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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Half-length chalk portrait of an older man with white hair holding a tied portfolio against a dark background.

Hubert Robert

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1787

Pen sketch on tan paper divided into numbered grid cells with handwritten Vienna place names and a scale bar.

Erklärungsskizze zum Steinhausen-Plan der Stadt Wien mit dem Glacis und angrenzenden Teilen der Vorstädte im Jahre 1710

Werner Arnold Steinhausen, 1900

Grey-toned drawing of mythological men fighting brigands beside rearing horses while two women are rescued on a rocky hillsid

Theseus and Pirithoüs Clearing the Earth of Brigands, Deliver Two Women from the Hands of their Abductors

Angélique Mongez, 1806

Brown ink drawing of a hilly coastal village with sailing boats, hunters, and a decorative border of birds and fish.

Hilly Coastal Landscape with Hunters, with an elaborate border of Fishes and Birds

Charcoal study of a classical bearded bust with curly hair and draped shoulders, drawn in 1832 on toned paper.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Solon

Henry Jean Becquet, 1832

Grey chalk drawing of a classical bust with wavy hair, ribbon and grape clusters, after a sculpture of Dionysus.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Dionysus

Henry Jean Becquet, 1833

Pen and brown wash drawing of plumed soldiers in the foreground, a tented camp and a hilltop city behind them.

The Siege of Fiesole by the Goths

Friedrich Sustris, 1550-99

Charcoal and chalk academic study of a classical marble bust of a woman with wavy hair on a plinth, dated 1833.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Niobe

Henry Jean Becquet, 1833

Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (1806-1849), Arzt

Josef Danhauser, 1840

Yellow-tinted pen drawing of an arched pier-glass frame with laurel crest, shell motif, swags, and scrolled base.

Design for a Pier-glass with Arched Head and Palmette Terminations

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Academic chalk drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a plinth, looking upward, with white highlights on toned paper.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude

Henry Jean Becquet, 1837

Green wash design drawing of an oval mirror frame with swags, scrolling foliage, and flanking candelabra.

Design for a Mirror in the Form of a Horizontal Oval, Elevation

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

Academic life drawing of a standing nude man seen from behind, one arm resting on a wooden block, on toned paper.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude, seen from behind

Henry Jean Becquet, 1837

Watercolor and ink design elevation of a hall lantern with green panels, scrolled pediment, hanging chains and tassels.

Design for a Hall Lantern, Elevation

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

Grey chalk academic study of a muscular bearded nude man after the Farnese Hercules sculpture, with draped cloth.

Academic study after a sculpture: Farnese Hercules

Henry Jean Becquet, 1833

Watercolor design for a gilded wall girandole with a round mirror, two candle arms, swags and an urn finial.

Design for a Girandole with a Circular and Oval Glass

Sir William Chambers, 1745-1800

Ernst Welker (1788-1857), Landschafts- und Architekturmaler

Johann Adam Klein, 1818

Watercolor design for a gilded oblong pier-glass frame with a central urn and scrolling ornament above.

Design for a Pier-glass of Oblong Form, the Cresting a Scroll and Urn

Sir William Chambers, 1743-1800

Brown wash drawing of a fortified town gate with tower, wooden bridge over a moat, windmill and a horse-drawn cart.

Gezicht op Grave

Roelant Roghman, 1637

Grey wash drawing of a rutted road leading to a village church spire and windmill, with a tower ruin on the left.

View of the Village of Almkerk, with Huis Altena on the Left

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Grey wash drawing of a fortified building with a round conical-roofed tower, screened by trees and shrubs.

View of Abcoude, Seen from the North

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Sepia drawing of a Gothic revival lodge with crenellated towers and arched windows beside a stone wall and trees.

Design for Bishopsgate Lodge, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Jeffery Wyatville, ca. 1820-30

Grey wash drawing of castle ruins with a round tower, trees at left, and reflections in water below.

View of the Ruins of Kasteel te Heenvliet

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Grey wash drawing of a stepped-gable manor house beside a water channel, framed by trees and grassy banks.

View of Huis Bergestein, near Wijk bij Duurstede, Seen from the West

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Pencil drawing of a moated castle with a tall tower, turrets, chimneys, ducks in the water and a rowing boat.

Lokhorst oftewel Oud-Teilingen

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Grey wash drawing of a tall crenellated tower beside a wooden outbuilding reflected in still water, framed by trees.

View of Huis te Vleuten, Seen from the North

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Watercolor design of a gilded neoclassical wall sconce with a round mirror, two candle arms, and laurel and drapery ornament

Design for a Sconce with a Mirror

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a ruined tower with trees and an open meadow under an overcast sky.

View of Huis te Vliet, Seen from the South-west

Roelant Roghman, 1646

Grey wash drawing of a forest path lined with tall trees, rolling hills and birds in the sky beyond.

View in the Haagse Bos

Roelant Roghman, 1650

Grey wash drawing of steep rocky cliffs above a calm coast, with a small seated figure and trees in the foreground.

Mountainous Coastal Landscape with Steep Cliffs on the Right

Roelant Roghman, 1660

Grey wash drawing of a path through tall trees with a church tower far in the distance and birds in the sky.

View in the Haagse Bos, with the Grote Kerk, The Hague, in the Distance

Roelant Roghman, 1650

Pen and red chalk drawing of draped standing figures and a reclining nude, with sketched studies of legs and arms.

Spectators Amazed

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1540