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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor of a child wading in a river below grey cliffs, with trees, shrubs and a stone arch bridge.

Landscape with Aqueduct

Johanne Mathilde Dietrichson, 1889

Watercolor landscape of a rocky shore, pine trees, a ruined building and a boat under a cloudy sky.

View of Tysvær

Lars Hertervig, 1843

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint John the Baptist preaching to seated listeners beneath trees in a wooded landscape.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

After Annibale Carracci, n.d.

Pen and gray wash design with circular New Testament scenes framed by ornate scrollwork and an angel holding a banner.

Design for a Painted Glass with Scene from the New Testament

Christoph Murer, 1598

Hand painted plate of fifteen numbered moths in brown, grey, blue and orange tones, labelled Plate VII.

Original hand painted plate for Fragments of New Zealand Entomology [Plate VII]

George Hudson, 1946

Pale watercolor of a calm fjord with a steep rock island, small boats on the water, and snow-capped mountains behind.

Boats, Mountain Peaks and Calm Seas

Lars Hertervig, 1865

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child, kneeling figure, ox, and angels.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Attributed to Carlo Bononi, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a stone-walled road leading toward village houses, with reeds and a red-roofed shed.

Norwegian Bokmål: Fra Løkkeveien i utkanten av Stavanger

Lars Hertervig, 1858

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of muscular nude male figures gathered in a bacchanalian scene.

Bacchanalian Scene

Attributed to Eduard DuBois, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a marshy forest with a fallen tree, four hunters on a bank, and ducks swimming on a pond.

Norwegian Bokmål: Myrlendt landskap med fire jegere

Lars Hertervig, 1863

Seated Woman in Profile

Possibly after Marcantonio Franceschini, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of brown hills, a dark green tree and yellow shrubs under a pale sky, with grasses in the foreground.

Landscape, Jæren

Kitty Lange Kielland, 1870

Pencil and wash drawing of a carved timber lodge with stone arches among pine trees, a tower on the hill behind.

Royal Lodge

Wilhelm von Hanno, 1864

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded saint in flowing robes, gazing upward with one hand raised and holding a book.

Saint Paul

Circle of Giovanni Battista Trotti called Il Malosso, 1590/1610

Watercolor botanical study of blue orchid flowers with green leaves and pale tubers, with handwritten notes at upper right.

Thelymitra pterostylis

Fanny Richardson, 1931

Red chalk drawing of a group of youths, one leaning forward pointing, others kneeling and looking upward, on aged paper.

Group of Youths

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Grey wash landscape of mountains above a valley with a tarn, framed by trees and two grazing cattle in the foreground.

Longbrigg Tarn

Anthony Copley Fielding

Brown ink drawing of a classical landscape with large trees, small figures on a path, and a domed building on a hill.

Classical Landscape

Johannes Glauber, 1670

Sketch of the Holy Family with Saint John and the infant John the Baptist, over a red squared grid.

Holy Family with Saint John the Evangelist and the Infant John the Baptist

Bartolomeo Cesi, n.d.

Vestal Virgin Tuccia

Gaetano Gandolfi, n.d.

Pen and grey wash landscape drawing of tall trees on a rise, a winding path, and a distant village with a church tower.

Landscape

Aernout ter Himpel, 1661

Grey wash drawing of Aarschot town with a church tower, rolling hills, fields, grazing cow and riders under cloudy sky.

Landscape from Aarschot

Josua de Grave, 1675

Watercolor of Canterbury Castle ruins with cattle, a wooden cart, cottages and trees under a pale sky.

Canterbury Castle, Kent

Pencil and wash sketch of a mountain valley with dense pine forest, small cabins, and framing tree trunks at the edges.

From Rondane Mountains

Harald Sohlberg, 1901

Pen and ink sketch of Venus holding a curly-haired Cupid on her lap, with drapery and a wing behind her.

Venus and Cupid

Possibly Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Pencil and wash sketch of a jagged mountain range under blue-grey sky, with loose hatching across tan paper.

From Rondane

Harald Sohlberg, 1901

Drawing of a stream flowing past pine trees and melting snow patches under a grey sky, with fields in the distance.

The thaw

Watercolor landscape of wooded hills and a distant snowy mountain peak beneath clouds, with trees framing the foreground.

View of Schneeberg

August Grisebach, 1817

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical interior with an embracing couple, a kneeling woman, and armed men among columns.

Homer's Odyssey

Possibly after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Pen and watercolor landscape of a wooded hill, fenced meadow, farmhouse and a hilltop ruin under a pale sky.

View towards the castle ruin Gutenstein near Vienna

August Grisebach, 1816

Grey wash drawing of Ulysses and Nausicaa with washing women, a goddess in clouds above, and a tree with draped cloth.

Ulysses and Nausicaa

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Watercolor of a rocky mountain stream running through green hills under a pale cloudy sky.

Mountain stream, Kaikoura

Alfred Walsh, 1910