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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a jacket and boots playing a violin, with his bow resting on his knee.

Violinist: study from life

George Du Maurier, second half 19th century

Etching of a bearded seated man with skulls and animals, onlookers, and a boy playing a pipe among tree trunks.

Seated Magus Observing Skulls, and Other Figures, plate 5 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Brown wash drawing of a crowned female saint beside a tall cross, with cherub heads and clouds in an arched frame.

Saint Helena and the True Cross

Unknown artist, 1580/90

Etching of a grinning flame-haired figure holding torches, standing on a bent man's shoulders against a dark background.

Subir y Bajar (Up and Down)

Francisco Goya, 1800

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child beside a seated bearded man, with a castle landscape and God among clou

The Holy Family with Butterfly

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a striped suit and waistcoat, looking upward, drawn on cream paper.

Conductor: study from life

George Du Maurier, second half 19th century

Night view of a distant city with smoke and glowing fires, seen over dark trees on a hillside, in grey wash and ink.

"Wien in der Nacht vom 28. u. 29. October 1848. / Aufgenommen vom Kahlenberge" (Vorzeichnung)

Friedrich von Exter, 1848

Sepia drawing of a heavenly assembly with an enthroned central group, angels, saints, and putti in lunettes.

Paradise

Federico Zuccaro, 1565-77

Misty brown-toned print of a brewery with a tall chimney beside a river, with rowboats in the foreground.

Lion Brewery

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Engraved sheet with six oval portraits of US presidents surrounding a central building vignette, titled Presidents of the Uni

Portraits of United State

Frederick T. Stuart, 1890

Loose charcoal sketch of a man in a vest seen from behind, standing in a cluttered workshop with bottles and a press.

Joseph Pennell

Childe Hassam, 1910

Brown ink and wash drawing of an arched allegory with heavenly figures above, monks and standing men in the foreground.

Allegory of the Trinitarian Order

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Engraved rococo design with a dog and spotted horse, birds including a peacock and parrots, and an ornate scrolled border.

Print - Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Red chalk drawing of a bald seated male nude leaning forward, with faint study lines of legs on the left.

Seated Male Nude Facing Right

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1688

Tapir

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil sketch of an elephant raising its trunk toward a branch, drawn on lined paper.

Olifant bij een boom

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Crouching feline drawn in brown and tan crayon on a dark background, head lowered in a prowling pose.

Sluipende katachtige

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil sketch of an adult cow with horns beside a smaller calf, both facing left, on a torn cream sheet.

Twee koeien

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bearded satyr with flowing hair, with a grotesque mask study in the upper right.

Seated satyr, with enlarged head of same (recto); Head of a woman (verso)

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1527-96

Pencil sketch of a mustached military man in a cap balancing seated on a large ball, with boots extended.

Militair zittend op een bal

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Study sheet with ink elephants and a boar above pencil sketches of trees and a house, by Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1903.

Studieblad met olifanten en een huis

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1903

Brown wash drawing of men raising a crucified figure on a cross, with a ladder at left and kneeling workers below.

Elevation of the Cross

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Sepia drawing of a curly-haired man in a dark cloak and white collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Gideon Fairman

Albert Newsam, 1827

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd gathered around a standing figure seen from behind, with rapid loose contour lines.

Saint John the Baptist Baptizing the Multitude

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1554-56

Pen and brown wash drawing of travelers on a road beside a tree, one man in a hat leaning on a staff.

Travelers on a Road

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Sepia drawing of tall pine trees beside a mountain stream, with light glowing through misty forest depths.

An Ancient Pine Forest with a Mountain Stream

Alexandre Calame, 1847

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a vaulted loggia framing a hilltop town, bell tower and mountains beyond.

Panorama of Tivoli from a Loggia

Leo von Klenze, 1826

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a young woman in a turban looking upward, with white highlights on her face.

Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Turban

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Pen and watercolor drawing of a busy street with advertising hoardings and a large sandwich-board man labeled Monster Adverti

Lilthorpe's Gallant Attack on Street, Nuisances

John Leech, 1830

Watercolor drawing of a kneeling man gazing at a stag with a glowing cross, with a greyhound and horse nearby.

The Vision of Saint Eustace

Federico Zuccaro, 1542-1609

Chalk drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with Mary Magdalen kneeling beside them in an architectural niche.

Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalen

Joseph Heintz the Elder, late 16th-early 17th century

Watercolor study of a standing young shirtless man with arms crossed, wearing light shorts, against a pale background.

Study of a Young Model

William Henry Hunt, 1830