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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man at a table with a glass, a wooden fence behind him.

Man Seated at a Table with a Glass, with a Wooden Fence Behind

Cornelis Saftleven, 1658

Drawing of a nighttime crowd with torches, a lantern, dancing figures, dogs and a tent, in brown wash and white highlights.

Shrove Tuesday

Cornelis Saftleven, 1617

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman in a headscarf and apron seated on a stool with folded hands.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: alte Frau

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Panoramic pencil drawing of a flat countryside with a tree line, dirt road, boulders and a flock of birds in the sky.

Paysage panoramique

Charles-François Daubigny, 1854

Pencil study of a young boy with tousled hair above a hand reaching into a grapevine with grapes and leaves.

Studie zu einem kleinem Jungen, darunter eine Hand, die in eine Weinrebe greift

Pen sketch from a sketchbook showing dancers in historical costume at a ball, with seated onlookers and quick scribbled lines

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Ballszenen; Reigentänzer in historischen Kostümen

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a shaded park with tall trees and a house in the background, signed Max Liebermann.

Holländische Parklandschaft mit Haus

Pencil sketch of a standing boy in a wide-brimmed hat, buttoned jacket and knickers, on a sketchbook page.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Bauernbub

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Design for a Fireplace with Frontal and Profile Views

James Stuart, 1735-88

Pencil sketch on grey paper with five studies of children's heads and a seated young girl in a dress.

Kinderstudien, fünf Kinderköpfe

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of a robed bearded figure, floating angelic figures and a nude male pose.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Christus- u. Engelstudien (Rückseite: div. Figurenstudien)

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Selbstbildnis des Künstlers mit seiner Frau Geneviève Jehan

Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, 1677

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a draped cloak, on a page from a sketchbook.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Dame mit drapiertem Umhang

Josef Engelhart, 1936

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of a woman reclining in bed on pillows, with a curtain at the right.

Saskia(?) Lying in Bed

Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1638

Ink drawing of a hillside field with a figure walking among bare trees, a fence, and distant dark trees under clouds.

Der Sämann

Paul Sérusier, 1892

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a seated woman in a hat, with trees and a column in the background.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Damenporträt vor Landschaftshintergrund

Josef Engelhart, 1936

Watercolor landscape of a steep eroded cliff with a distant city skyline and domed building under a cloudy sky.

View of Paris, from Meuden

Paul Huet, n.d.

Caricature of Adam and Eve and Two Female Portrait Sketches

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a small wooden house with a pitched roof, window and grass strokes around it.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Detail eines Holzhauses (Rückseite: verschiedene Figurenstudien, u.a.: Wäschermädel)

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Pastel drawing of a radiating abstract flower of crescent shapes in orange, pink and white on a deep blue background.

Kinderlachje

Theo van Doesburg, 1915

Watercolor study of three orchid flowers labeled Coelogyne speciosa, Angulaoa Ruckeri and Acanthophippium javanicum on pale p

Drei verschiedene Orchideenblüten

Adolf Schrödter

Sketches of Heads, Including One of Chester Dale

Sketchbook page with ink wash studies of a black coat, two head studies of an elderly man, and a tailcoat figure.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Detailstudien zu einem älteren Paar und Gewandstudie eines Mannes im Frack

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Watercolor landscape of a rocky stream, forest and hazy mountain peaks with a cluster of buildings in the valley.

Gebirgslandschaft, Bach bei Berchtesgarden

Johann Balthasar Bauer

Aunt Tonl

Wilhelm von Kobell, c. 1795

Watercolor sheet with five orchid blooms in purple, green, yellow and white, labelled by species, with faint pencil sketches

Fünf verschiedene Orchideenblüten

Adolf Schrödter

Charcoal sketch of several nude figures intertwined in a circle, with soft gray shading against a dark background.

Sketch for "Jesus the Son of Man"

Kahlil Gibran, 1923

Pencil sketches of three female heads on cream paper, one detailed frontal face with earrings and two outline profiles.

Sketches of Three Female Heads [recto]

Sketchbook page with loose ink studies of women in flowing skirts and seated and standing men.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: div. Figuren- (Tänzerinnen) und Skelettskizzen auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Watercolor of a man in period dress reading a letter on a garden terrace while figures peek from behind a pillar.

Malvolio liest den im Garten gefundenen Brief

Adolf Schrödter, 1873

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: div. Figurenskizzen

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pencil sketch of a vertical line on a sketchbook page with handwritten notes naming Shakespeare, Rembrandt and Venus of Milo.

Page in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905