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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor design of a wall with paired paneled doors and an ornate central panel with scrollwork and a landscape medallion.

Design for a Pair of Doors Joined by an Ornamental Panel

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen drawing of a Chinese-style ornamental medallion with dragon heads, ribbons and a tassel within a circle.

Pai-sino. Chinois

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of an ornate rattle with a circular frame, small knobs, a handle, and curling ribbons on pale paper.

Crotale d’armenie

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil drawing of a Chinese zither on ionic columns within a circle, with ribbons above, titled Kin Chinois.

Kin Chinois

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Workers handling molten glass beside a glowing furnace in a dim factory interior, drawn in muted blues and warm orange light.

De glasfabriek te Leerdam: het machinaal persen van glas

Herman Heijenbrock, 1871

Pen drawing of an ornate lyre with flowing ribbons inside a circle, titled 'la lyre Arabe' in handwriting.

La lyre Arabe

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of a stringed instrument with scrolled body, surrounded by curling serpents inside a circle, with French caption

Instrument a arch [?] et dans le gendre du Marabba arabe

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Two watercolor designs for ornamental panels, one with a lettered cartouche and figures, one with a seated trident figure in

Two Designs for Ornamental Panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen drawing of a pear-shaped stringed instrument with flowing ribbons inside a circular border.

Le Tambour Arabe

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil drawing of an Arabic four-string instrument and drum within a circle, with ribbons looping around it.

Le Servari a quatre cordes d’acier Arabe et tambour arabe

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil drawing of crossed lute and tambourine with looping ribbons inside a circle, with a handwritten French caption above.

l’Icita [?] turc ou tamburin Arabe et une Salmanie

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil drawing of a drum, two pipes, and curling ribbons within a circle, with French caption above.

Le Marabba arabe et un salamine, flute tur[…] et le Sumara à deux tuyaux

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil drawing of two kettledrums and crossed trumpets tied with a bow and ribbons inside a circular frame.

Timbales et trompettes persans

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of a triangular persian psaltery with ornamental scrollwork and curling ribbons inside a circle.

Psalterion persan

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Watercolor design of a salon ceiling with red and blue striped bands, blue scrolling foliage and gilded central panel.

Design for Ceiling, Château de St. Aubin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and ink strip of sketches showing ladies and gentlemen in period costume, some dancing and some walking.

Sketches of Ladies and Gentlemen, Dancers

Imitator of Jean Antoine Watteau, n.d.

Pen drawing of a Persian stringed instrument with a bow, flanked by two serpents, inside a circular border.

Violon persan

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Watercolor design elevation of a painted interior wall with arched fireplace, panelled doors and ornamental frieze.

Design for Painted Wall Paneling, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Painted architectural design with a coffered ceiling, an arched niche with flowers, and red wall panels with garlands.

Design for Elevation of Gallery Bay, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Oil sketch of bearded prophets, a robed figure with a lion, and putti on clouds against a brown ground.

Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, c. 1675-1677

Graphite sketch of a woman and a man with a hat joining hands beside a signpost, on grey-brown paper.

Abschieds- oder Begrüßungsszene

Josef Engelhart, 1883

Ornamental ceiling design with blue scrolling vines, red blossoms, and green floral borders in a stepped frame, 1875.

Islamic Ceiling Design for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875

Pen and ink drawing of a garden farewell: a woman and child on steps, a man gesturing, another man walking away past a fence.

Abschiedsszene im Garten

Josef Engelhart, 1880

Watercolor design for a wall with a double door under an arched pediment, painted panels and a decorative frieze.

Design for Wall Paneling, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Colour perspective drawing of a stone canal with fountains, an arched bridge, and grand Viennese buildings under a yellow sky

Abschluss der Wienfluss-Einwölbung am Stadtpark, Perspektive

Friedrich Ohmann, 1903

Colored design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall with ceiling panel, columns, garlands, urns and a central candelabrum motif.

Design for Wall Paneling and Ceiling in Pompeiian Style, The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Ink and brown wash sketch on tan paper with angular black lines and abstract forms, titled Abstrakter Versuch.

Abstrakter Versuch

fraglich: Egon Schiele, 1914

Watercolor design elevation of a classical interior wall with paneled double doors, a column, red drapery, and an arched gard

Design for Elevation of Ceiling and Wall, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Pencil and wash drawing of a laughing man in a wide hat holding a hurdy-gurdy, with a satchel at his side.

Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Cornelis Dusart, 1695

Postal card design with gold and blue Victoria Hotel monogram and lettering, a red six-cent stamp, and the words Motto Mimosa

Ontwerp voor een briefkaart van het Victoria Hotel in Amsterdam

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pen and brown ink sketch of a horseback rider and figures before a thatched cottage and church spire.

Ruiters bij een huis

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Brown wash drawing of a pale rocky hill with a dark cave opening under a heavy, cloudy sky.

Huis met rook

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840