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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of a stage set showing a timber cottage cutaway with curtains and a distant town on the right.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Interior of a Cottage

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Grey wash drawing of a brick manor house with stepped gables among trees beside water, with a small figure at left.

Het huis Killestein bij Lexmonde

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a country house with a spire, steps, tall trees, a statue and small figures on a road.

Het huis Ameliastein of Amaliestein bij Vianen

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a village church with a tall spire, trees, a horse-drawn carriage and figures on a road.

Het dorp Kerkwijk

Hendrik Spilman, 1734

Pen and wash drawing of a brick courtyard between a tall tower and a church tower, with a tree and a gabled house.

Binnenplaats van het Oldehuis of Slot te Vollenhove

Hendrik Spilman, 1740

Grey wash drawing of ruined Brederode castle walls with a gateway, cows, a herder and walkers on a road.

Ruïne van Brederode bij Haarlem

Hendrik Spilman, 1734

Grey wash drawing of a brick manor house with a central tower beside a moat, with figures on a wooden bridge and trees.

De havezathe Heeckeren bij Goor, in Twente

Hendrik Spilman, 1734

Pencil study on paper of a woman's upturned head with white highlights, beside a sketch of bare feet.

Studienblatt: Weiblicher Kopf, nacktes Fußpaar

Pencil drawing of a greenhouse stage set with glass roof, draped curtains, potted plants and climbing vines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: a Greenhouse

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Grey wash drawing of a brick castle with a spired tower, a moat and tall trees, figures on the path.

Het kasteel te Zuilichem

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Pen and grey wash drawing of a city gate with a tower beside a canal, trees and a rowing boat in the foreground.

De Burense poort te Tiel

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Pen and grey wash drawing of Mooyland castle with a tall domed tower, flanking turrets, and moat, with trees at left.

Het kasteel Mooyland

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Watercolor botanical drawing of a purple clustered bellflower stem with buds and green leaves on a cream sheet.

Campanula glemerata - Geknäulte Glocke

Alfred Franck, 1843

Grey ink and wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, balustrades and ribbed vaulting, with grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Church Interior

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Watercolor botanical study of a harebell plant with blue bell-shaped flowers, buds, slender leaves and roots on cream paper.

Campanula totundifolia - Rundblättrige Glockenblume

Alfred Franck, 1842

Pencil study sheet with a hand holding a shaded fabric fold and a small sketch of a woman's head with curled hair.

Studienblatt: Von einer Frau gehaltener Zipfel einr Schürze, weiblicher Kopf

Pen and brown ink drawing of two young women standing close, turned toward each other in conversation.

Two Young Women in Conversation

School of Guercino, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a domed stage set interior with arches, ornate pilasters and standing figures in niches.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Domed Interior (recto); Sketches for Dome and Doors (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated female nude turning her head left, with curly hair and draped cloth.

Female Nude Turning Towards Left, Clasping Knee

Follower of Guercino, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a grand stage interior with a coffered ceiling, arched colonnades, classical columns and ornate balustrades

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Interior with Coiffered Ceiling

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Graphite and white chalk drawing on grey paper showing three studies of feet from different angles.

Study sheet: feet

Graphite study sheet with horse heads and a reclining horse body on grey-green paper.

Studienblatt: Sterbendes Pferd

Brown wash drawing of Jupiter embracing a white heifer under a tree while Juno watches from a cloud with a peacock.

Jupiter and Io, disguised as a white heifer, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of two seated figures beside a white cow and cattle under trees, with a draped cloth hanging overhead.

Mercury Rescuing Io from Argus, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Pencil sketch on tan paper of hands clasped in prayer, with a sleeve and wrist drawn below.

Hände einer betenden Person

Pencil study of a left hand gripping the neck of a stringed instrument, with the scroll visible at the upper right.

Linke Hand an einem Musikinstrument

Two graphite and white chalk studies of draped fabric over a kneeling female figure on a tan sheet.

Studienblatt: Kniende weibliche Gewandfigur

Pencil and white chalk study of draped fabric folds on a standing figure, drawn on toned paper.

Garbed woman

Carl Alexander von Heideloff (1789-1865), Maler, Architekt

Johann Adam Klein, 1819

Portrait of a Man

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 18th century

Grey sketch of a rowboat with figures on a bay, sailboats, a fortress on the shore, and a faint rainbow over hills.

Rainbow over Cascais Bay, Cintra, Portugal

Francis Seymour Haden, 1877

Graphite drawing of two studies of draped cloth with soft folds and shadows on cream paper.

Studienblatt: Sitzende Frau