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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink drawing of Dante and Virgil before a wood of bare trees with harpies and tormented souls, with Italian inscriptio

Dante und Virgil im Wald der Selbstmörder (Dante Inferno, Canto 13)

Joseph Anton Koch

Watercolor sketch of two women in traditional dress in a doorway, one standing with a red neckerchief, one seated.

Study of two women in a doorway. From: An 1876 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1876

Four studies of hands in black and red chalk on gray paper, showing varied poses and gestures.

Studies of Hands

Peter Lely, 1630-80

Grey wash drawing of a grassy pasture with grazing cows, tall trees, and rolling hills under a pale sky.

Poerua Estate, Westland

George Sturtevant, 1896

Sketch of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and a lace collar, drawn in grey chalk on grey paper.

Portrait Study

Anthony van Dyck, 1635-41

Pen sketch of a winged devil grabbing a reclining man while a haloed friar gestures beside them.

Skizze zu Guido da Montefeltro (Dante Inferno, Canto 27)

Joseph Anton Koch

Drawing of two camels, the front one wearing a patterned saddle blanket with tassels, on a tan background.

Two Camels

John Frederick Lewis, ca. 1843

Pen and grey wash drawing of a plumed warrior turning toward a kneeling woman and child before a tent and soldiers.

Coriolanus's wrath

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1753

Watercolor of an Arab school interior with pupils in turbans, a bearded teacher at right, and a boy kneeling at a lectern.

Arab School

John Frederick Lewis, 1841-51

Pen sketch of a bent robed man with a laurel-crowned figure gesturing behind him, and a fallen figure lower right.

Die Vaterlandsverräter im Eis, Graf Ugolino und Erzbischof Ruggieri, sich gegenseitig zerfleischend (Dante Inferno, C…

Joseph Anton Koch

Watercolor of a fortified hill with church domes, a harbor filled with masted ships, and stormy clouds over the water.

Approach to Montevideo, Uruguay

Conrad Martens, 1832

Pen drawing of a haloed saint confronting a demon over a bound figure, with clergy and angels in a Gothic arcade.

Streit des Hl. Franziskus mit dem Satan um die Seele des Mönches Guido da Montefeltro (Dante Inferno, Canto 27, V 112)

Joseph Anton Koch

Fünf Bildnisse

Joseph Anton Koch

Loose watercolor of robed men gathered before a sunlit Moorish archway, with a figure in orange at right.

Cock Fight

Arthur Melville, 1900

Mullet

Frank Edward Clarke, 1875

Pencil sketch of a small man standing between tall bare trees, with sailboats on the water at right.

Study of Man between Trees

Odilon Redon, 1860-80

Brown wash drawing of an Italian landscape with waterfalls, two shepherds resting with sheep, and a distant hilltop ruin.

Italienische Landschaft, im Vordergrund zwei Hirten und ihre Herde

Friedrich Nerly

Pen and wash drawing of a startled woman in a long dress in a room with an open window and a cat, within a rococo frame.

Kleines stehendes Mädchen am Tisch

Hubert François Gravelot

Brown wash drawing of nude figures and putti resting and dancing in a wooded pastoral landscape with a distant lake.

Das Goldene Zeitalter

Joseph Anton Koch

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing woman in a flowing robe, one hand raised to her face, on brown paper.

Draped Model

Albert Joseph Moore, ca. 1865-67

Pen and wash drawing of a seated girl at a table in a room, framed by a rococo ornament with a small dog nearby.

Kleines sitzendes Mädchen am Tisch

Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil drawing of a kneeling man on a dirt path beside a thatched cottage and gate, with trees and clouds behind.

Landscape with Figure

George Morland, late 18th-early 19th century

Sepia drawing of four grieving men in draped robes, three seated on a stone bench and one slumped on straw.

Hiob und seine Freunde

Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter, 1797

Watercolor of a standing young man in a white turban, striped vest and white trousers, beside a tree with orange fruit.

Standing Turkish Youth

William James Müller, 1844

Pen and ink drawing of four haloed women mourning beside a rock, with a standing man behind them and shrubs at right.

Die heiligen Frauen am Grabe Christi

Martin von Wagner, 1806

Two studies of a young boy: 1. Facing forwrds, across back of chair. 2. Lying face down on chair

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a fur-trimmed cloak parting bed curtains in a room with an open door and chair.

Moeder en kinderen kijken naar een zieke op bed

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Black chalk study of a seated male nude twisting on a pedestal with drapery falling beside him, on tan paper.

Study for an ignudo

Annibale Carracci, 1598

Pen and brown ink sheet of multiple figure studies, including nude male and seated female figures.

Zwei männliche und sechs weibliche Figuren

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Watercolor of an attic room with a wooden table, a linen press, a ladder and sheer window curtains.

Zolderkamer met linnenpers en oude trekmangel

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of two women at a half-door looking down on an old woman and a cat in a cellar opening.

Twee vrouwen kijken neer op een oude vrouw en kat in de onderdeur

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pencil sketch of kiekie climbing a tree with wharawhara plants and vines, labelled in handwriting, 1868.

Kiekie and Wharawhara at Westoe

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868