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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and wash drawing of an embracing couple at a gate with onlookers and a sheep in the foreground.

The Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, c. 1553

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated women with bowls and a basket on a terrace, with figures behind a balustrade.

Två kvinnor med skålar i knät sitter på en terrass

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with two oval medallions of standing classical figures between acanthus leaves.

Two Medallions with Standing Figures of Omphale and Bacchus, Separated by Design of Acanthus Leaves

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1747/1785

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with figures on a bank, rowing boats and a sailing ship under trees.

Flodlandskap med båtar och en utflyktsfest

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a seated woman holding a child, with another child reclining beside her.

Woman and Two Children

after Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a couple embracing before a classical city with domes, soldiers, a ship, and a crowd.

Dido and Aeneas Embracing before Gates of Carthage

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a landscape with a boar hunt, horsemen, dogs, a river, trees and a rocky cliff with a tower.

Italienskt landskap med vildsvinsjakt

Brown wash drawing of a man fishing from a rowboat with a net, a woman and child on the shore, and a distant sailboat.

Chinoiserie with Man Fishing from Boat, Woman and Child Standing on Shore

After Claude-Joseph Vernet, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on brown paper of a woman's head and shoulders, eyes lowered, with draped fabric.

Bust of Woman

Attributed to Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated warrior with a round rosette shield on blue-grey paper.

Seated Warrior Holding a Sword and Shield [recto]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child on clouds, with Saints Anthony and John the Baptist kneeling below and cherubs

Madonna and Child Adored by Saints Anthony and John the Baptist

Style of Cornelis Schut, 1600/1625

Charcoal drawing of two clasped hands with forearms on grey paper, white highlights on the knuckles.

Clasped Hands [verso]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Young Man in Profile with Chin in Hand, Leaning on Raised Knee

Filippo Napoletano, 1607-1629

Watercolor ceiling design with a central medallion of cherubs and figures, surrounded by ornate pastel panels and borders.

An Ornate Ceiling with an Allegory of Spring

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1790/1815

Brown ink and wash drawing of mourners around a reclining body beside ruined classical columns and walls.

Mourning over the Body of Saint Stephen

After Annibale Carracci, 1604/1799

Watercolor drawing of a rustic watermill with a Gothic brick ruin, figures, dogs, and a distant church spire.

Rustic Watermill in a Gothic Ruin

Hendrik de Meyer II, 1778

Pencil sketch of a standing male figure holding a severed head and a cord, on pale paper.

David with the Head of Goliath

called Il Cavalier d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1591/93

Red chalk drawing of an old man with closed eyes and a headscarf, in three-quarter view on cream paper.

Head of an Old Man

After Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin holding dead Christ above clouds, with three saints and a dog below.

Pieta, with Saints Francis, Roch, and Third Male Saint

Style of Pietro Antonio di Pietri, n.d.

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a valley with a red cloud band above blue hills, a winding stream and bare trees.

Serie Föhn - Föhn II

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1913

Pen and brown wash sketch of a man seated on a lion, reaching toward its head.

Man Mounting Lion

Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Watercolor of two men on floating logs in a river, one poling, with forested hills and cloudy sky behind.

Hudson River, Logging

Winslow Homer, 1891-1892

Pencil and watercolor sketches of rocks in snow, trees and hills on a paper sheet with handwritten German notes.

Serie: Föhn - Entwurfsskizzen

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1913

Head of Young Man, in Profile to Right

Style of Benedetto Luti, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a standing cow facing right, with a man in a broad hat behind its back.

Staande koe, naar rechts, met man met hoed

Hendrik Voogd, 1788

Ink drawing of two head studies, one laughing wearing a cap and one with a sorrowful expression, signed below.

Twee expressiestudies van een lachend en een huilend persoon

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770

Portret van een onbekende jongeman, in profiel

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770

Pencil drawing of a standing cow seen from behind, its head turned back, with shaded flank and legs on pale paper.

Staande koe, van achteren

Hendrik Voogd, 1788

Pencil drawing of a standing cow facing left, with horns and soft shading on pale paper.

Staande koe, naar links

Hendrik Voogd, 1788

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a mountain landscape with wind-bent trees under a colorful sky, titled Föhn I.

Serie: Föhn - Föhn I

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1913

Brown wash drawing of the ruined Colosseum and a distant arch in Rome, with a large tree and seated couple in the foreground.

View of Roman Colosseum and Arch of Titus, with Couple in Foreground

Attributed to Giuseppe Fini, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a young calf lying down on grass, facing right, with its head raised.

Liggend kalf, naar rechts

Hendrik Voogd, 1788