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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude man on a gridiron tended by executioners while a crowd watches.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

School of Luca Cambiaso, c. 1580

Pencil sketch of a wooded hillside rising above a low horizon, with handwritten notes on pale paper by Johan Christian Dahl.

Wooded mountain slopes

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman reading a book while reclining on clouds, with faint red grid lines.

Sibyl in the Clouds

After Luca Cambiaso, after 1570

Pencil and wash sketch of a misty forest interior with tall, thin tree trunks and a small figure in the distance.

Forest Interior, Upper Bavaria

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Deposition, with men lowering Christ from a cross beside grieving women.

Deposition

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, 1570/75

Watercolour of golden hills, scrub and blue mountains sloping toward a calm bay under a pale sky.

Mouth of the Aorere River, Golden Bay, Nelson, N.Z.

James Crowe Richmond, 1871

Pale watercolor of a mountainous coastal town with a stone wall, arched gate, and two donkeys in the foreground.

View of Castellammare

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man with bare torso, hands clasped at chest, gazing upward.

Saint Jerome

After Agostino Carracci, after 1590

Grey wash study of clouds over a dark hillside and water, inscribed Dahl Napoli 28 September 1820.

Study of clouds, Naples

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bent-over man sweeping with a broom beside a railing and buildings.

Manure Collector

After Annibale Carracci, after 1585

Grey wash drawing of cloud studies over a dark hillside, with brown pen outlines and handwritten inscription at top.

Cloud Study

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in glory with two kneeling monk saints and angels in clouds.

Virgin and Child in Glory Worshipped by Two Monk Saints

Circle of Ercole Procaccini the younger, n.d.

Pale watercolor sketch of mountains above a calm sea with small sailboats, dated 1820.

Monte S. Angelo

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Pencil sketch of a bearded man raising a sword beside a white horse, with a figure gesturing in the foreground.

Balaam's Ass

Agostino Carracci, n.d.

Grey ink drawing of riders and a carriage crossing an arched stone bridge near a tower, with mountains behind.

The Bridge at Sarno

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Grey wash drawing of Mount Vesuvius erupting, with a dark smoke plume rising from the summit.

Eruption of Vesuvius

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Red chalk drawing of a satyr embracing a horned goat, with hatched shading on a pale paper ground.

Satyr and Goat

After Annibale Carracci, after 1600

Pencil sketch of a wooden church with a spire in a valley, with farm buildings and wooded hills behind.

View toward the church in Kaupanger

Johan Christian Dahl, 1834

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures, cattle and a cart in a wooded landscape.

Group of Figures by a River

Attributed to Agostino Tassi, 1620s

Grey wash drawing of a rocky Capri coastline with boulders, a hazy mountain and a distant town.

The northern coast of Capri

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Pen and brown ink sketch of struggling figures, with muscular men lifting women and raised arms in a dynamic composition.

Rape of the Sabines

Michel Joseph Speeckaert, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a river with a rowing boat, sailing vessels, trees, a farmhouse and a distant church spire.

River Scene

Allart van Everdingen, 1636

Four Sketches: Standing Male Figure; Profile Bust of Bearded Man; Profile Head of Bearded Man; Landscape

Attributed to Agostino Carracci, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a river with a sailing boat, figures on a wooden landing, ducks, and a distant town with a tower.

River Landscape

Allart van Everdingen, 1636

Drawing of a dusky town street with a cobbled road, stone bridge, tall cypress tree and glowing street lamps.

Dusk

Brown ink study of a robed saint and a knight with a companion before sketched columns and architecture.

Study for Saint Francis of Assisi Giving His Cloak to an Impoverished Knight

called Il Fiamminghino Giovanni Battista della Rovere, 1591/95

Pencil sketch of a domed cathedral above a Florentine-style town, framed by tall cypress trees and a large leafy tree.

Untitled. (Italian landscape with view of the Duomo, Florence)

William Henry Fox Talbot

Grey wash drawing of a stone bridge over the Sarno with a water wheel, mill building, tree and mountain behind.

The bridge across Sarno near Castellammare

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Graphite drawing of crumbling Gothic ruins with a pointed arch, a tree, and a distant bridge over water.

Ruins

John Sell Cotman

Grey wash drawing of warships anchored off Naples with a volcano and lighthouse in the background.

Naval ships outside the harbour of Naples

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Pen and ink sheet of figure studies, a chariot scene, tent and sketched buildings, attributed to Agostino Carracci.

Frieze of Putti, Sketch of Lot and His Daughters, Sketch of Buildings

Attributed to Agostino Carracci, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels, while robed figures below gesture toward her beside

Assumption of the Virgin

Attributed to Mauro Gandolfi, c. 1780