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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Brown wash drawing of a fallen armored knight with a lance, a gesturing figure, and a windmill in a sketched landscape.

Don Quixote Defeated by the Windmill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Pencil sketch of turbaned men gathered in conversation, one seated on a chair seen from behind, mounted on blue paper.

Türken im Kaffeehaus auf der Rotenturmbastei

Johann Adam Klein, 1814

Watercolor of a stormy sea with red-sailed boats, large ships in the distance, a floating barrel, and seagulls.

Marine Scene

possibly or an imitator of Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an armored knight on horseback confronting a turbaned rider, with fallen figures and a broken lance i

Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a city while a crowd kneels and an angel hovers above.

Christ Entering Jerusalem

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1600/10

Brown wash drawing of two men in a forest, one in armor kneeling, the other pointing, with tall trees framing a distant hill.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Witness the Attack on Rocinante

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge in Venice with gondolas on the canal and palazzi lining the banks under a cloudy sky.

View of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Red chalk drawing of a lady and gentleman with tall curled hairstyles on a street, with onlookers behind them.

A Lady and Gentleman with Exaggerated Headdresses

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1778/1780

Ink and wash drawing of a vast vaulted prison interior with a grand staircase, arches, and an iron grille.

Roman Prison

Follower of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, second half 18th century

Grey-wash drawing of a convent with twin domed towers, forested hills, a large tree and a waterfall in the foreground.

The Convent of Frauenalb

Ch. G. Boeckmann, 1791

Pen and watercolor drawing of a villa courtyard seen through an arch, with a fountain, columns, cypresses and small figures.

Courtyard of the Villa Pliniana

Follower of Hubert Robert

Detailed drawing of a dense jungle with a rushing stream, tall trees, hanging vines, and ferns in the foreground.

Ceylonese Jungle

Hermann von Königsbrunn, 1851-65

Pen and brown wash drawing of ballet dancers in full gowns performing in an ornate columned hall.

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pencil drawing of a rocky landscape with waterfalls, bridges, peasants and cattle in the foreground, and a distant castle.

Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground

the Elder Nicolaes Berchem, c. 1670

Pen sketch of dancing women in skirts and bonnets, with heads of putti and scrollwork at the upper right.

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd, carriages and horsemen gathered before troops on a parkland under trees.

Royal Review of the Troops

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760s

Hand-colored architectural drawing with a garden ground plan, two building elevations, and a circular view of a pavilion entr

Project for the House and Gardens of Mlle. Guimard

Jean Testard and Charles-Philippe Campion de Tersan, c. 1768-1770

Red and blue chalk sketch of costumed actors bowing on a stage beneath draped curtains, with a crowd gathered at left.

Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1718

Watercolour and pen drawing of a park path with tall trees, fenced houses and a distant tower, dated 1820.

Turm von Gothenburg im Prater

Fide, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with putti, scrollwork, and small landscape and battle scenes in the corners

A Ceiling Decoration with Landscapes and Battles

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1620

Hand-lettered magazine title 'Der Gefangene' by J. Galsworthy beside a printed masthead, with pencil layout notes below.

Typographischer Entwurf für die Zeitschrift Die Woche (Die schönsten Novellen der Weltliteratur): "J. Galsworthy: Der…

Karl Wiener, 1945

Watercolor of a hilltop castle complex with a tower above a wooded valley, with two figures on a path under a cloudy sky.

Eichhorn Castle at Evening

Josef Höger, c. 1838

Charcoal drawing of a bizarre rock formation with layered overhanging ledges rising from a dark ground line.

A Bizarre Rock Formation

Alphonse Nicolas-Michel Mandevare

Watercolor drawing of an ornate bridge over a cobbled boulevard with carriages, a tram, pedestrians and trees, 1873.

Überführung der Bahn zum Zentralbahnhof über die Ringstraße

Tadeusz Rybkowski, 1873

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian valley with a river, a domed mausoleum on a bluff, shepherds, sheep and mountains.

Arcadian Landscape with a Mausoleum

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1790s

Watercolor sketch of a crowned seated woman with a cornucopia of flowers, attended by winged cherubs among clouds.

Allegory of Abundance (Sketch for a Ceiling Painting)

Attributed to Domenico Pozzi, n.d.

Grey-washed drawing of a Venetian-style harbor with gondolas, classical buildings, and elegantly dressed figures on a quay.

Venetian Fantasy with the Dogana

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man with outstretched arms beside an X-shaped cross, with a soldier and kneeling figure.

Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Attributed to Domenico Pozzi, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a Rococo arch, rowing boats, figures and a sailing ship under a cloudy sky.

Venetian Fantasy with an Ornamental Arch

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Grey wash drawing of a mythological abduction scene with a ship, rowers, a standing couple and a chariot in clouds.

The Rape of Helena; verso: Study of a Kneeling Nude Male Figure

Daniel Seiter, late 17th-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in conversation beneath classical columns within a spandrel-shaped frame.

Doubting Thomas (Spandrel Design)

Attributed to Domenico Pozzi, n.d.

Brown and white drawing of a bearded man lifting a lamp over two nude lovers on a canopied bed, with a helmet and sword below

Vulcan Discovering Venus and Mars

François-Édouard Picot