New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Loose ink sketch of two wrestlers grappling on the ground, one kneeling and one crouched, on ochre paper.

Knielende en een neerhurkende worstelaar

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1877

Ink drawing of two birds flying over grazing cows, horses, farmers in fields, sailboats on the sea and a rising sun.

Twee vogels vliegen over een landschap met vee

Leo Gestel, 1929

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark jacket and white cravat, seated with one hand on his knee, against a hatched background.

Daniel Webster

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Circular red chalk drawing of classical ruins, domed building and columns framed by trees, with small figures in the foregrou

Architectural Fantasy

Jean-Laurent Legeay, ca. 1785-90

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing on tan paper of a man with tousled hair and a high collar, gazing sideways.

John C. Calhoun

Rembrandt Peale, 1830

Charcoal caricature of a grinning balding man beside a cartoon mouse with round ears, on a wooden bench.

Walt Disney

Henry Major, 1920

Brown wash drawing of an ornamental urn on an inscribed pedestal beneath a tree, with small figures in a garden setting.

Frontispiece for a Suite of Vase Designs

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, mid-18th century

Portret van R.W.P. de Vries Jr.

Louis Stutterheim, 1900

George Washington

James Sharples, 1800

Charcoal drawing of a seated stout couple in a cluttered room with books including Spengler and Daheim scattered on the floor

(Titel unleserlich) Feistes Paar sitzt einander zugewandt in einem Raum, am Boden liegen Bücher ("Bolschewismus, Gart…

Karl Wiener, 1925

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged allegorical figure above banners, dolphins and cherubs in an ornate design.

Corner of the Ambassador's Staircase at Versailles (recto); Sketches of Figures and Dolphins (verso)

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Portret van een man, mogelijk C.F. van Schagen

Louis Stutterheim, 1883

Architectural drawing of a Gothic church tower showing an exterior elevation and a cross-section with timber spire framing.

1, Michaelerplatz - Der Turm von St. Michael, Ansicht und Querschnitt

Karl Preschnopfski, 1825

Pen drawing of a draped woman asleep in a curved chair beside a column and brazier, with a handwritten dedication below.

Vestal Maiden Asleep in a Chair

Louis-Hector Leroux, 1879

Pen and ink drawing of two men in an interior with a piano, desk, books, and inkwell.

Charles Ives and Mandeville Mullally

Raymond Moreau Crosby, 1890

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, head turned slightly, signed Jacques Reich.

Schuyler Colfax

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor of St. Michael's church tower and the Michaelerplatz in Vienna, with pedestrians, a rider and dogs on cobblestones

1, Michaelerplatz - Die Kirche St. Michael bei Restaurierung des Turmes mit dem Michaelerplatz

Karl Preschnopfski, 1825

Pen and wash drawing of a domed Corinthian temple section with coffered dome, chandeliers, statues and staircases.

Design for a Section of a Domed Corinthian Temple

Pierre Mathieu, 1769

Pen and ink portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark suit, with cross-hatched background.

James Gillespie Blaine

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair, white collar and dark bow tie, signed Kayler in lower right.

John Pendleton Kennedy

Joseph Kayler, 1850

Pencil sketch of a narrow city street with tall buildings, a church spire, and a horse-drawn carriage.

1, Singerstraße

Franz Alt, 1885

Pencil sketch of a raven on a rail, with a separate study of a clawed foot and handwritten notes below.

A Raven Perched on a Rail

Charles Meryon, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a group of men in dark suits gathered around a draped table in a columned interior room.

Men of Progress

Christian Schussele, 1850

Half-length watercolor portrait of a man with dark hair, black cravat and dark coat against a tan background.

David Crockett

James Hamilton Shegogue, 1830

Pencil sketch of an ornate baroque side portal with carved figures and urns, by Franz Alt, 1891.

1. Minoritenplatz: Palais Liechtenstein, Seitenportal

Franz Alt, 1891

Watercolor design of scrolling vines with dragons, birds and blue flowers in a horizontal ornamental band.

Allegory of Vices

Adolphe Alcan, 1870s?

Belva Ann Lockwood

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, sword beside him, at a desk by a window.

Colonel Jonathan F. Williams

Thomas Sully, 1810

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Vienna townhouse with arched windows, a steep roof, and a row of street trees beside a glazed

1., Ansicht der Mölkerbastei mit Pasqualati-Haus und einem Teil des Palais Lubomirski

Johann Sterber, 1819

Watercolor park scene with tall poplars, a stone staircase, a statue on a pedestal, and a woman walking a dog.

View of a Park

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three standing figures: a moustached man in a top hat with a cane between two women in period dress.

Grover Cleveland

Sir John Tenniel, 1880

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, framed by draped swags and garlands.

John C. Calhoun

James Barton Longacre, 1820