diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/Drawings/XLPictures.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/Drawings/XLPictures.cs
index 6a102dd..e5832e0 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/Drawings/XLPictures.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/Drawings/XLPictures.cs
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
     {
         private readonly List<XLPicture> _pictures = new List<XLPicture>();
         private readonly XLWorksheet _worksheet;
+        internal ICollection<String> Deleted { get; private set; }
 
         public XLPictures(XLWorksheet worksheet)
         {
             _worksheet = worksheet;
+             Deleted = new HashSet<String>();
         }
 
         public int Count
@@ -94,7 +96,17 @@
 
         public void Delete(string pictureName)
         {
-            _pictures.RemoveAll(picture => picture.Name.Equals(pictureName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            var picturesToDelete = _pictures
+                .Where(picture => picture.Name.Equals(pictureName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .ToList();
+
+            foreach (var picture in picturesToDelete)
+            {
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(picture.RelId))
+                    Deleted.Add(picture.RelId);
+
+                _pictures.Remove(picture);
+            }
         }
 
         IEnumerator<IXLPicture> IEnumerable<IXLPicture>.GetEnumerator()
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Save.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Save.cs
index 74f0f52..db763b6 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Save.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Save.cs
@@ -5302,6 +5302,16 @@
 
             #region Drawings
 
+            if (worksheetPart.DrawingsPart != null)
+            {
+                var xlPictures = xlWorksheet.Pictures as Drawings.XLPictures;
+                foreach (var removedPicture in xlPictures.Deleted)
+                {
+                    worksheetPart.DrawingsPart.DeletePart(removedPicture);
+                }
+                xlPictures.Deleted.Clear();
+            }
+
             foreach (var pic in xlWorksheet.Pictures)
             {
                 AddPictureAnchor(worksheetPart, pic, context);
@@ -5317,6 +5327,14 @@
                 worksheetPart.Worksheet.InsertBefore(worksheetDrawing, tableParts);
             }
 
+            if (!xlWorksheet.Pictures.Any() && worksheetPart.DrawingsPart != null)
+            {
+                var id = worksheetPart.GetIdOfPart(worksheetPart.DrawingsPart);
+                worksheetPart.Worksheet.RemoveChild<Drawing>(worksheetPart.Worksheet.OfType<Drawing>().FirstOrDefault(p => p.Id == id));
+                worksheetPart.DeletePart(worksheetPart.DrawingsPart);
+            }
+
+
             #endregion Drawings
 
             #region LegacyDrawing
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/ImageHandling/PictureTests.cs b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/ImageHandling/PictureTests.cs
index 0cd0edf..1da6ecb 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/ImageHandling/PictureTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/ImageHandling/PictureTests.cs
@@ -228,15 +228,30 @@
         [Test]
         public void CanDeletePictures()
         {
-            using (var stream = TestHelper.GetStreamFromResource(TestHelper.GetResourcePath(@"Examples\ImageHandling\ImageAnchors.xlsx")))
-            using (var wb = new XLWorkbook(stream))
+            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
             {
-                var ws = wb.Worksheets.First();
-                ws.Pictures.Delete(ws.Pictures.First());
+                int originalCount;
 
-                var pictureName = ws.Pictures.First().Name;
-                ws.Pictures.Delete(pictureName);
+                using (var stream = TestHelper.GetStreamFromResource(TestHelper.GetResourcePath(@"Examples\ImageHandling\ImageAnchors.xlsx")))
+                using (var wb = new XLWorkbook(stream))
+                {
+                    var ws = wb.Worksheets.First();
+                    originalCount = ws.Pictures.Count;
+                    ws.Pictures.Delete(ws.Pictures.First());
+
+                    var pictureName = ws.Pictures.First().Name;
+                    ws.Pictures.Delete(pictureName);
+
+                    wb.SaveAs(ms);
+                }
+
+                using (var wb = new XLWorkbook(ms))
+                {
+                    var ws = wb.Worksheets.First();
+                    Assert.AreEqual(originalCount - 2, ws.Pictures.Count);
+                }
             }
+        
         }
 
         [Test]