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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen drawing of a stylized winged creature vignette with symmetrical wings over pencil grid lines on cream paper.

Vignet met gevleugeld wezen

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pen drawing of a sausage stall with hanging sausages, a woman in an apron, a man in a hat and a family group.

Wurstbude

Felician von Myrbach-Rheinfeld, 1895

Ink drawing of a triangular tailpiece with a frowning man's head, bagpipes, and a small dancing couple above.

Sluitvignet met fronsend mannenhoofd, doedelzakken en een dansend paar

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1896

Study of man

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Paar geschoten hazen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1869

Drawing of a bearded man's head turned left, wearing a wrapped turban with a jeweled ornament, on tan paper.

Head of a man to left

Jan de Beer, 1515

Charcoal drawing of a fallen figure and broken beams under shafts of light, with a robed figure standing at the right.

Wüste Welt

Karl Wiener, 1949

Pencil sketch of fortresses and a castle on rocky cliffs in mountainous Tyrol, with a small chapel on a distant peak.

Fortresses in Tyrol, near Mals (recto); Castle in Lenzburg (verso)

John Ruskin, 1839/1900

Pen and ink drawing of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin and Child among ruined classical columns and arches.

Adoration of the Kings

Jan de Beer, 1510

Painting of a girl in a pale dress shelling peas on a wooden porch lined with potted flowers and climbing vines.

Girl Shelling Peas

Winslow Homer, 1880

Two girls in sunbonnets in a field under a cloudy sky, one seated knitting and one standing in a yellow dress.

Two Girls with Sunbonnets In a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Expressionist crayon drawing of a dreamlike scene with a nude woman, skull, radiating sun and staring figure.

Wüster Traum

Karl Wiener, 1928

Pen drawing of a nude infant lifting a basket overhead while reclining on a cushion and drapery.

Figurenstudie für das Christuskind im Rosenkranzfest

Albrecht Dürer, 1506

Oil painting of children near tall haystacks, a fence, two horses and chickens in a farmyard under a cloudy sky.

Haystacks and Children

Winslow Homer, 1870

Two children rest on a grassy hill beside a tree while sheep graze under a cloudy teal sky.

Boy and Girl in a Field with Sheep

Winslow Homer, 1870

Expressionist drawing of an angry figure in a black coat with clenched fists against a colorful radiating geometric backgroun

Wut

Karl Wiener, 1923

Woman in red dress and white bonnet picking beans from a vine in a garden with tall corn stalks.

The Bean Picker

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of people loading a rowboat on a lake beside a wooden shelter and a steep cliff.

A Ferry on the Königsee

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1827

Watercolor of a male and female Kentucky warbler beside a yellow magnolia blossom on a branch.

Kentucky Fly-catching Warbler

John Woodhouse Audubon, 1830

Painting of a farmyard with a gray barn, a wooden cart, ducks and chickens on grass, and trees under a blue sky.

Farmyard with Ducks and Chickens

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil drawing on grey paper of a wide landscape with a pond, a row of poplar trees, and a small house.

Extensive Landscape with a Pond

Horizontal frieze study with seated allegorical figures, a central scroll reading Law Reigns, and wreath medallions on turquo

Law Reigns, Study for Central Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Watercolor of a wide valley at dawn with a winding river, wooded hills, grazing sheep, and light breaking through clouds.

Dawn in the Valleys of Devon

William Turner, 1832

Study of the Spires of Petri Church and Our Lady's Cathedral

Study of the Spires of Petri Church and Our Lady's Cathedral

Vilhelm Petersen, 1841-1845

Pen and ink drawing of three riders on horseback with hounds in an open field, birds in the sky above.

Three Riders at a Hunt

Francis Arthur Fraser, 1867/83

Painting of a barefoot boy in a dark hat leaning on a wooden fence beside a red wall and leafy vines.

A Country Lad

Winslow Homer, 1870

Portrait of George Campbell Cooper

John White Alexander, 1900

Ink and wash floor plan of a cathedral with the choir in red, lettered keys, and a scale bar.

Projet d'agrandissement de la cathédrale d'Avignon

Auguste Caristie, 1809

Ink and watercolor drawing of two sunflowers with yellow petals in an orange vase, with dark outlines and leaves.

Sunflowers

Georges Lemmen, August 20, 1895

Painting of a man with a scythe on his shoulder standing in an open field at dusk, with trees and distant riders.

Man with a Scythe

Winslow Homer, 1860

Young woman in a blue dress seated on a garden bench with a fan, watching a butterfly in dappled sunlight.

The Butterfly

Winslow Homer, 1870

Hand-colored plan of Chartres Cathedral with windows colored by restoration priority, legend in center, drawn on aged paper.

Cathédrale de Chartres

Étienne Thevenot, 1847