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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a thatched farmhouse beside large trees along a winding dirt road.

Boerderij en bomen aan een weg

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair and a buttoned jacket on toned paper.

Portrait of a Man (recto); A Male Torso in Jacket and the Head of a Child (verso)

Giuseppe Ghislandi, 1740s

Watercolor of a gothic brick church facade with a rose window and spires, with a figure sketching in the foreground.

Chiesa di Santo Stefano in Venedig, Fassade (Rekonstruktion)

Eduard van der Nüll, 1845

Pencil sketch of a winding path through rolling dunes fading into a hazy horizon.

Pad in de duinen

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a large tree with a seated woman in a hat and a reclining man under an open umbrella.

Tekenende vrouw en liggende man in een landschap

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a stable interior with goats resting near wooden stalls, hanging baskets and a broom.

Interieur van een stal met geiten

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a watermill, wooden sluice, and tall trees beside a path.

Landschap met een watermolen

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a seated girl in a long dress, looking down and working with her hands in a wooden chair.

Breiend meisje

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Graphite sketch of a woman sleeping in a chair, head tilted back, with loose hatched shading and a suggested interior.

Slapende vrouw, in een stoel

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman spinning thread with a distaff, with a faint sketched figure behind her.

A Woman Spinning (recto); A Woman Holding a Bundle (verso)

Giacomo Ceruti, 18th century

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a nude man with arms raised behind his head, drawn on brown paper with faint grid lines.

Entsetzte Frau aus dem blitzerschlagenden Schäfer als männlicher Akt

Watercolor landscape of a thatched cottage on a rocky bank beside a stream and stone bridge, under a hazy sky.

Village à Dieppe

Eugène Isabey, 1843

Pencil sketch of a village skyline with gabled and thatched rooftops and trees along a horizon line on pale paper.

Village view

Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792-1870), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1821

Watercolor vanitas with a skull crowned by colorful flowers, a butterfly, a candle and a bone on a stone ledge.

Vanitas Still Life

Herman Henstenburgh, n.d.

Christian Friedrich Fues (1772-1836), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1819

Circular brown drawing of a tall tree, rocky outcrop, seated shepherd, stream and hills in a landscape.

Baum mit einem Felsen, unter welchem ein Hirte sitzt

Ferdinand Olivier, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a church with a spire beside ruined abbey walls, an arched gateway and figures on open ground.

The Church and Ruins of Rijnsburg, Seen from the Northeast

Cornelis Pronk, 1753

Grey wash drawing of a winter village with skaters on ice, a stone bridge, a windmill, a horse and children.

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Sledges on the Ice, a Bridge and a Mill behind

Abraham van Strij, n.d.

Watercolor design of a Waterloo victory monument with mounted figures and winged Victory on a tiered base, set on steps.

Design for a Monument of the Victory of Waterloo (recto); Portico with Corinthian Columns (verso)

Leo von Klenze, 1815

Grey wash drawing of a moonlit river with a pale moon, clouds, and a low shoreline of trees and a mast.

The River Elbe in Moonlight

Johan Christian Dahl, 1833

Gray wash drawing of crowned Saint Cecilia beside an organ, with winged angels playing cello and attending putti in an arched

Saint Cecilia at the Organ, Flanked by Angels Making Music

Johann Gottfried Schadow, late 18th-mid-19th century

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a barefoot boy in a blue jacket seated on a grassy mound against a green wash background.

Sitzender Bauernjunge aus Berod im Westerwald

Jakob Becker, 1835

Charcoal sketch of Christ on the cross within a radiating halo, with dense vertical hatching on pale paper.

Christus am Kreuz

Gustav Klimt, 1893

Watercolor drawing of a standing boy in red waistcoat, white shirt and blue breeches, hands clasped before him.

Stehender Bauernjunge aus Berod im Westerwald

Jakob Becker, 1835

Pen drawing of Christ seated with two women in an arched loggia, with a landscape view and draped curtain behind them.

Christus bei Maria und Martha

Wilhelm August Rieder, 1826

Red chalk drawing sheet with nude male figures and draped kneeling figures in studies by Andrea Sacchi, 1641.

Figure and Drapery studies (recto); Three Studies of a Male Torso for the "Coronation of Marcantonio Pasqualini" (verso)

Andrea Sacchi, 1641

Pencil study sheet with a seated figure in draped clothing and a reclining figure sketched in the upper left corner.

Studienblatt: Lagerndes Mädchen

Pencil drawing of Christ healing a blind man, surrounded by robed figures, with ornate scroll corners in the border.

Christus heilt einen Blinden (Komposition für ein Relief)

Hans Gasser, 1840

Grey wash drawing of St. Peter's dome and Vatican buildings under a stormy sky, framed by large trees.

View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum

Richard Wilson, 1754

Pencil sketch of women working on rocky ground with a figure bending forward and shadowed masses at left.

Figuurstudies, mogelijk vrouwen die aan het werk zijn

George Hendrik Breitner, 1880

Pencil drawing of Christ being nailed to the cross, with grieving women, soldiers, and a crowd around the scene.

Christus wird ans Kreuz genagelt (Variation der XI. Station des Kreuzwegs in der Johann-Nepomuk-Kirche in Wien)

Josef Führich, 1845