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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Lakei Bartholomeus aan boord van l'Heureuse Marianne

Louis Ducros, 1778

Watercolor of a ruined Doric temple colonnade on a rocky hill under a cloudy sky, by Louis Ducros, 1778.

Zijaanzicht van Concorde tempel binnen muren van oude Agrigentum

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pen and watercolour sketch of a man wrapped in white sheets lying on a bed, with slippers on the floor beside it.

Willem Hendrik van Nieuwerkerke ligt gewikkeld in laken op bed om zich te beschermen tegen muggen en vlooien

Louis Ducros, 1778

Watercolor drawing of ruined Doric columns and fallen stones of a temple under a cloudy sky.

Westgevel van tempel van Juno Lucina

Louis Ducros, 1778

Graphite and white chalk study of a monk's head in three-quarter view, with a tonsured crown and downcast eyes, on tan paper.

Study of the Head of St. Augustine, for the painting of the Madonna and Child with Saint Augustine and Bonifacius (1846)

Eduard von Steinle, 1846

Study of two female figures in pale dresses lifting a tablet across an arched border, watercolor on tan paper.

Study of Two Female Figures in Arched Border

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pen and grey wash drawing of two wooden carts on a dirt road beside a stone house with a thatched roof and hills behind.

Irish cars (Study of two carts in a landscape)

Cornelius Varley, 1800-73

Pencil sketches of semicircular lunette designs with seated figures, desks, books and labels reading Study and Religion.

Studies for Lunettes [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil study on tan paper: a loose conifer branch at upper left and a stylized leafy border sprig at right.

Study for a Border Design with a Sketch of a Tree

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil drawing of a decorative border with scrolls, trefoil shapes and wave patterns on tracing paper.

Tracing of a Border Design

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Ink and wash sketches of scrolls with curled ends on tan paper, including one large unrolled scroll and several smaller studi

Sketches for a Scroll

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated nude man with curly hair leaning on a cushion over a stone block.

Study of a Seated Male Nude

Philipp Otto Runge, late 18th-19th century

Moonlit bay with a distant volcano, a small sailboat, and dark trees framing the foreground in a blue-gray drawing.

Virgil's Tomb with a View of the Bay of Naples in the Moonlight

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1860-84

Brown wash drawing of a classical landscape with a river, rocky cliffs, large trees, resting figures and a shepherd with shee

Classical Landscape with Figures

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1749-1822

Grey wash drawing of a bare-chested figure and kneeling men in a prison courtyard with mosque minarets behind.

An Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria

Jan Goeree, ca. 1706

Pencil drawing of bearded Moses seated between an open book and stone tablets, with flaming torches behind him.

Moses

Gustav Jäger, 1828-71

Werkpaard

Wouterus Verschuur

Pen and watercolor sketch of two elephants with riders in a busy street procession beside pale ornate buildings.

Optocht met olifanten

Marius Bauer, 1894

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman in a headscarf, seated and mending white cloth in her lap.

Oude vrouw met verstelwerk

William Unger, 1913

Pen drawing of an elderly man in a long robe and cap smoking a pipe beside a doorway.

Pijprokende man in lang gewaad

Gerke Henkes, 1894

Brown wash drawing of a forest scene with a young girl in a hat beside a waterfall beneath a large tree.

Landscape with a Young Girl at a Waterfall

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, late 18th-19th century

Graphite and white chalk studies on blue paper of a woman's head, arms, hands, and draped fabric.

Studies of a woman, her hands and arms and drapery

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, late 18th-19th century

Pen and ink portrait of a young man with curly shoulder-length hair, buttoned coat and cravat, with handwritten notes below.

Portrait of the Postillion Johann Heinrich Matheis

Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern, 1800-1865

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with a picket fence, stone wall, arched doorway, a large tree, and a timber house.

View of a Courtyard in Loschwitz (?)

August Heinrich, early 19th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of an armored warrior with a spear among clouds, with nude figures and a skeleton below.

Allegorical Scene (Temptations of a Wealthy Man?)

Master of the Stockholm Wolf Huber Copies, first half 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a nude figure in a river, angels in clouds, and onlookers.

Baptism of Christ

Hans Rottenhammer, late 16th-17th century

Watercolor study of gnarled tree branches with moss-covered limbs and broad green leaves against a pale sky.

Tree Branches

Charles Reginald Aston, 1860-1900

Watercolor of a seated young woman with a grape basket on her back beside a rocky slope with wildflowers.

Young Woman in the Vaudois after the Grape Harvest

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, 1821

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with a mother embracing a child, soldiers with spears, and a robed ruler pointing.

The Martyrdom of the seven brothers; verso: Sketch of two men wrestling (?)

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1826

Brown wash drawing of an allegory with a helmeted goddess, robed women, cherubs with wreaths, and classical columns.

Allegory of the Arts

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1796

Pen and ink drawing of a female figure on clouds holding a dove aloft, with billowing drapery behind her, on blue-grey paper.

Venus with a Dove

Nicolai Abildgaard, ca. 1780

Pencil drawing in an arched frame of two seated men in conversation, with a standing figure in shadow at right.

Christ and Nicodemus

Christen Købke, 1810-48