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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone tower beside a small house, trees and a fence on a grassy hill.

Burgruine

Adolf Luntz, 1885

Charcoal drawing of a bearded, curly-haired classical male bust with draped garment on grey paper.

Büste Homers

Heinrich Füger, 1776

Watercolor botanical study of flowering rush with pink umbel flowers, long green leaves and pale roots on cream paper.

Butomus umbellatus - doldige Wasserliesch

Alfred Franck, 1842

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church with a tall square tower, a canal bridge in the foreground and a city skyline at right.

View of the Laurenskerk, Rotterdam

Gerrit Battem, 18th century ?

Graphite study of a kneeling woman in a headscarf with a sleeping child's head at lower left on cream paper.

Studienblatt: Kniende Frau

Watercolor of a young commander in black uniform holding sabres, with marching soldiers and flags behind him under trees.

C. G. (Grabner?), Kommandant der jungen Ehrenlegion

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Pen and wash drawing of a Renaissance-style table with turned legs and an arcaded stretcher, against a paneled wall.

Design for a Table

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1870-80

Watercolor design drawing of an X-frame stool with blue upholstered seat and tassel fringe, set against a paneled wall.

Design for a Stool

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1870-80

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornamental panel with scrollwork, a putto with garland, and a winged griffin.

Ontwerp voor een kamerscherm (?)

Philipp Schor, 1675

Pencil drawing of a café interior with a woman and man reading newspapers at a round table beside framed sketches on the wall

Café Museum, 1., Operngasse 7 - Gibson-Zimmer

Wilhelm Gause, 1899

Pen drawing of a symmetrical rococo chandelier with candle arms, scrollwork, putti and a central standing saint figure.

Ontwerp voor een zilveren kroon

Luigi Valadier, 1763

Pencil design for a wedding clock showing a classical couple beneath a pediment, with cupids and an altar.

Ontwerp voor een pendule ter gelegenheid van een huwelijk

François Gérard, 1800

Pencil sketch on pale paper showing two studies of folded drapery, one above and one below.

Study sheet: drapery

Pencil sketch of a café scene with a standing man in a hat, seated figures at a round table, and a woman by a column.

Caféhausszene [Kaffeehausszene, Theatercafé]

Josef Engelhart, 1909

Pencil study sheet showing a reclining woman in draped cloth and a reclining man in a buttoned jacket.

Studienblatt: Lagernde Frau und lagernder Mann

Pen drawing of a riverside village with a tall church tower, low rooftops, trees, and a small boat on the water.

Landschap met gezicht op dorp aan rivier

Gaspard Dughet, 1625

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a waterfall over rocks with fishermen by a river below.

Vissers bij een waterval

Gaspard Dughet, 1625

Grey wash drawing of two women in feathered hats and ruffled gowns with a gentleman holding a cane.

Two Ladies and a Gentleman

Louis Binet, 1760-1800

Grey wash drawing of a tall tower beside a canal with moored boats, a carriage, trees and a figure on the quay.

Gezicht op de Oudeschans en de Montelbaanstoren

Reinier Vinkeles, 1751

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a tall church tower, a drawbridge, moored boats and trees along the bank.

Gezicht op de Oudeschans, de kalkmarkt en de Montelbaanstoren

Gerrit Lamberts, 1824

Pen drawing of the Nativity under an arch with Mary, Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox, a donkey and angels.

De geboorte van Christus

Jean-Baptiste Corneille, 1650

Grey wash drawing of a cleric offering a chalice to a plague victim seated on a chair, with kneeling figures and arched archi

Heilige Carolus Borromeus geeft pestlijders de laatste Communie

Claude Guy Hallé, 1662

Pen drawing of a kneeling monk in a landscape gazing up at the Virgin and Child on clouds, with angels and a church.

Heilige Antonius van Padua knielend in een landschap

Raymond de Lafage, 1682

Grey wash drawing of two draped figures reclining on a sarcophagus, one gazing upward, the other resting her head on her hand

Sarcofaag met daarop twee figuren

Charles Le Brun, 1630

Pencil drapery studies on paper showing folded cloth and a raised arm in several sketched views.

Studienblatt: Stehende Frau mit in die Hüfte gestemmter Rechten

Grey wash drawing of a lady in a plumed hat and ruffled gown dancing with a gentleman, watched by a seated man.

Costume Drawing: Lady and Gentleman Dancing

Louis Binet, 1760-1800

Pen drawing of Katwijk aan Zee village rooftops and church towers seen over dunes, with two figures in the foreground.

Het dorp Katwijk aan zee

Hendrik Spilman, 1736

Pen drawing of the village of Twisk with a church spire, wooden houses, a canal, a footbridge and bare trees.

Het dorp Twisk

Hendrik Spilman, 1735

Two gray wash drawings of manor houses, Rhaen above and Schuylenburg below, with figures and trees.

De havezathes Rhaan en Schuylenburg in Salland, Overijssel

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Pen drawing of a village church with a tall spire, houses and trees, with two travellers on a road in the foreground.

Het dorp Hoevelaken op de Veluwe

Hendrik Spilman, 1737

Grey wash drawing of Lekkerkerk village church and trees across a river, with a sailing boat and rowing boat.

Het dorp Lekkerkerk aan de Lek

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a church with a steeple beside a tree-lined village street, with figures and a dog in the foreground.

De kerk in het dorp Krimpen aan de Lek

Hendrik Spilman, 1733