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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil landscape study of boulders, a slender tree and a sloping hillside on pale paper.

Landschaftsstudie

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with a donkey, an angel and a tree in the background.

The Flight into Egypt

Domenico Maria Canuti

Studie eines männlichen Kopfes, daneben ein Segelschiff

Pen sketchbook page with standing female figures, a horse head, reclining figures and a composition study.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs mit Figuren- u. Kompositionsskizzen

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pencil landscape drawing of a riverbank with trees, two small figures on the right, and water in the foreground.

Landschaft mit Flußufer

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Watercolor design of a faceted decanter with gilt stopper, landscape panel, figure medallion and floral ornament.

Design for a Decanter

Virginia Ferrari, 19th century

Pencil and watercolor study of a young blond boy in a blue jacket and red scarf, with one arm extended.

Studie zu kleinen Jungen

Sketchbook page with pen studies of a robed ascending figure, a man in top hat and coat, and a couple walking home.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs mit Figuren- u. Kompositionsskizzen: "Christi Himmelfahrt" und Ein älteres Paar am Heimweg v…

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Grey wash drawing of a large tree, a ruined building, and a river with a distant town under a pale sky.

Baumlandschaft mit Ruine

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Brown ink and wash design of a bird resting among curving branches and feathery leaves inside a circular frame.

Design for a Plate Decorated with a Bird and Plant Motifs

Karl Bodmer, 1825-93

Pencil and watercolour drawing of a woman leaning toward a seated man in a stone-walled room, with a figure at a fireplace be

She stoops to conquer

Robert Cruikshank, 1820

Sketchbook page with pencil and charcoal head studies of men, women and a child, with a handwritten name label.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs mit Kopfstudien (u.a.: Maxl Engelhart) auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Red chalk study of a standing Dionysos figure with drapery and animal skin, after a classical sculpture.

Dionysos-Studie nach einer hellenistischen Skulptur

François Perrier

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a cart and horses crossing a ford beside a leaning tree.

Wooded Landscape with a Cart and Horses Crossing a Ford

Roelant Roghman, 1660

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with sweeping branches and foliage framing an open pale sky.

Wooded Coastal Landscape

Roelant Roghman, 1650

Pen and brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a seated traveller resting near a path and an open plain beyond.

Wooded Landscape with a Resting Traveller

Roelant Roghman, 1657

Pen and grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a traveller on a path, a ruined tower, and distant hills.

Wooded Landscape with a Traveller on a Path

Roelant Roghman, 1657

Pencil drawing of a crowd of grotesque demons with horned heads, twisted bodies and a dog-like creature in the foreground.

Group of Demons

Cornelis Saftleven, 1617

Pencil drawing of a seated man in draped clothing smoking a pipe, with smoke curling beside him, dated 1636.

Seated Man Smoking, with a Coal Pan

Cornelis Saftleven, 1636

Sketchbook page with ink and pencil studies of a greyhound, a standing woman, a palette in a wreath, and figure groups.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Windhund, weibl. Figur, Maleremblem, Kompositionsskizze, (Rückseite: Kopfstudie eines (Dien…

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Watercolor trompe l'oeil landscape with a stone arch, a rider and fountain, and a curled paper corner at upper left.

Trompe l´oeil

Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe

Pen and ink study of a coffered ceiling with nine panels, ornamental borders and rosettes, with pencil sketches inside the pa

Study for the Ceiling of a Salon in the Hotel de Mazarin

François Joseph Belanger, 1779

Seated Girl, in Profile to the Right

Cornelis Saftleven, 1656

Painting of the ocean liner Aorangi with red funnels in a harbour, surrounded by sailing boats, a tug and a city waterfront.

Aorangi

Charles Dixon, 1924

Pencil drawing of a seated boy in a loose robe playing a long shawm on a stone block.

Seated Boy with a Shawm

Cornelis Saftleven, 1665

Black and white chalk drawing of a man in a hat wrapped in a cloak, reclining against a wall on grey paper.

Sleeping Man Leaning against a Wall, Wrapped in a Blanket

Cornelis Saftleven, 1658

Standing Man Wearing a Laurel Wreath and Holding an Open Book

Cornelis Saftleven, 1652

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a seated man in a cap holding a bowl and spoon in his lap.

Seated Man with a Bowl and a Spoon in his Lap

Cornelis Saftleven, 1662

Drawing of a man in a hat reclining on the ground with his head on a sack, with grass tufts behind him.

Reclining Man, Resting his Head on a Sack

Cornelis Saftleven, 1658

Pencil sketchbook page with figure studies of a reclining woman, a standing woman, a head, and a standing man.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: 2 Skizzen zu historischen Szenen

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Pen and wash drawing of a lake with bathers, two boats, tall trees and a hill, with figures on the bank.

See mit Badenden und Booten

Michel Corneille

Black chalk and white highlight sketch of a man seated on a carved chair, arm raised, on tan paper.

Man Turned to the Left, Seated on a Decoratively Carved Chair

Cornelis Saftleven, 1660