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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor design of a gothic tower with spire flanked by domed pavilions and an arcaded gallery, with figures on a lawn.

Design for a Gothic "Belle Vue"

William Hurst Ashpitel, ca. 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Good Samaritan helping an injured man at an inn courtyard with a horse and watching figures.

The Good Samaritan Arriving at the Inn

Attributed to Constantijn van Renesse, c. 1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of peasants seated and eating beside a ship's hull, with onlookers in the background.

Satyr Among the Peasants

Barent Fabritius, 1645/50

Pencil sketch on aged paper with standing figures above and seated figures with a palm tree below.

Figure studies

Sr George Bickham, first half 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned king at a banquet table with a seated queen, a fallen man, and attendants in a column

The Degradation of Haman before Ahasuerus and Esther

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630s

Brown wash drawing of a monk embracing a robed clergyman at a dais, with monks standing along the wall and a scroll.

Scene 32: Supporters of the league pursue the Blessed Abbot to Rome; despite their calumnies his innocence is recogni…

Matthieu Elias, 1707

Watercolor drawing of a classical country house with a columned portico, statues on the roof, and obelisks along a gravel dri

East Front of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire

R. Blasson, 1790

The Supper at Emmaus

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626/69

Pastel study of a female figure with raised arm and billowing drapery against a blue background, on grey paper.

Study for figure of 4 pm in "The Hours" ceiling at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1904

Watercolor design of a repeating ornamental grid with yellow oval medallions, dancing figures, garlands and urns on pale pape

Design for ceiling decoration

Joseph Bonomi, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor landscape of a river bank with trees, a small figure, and billowing clouds over distant wooded hills.

Donauau

Joseph Höger, 1850

Black chalk and white heightening sketch of a nude female figure with outstretched arms and drapery on gray paper.

Allegory of France (La France sous les traits d'une nymph), study for France Enlightening the World and Protecting Ag…

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1863

Watercolor frontispiece design with farmers, sheep, a cow, and a circular view of ploughing oxen in hilly countryside.

Design for a Frontispiece

Josiah Boydell, ca. 1793

Pencil sketch of a canal with a stone bridge, a seated figure with umbrella in the foreground, and trees and buildings beyond

Donaukanal

Jakob Alt, 1822

Pen and brown wash drawing of two robed men beside a seated beggar in a vaulted colonnaded temple interior.

Peter and John at the Temple Gate

Attributed to Willem Drost, 1626/69

Sepia drawing of soldiers scattering as a beam falls, a robed monk raises his hand, and a man lies wounded on a platform.

Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him a…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Pencil sketch of a riverside city with a church spire, a tall mast with rigging, moored boats, and trees along the bank.

Donaukanal

Jakob Alt, 1820

Architectural elevation drawing of a gallery with Corinthian columns, arched bays, statues in niches, and ornate relief panel

Section of a "Galerie dans le palais d'un souverain"

Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, ca. 1791

Pencil sketch of a suspension bridge over a canal with a boat, trees, and small figures, plus studies of people above.

Donaukanal

Jakob Alt, 1827

Colored ground plan of a Paris hotel and its symmetrical formal garden with parterres, walks and tree rows.

Ground Plan for the Hotel de la Rochefoucauld Doudeauville and its Garden, Paris

Jean Jacques Huvé, n.d.

Pencil sketch of Vienna street buildings, shop signs, an iron railing and a street lamp on tan paper.

Donaukanal - Ferdinandsbrücke

Moritz Josef Unterwalder, 1897

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat riding a tall giraffe with a saddle, with small figures and a fence below.

The Cameleopard, or a new hobby

William Heath, 1827

Graphite drawing of a seated woman in a draped gown and head covering, gazing downward, on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Edward Burne-Jones, 1864

Pen and ink sketch of a seated figure in a flat cap and jacket, legs crossed, looking toward the viewer.

Rosalind in boys clothing

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental heraldic design with angels, putti, garlands, crowns and several coats of arms among cl

Design of the Arms of the Princes of Europe

Edward Francis Burney, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pencil sketch of a canal bridge with classical buildings, a carriage, and well-dressed pedestrians in the foreground.

Donaukanal: Schwedenbrücke

Jakob Alt, 1822

Pencil and watercolor west elevation of a Gothic Revival church with red brick, rose window, and tall bell tower with spire.

West Elevation of an Unidentified Church

William Butterfield, 19th century

Watercolor of a man reclining in a study beside a laid breakfast table, with a black dog, crossed swords on the wall.

A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)

J. Buttfield, late 19th century

Pencil sketch of women in an interior, one seated at a table, one playing a harp, with two small standing figure studies belo

Study for An Old Song(?) or The Two Sisters(?) (watercolors)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of two young girls, one with a hand on the other's shoulder, drawn on pale paper.

Doppelbildnis (2 Mädchen)

Josef Kriehuber, 1876

Pen and wash drawing of a tall ornate candelabrum with lion-supported pedestal, putti, and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Design for a Monumental Candelabrum

James Byres, 1765

Pencil notes and lists on squared paper, with a boxed address crossed out diagonally, beside a color checker card.

Doppelbogen mit Notizen

fraglich: Egon Schiele, 1907