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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pastel landscape of farmhouses among green trees, with a flat meadow and soft cloudy sky beyond.

Landschaft mit Häusern zwischen Bäumen

Charles-François Daubigny

Black chalk and white highlight study of a draped angel seated on a cloud, one arm raised, with extra hand studies.

Angel Holding a Banderole

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Graphite drawing of four standing warriors in helmets and draped cloaks, one gesturing, with faint grid lines across the shee

Four Standing Warriors

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Grey wash drawing of a town hall with gabled houses above and a church with a tall spire and carriage below.

Raadhuis en kerk in Doetinchem

Jan de Beijer, 1743

Pen and wash drawing of the Huis Baeck manor house with dormers and a wooden footbridge over water, dated 1743.

Het Huis Baeck

Jan de Beijer, 1743

Grey wash drawing of a classical country house beside a canal with sailing boats and a windmill in the distance.

Het Huis van Allongius te Alphen aan de Rijn

Jan de Beijer, 1749

Pen drawing of a manor house with a tower and wooden footbridge across a moat, with trees at right.

Het Huis Moersbergen

Jan de Beijer, 1750

Watercolor of a brick mansion with ivy-covered tower, gate and wall, with a man and dog walking on the road.

Het Huis Berendrecht

Jan de Beijer, 1749

Grey wash drawing of a gothic church tower beside trees, with figures and a dog near a small bridge in the foreground.

De kerk te Westbroek

Jan de Beijer, 1749

Pen and ink drawing of women and children pleading with helmeted soldiers carrying spears in a crowded scene.

Frauen flehen Soldaten an

Karel Škréta, 1650

Pen and brown ink study sheet with several nude figures, intertwined couples, and a winged cupid at upper left.

Studies for Apollo and Daphne, Zeus and Juno, Orpheus and Eurydice and other figures (recto and verso)

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a church with a spire beside a tree-lined road, with figures walking and a boat by the water.

De kerk te Tienhoven

Jan de Beijer, 1749

Pencil drawing of two standing men in turbans and long robes, with faint sketched architecture and a figure at right.

Two Standing Courtiers

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Watercolor of a cobbled town street leading to a wooden drawbridge, with a church spire, gabled houses and a dog.

Gezicht te Alphen aan de Rijn

Jan de Beijer, 1749

Grey wash drawing of a country house with cupola behind a formal garden with ornamental parterre and clipped trees.

Het Huis te Ankeveen

Jan de Beijer, 1749

Pen and wash study of a fountain with a seated woman, dancing figures, statues and an ornate scrolled frame.

Study for The Allegory of Spring

Federico Zuccaro, 1579

Pen and gray wash drawing of mythological figures, a chariot and horses among clouds, with faint transfer grid lines.

Studies of Aurora and Apollo

Pietro Fancelli, 1794

Pen and wash drawing of a man with a sword beside a draped table, and a woman in a ruff raising a goblet in an arched room.

Der Gerber und seine Frau

Pencil study of two female legs and feet on tan paper, one foot in a ballet shoe, unfinished outlines.

Beinstudie

Gustav Klimt, 1912

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man with a sword fighting a lion that leaps from a tree, with a fallen figure below.

Orlando Rescuing Oliver from the Lion

Raphael Lamar West, 1789

Brown ink drawing of Christ's entombment: a body in a stone sarcophagus in a cave, surrounded by mourners in robes.

Grablegung Christi

Charcoal sketch of a seated male nude with arms raised and hands crossed over his head, on blue paper.

A Seated Male Nude with His Hands Crossed over His Head

Raphael Lamar West

Blue wash drawing of a queen in a white gown gesturing before an enthroned king, with courtiers and a kneeling attendant in a

Die Königin von Saba vor König Salomo

Januarius Zick, 1755

Red and black chalk drawing of a young child's head, eyes lowered, wearing a coral bead necklace.

Nicolaas Rubens Wearing a Coral Neckless

Peter Paul Rubens, 1619

Chalk drawing of a marble bust of Napoleon with curly hair on a plinth inscribed NAPOLÉON, dated 1812.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Napoleon Bonaparte

Pieter Jan de Vlamynck, 1812

Watercolor sketch of a colorful striped fishing boat with masts and rigging on a pale background, by Egon Schiele.

Fishing boat in Trst

Egon Schiele, 1912

Pen and watercolor drawing of a wooden windmill on a wide fallow field under a pale sky, with small figures nearby.

Windmühle in weitem Brachfeld

The Painter and The Buyer

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1566

Red chalk drawing of a sleeping woman with closed eyes wearing a white bonnet, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Kopf einer Schlafenden (Anne-Gabrielle Babuti)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1777

Graphite academic study of a nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised to head, with draped fabric beside him.

Academic study after a print: Marcellus as Hermes Logios, seen from behind

Pieter Jan de Vlamynck, 1810

Pencil drawing of a woman's bust with braided hair, a star above her head, and draped cloth below.

Academic study after a print: bust of a woman with a star

Pieter Jan de Vlamynck, 1810

Fan-shaped watercolor of a woman in a red dress beside green garden foliage and pale round forms under a dark sky.

Sängerin in einem Pariser Gartencafé

Edgar Degas, 1880