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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor drawing of the Colosseum in Rome with tiered arches, small figures on a path, and a pale blue sky.

Colosseum, Rome

Michel Vincent Brandoin

Pen and grey wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by two winged angels, with putti in clouds above.

Engel klagen über dem Leichnam Christi

Johann Christoph Storer

Pastoral drawing of peasants with donkeys, goats and cattle on a rocky path beside a tree, in grey wash with blue.

Bauern mit Tieren auf einem Landweg

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1789

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded candelabra with six candles, putti, and jeweled base on a pale ground.

Design for a Candelabra

Aimé Chenavard, 1810-38

Watercolor portrait of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf and blue skirt seated beside a table with a jug and cup.

Portrait of a peasant woman

Pencil drawing of a mechanical stylus with hexagonal nut and knurled knob on a curved metal base.

Stylus of a Machine Used for Engraving Bank notes

Cyrus Durand, 19th century

Gouache drawing of three goddesses in a chariot through clouds, with a helmeted figure and flocks of birds.

Three goddesses (allegorical study)

Pen and wash drawing of three putti with a flower garland in an arched frame, signed by Jacob de Wit.

Lente en zomer

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey wash drawing of a turbulent crowd, drummers and a carriage in a courtyard lined with arcaded brick buildings.

Ongeregeldheden als de Gedeputeerden van Dordrecht door de Stadhouderspoort rijden op het Binnenhof, 1786

Jan Bulthuis, 1786

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a lace bonnet seated with a young fair-haired boy leaning against her.

Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son

Thomas Lawrence, 1789

Pencil drawing of factory buildings and a smokestack fractured into angular geometric planes with diagonal lines.

Fabrik in futuristischer Brechung

Watercolor drawing of skaters and children on a frozen canal beside a stone bridge and brick houses in winter.

IJspret op de hoek van Spui en Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal

Anthonie van den Bos, 1773

Pen and wash drawing of two putti with wheat stalks, one reclining on a ledge, dated 1743 by Jacob de Wit.

Zomer

Jacob de Wit, 1743

Pen and wash drawing of two putti tending a flame on a draped altar, framed by an arched ledge.

Allegorie met drie putti bij een altaar

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Brown ink landscape drawing of a man with a pack and dog on a winding road beside trees and a thatched cottage.

Duinlandschap bij Kraantje Lek boven Haarlem

Hermanus van Brussel, 1773

Watercolour of a branch with narrow green leaves and oval red berries on grey stems, signed Fanny Richardson.

Untitled [Miro?]

Fanny Richardson

Drawing of a man in ornate robe and sash beside a staff, with cavalry, a tree and a heraldic eagle, dated 1754.

Portret van Willem IV, prins van Oranje-Nassau

A. Buiteweg, 1754

Watercolor landscape of a snowy mountain range over a winding river plain, with three robed figures on a hill in the foregrou

Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Edward Lear, 1850-85

Brown ink and wash drawing of a putto carrying a flower-filled basket among clouds, framed in an octagon.

Ontwerp voor plafondschildering met putti met korf

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey drawing of a seated man in a powdered wig holding a book, within an arched frame with a coat of arms and inscribed plaqu

Portret van Willem van Heemskerck

D. de Bruin, 1797

Watercolor drawing of a white double hyacinth with pink centers and striped green leaves, signed Budde, 1720.

Witte hyacint

Hendrik Budde, 1720

Watercolor of a white double hyacinth with long green leaves on a grey-blue background, signed H. Budde.

Hyacint Markgraaf Karel van Baden Durlach

Hendrik Budde, 1720

Graphite sketch by Edward Lear of St. Peter's dome in Rome, with smaller studies of umbrella pines and landscape.

View of St. Peter's, Rome

Edward Lear, 1843

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded warrior in a plumed helmet, shown bare-chested in half figure on tan paper.

Warrior in half figure

Jacob de Gheyn II

Sketch of a figure in white turban and dark cloak with one arm raised, drawn in graphite, brown wash and white highlights.

»Araber« im Sattel, den rechten Arm erhoben

Eugène Fromentin, 1852

Pen and ink sketch of a bay with a hilltop town, rocky foreground, small figures and a horseman.

View of Sciacca, Sicily

Edward Lear, May 20, 1847

Zwei Skizzen des Kopfes eines alten Mannes

Jacob de Gheyn II

Pencil sketch of a stout man pointing at a top-hatted man leaning forward, with a bonnet-wearing figure behind them.

John Bull and Uncle Sam

John Leech, 1837-64

Pen and ink drawing of a dandy in top hat and striped trousers walking with a cane and cigarette, signed lower right.

bez.: "Der Gigerl"

Hans Schließmann, 1890

Pen drawing of Dante and Virgil riding the monster Geryon through clouds, with a serpent tail curling above.

Dante und Virgil auf dem Rücken Geryons (Dante Inferno, Canto 17, V 94)

Joseph Anton Koch

Watercolour of a winding river between wooded hills, with pale sandbanks and white-roofed farm buildings under a cloudy sky.

Waikanae

Frank Wright, 1906

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man fishing as leaping fish and winged insects with human faces float above the river.

Fishey Flies and Fly Fishes (recto); Typeface Designs (verso)

John Leech, 1837-99