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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Black chalk drawing of a kneeling mother in draped robes embracing a child, on tan paper.

Kneeling Mother Embracing Child

Attributed to Michelangelo Anselmi, c. 1550

Charcoal portrait of a man with short hair and angular facial planes, wearing a collared shirt, on cream paper.

Männliches Porträt

Karl Wiener, 1930

Brown wash drawing of a crowded tavern where a man lies on the floor as onlookers gesture and men sit at a candlelit table.

Norwegian Bokmål: Etter tvekampen

Adolph Tidemand, 1849

Pen and ink sketch of soldiers attacking infants while women struggle, with classical buildings in the background.

Massacre of the Innocents

Possibly after Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Horse

Edgar Degas, c. 1890

Pen and brown ink design drawing of an ornate ewer with a dragon handle, putti, and acanthus-leaf foot.

Ontwerp voor een kan

Giulio Romano, 1530

Brown wash drawing of windmills, figures on a shore, and sailing ships on water under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op Amsterdam vanaf Zeeburg

Hendrik Pothoven, 1735

Watercolor of a brick farmhouse with sheep and a figure beside a dirt road, trees and a canal beyond, under clouds.

Gezicht op een huis in Zeeburg

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1828

Pencil drawing of Prins Hendrikkade with gabled quay buildings, moored boats, and a domed church across the water.

Gezicht op de Prins Hendrikkade

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Pencil drawing of a man in a turtleneck shown in two head studies, shaded in graphite on tan paper, signed KW 1942.

Männliches Porträt

Karl Wiener, 1942

Dim interior with a crowd around a wounded man, a woman in a headscarf gesturing, and a figure lying on a table.

Norwegian Bokmål: Etter tvekampen

Adolph Tidemand, 1863

Pencil sketch of the Presentation in the Temple showing a high priest, the Virgin holding the infant Christ, and onlookers.

Presentation in the Temple

Attributed to Pietro Antonio di Pietri, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a moored fishing boat beside a wooden jetty, with sailboats in the distance on rippling water.

Gezicht op een aangemeerde vissersschuit in het IJ

Everhardus Koster, 1827

Watercolor of a calm waterway with a sailing boat, wooden posts on a dike, and a windmill and church tower in the distance.

Gezicht op Zeeburg

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Pen drawing of villagers with a loaded horse and log houses in a courtyard, with mountains behind, by Adolph Tidemand, 1843.

Emigration

Adolph Tidemand, 1843

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man in a velvet cap and folded robe, holding a pen over a book.

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in historical dress

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1818-28

Pen and ink sketch on tinted paper of a standing nude man beside a plumed warrior in armor.

Male Nude and Warrior in Armor

Style of Giulio Benso, n.d.

Pastel portrait of a man with wide eyes and a stern mouth, rendered in angular green, yellow and orange strokes on red.

Männliches Porträt ("nach Rudolf Hess")

Karl Wiener, 1939

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship's bow with rigging, mast, deck railing, a small boat, and open sea beyond.

Bow of a ship

Carl Gustav Carus, 1819

Sepia wash drawing of a high priest, a turbaned woman and a kneeling boy around a draped table on a pedestal.

A High-Priest, the Prophetess Anna (?) and a Kneeling Boy around a Table

Anton Kern, 1745

Männliches Porträt (Rudolf Brunngraber)

Karl Wiener, 1943

Watercolor sketch of a rowan tree with red berries and green leaves against a pale sky above a shrubby hillside.

Norwegian Bokmål: Rognebærtre, Vang

Hans Gude, 1853

Pen and wash drawing of two women and three men gathered around a table, one man in a patterned orange robe, with a spaniel.

Two Women and Three Men Playing Cards

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 18th-early 19th century

Study for Male Allegorical Figure

after Taddeo Zuccaro, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a glacier-capped mountain valley with waterfalls and green slopes.

View of Folgefonna from Reissæter

Hans Gude, 1843

Pencil sketch of a man's head with closed eyes and mustache, with handwritten German inscription and date below.

Männliches Porträt (Wieners Vater kurz nach seinem Tod)

Karl Wiener, 1937

Pen and ink sketch of two classical figures, one helmeted and one draped, drawn on tan paper.

After the Antique: Greek and Amazon

called Il Semolei Battista Franco, 1530/36

Pen and wash drawing of a door knocker design with a mythological triton and nereid, putti, and acanthus scrolls.

Door Knocker with Triton, Nereid, and Putti

Unknown artist, late 17th or early 18th century

Pencil drawing of a standing man in a coat in a tiled interior before tall windows forming a cross, with a color checker besi

männliches Porträt; aus: "Die 150 Blätter"

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a tall waterfall in a rocky gorge with a rainbow at its base and trees on the slopes.

Sivlefoss, Stalheim

Hans Gude, 1843

Ink and wash sketch of top-hatted riders on horseback beside a carriage with two seated figures and horses.

Riders and Equipage

Constantin Guys, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a winged grotesque figure on a scroll pedestal above tumbling nude figures and acanthus leaves.

Door Knocker with Zeus Vanguishing Giants

or Anonymous Anonymous, late 17th or early 18th century