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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash drawing of a wooded path with tall trees, a thatched cottage, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landschap

Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, 1785

Watercolor drawing of a sheep's head with open mouth against a dark brown background, with woolly fleece and pink-tinted ears

Schaapskop

Jean Zacherie Mazel, 1808

Brown wash drawing of a fisherman's family reunion on a quay with sailing boats, a jumping dog, and women with baskets.

Vreugdevolle terugkeer van vissers

Jean Zacherie Mazel, 1844

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a large hat and long dress leaning on a table, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Vrouw met grote hoed, leunend naar links

Marinus van der Maarel, 1867

Pencil drawing of a deathbed scene with mourners beside a reclining figure, candles, and a folding screen.

Die kaiserliche Familie am Totenbett des Kronprinzen Rudolf

Theodor Breidwiser, 1889

Pencil sketch of a church with a bell tower and trees, with a wooden fence and path in the foreground.

Die Kirche auf dem Kahlenberg

Joseph Höger, 1829

Pencil drawing of a rocky gorge with trees, cliffs, a winding road and a church spire in the distance.

Die Klausen bei Mödling

Jakob Alt, 1820

Watercolor of white ducks and ducklings among reeds and grass beneath willow branches at a pond's edge.

Eenden onder wilgen

Willem Maris, 1844

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church tower and buttress with a tree at right, on cream paper.

Chorflankenturm einer gotischen Kirche

Grey wash drawing of cattle wading through shallow water at dusk, with a herdsman and birds under a cloudy sky.

Zonsondergang

Willem Maris, 1844

Chalk drawing of a sleeping tiger lying on the ground with dark foliage behind it, on grey paper.

Tijgerin

John Macallan Swan, 1857

Pencil and wash drawing of a gothic wayside shrine with a cross finial standing on a rough stone base.

Wayside shrine

Charcoal study of a polar bear's head turned downward, with faint sketched body lines on brown paper.

Kop van een ijsbeer

John Macallan Swan, 1857

Watercolor of a white hilltop church with a bell tower, trees, a dirt road and small figures under a blue sky.

Die Langenzersdorfer Kirche mit dem Leopoldsberg

Friedrich August Brand, 1790

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a polar bear's head and shoulder with loose hatched fur.

Kop van een ijsbeer

John Macallan Swan, 1885

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman in a headscarf seated with folded hands on steps before a church wall.

Studienblatt: Außenwand einer Kirche mit einem Kruzifix, auf dem Boden sitzende alte Frau, die Hände gefaltet

Charcoal and white chalk study of a sleeping polar bear lying on grey paper, with faint preparatory sketch lines above.

Studies van een liggende ijsbeer

John Macallan Swan, 1903

Pencil sketch of a headscarved figure lying low on the ground with a bundled cloth, faint architecture above.

Old woman with headscarf

Jakob Becker, 1841

Charcoal drawing of a Gothic cathedral nave with pointed arches, deep shadows, and a small figure standing in light.

A Cathedral Nave

Watercolor of a Gothic church burning on a hill, with a dark demonic figure looming above and small figures below.

An Ecclesiastic Building in Flames with Demons Above

Pencil sketch with grey wash of a hay wagon on a sunken lane beside a house, with figures and trees.

Heuwagen auf einem Hohlweg, an einem Haus vorbeifahrend

Drawing of a young boy writing at a desk with an inkwell and books, in a dim room with bookshelves behind him.

The Scholar

Edmond Eugène Valton, 1869

Watercolor of a woman in a dark dress walking past a stone balustrade with urns and statues in a shaded park.

A Promenade in the Park at Sanssouci

Franz Skarbina, 1885

Pencil sketch of a crucified figure on a cross with a stone base, surrounded by loose sketched landscape and foliage.

Crucifix

Pencil sketch of a gothic church tower with a tall pointed spire, pinnacles and arched windows on pale paper.

Turm einer gotischen Kirche

Watercolor of a rocky Capri beach with a cliff, breaking waves, a moored wooden boat, and a swimmer in the sea.

The Beach at Marina Piccola, Capri

Franz Skarbina, 1883

Watercolor of Venice with a domed church, bell tower, sailboats on the lagoon, and pedestrians on the waterfront.

Venice

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1903

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a jacket, shown in a ruled border on brown paper, signed Henri Rousseau.

Self-Portrait

Henri Rousseau, 1895

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a park with tall trees, a stone wall, a small standing figure, and a building facade at right

Park

Watercolor of a nude figure standing in a canoe, holding a billowing blue cloth as a sail over calm water.

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa

John La Farge, 1895

Pen and ink sketch of a man seen from behind at an easel, studying a painted portrait head of an older man.

George Reynolds

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1859

Watercolor study of a weathered half-timbered house window with a wooden shutter and diagonal timber beams.

Fenster eines Fachwerkhauses