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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Bildnis eines unbekannten älteren Mannes

Josef Kriehuber, 1858

Graphite sketch of a fallen male nude with raised arm and studies of clenched fists by Eugène Delacroix, 1852.

Studies of a Fallen Male Nude for "Hercules and the Horses of Diomedes"

Eugène Delacroix, 1852

Brown wash drawing of a riverbank with a steep sunlit hillside, trees on both sides and grassy reeds in the foreground.

Flussufer mit steilem Bergabhang

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a turban and cross-hatched robe, signed MK and dated 1561.

Bildnis eines bärtigen Türken

Michel Kirmer, 1561

Watercolor of figures in regional dress standing before carved saint statues in a Gothic cathedral interior.

Figures, cathedral interior

Pencil sheet with several sketched studies of muscular nude male figures in twisting, falling poses.

Figure Studies after Rubens's "The Fall of the Rebel Angels"

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1820-22

Grey wash drawing of a garden with a ruined column, a tomb with a skull and putti, and three figures in the foreground.

Et in Arcadia Ego

Tiberius Dominikus Wocher

Grisaille drawing of a battle with cavalry, musketeers, rearing horses, fallen soldiers and banners on blue-grey paper.

Schlachtenszene: Kampf zwischen Reitern und Fußvolk

Pencil sketch on tan paper of bearded men, a nude female figure and an infant, studies after Rubens' Adoration of the Magi.

Adoration of the Magi, after Rubens

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1830

Brown ink landscape drawing of a hilltop town, ruined tower, large trees and small travelers under dramatic clouds.

Blick von der Serpentara auf Olevano und Civitella

Friedrich Preller, 1831

Pencil sketch of an armored knight effigy standing beside a small child, with heraldic shields above.

Tomb Effigies: A Man in a Suit of Armor beside a Child

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1825-30

Pencil drawing of a meadow with large trees, fleeing deer and a hare in the foreground, and a hunter at left.

Baumbestandene Wiesenlandschaft, über die Jäger fliehende Rehe verfolgen

Ferdinand Olivier, 1840

Pencil sketch sheet of medieval-costumed figures, standing men, seated groups and several women's heads in headdresses.

Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1822-30

Kopfstudie eines bärtigen alten Mannes

Adolph Menzel, 1887

Pencil sketch of a young man in a tricorn hat and period coat, holding a cane and pointing, with a boot study at right.

Young Dutch gentleman

Petrus van der Velden

Pen and grey wash drawing of two embracing figures with putti and classical ruins in a landscape setting.

The Entombment of Christ

Johannes Zick, 1759

Ink and wash drawing of a man with curly hair in a cravat and ornate ceremonial robe, turned to the left.

Richard Colley Wellesley

Thomas Heaphy, 1815

Brown ink and wash sketch of a river landscape with a multi-arched aqueduct, trees, reeds and distant hills.

Landscape with an Aqueduct

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1827

Ink sketch of a lion crouching in the lower left and a seated female nude above it on a pale sheet.

Studies of a Lion and a Female Nude (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1844

Pencil sketch of two men embracing at a grave while robed mourners with a crucifix and torches gather around them.

Hamlet and Laertes at the Tomb of Ophelia

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1843

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude with arms raised, looking upward, with diagonal hatched shading behind him.

Stehender männlicher Akt mit erhobenen Armen

Edmé Bouchardon

Grey wash drawing of mourners gathered around a reclining figure in an arched classical interior, some raising their arms.

The death of Germanicus

Nicolas Poussin

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with a tiered fountain, an arched doorway at left, and trees behind.

Courtyard with a Fountain

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Still life of two dead lapwings, leeks, an artichoke, mushrooms and a wicker basket on a stone ledge against a dark backgroun

Stillleben mit Artischocke, Sellerie, Kibitzen und Pilzen

Wilhelm Trübner, 1881

Pencil sketch of two columns with carved capitals and arches above them, drawn on pale blue-grey paper.

Study of a Moorish Arcade, Spain

Eugène Delacroix, May 1832

Ink and grey wash drawing of a castle on a rocky hilltop with two figures on a crag in the foreground.

Italienische Landschaft mit Kastell

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Brown and grey wash drawing of a ruined castle with arched windows, broken walls, shrubs and a distant town under a cloudy sk

Schloßruine im Mondlicht

Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe

Pencil sketch of rigging lines, moored boats and a quay, with handwritten notes, on cream paper.

Sketch of an Arena(?)

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Grey wash drawing of a chamber music gathering with a harpsichord, flute player, singing couple and listeners in an interior.

Kammermusik, neben einer Spinettspielerin steht ein Flötist, links ein singendes Paar und eine Zuhörergruppe

Johann Eleazar Zeissig

Pencil sketch of Roman ruins with a row of stone arches, overgrown plants and a crumbling building behind.

Römische Ruinen

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Graphite sketch of veiled and hooded figures in various poses, with a small tile-roofed building and handwritten notes.

Sketches of Figures and a Tile-Roofed Building, Seville, Spain

Eugène Delacroix, May 1832

Botanical watercolour of a New Zealand plant with white flower heads, roots, and a detached leaf, labelled Braya novae-zeland

Braya novae-zelandiae Hook.f. (now known as Pachycladon novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.)

John Buchanan, 1865