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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor of a riverbank with trees, a dirt path, moored barges, a wooden shed and a French flag, signed Harpignies 1870.

Flusslandschaft mit festgemachtem Schleppzug

Henri Harpignies, 1870

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a pedestal, head resting on hand, on tinted paper.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude

Pieter Jan de Vlamynck, 1814

Sepia drawing of a pasture with large trees, cattle resting on a dirt path, and a cloudy sky.

Weidelandschaft im Limousin

Jules Dupré, 1834

Pencil portrait of a woman in a lace mantilla and shawl, seated in half-length view, signed Winterhalter 1849.

Bildnis einer Dame in spanischem Kostüm, sitzend, in halber Figur

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1849

Watercolor of a shadowed cave with rocky walls and foliage, with a woman, a man with a staff, and a child on a path.

The cave

François Vivarès

Pencil drawing of several windmills on a hill with figures on a path and a horse and cart in the foreground.

Windmühlen auf der Butte Montmatre

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1852

Charcoal and chalk study of a crouching nude female figure resembling classical sculpture, seated on a pedestal, dated 1812.

Academic study after a sculpture: crouching Venus

Pieter Jan de Vlamynck, 1812

Watercolor of steamship Taranaki with red funnel racing past a second ship on choppy sea under cloudy sky.

Exciting race between the S.S. "Taranaki" and "Albion". The "Taranaki" passing the "Albion" outside of Otago Heads

William Forster

Double-page pencil sketch in a sketchbook showing loose strokes of a ridge and rocky landforms, page numbered 64.

Double page landscape sketch from an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pen and wash drawing of angels above a tumbling crowd of nude damned figures and serpents in clouds.

Höllensturz der Verdammten

Franz Xaver Wagenschön

Watercolor of rushing river rapids by a stone tower and wooden shed, with cattle and figures on the rocky banks.

Flußlandschaft bei L'Arbresle im Lyonnais

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Pencil and watercolor botanical study of an alpine daisy with a yellow centre, rosette leaves and roots, labelled Brachycome

Brachycome sinclairii Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolor botanical study of a daisy plant with pink-tipped white flowers, green leaves and roots on cream paper.

Bellis perennis - Ausdauerndes Gänseblümchen

Alfred Franck, 1843

Brown wash drawing of a ruined Roman capriccio with a standing woman, onlookers, fallen columns and a sculpted relief.

Römisches Capriccio mit Straßensängerin

Hubert Robert, 1759

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate carriage rear with two draped female figures, putti, a wheel and a scale bar.

Hinterwagen einer Prunkkarosse

Johann Paul Schor

Watercolour of a curved bay with hills, houses on the shore, canoes on the water and a sailing ship at anchor.

Kororareka Beach, Bay of Islands, New Zealand

Thomas Gardiner, 1856

Pencil drawing of the Belvedere palace facade with domed pavilions, a curved drive, strolling figures and trees.

Belvedere

Rudolf von Alt, 1850

Männlicher Akt, vornübergebeugt, das rechte Bein hochgestellt

Pen and wash drawing of men carrying a limp body past columns and an arched niche, with a child watching at left.

The entombment of martyrs by SS Abdon and Sennen

Guillaume Courtois, 1657

Twee mannen met een hoofddeksel

Henk Henriët, 1936

Staande man en verschillende gezichten

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of a seated giant and a giantess with rounded, overlapping contour lines on cream paper.

Zittende reus en reuzin

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of three women in long dresses talking beside a croquet field, with two croquet players at the left.

Three women in conversation beside a croquet field (recto); Studies of a ballet dancer, a woman's profile, and a seat…

Louisa Starr Canziani, ca. 1865

Pencil sketch of a pointing giant figure beside a row of five men in coats and caps, with caricature heads at right.

Vijf mannen op een rij bij de voet van een reus

Henk Henriët, 1936

Charcoal drawing of five men in coats lined up beside giant boots, with pencil caricature head studies below.

Vijf mannen op een rij bij de voeten van een reus

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch sheet with a seated giant figure, two standing figures in caps, and small studies of faces and a bird.

Drinkende reus, twee figuren, een gezicht met een vogel in het haar en het gezicht van een man

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketchbook page with mountain peaks, ridgelines, and handwritten notes in the upper right corner.

An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Charcoal drawing of a woman asleep on a draped bed, her head resting on a book, against a dark background.

Liggende, slapende vrouw met het hoofd op een boek

Henk Henriët, 1933

Pencil sketch of a young child's head and upper body, facing forward with a serious expression, on pale paper.

Hoofd en bovenlichaam van een kind

Henk Henriët, 1913

Grey wash drawing of a flower arrangement in an urn inside an arched niche, with grapes and fruit on a stone pedestal.

Vase of Flowers

Willem van Leen, 1790s

Charcoal drawing of a seated man in a dark sweater on a chair, hands clasped, signed NHK and dated 1933.

Zittende man op een stoel

Henk Henriët, 1933

Pencil sketch sheet with a large draped woman carrying a child, smaller figure studies, and a vase drawing.

Sketches of the Virgin and Child after an engraving by Albrecht Dürer

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888