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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolour caricature of a man in frock coat holding a scroll and top hat, in a tiled room beside a billiard table.

Carl Carl als Declamations Lehrer in "Theater und Küche"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1847

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted warrior seizing a kneeling old man at an altar beneath a tree, with women and a fallen soldie

The Sack of Troy: Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Franz Cleyn, before 1654

Watercolor of a deep Swiss alpine valley with steep cliffs, a village on the valley floor, and distant snowy peaks.

The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

John Ruskin, ca. 1866

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in a headscarf and loose robe, resting on the ground with legs folded to one side.

Aufder Erde sitzendes Mädchen

Pencil and wash sketch of Naples rooftops with a smoking volcano and mountains in the distance.

Naples

John Ruskin, 1841 (?)

Frau mit Kind und einer Garbe unter dem linken Arm

Watercolor of a dense forest with gnarled trees framing a pool where a figure wades, a path of trees receding in the distance

Windsor Great Park

Paul Sandby, 1790-99

Sepia wash drawing of rocky cliffs and an arched ruin, with small figures seated on a mound in the lower right.

Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, c. 1627

Pencil and tinted drawing of a man with curly hair and mustache in a dark coat and cravat, gazing upward.

Carl Freiherr von Schönstein (1796-1876), Beamter, Liedersänger

Josef Eduard Teltscher, 1830

Study of a head

Grey wash drawing of a boisterous peasant meal in a tavern, with men drinking, a woman with a tankard, and children at a tabl

De vrolijke boerenmaaltijd

Leendert van der Cooghen, 1642

Grey wash drawing of a large waterfall beside a rocky cliff, with stone houses and trees above and distant hills behind.

View of the Large Waterfall at Tivoli

Jan Worst, 1647

Black chalk drawing of a reclining male nude seen from behind, legs twisted upward, on grey paper with red handwritten inscri

Liggend mannelijk naakt

Willem Doudijns, 1680

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with arched openings and overgrown trees, with a large boulder in the foreground.

View of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, with a Large Boulder in the Foreground / verso: View of Classical Ruins

Guilliam du Gardijn, 1620

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with arches, a horse-drawn coach and small figures on open ground.

View of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, with Distinguished Visitors and a Coach

Guilliam du Gardijn, 1625

Charcoal portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white shirt, turned to the right, on toned paper.

Carl Geyling (1814-1880), Maler

Eduard Swoboda, 1842

Pen and grey wash drawing of a vaulted classical ruin with a water channel and boulders in the foreground.

View in the Vaults of a Classical Ruin

Guilliam du Gardijn, 1620

Grey wash drawing of a walled town with church spires and a castle in open countryside, with riders on a path in the foregrou

Uitgestrekt landschap met gezicht op de stad Herborn

Joris van der Haagen, 1625

Grey wash drawing of a wooded hillside with a ruined church, a tower, riders on a path and a house at right.

Gezicht op de Elter Berg

Joris van der Haagen, 1663

Pen and brown wash drawing of a craggy rock formation above and a crumbling classical ruin with arches below.

View in a Cave and View of a Classical Ruin

Guilliam du Gardijn, 1620

Pen and grey wash drawing of a wooded hill with a large gabled building at right overlooking flat meadows and distant towers.

Gezicht op de Elter Berg

Joris van der Haagen, 1664

Carl Goebel (1824-1899), Maler, Lithograph

Ignaz Umlauf, 1845

Pastel drawing of two ballet dancers in pink tutus and orange bodices, one partly hidden behind a tree trunk.

Two Dancers

Edgar Degas, c. 1893-98

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop town with church spires above grazing cattle in flat meadows.

Gezicht op Kleef

Joris van der Haagen, 1655

Grey wash drawing of a classical stone gateway with an arch among trees, with a water channel and cloudy sky beyond.

Poort van oprijlaan naar een buitenverblijf

Joris van der Haagen, 1625

Grey-toned drawing of a flat landscape with tree clusters receding toward a distant horizon under a pale sky.

Gelders vergezicht bij Dieren (?)

Joris van der Haagen, 1625

Grey wash drawing of a dense grove of tall trees over open grassy ground, with an inscription and date in the lower margin.

Bosgezicht in de Koekamp buiten Den Haag

Joris van der Haagen, 1653

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree trunk with spreading roots on lined paper, with handwritten notes at the top.

Tree trunk

Red and black chalk portrait of a young girl with bobbed hair, a black hair ribbon, and a ruffled white collar.

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu

Paul César Helleu, c. 1897

Watercolor drawing of a ruined classical colonnade with arches, fallen stones, and agave plants in the foreground.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Columned Exterior

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Pencil sketch of a standing peasant woman in a white bonnet, shawl, apron and clogs, holding a walking stick.

Peasant Woman

Louis-Adolphe Hervier, 1837

Pen and ink sketch of three nude women in overlapping poses, with handwritten labels past, present, to come along the top.

The Hours

Samuel Shelley, ca. 1800