal drawing of a dim café-concert interior, with a glowing central light and dark silhouetted figures.

Café-concert

Georges Seurat, 1887

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ above kneeling robed figures beside classical arches.

St. Thomas Aquinas Presenting His Work to the Crucified Christ

Santi di Tito, ca. 1593

Graphite drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist beside a tree, on grey-blue paper with grid lines.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Charcoal and chalk drawing of turbulent rapids over rocks with pine trees and fallen logs along a river.

Dalles of St. Louis

Alfred Waud, 1880

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of two flying putti above studies of draped cloth, with faint grid lines.

Studies of Two Flying Putti and of Drapery (recto); Seated Virgin and Child, and Kneeling Child (verso)

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Graphite sketch of a railroad track beside rapids and rocky river, with leaning pine trees on the slopes.

Railroad on the Dalles of the St. Louis

Alfred Waud, 1882

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a rocky river with rushing water, fallen logs, pine trees and misty forest in the distance.

The Dalles of St. Louis

Ink drawing of a Vienna bridge street in central perspective with ornate buildings, statues, a tram and pedestrians.

"Vindobonabrücke / Projekt für den Neubau der Brücke Rothenthurmstrasse - Lilienbrunng." "Centralperspektive"

Otto Wagner, 1904

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded elderly man leaning on a windowsill beside a white flower, looking outside.

"Oh, Tax 'em by all means!"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1888

Pen and ink sketch of a busy station buffet with women in long dresses, a boy at left, and a crowd near the counter.

A Station Buffet

Charles Samuel Keene

Seated Man

Charles Samuel Keene