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Drawings & Sketches

75,679 works

Graphite drawing of a laurel-crowned painter at an easel, a helmeted man gesturing toward a seated nude woman in a classical

Alexander Ceding Campaspe to Apelles

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1819

Red chalk sketch of a young woman with curled hair and a headdress, gazing upward, drawn in loose lines.

Portrait of Lady

John Hoppner, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman gesturing to two boys and a child kneeling beside a broken wooden toy under a tree.

The Broken Toy

Alfred Edward Chalon, 1800/60

Daumier drawing of a lawyer in a blue robe gesturing in a courtroom, with a leaning companion and a watching officer.

A Criminal Case

Honoré Daumier, about 1865

Portrait of a Woman

John Downman, n.d.

Caricature of Two Men Seen in Profile

Guercino, about 1635

Brown ink drawing of a chained bearded man looking up at angels on clouds, with soldiers on a bridge behind him.

Manasseh, Repentant Sinner from the Old Testament

Karel van Mander, 1596

Charcoal study of a young woman in a headscarf leaning against a pillar, looking over her shoulder.

Study of a Peasant Girl

Camille Roqueplan, n.d.

Sheet of painted studies of butterflies, moths, a dragonfly, a grasshopper and beetles on a pale background.

Sheet of Studies of a Dragonfly, Grasshopper, Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles

Pieter Holsteyn II, about 1636

Pen and wash drawing of a timber yard with log cabins, a bell frame, a barn and two figures near a fence.

Norwegian Landscape with a Timber Yard

Allart van Everdingen, 1644

Pencil sketch of a nude woman seen from behind, holding a round fan, with a braid over her shoulder.

Nude Figure Holding a Fan

Charles French, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a town skyline with a tall church spire, gabled rooftops and light blue and red washes.

View of Douai

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1667-70

Pencil study of a violent struggle with a muscular man and a fallen woman, with sketched figures at the left.

Study for the Death of Messalina

Francesco Solimena, about 1704/1712

Pen and brown ink drawing of a young saint seated on rocks with a cross-topped staff beside a lamb.

The Youthful Saint John the Baptist Seated in a Landscape (recto); Unidentified Figure Composition (Dido and Aeneas?)…

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, about 1655

Charcoal drawing of a dim interior with a lit candle on a table, an open door, and a curtain in shadow.

Still Life with Candle

Albert Lebourg, about 1867-1870

Red chalk sheet of studies: a seated nude man, a youthful head, and a caricature of a man playing a pipe.

Sheet of Studies: A Seated Nude Man, A Youthful Head and a Caricature Head of a Man Playing a Pipe

Domenico Maria Canuti, about 1669-1671

Three dragonflies seen from above in a watercolor drawing on pale paper, with a handwritten inscription along the bottom edge

Three Dragonflies

Rochus van Veen, 1681

Watercolor drawing of four beetles and a flying stink bug on cream paper, with a grassy mound at the bottom.

Four Beetles and a Flying Stink Bug

Nicolaas Struyck, 1715

Brown and white chalk drawing of an old woman in a headscarf with both arms outstretched, standing on tan paper.

Old Woman with Arms Outstretched (Study for The Neapolitan Gesture)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

Black chalk drawing of a bowed armored warrior beneath a bearded old man pointing into a stormy sky.

The Dream of Aeneas

Salvator Rosa, about 1663

Manuscript page with a painted viper coiled among rocks beside a shrub with red flowers, framed by Persian calligraphy.

Viper in a Rocky Garden from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Unknown artist, c. 1300

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ in clouds above four saints in an arched composition.

Christ the Saviour above Saints John the Baptist, Jerome, Catherine and Thomas

Giuseppe Porta, about 1550-1559

Seated female nude drawn in white and black chalk on blue paper, one arm raised above her head.

Study of a Female Nude

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, about 1800

Portrait of Anton Rem

Hans Schwarz, about 1518

Drawing of a seated nude woman with hair in a bun, looking down, on a blue-grey toned paper.

Seated Female Nude

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of seated nude Hercules with a club, surrounded by severed serpent heads and a tree.

Hercules Resting after Killing the Hydra

Giulio Romano, about 1535

Pen and brown ink drawing of a round fortified tower, arched harbor walls, figures on a quay, and a sailing ship at right.

Landscape with a View of a Fortified Port

Guercino, about 1635

Ink wash portrait of a standing man in period costume with a cloak, rapier, and cane, captioned as John Bastwick, 1801.

John Bastwick. Ink wash drawing attributed to George Perfect Harding, 1801

George Perfect Harding

Brown ink drawing of a crowd at a classical temple sacrifice with oxen, an altar, a statue, and robed figures reacting.

The Sacrifice at Lystra

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, about 1529-1530

Watercolor of a schooner with figures on deck and a rowboat in turquoise choppy water near a distant palm-fringed island.

Schooner - Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1898/99

Pen and ink drawing of a standing peasant woman with a basket, beside a gate, windmill and flat landscape.

A Peasant Girl from Alkmaar

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, about 1621

Brown ink drawing of a gnarled tree with a full canopy beside a wooden fence in an open dune landscape.

Knotty Old Tree in the Dunes with a Fence

Claes van Beresteyn, about 1650-1670