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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a muscular male nude falling diagonally with outstretched arms and legs.

Falling Figure

Joseph Parrocel

Pen drawing of a circular ceiling design with laurel garlands and urns, above a rectangular panel with Greek key border.

Design for a Ceiling, Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire (Half plan)

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1769

Pencil design for a decorative ceiling with lozenge borders, Greek key patterns, acanthus scrolls and a laurel medallion.

Design for a Ceiling for the Drawing Room at Milton Abbey, Dorset

Sir William Chambers, 1770-74

Pen and watercolor design with pink and green panels showing classical urns, scrolls, medallions and winged figures.

Design for a Ceiling

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pen and wash design for a ceiling segment with laurel garlands, scrollwork, an oval cartouche, and two winged figures.

Design for Segment of an Octagonal Ceiling; Gower House, Whitehall, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1766-74

Pencil sketch of two women in swimsuits seen from behind and a seated child at left, drawn in loose outline.

Four Figures on Beach, probably in Provincetown

Charles Demuth, 1934

Ink and wash plan of an ornamental ceiling with a central oval medallion, garlands, and pink-tinted panels.

Half Plan of a Ceiling with an Oval Center and Semicircular Ends

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pen and wash design for a gallery ceiling with a central circular medallion and scrolling ornamental corner panels.

Design for the Gallery ceiling, Richmond House, Whitehall, London

Sir William Chambers, 1760

Ink and wash design for an ornate pier-glass frame with acanthus border, sphinx, flower garlands and urn.

Design for a Pier-glass for Adderbury House, Oxfordshire, for the Duke of Buccleuch

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1768

Pen and wash design for a wall girandole with cockerel-head branches, arrows, rosettes and hanging chains.

Design for a Girandole Composed of Three Clasping Arrows and Candle-branches Terminating in Cockerel Heads

Sir William Chambers, 1743-97

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an ornate tripod stand with lion's paw feet, with dimensions and detail sections.

Capitoline, Antique Tripod

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Pen and wash drawing of a fluted copper urn with scroll handles, beside a study of an ornamental mount with measurements.

Antique Vase of Copper in the Capitol

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Pen and wash drawing of ceiling and wall ornament details labeled Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo.

Details of Ceilings, Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling detail with floral garlands, moldings, a relief scene of robed figures, and an inte

Detail of Ceiling, Palazzo Massimi

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Drawing of a circular ceiling vault with ornate scrollwork, figures and a central rosette, with smaller detail studies below.

Ceiling Vault of Palazzo Mattei, Rome

Sir William Chambers, 1750-59

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with an oval panel, scrolled moldings, a figural medallion and handwritten note

Ceiling of Staircase, Palazzo Mattei

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a mezzanine window in a classical entablature, with dentil cornice and moldings.

Mezzanine Window, Palazzo Madama

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Ink and wash drawing of three ornamental stucco frames with scrolls, rosettes and moldings around blank centers.

Design for Three Stucco Frames

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Design for a Chimneypiece, Incorporating a Portrait of George III

Sir William Chambers, 1760-69

Watercolor elevation of a large classical building's river front with central portico, arcaded base, and water below.

Elevation of the South, or River Front of the New Building at Somerset Place

Sir William Chambers, mid-18th-late 18th century

Watercolor elevation of a commemorative column with seated allegorical figures, wreaths, and a flaming urn at top.

Ehrensäule zur Feier des 50. Geburtstages von Kaisers Franz Josef auf dem Praterstern

Otto Wagner, 1880

Architectural drawing of two fireplace designs with caryatid figures, urn, and side profiles on a pale sheet.

Designs for Two Chimney-pieces in Lord Viscount Charlemont's Casino at Marino, Dublin

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1758-59

Pen and watercolour sketch of a man in a top hat and long coat walking with a cane, with figures in the background.

Briefkaart aan Jan Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1910

Ink drawing on a postcard of two ornate letterforms in front of a rising sun with radiating rays.

Briefkaart aan Jan Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1912

Architectural drawing of a chimney-piece with a pediment, bust, garland swags, and side elevation, in grey wash.

Design for a Chimney-piece, for Thomas Hollis of Lincoln's Inn, London

Sir William Chambers, after 1754

Pen and grey wash design drawing of a classical chimneypiece with an urn, candelabra, garland and medallion relief.

Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1773

Circular drawing of a nude figure with a halo, Apollo as the sun, surrounded by figures and billowing drapery in chalk.

Study for Apollo as the Sun with the Four Seasons, the central tondo of the ceiling of the Collis Potter Huntington M…

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Watercolor sketch of two hooded figures seated beside a glowing striped tent at a night camp, with a caption below.

Briefkaart aan Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten

Leo Gestel, 1910

Briefkaart aan Jan Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1921

Watercolor and ink drawing of men in dark suits standing over a sprawled body with red stains, with a raised fist.

Briefkaart aan Jan Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1918

Watercolor letter card of a caricatured smoking man with a flying hat, yellow stars, and Dutch handwritten text below.

Brief aan Jan Ponstijn en Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten

Leo Gestel, 1918

Ink sketch on a postcard with handwritten Dutch text, a steaming cup and saucer, a seated figure and a bird.

Briefkaart aan Jan Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1917