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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Ink and wash drawing of a bare-chested archer on a rock, drawing his bow as a snake coils around his ankle.

Philoctetes Being Bitten by the Snake

Gotthard Ringgli, late 16th-early 17th century

Watercolor of Christ among apostles and a helmeted Roman soldier, with cherubs above a walled city.

Christ with Apostles and a Roman Soldier

Ernest Zacharias Platner

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged angel above a seated woman gazing up beside a sleeping child and urn.

Angel Appearing to Hagar and Ishmael

Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois, 1780

Pencil drawing of a rocky landscape with a waterfall, a large tree, a ruined tower and small figures in the foreground.

Figures in a Rocky Landscape with Waterfall

Attributed to Johann Samuel Bach, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a chained nude woman on a rock by the sea, gazing up at a flying rider on a winged horse.

Perseus and Andromeda

Gotthard Ringgli, late 16th-early 17th century

Graphite drawing of a faceted cubist self-portrait of a man with glasses, beside smaller scenes of flags, bombers and guns.

Selbstporträt

Karl Wiener, 1941

Pencil sketch of a rider galloping a horse with hounds running through brush beside a tree in an open field.

Fox Hunt

Attributed to Henry Alken, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a man under a tree attacked by a lion as his horse runs away across a hazy landscape.

A Man under a Tree Bitten by a Lion while his Horse Escapes

Mathais Füssli the Elder, 1692

Pen and ink drawing with brown wash of classical female figures in an oval composition, one draped figure beside a dark curta

Diana and Her Attendants

Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated nude woman resting on an anchor beside a column, with German text above.

Hope

Hans Ulrich Jegli, 1604-54

Charcoal self-portrait of a man with a gaunt face and intense eyes against a dark background, torn across the middle.

Selbstporträt

Karl Wiener, 1944

Pen and ink drawing of four nude putti holding a bird, fish, a candle, and a rod, shaded with fine hatching.

Four Putti representing the Four Elements

Rudolf Meyer, 1605-38

Watercolor botanical study of two germander plants, one with pink flowers and smooth leaves, one with deeply lobed leaves.

Muurgamander met gaaf en ingesneden blad (Teucrium chamaedrys)

Maria Moninckx, 1680

Charcoal self-portrait of a man with round glasses and a cigarette, in an overcoat, against a starry night sky and city skyli

Selbstporträt

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pen and brown ink drawing of a beheading scene with a plumed executioner, a kneeling man and a vaulted interior.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Style of Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling nude woman with long hair before a seated figure in a rocky landscape.

Mary Magdalen Penitent

Joachim von Sandrart, 17th century

Two sheets of pen and pencil sketches showing studies of a child's head and a seated figure, with handwritten notes.

Seated Figure and a Cow; Three Studies of a Child's Head

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Red chalk drawing of a nude woman and a standing man with a cherub seated on a rock at lower left.

Venus and Paris

Attributed to Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Two Heads of an Old and a Young Woman Looking to the Left (Ages of Woman?)

Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1609-70

Pencil and charcoal self-portrait of a gaunt man in a collared shirt and necktie, with dark hollow eyes, dated 1942.

Selbstporträt

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and wash drawing of a classical scene with crowds, a mounted rider, columns and buildings under trees.

Triumph of Alexander

Possibly François Chauveau, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a painter seated at an easel, brush raised, painting a landscape with a figure under a tree.

A Painter at his Easel

Hans Caspar Nüscheler, 1615-52

Pen and ink drawing of a horseman in a plumed hat on a rearing horse with flowing mane and tail.

A Horseman

Hans Caspar Nüscheler, 1615-52

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of Venus and Adonis with a reclining nude, a dog, and sketched foliage.

Venus and Adonis

Attributed to Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a turban and robe, holding a drawing board, in a loosely hatched interior.

Selbstporträt Anton Einsle

Anton Einsle, 1845

Grey wash drawing of an angel and a skeleton beside a cauldron in a kitchen, surrounded by demons and a nude woman.

The Devil's Kitchen Visited by an Angel

Conrad Meyer, mid-17th-late 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, both with soft modeling and white highlights.

Madonna and Child

After Jan Gossart, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man with wild hair and an intense sideways gaze, inscribed Anton Hanak 1922.

Selbstporträt Anton Hanak

Anton Hanak, 1922

Circular ink drawing of a winged putto beside a Gloria Mundi block, skull and vanitas objects, with God among clouds above.

Allegory of the Transience of Life

Conrad Meyer, 1651

Brown ink and wash drawing of plumed soldiers beside a stone column, with kneeling figures at a ledge.

Standing Soldiers and Kneeling Figures

after Taddeo Zuccaro, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a young man in a buttoned jacket and striped collar against a hatched oval background.

Selbstporträt Carl Rahl als Jüngling

Carl Heinrich Rahl, 1795

Ink and wash drawing of two horsemen on rearing horses firing pistols at each other, smoke rising from both guns.

Two Horsemen Shooting at Each Other

Heinrich Werdmüller, 1600-1677