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Drawings & Sketches

76,306 works

Ship Constructor's Drawing for Dutch Galleon

Willem van de Velde the Elder, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a village road with thatched cottages, a horse and cart, and figures resting by trees.

Outskirts of Nodorp

Attributed to Wouterus Verschuur, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of figures gathered among tall ruined walls, with a horse, a dog, and a barrel on the ground.

Harborside Scene with Various Figures

Hendrik Verschuring, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a woman with hair in a smooth bun, faint smile, and sketched shoulders on tan paper.

Portrait Head of a Woman

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Pen and brown ink sketch of fishermen with barrels at a shore, a sailboat on the water, and a ruined tower on the right.

Fishermen Barreling Fish at Water's Edge

Attributed to Thomas Wyck, n.d.

Monochrome wash drawing of a stable interior with horses, riders, a dog, chickens and a thatched roof open to a landscape.

Interior of a Stable

Philips Wouwerman or after, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of cavalry horsemen with lances and flags charging in battle beneath billowing smoke.

Cavalry in Battle

Philipw Wouwerman, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young curly-haired David looking down at Goliath's head beside a sword.

David with Goliath's Head and Sword

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1587

Brown ink drawing of the round Temple of Vesta at Tivoli on a hillside with ruins, ivy-covered tree and figures.

Temple of Vesta, Tivoli

Possibly after Paul Bril, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of windswept trees, grazing goats and sheep, and a castle on a distant hill.

Wooded Landscape with Donkeys and Goats, and Castle on Hill in Distance

After Pieter Bruegel, the elder, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a winged devil gripping a monk's arm in an arched monastery interior with statues and columns.

Design for a Lunette: Devils and Saint in a Monastery

Attributed to Bernardino Poccetti, 1604/12

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded older man with curly hair and a wide lace collar, turned to the side.

Hendrick van Balen

After Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a saint gazing up at the Virgin and Child on clouds, surrounded by angels and kneeling figures.

Vision of Philip Neri

Attributed to Anthonie van Dyck, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman with long hair beside a man leaning over a stone tomb, with white highlights.

Kneeling Magdalene and Tomb Attendant

After Federico Barocci, n.d.

Watercolor bust of a bare-shouldered woman with dark braided hair, turned to one side, on a sheet with pencil guidelines.

Bust of Sophie

Walt Kuhn, c. 1900-1929

Red chalk drawing of a female figure with arms raised, head tilted back, beside a vessel and draped cloth.

Voluntary Poverty

After Domenichino, after 1627

Pen and brown ink drawing of several cherubic cupids crowded into a woven basket beside a cluster of grapes.

Basket of Cupids

Attributed to Jan Boeckhorst, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and angels among classical arches and a landscape.

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Possibly Johannes Glauber, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a standing man in a long robe and cap holding a walking stick, on blue-grey paper.

Figure of a Man [recto]

Ventura Salimbeni

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped female figure balancing an object on her head, on a stone plinth.

Female Caryatid

After Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse with a flowing mane and a rider seen from behind, on a toned sheet.

Man on Rearing Horse, Seen from Behind

Style of Charles Parrocel, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a barrel-vaulted arcade with receding columns opening onto a distant town.

Barrel-Vaulted Arcade Rendered in Perspective

Francesco Battaglioli, c. 1780-96

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated pope handing a document to a kneeling monk among attendants in a curtained hall.

Pope Granting Saint Anthony of Padua a Bull of Indulgence

Circle of Paolo Farinato, n.d.

Kneeling Female Saint in Profile

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Pen and ink study of a standing female figure with a staff and a peacock beside her, over faint grid lines.

Study for Juno (or Diana) with a Peacock

Luca Cambiaso, 1584/85

Pencil sketch on blue paper of a standing youth in a cloak holding a hat, with studies of legs and drapery.

Standing Youth Holding Hat, and Sketch of Legs

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of Zeus with an eagle beside Psyche on clouds, with a winged figure in the upper left.

Zeus and Psyche

Lazzo Tavarone, n.d.

Graphite drawing of a bearded field worker asleep against a rock, with a sickle beside him and a horse and woman in the dista

Sleeping Field Worker

Dominque Louis Papety, 1842

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental scrollwork with a central rosette, acanthus leaves and scale-pattern panels.

Decorative Design

Possibly Lodovico Carracci, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing monk in a flowing robe, hands clasped at the chest, on aged paper.

Standing Monk Holding Host and Palen

Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of Hercules raising a club against a serpent in a garden of trees and figures.

Study for Hercules Slaying the Serpent Ladon in the Garden of the Hesperides

Andrea Lilio, c. 1626

Drawing of the Holy Family: Mary seated, nude infant with a staff, and bearded Joseph at right, in soft graphite tones.

Holy Family

After Bartolommeo Schedoni, after 1611