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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash drawing of a haloed standing figure and a kneeling man reaching toward him, with columns in a dim interior.

Academic composition study: the incredulity of Thomas

Albert Gregorius, 1793

Academic drawing of a nude male figure after a classical sculpture, with raised arm and quiver of arrows, in graphite and cha

Academic study after a sculpture: Medici Apollo

Albert Gregorius, 1793

Medieval drawing of a kneeling man in red praying beside a fleece, with a figure in clouds above and soldiers drinking from a

Gideon and the Fleece, with the Selection of Gideon's Army

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Grey chalk drawing of a classical bearded bust on a stepped pedestal, shaded in white highlights on tinted paper.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Lysias

Jean-Baptiste Autrique, 1791

Medieval watercolor drawing of three bearded men in robes, one holding a roasted lamb on a spit beside a stone doorway.

The Passover Lamb

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Grey chalk drawing of a seated child with arm raised, draped and resting beside wheat, copied after a sculpture.

Academic study after a sculpture: seated child with raised arm

Jean-Baptiste Autrique, 1791

Medieval painted drawing of two men throwing stones at a kneeling bearded man among grapevines.

The Stoning of Naboth

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Drawing of a standing nude man seen from behind, one arm on a pedestal and the other raised to his head.

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

Jean-Baptiste Autrique, 1802

Medieval-style painting of a seated bearded man in a blue robe beside a standing armed figure holding a spear and a bird.

Isaac and Esau

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Medieval drawing of a man in blue lowering a rope from a castle tower while a woman leans from a window, guarded by a figure

Michol Helping David Escape

Unknown artist, c. 1420/1430

Grey wash drawing of a standing male nude holding a spear, leaning on a draped stone block beside a round shield.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude holding a spear

Jean-Baptiste Autrique, 1802

Drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a block, one arm raised behind his head, in chalk and graphite on brown paper.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude

Jean-Baptiste Autrique, 1804

Drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, holding a dagger, on a brown toned ground, dated 1804.

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

Jean-Baptiste Autrique, 1804

Pencil drawing of a classical interior with an oval medallion, an urn, and a couple in cloaks before a chimney-piece.

Interior with a Couple Before a Chimney-Piece

Hubert Robert, c. 1785

Red chalk academic study of a nude man grasping a goat's horns, with one arm raised, by Albert Gregorius, 1791.

Academic study after a print: naked man slaying a ram

Albert Gregorius, 1791

Charcoal study of a classical bust with curled hair and headband, drawn on toned paper, by Albert Gregorius, 1793.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Dionysus

Albert Gregorius, 1793

Drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, gripping a tall pole, with white chalk highlights on toned paper.

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

Albert Gregorius, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with curled hair and a small bird perched near her shoulder.

Academic study after a print: bust of a young woman holding a bird

Albert Gregorius, 1791

Pen and brown ink drawing of two dead chickens, one with a ribbon tied to its legs, shaded with hatching.

Two Dead Chickens

Unknown artist, 18th century

Pencil academic study of a standing male nude leaning on a tall pole, drawn in 1836 by Jean Cierckens.

Academic study after a print: standing male nude

Jean Cierckens, 1836

Brown ink sketch of an elderly bearded man's head and shoulders, turned to the left, with a somber expression.

Head of an Old Man

Unknown artist, 19th century

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Hippocrates

Jean Cierckens, 1837

Chalk drawing of the Farnese Hercules sculpture, a nude muscular bearded figure with a lion skin, on tinted paper.

Academic study after a sculpture: Farnese Hercules

Jean Cierckens, 1837

Sepia drawing of an arcaded street with a church facade and bell tower, with pedestrians under the portico arches.

Gezicht op de Magdalena-kerk in de Strada San Donato te Bologna

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1767

Black chalk study of a nude male figure leaning on a stone parapet, arm extended, head bowed, on grey paper.

Studie van een staand mannelijk model, geleund tegen een borstwering

Pompeo Batoni, 1718

Grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with goddesses, putti and clouds, a helmeted woman with spear at lower left.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met Venus, Minerva en Juno

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1702

Ink and wash drawing of Venice's Piazza San Marco framed by an arch, with the campanile, domes, stalls and strolling figures.

Piazza San Marco, Venetië, gezien vanuit het zuidwesten

Canaletto, 1755

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man with a lantern parting bed curtains to view a sleeping woman in an elegant interior.

Second Day, Seventh Story: The Duke of Athens Contemplating the Sleeping Princess Alatiel

Hubert François Gravelot, 1757

Ink sketch of a seated woman in a wide skirt beside a small man in a tall top hat on a white sheet.

Sketches of Man and Woman Seen from Above

Philipp William May, n.d.

Ink sketch of a two-masted sailing boat on calm water, with a small distant sailboat at right.

Schip met twee masten

Luca Carlevarijs, 1675

Watercolor of riders with a monkey and a white horse arriving at an inn with a star sign and arched doorway.

Arrival at an Inn

after Jean-Baptiste Oudry Anonymous, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a two-masted boat with reefed sail on calm water, figures on deck, and a second boat behind.

Tweemaster met gereefd zeil

Luca Carlevarijs, 1675