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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of a stage set with two grand staircases and a central arcade with columns.

Design for a Stage Set: Double Stairway Pierced by an Arcade (recto); Slight Sketch (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil sketch of a woman in a striped skirt raising her arms to hang laundry, with loose lines around her on a sketchbook pag

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Frau, Wäsche aufhängend (Rückseite: allegor. Frauenfigur; flüchtige Kompositionsskizze eine…

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Brown-toned drawing of a moonlit forest with a rising moon, tall trees and a reflecting stream.

Flußlandschaft mit aufgehendem Mond

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1856

Grey wash drawing of a man in uniform lifted to the clouds by a winged figure, with allegorical figures and a classical tomb

Apotheosis of George Washington

Etienne Pallière, ca. 1799

Watercolor of a girl in a blue bonnet reaching toward a grey heron by water, with yellow flowers and pink blossoms.

Girl feeding bird

George Cruikshank

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of standing female nudes and a reclining figure over a blue wash, with a color checker be

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Frauenakte u. -figuren

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Grey wash drawing of a beheading scene with an executioner, a kneeling figure, a spear-bearing guard and onlookers.

Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers

Januarius Zick, 1755

Pen drawing of a nude warrior pressing down on a sprawling second figure, on aged paper.

A Warrior Subduing Another (recto); Warrior Seen in Bust-Length with Fantastic Helmet (verso)

Maso Finiguerra, 1460-64

Watercolour of a lake framed by native bush, with snow-capped mountains rising under a pale golden sky.

Mount Cook

John Gully, 1872

Graphite sketch of a standing woman in a draped gown on a yellowed sketchbook page, with a color card and ruler beside it.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Frauenfigur

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a coat of arms, caryatids, garlands and a blank central panel.

Design for the Frame of a Funerary Plaque with the Coat of Arms of Roger II de Saint Lary, Duc de Bellegarde

Etienne Martellange, ca. 1619-30

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with figures fishing, a boat, a large tree and a distant church tower.

Sketches of figures

Caspar Schneider

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of women, one in a wide-brimmed hat seated in a chair, plus smaller head and figure sketc

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Frauenfiguren aus dem Theatermilieu auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pencil drawing of a vine-covered pergola with columns, a fountain, a palm tree, and distant hills seen beyond.

Laubengang der Villa Cucumella in Sorrent

Carl Ludwig Frommel, 1834

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Frauenkopf (Rückseite: Kopf- und Figurenstudien)

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing two hands clasped together with a faint arm sketched above.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Handstudie

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pencil study sheet of a sleeping girl with crossed arms and several smaller studies of sleeping heads on tan paper.

Studienblatt mit einem über verschränkten Armen schlafendem Mädchen

Friedrich Wasmann, 1843

Pen and pencil sketchbook page with two head studies of an elderly bearded man and a detailed hand study.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Handstudien und Kopfstudien eines alten bärtigen Mannes (Rückseite: Porträt- u. Beinstudie)

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pencil drawing of a stylized rose with angular folded petals and a thorny stem with two leaves on tan paper.

Stilisierte Rose

Gustav Kampmann, 1898

Pencil sketch of a sailing craft with mast, sail and rigging, and a small seated figure in the boat, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of a sailing craft. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Red chalk sketch of a hunting party with horses, dogs and riders gathering beside a farm building.

Aufbrechende Jagdgesellschaft an einem Gehöft

Gottlieb Welté

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress on a street beside arched buildings, with a figure carrying a vessel behind her.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: italienische (?) Straßenszene, (Rückseite: Medaillon mit Frauenbüste im Profil)

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pencil drawing of a hazel branch with serrated leaves and hazelnuts in frilly husks on tan paper.

Haselnußzweig mit Blättern und Früchten

Gustav Kampmann, 1898

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a long dress leaning on a cabinet in a studio with a vase of flowers and framed pictures.

Young Woman Leaning against a Low Cabinet in Artist's Studio

William Douglas Almond, late 19th-early 20th century

Watercolor of a misty lake with snowy mountains, sailboats, a jetty and cabbage trees on the shore.

Lake Wakatipu

John Gully, 1881

Pencil sketch of a woman and an older bespectacled man playing cards at a garden table, with trees behind.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Kartenspielendes Paar

Josef Engelhart, 1936

Charcoal drawing of a dark forest interior with tall tree trunks on brown paper, faint light at the top.

Waldinneres

Gustav Kampmann, 1895

Red chalk sketches of reclining and seated allegorical figures, putti and scroll ornament on cream paper.

Lagernde allegorische Gestalten

Giovanni da San Giovanni

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long gown standing in a doorway, with loose hatching and studies of drapery.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Kompositionsstudie mit Frau im Ballkleid, Aufschrift "Wien" (Rückseite: Studie zu einem Alt…

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Watercolor view of London from Greenwich with domed buildings, river ships, and onlookers with map boards in the foreground.

View of London from Greenwich

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1825

Pencil drawing of a harbor with moored sailing boats, gabled buildings and sheds along the quay, reflected in water.

Der Lübecker Hafen mit Blick auf das Burgtor

Gustav Kampmann, 1887

Mustelus antarcticus (NZ) : Smooth-hound (shark)

Frank Edward Clarke, 1875