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Drawings & Sketches

75,702 works

Black chalk drawing of a figure with raised arms, bare chest and flowing drapery seated on clouds, by Raphael.

Christ in Glory

Raphael, about 1519-1520

Four standing female figures in flowing drapery, drawn in brown ink with white highlights on tan paper.

Four Standing Draped Female Figures

Paolo Farinati or his circle, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of two men tending a smoldering charcoal mound in a smoky field beneath dark trees.

Charcoal burners (Les charbonniers)

Rosa Bonheur, 1880-1890s

Chalk drawing of a man's head turned left, with curly grey hair, red-accented lips and cheek on a tan background.

Head of King Louis XV

François Lemoyne, about 1729

Brown ink drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched cottages, bare trees and a horse and cart on a road.

The Village of Beekbergen in Winter

Constantin Huygens, December 31, 1675

Brown wash drawing of a round castle by the sea with a cannon firing, a man and donkey on a path, and sailing ships offshore.

West Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight

Lambert Doomer, 1646

Charcoal drawing of a man in a laurel wreath, head resting on his hand, gazing outward against a dark background.

False Glory

Odilon Redon, c. 1885

Brown wash drawing of a figure leaning on a rock beside a slender tree and large boulders in a landscape.

Fontainebleau, Figure Leaning Against a Rock

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, about 1830-1835

Pen drawing of a plumed standard-bearer holding a flag pole, with a castle tower and trees in a circular landscape.

A Standard-Bearer before a Castle

Master of the Berlin Roundels, about 1515

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a crowned standing man in a draped cloak, with a pointing hand at upper left.

Midas, King of Phrygia

Nicolas Mignard, about 1655

Pencil drawing of sailing boats on calm water with a low town skyline and church tower along the distant shore.

Calm Sea

Willem van de Velde the Younger, about 1665-1666

Grey wash drawing of a thatched shed with two seated peasants, a bare tree at left, and a child in a doorway.

A Peasant Seated in a Shed

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1800/09

Pencil sketch on grey paper of birch-like trees with pale trunks and branches in a woodland, inscribed Dry Brook, Aug 9 1888.

Dry Brook

Jervis McEntee, 1888

Brown ink and wash drawing of two draped young women with winged putti on a pale sheet.

Two Young Women with Putti

Charles Mellin, about 1630s

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated women with an ox, donkey, lion head and sheep beside a blank central circle.

Allegories of Fortitude and Patience

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude figure with raised arms, beside a bearded head and a sketched landscape.

David with the Head of Goliath

Parmigianino, about 1535

Drawing of a standing draped figure seen from behind, with heavy folds of cloth and a red chalk grid behind it.

Study of an Apostle

Bernardino Gatti, about 1560-1570

Brown ink and wash drawing of four travelers in a hilly landscape, with a circular inset of a building in the upper left.

Taddeo's Hallucination

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pencil drawing of birch tree trunks with pale bark and dark fissures against a faint background of branches and undergrowth.

Study of Birch Trunks (Scribners')

Jervis McEntee, 1869

Red chalk drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched cottage, dense trees and two resting figures on a path.

Landscape with Figures

François Boucher, about 1726-1728

Red chalk drawing of a bearded elderly man in draped robes, seated, gazing upward with one hand raised.

Saint Paul

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, about 1720-1730

Watercolor of a stream winding through rocky woodland with tall trees and a distant wooded ridge under a pale sky.

Catskill Clove in Palingsville

William Rickarby Miller, 1856

Portrait of Voltaire, after His Bust by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1770s

Charcoal portrait drawing of a woman with short dark hair and a rounded collar, looking straight ahead.

Head of a Tahitian Woman

Paul Gauguin, about 1892

Pen and ink panoramic drawing of a hilltop castle and town with a coach and travelers on a road in the foreground.

View of The Castello Bracciano, near Rome with Coach and Figures

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1630s

Graphite drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised overhead, with handwritten French inscription at right.

Standing Female Nude

Gustave Courbet, 1849

Red chalk drawing with white highlights showing studies of arms, hands and a bearded figure's head on a tan ground.

Study of God the Father with Angels

Francesco Primaticcio, about 1555-1560

Drawing of a man with long wavy hair, white collar and grey doublet, resting his hand on a book against a warm background.

Portrait of M. Quatrehomme du Lys

Charles Le Brun, 1657

Pen and ink drawing of a man's face in three-quarter view under a dark cap, with dense hatched shading.

Self-Portrait

Charles Samuel Keene, about 1845

Pen and brown ink drawing of a boy and older men in turbans and caps, with feathered wing forms rising behind them.

Boy in a Turban, Winged Angel and Three Companions

Jacob de Gheyn II, about 1600

Sketches of Men in Profile

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Pencil sketch of a shingled cabin with a chimney behind a split-rail fence and trees, inscribed as the studio of William S. M

Studio of William S. Mount (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Shepard Alonzo Mount