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Drawings & Sketches

76,090 works

Studies of Saint John the Baptist

Copy after Rogier van der Weyden, after 1455

Red chalk drawing of a flying cupid with outstretched arm and bent legs, head turned toward the viewer.

Flying Cupid

Annibale Carracci, c. 1602

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bear hunt with mounted hunters, hounds and a bear in a landscape with a town.

Bear Hunt

Flanders, ca. 1470-90

Pen and ink drawing of the dead Christ mourned by women beneath a cross, with a standing figure and clouds behind.

The Lamentation of Christ

Circle of Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1513

Drawing of a bearded man in a billowing cloak carrying a child on his shoulders, with a staff and flowering branch.

Saint Christopher

Follower of Hans Baldung Grien, third quarter 16th century

Two Lansquenets

Erhard Altdorfer, 1513

Brown-ground drawing with white highlights showing the Holy Family, Saint Elizabeth and infant Saint John beneath a palm tree

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1513

Pen drawing of a nude woman standing on a sphere inside an architectural niche framed by two pilasters, dated 1498.

Fortuna in a Niche

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with an older man reading beside a table in an interior.

The Holy Family in an Enclosed Garden

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in a draped robe and headdress, one hand raised, on a pinkish tan sheet.

Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Right (Recto); Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Left (Verso)

Middle Rhine Germany, ca. 1460-70

Watercolor of two split carcasses hanging in a dim interior beside a chopping block, axe, jug and lemon, with a figure in a d

Carcasses

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1840-1860

Pen and ink drawing of Saint John the Evangelist seated, holding a chalice, with a halo and Gothic canopy.

Saint John the Evangelist

Upper Rhine, ca. 1480

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure in long robes hanging from a gibbet beside a wooden post.

Elsje Christiaens Hanging on a Gibbet

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1664

Watercolor of two children beside white conical tents, drying laundry and canoes under a grey sky.

Indian Camp, Roberval, P.Q.

Winslow Homer, 1895

Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?)

Hans Schwarz, ca. 1516

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus and Cupid on a snail shell on water, with a river landscape and towns behind.

Venus and Cupid on a Snail

Hans Brosamer, 1538

Head of a Man

Sebald Beham, 1549

Pen and brown ink sketch of a domed pavilion with a staircase, columns, and urns, attributed to Canaletto.

A Magnificent Pavilion by the Lagoon (recto); The Grand Canal, with the Rialto Bridge from the South (verso)

Canaletto, ca. 1727-29

Drawing of an imaginary landscape with tall trees, a river, a walled town and towers on a hill, in grey wash.

Imaginary Landscape

Hanns Lautensack, 1543

Brown wash drawing of a grieving man beside a reclining body in a forest by a stream, with a staff and bundle nearby.

Aristomenes Mourning the Death of Socrates from the Bewitchment of Meroë (from Book 1 of Apuleius, "The Golden Ass")

Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1795

Pen and blue wash design for an armored breastplate covered in scrolling foliage, grotesques and classical figures.

Design for the Breastplate of a Suit of Armor

Etienne Delaune, ca. 1576

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child before classical arches and columns.

Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, first quarter 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man in a white turban, with curly beard and white highlights on a toned ground.

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban (recto); Latin script (verso)

Master of the Death of Absalom, ca. 1510

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of robed, bearded men gesturing in conversation, with a dog in the foreground.

The Parable of the Beam and the Mote

Unknown artist, ca. 1520-30

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman with a hammer and tent peg beside a draped tent and inscribed pillar, ca. 1560.

Jael

Maarten van Heemskerck, ca. 1560

Pencil drawing of a dense botanical study with umbel flowers, broad leaves, grass blades and berries on a pale sheet.

Plant Study

Eugène Bléry, 1857

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with winged angels and kneeling figures beside a house, a town and mountains beyond.

Landscape with Abraham and the Angels

Copy after Hans Bol, ca. 1568

Pen and wash drawing of gnarled trees beside a winding river and rocky cliffs under a swirling sky.

Wooded Landscape

Gillis van Coninxloo, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a village with thatched cottages, trees, a horse rider, and chickens on a dirt road.

Travelers at a Village

Copy after Joos van Liere, ca. 1570-1629

Chalk drawing of a standing woman in a draped classical gown, one arm raised over her head, with grid lines visible.

Study for Penelope

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier, c. 1806

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a tower, sailboat, distant village and hilltop castle.

River Landscape

Jaques Saverij, ca. 1600

Pen and ink drawing of a brick castle with stepped gables and towers reflected in a moat.

Tervueren Castle

Unknown artist, ca. 1604-05