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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Red chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated nude woman with a winged figure lifting a wreath behind her.

Cupid Stealing Venus' Floral Crown

Antoine Coypel, 1705

Red chalk landscape drawing of a river with trees, two reclining figures on the near bank, and wading figures on the right.

Landscape with Figures on the Bank of a River

Gaspard Dughet, 17th century

Botanical drawing of Veronica hectorii with three green stems bearing white flowers and a detached enlarged flower.

Veronica hectorii Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Pencil sketch of rolling hills, a bare tree, a concentric sun and a ruined building on the right side of the field.

Bleistiftskizze (Landschaft mit Ruine)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Head of an Old Man

Antoine Coypel, 1716

Pencil study on tan paper of a seated peasant woman in loose clothing, beside sketched folds of drapery and a bundled cloth.

Studienblatt: Sitzende Bäuerin

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a ruined building on the left, bare trees on the right, and low hills below an open sky.

Bleistiftskizze (Landschaft mit Ruinen)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, with a priest, angels, and kneeling onlookers on

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple [recto]

Antonio Zanchi, 1700

Pencil drawing of two nude boys on rocky ground, one hugging a puppy while the other reaches up toward him.

Two Boys with a Puppy

Cornelis Visscher, ca. 1656

Pencil sketch of an obelisk inscribed OVERLOREN VERGESSEN against a swirling night sky with moon and clouds.

Bleistiftskizze (Obelisk)

Karl Wiener, 1943

Pencil sketch of a jug or pitcher with a curved handle on pale paper, with the number 14506 written in the lower left.

Unidentified depiction

Pencil sketch of a harnessed horse lowering its head to graze beside a wooden cart shaft, on cream paper.

Bleistiftskizze (Pferd)

Karl Wiener, 1935

Circular pen drawing of Christ at the cross's foot, mourned by Mary and John, with a ladder and soldiers behind.

Christ at the Foot of the Cross, Mourned by Mary and John

Nicolaas Hogenberg, early 16th century

Cream cover with the word 'Menus' in black calligraphic script and a flourish below, with a red label at lower left.

Leporello album met zes florale menukaarten

Theo Colenbrander, 1851

Menu card with angular hand-lettered title and a blue stylized thistle-like plant with spiky leaves on cream paper.

Menukaart met bloemdecoratie

Theo Colenbrander, 1851

Pen and brown ink drawing of a couple in a chariot pulled by two lions, with putti and torch-bearers in a wooded landscape.

The Triumph of Marriage

Pencil sketch of a stylized standing man with glasses holding sticks, beside a bare tree, with annotations on the sheet.

Bleistiftskizze (Selbstbildnis)

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pen and ink wash drawing of costumed commedia dell'arte performers on a stage with classical columns and arches.

A Performance by the Commedia dell'Arte

Claude Gillot, 1710

Pastel drawing of a thatched barn with green doors and a brick church tower with a clock behind trees.

Gezicht op een schuur en de kerktoren van Valkkoog

Jacob Olie jr., 1942

Pencil sketch of a man in round glasses and a collared shirt, drawn in angular lines on tracing paper.

Bleistiftskizze (Selbstporträt?)

Karl Wiener, 1935

Red chalk drawing of a stage scene with a man riding a donkey past costumed onlookers and a reclining figure.

Scene from "The Tomb of Master André"

Claude Gillot, 1705

Drawing of scholars around globes and charts beneath a lantern, with ships on a sea panel above.

Petrus Plancius Instructing Students in the Science of Navigation

David Vinckboons, early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shepherd scene at a stone trough with a rider, horses, mules and goats beneath trees.

Hirtenszene an einem Brunnen, Schafe und Maulesel nähern sich der Tränke, an der eine Reiterin ihr Pferd tränkt

Johann Christian Klengel

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with arms folded, gazing forward, on cream paper with construction lines.

Bleistiftskizze (sitzende Frau)

Karl Wiener, 1941

Grey wash drawing of skaters and figures on ice beside a stone city gate, with bare trees and a tower.

Skaters Outside a City Wall

Hendrik van der Straeten

Grey wash drawing of a crowned saint beside a grape barrel, with angels above, putti at lower left, and vines.

Saint Wenceslas at the Vintage, Attended by Angels and Putti

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Grey wash drawing of skeletons and armored figures in a procession, with a skeletal drummer and a small dog.

Dans van de Dood (linkerhelft)

Gesina ter Borch, 1643

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen driving cattle and goats past a large tree, with a ruined tower on a distant hill.

Landschaft mit einer Burgruine, zwei Hirten führen ihre Viehherde von rechts herbei

Johann Christian Klengel

Watercolor of an old blind beggar with a staff led by a boy along a path beside a tree.

Oude blinde bedelaar geleid door een jongen

Gesina ter Borch, 1660

Pencil sketch of a young figure raising a torch before mountains and a tent with a flag, drawn in 1930.

Bleistiftskizze (sozialistische Jugend, Fackelträgerin)

Karl Wiener, 1930

Watercolor drawing of skeletons dancing with living figures including a crowned king, a drummer skeleton, and a dog.

Dans van de Dood

Gesina ter Borch, 1660

Grey wash drawing of skeletons leading living figures including a woman, a monk, and a child in a dance of death.

Dans van de Dood (rechterhelft)

Gesina ter Borch, 1643