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Drawings & Sketches

76,141 works

Pencil sketch of a thatched cottage beside bare trees and willows in a flat landscape with a winding path.

Sketch of Landscape with Cottage

Jan van Goyen, c. 1630

Pencil drawing of Saint Peter's Basilica dome and colonnade in Rome, viewed over rooftops with small figures in the piazza.

View of Saint Peter's in Rome

Attributed to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Pen and ink study of bearded heads and a pointing figure on the front, and a crenelated fortress on the back.

Study of Heads (recto); Crenelated Fortress (verso)

Agostino Carracci

Brown wash drawing of worshippers gathered at a street shrine with lanterns and arched buildings in the background.

Worshippers at a Street Shrine

Alessandro Magnasco, 1730/40

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman carrying bread and a pitcher, with a basket and vessels at her feet and a village behind

Abigail

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1560

Victorian valentine card with pink roses in an urn, embossed lace border, and a cursive verse in a central panel.

If Souls Could Always Dwell Above (Valentine)

H. Dobbs, 1855/60

Valentine card with embossed lace paper border, painted flower bouquet in a medallion, and a printed verse scroll.

Maiden Fair of High Degree (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Lace valentine card with a painted pink rose bouquet, a metallic bow above and a metallic bird below.

Untitled Valentine (Bouquet)

George Kershaw, 1855/60

Pen and wash drawing of a river with rowing boat, moored sailing boats, and a church-dominated town skyline on the far bank.

View of Dordrecht from the River

Jacob van Strij, 1775-1815

Valentine card with lace border, pink rose and blue flowers, and an arrow piercing a banner with a love verse.

My Heart Beats Fondly (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, 1850/59

Victorian Valentine card with white paper lace gothic arches, two cupids holding a banner reading LOVE FOR LOVE, and a centra

Love for Love (Valentine)

David Mossman, 1850/59

Embossed white lace-patterned card with scrolling motifs and an oval panel bearing handwritten brown ink inscription.

Untitled Valentine (Gold Ship in Wreath)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Embossed valentine card with painted roses, forget-me-nots, a gold heart, blue ribbon rosettes and a 'Don't Forget Me' banner

Don't Forget Me (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse interior with a seated figure at a small table beside a paneled door and shelves.

A Farmhouse Interior with a Boy at a Table

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, c. 1846

Die-cut paper lace valentine with painted purple and yellow pansies, a small bird, and floral sprigs in the corners.

Untitled Valentine (Large Purple and Yellow Flowers)

Dobbs Kidd, 1815/30, inscribed 1865

Valentine of white cut-paper lace on green with a framed portrait of a bearded man and a floral wreath.

Forget Me Not (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1857

Pen and ink drawing of the upper half of a human skeleton seen from behind, showing spine, ribs, pelvis and arm.

Upper Half of Skeleton from the Back

Battista Franco Veneziano, early 1540s

Decorative paper lace valentine with three hearts, painted red roses, gold bows, and green sprigs on a cream ground.

Untitled Valentine (Three Hearts)

Berlin and Jones, c. 1865

Botanical watercolor of a pink rose with yellow stamens, buds, and green leaves on a thorny stem.

Cabbage Rose (Rosa Centifolia Simplex)

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1817-24

Pen and ink drawing of skeletal lower legs and feet with fine hatching, on aged brown paper.

Lower Half of Skeleton from the Back

Battista Franco Veneziano, early 1540s

Lace-edged paper valentine with a central round medallion of red and turquoise cutwork and a black ribbon bow below.

Untitled Valentine (Wreath with Rope Tie)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Watercolor of a ruined Gothic church arch with empty windows, grazing horses on grass, and a blue sky with birds.

Ruin of a Church

Rudolf von Alt, 1849

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decaying castle with a tall tower, broken walls, and a wooden bridge in the foreground.

Kostverloren Castle in Decay

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1652

Watercolor of peaches, plums and an apricot with leaves and twigs resting on a grey marble ledge.

Fruit Arrangement: Peaches and Plumbs on a Slab of Marble

Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1742

Brown and white chalk drawing of a bearded man reclining nude on a cushion, one arm resting on his raised knee.

Reclining Male Nude

Louis-Joseph-César Ducornet, n.d.

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a standing nude man holding a staff, one hand raised to his forehead, on tan paper.

Standing Male Nude (recto); Classical Head (verso)

Paul Émile Detouche, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a standing allegorical male figure with a raised arm and draped cloth, with a seated figure below.

Allegorical Figure (recto)

Niccolò dell'Abbate, 1500s

Pen and ink drawing of thatched cottages behind a hedgerow and trees, with a sketched field in the foreground.

Cottages

Jean-François Millet, 1870-71

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin seated with the Christ Child, flanked by two winged angels against a hatched background.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Aurelio Luini, late 1500s

Pencil drawing of a rider on a rearing horse surrounded by cupids, with a reclining Venus and mounted troops in the distance.

Louis XIV Captured by Venus

Charles Le Brun, early 1670s

Pen and wash drawing of a river bank with cypress trees, a house, and ruined arches in a landscape.

"Roman" prospect

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Barefoot woman in a crown of thorns holding a crucifix in a dim rocky landscape, painted in muted greens and greys.

The Mortification

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1763 or before