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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor of a brown butterfly with eyespots beside two yellow flowers on a green stem.

Blue Morpho Butterfly on a Yellow Flower

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1696

Pen and wash drawing of a procession passing a classical triumphal arch with a crowned coat of arms and lions, beside a canal

Aankomst van stoet met Maria de' Medici bij de triomfpoort op de Varkenssluis, 1638

Jan Martens the Younger, 1638

Monochrome drawing of a woman with wavy hair and bare shoulder against a dark background, signed KW 1942.

Weibliches Porträt

Karl Wiener, 1942

Paul Sérusier

Georges Lacombe, 1895

Hand-colored drawing of two striped tulips with a ladybug on a leaf and a dragonfly beside the red tulip.

Two Tulips with Insects

Jacob Marrel, 1629

Watercolor page of striped tulips and a red anemone with small insects, labeled with tulip variety names.

Blad uit een tulpenboek

Jacob Marrel, 1640

Pencil drawing of mounted soldiers outside a thatched inn under large trees, with a flag on the roof and a dog in front.

Bereden soldaten voor een herberg

Pieter de Molijn, 1650

Pen and brown ink drawing on blue paper of a path past large trees and a hillside, with a small figure at left.

Weg tussen bomen bij een boerderij

Pieter de Molijn, 1625

Watercolor of two women in 1860s crinoline dresses and a child in an orange blouse, set before a green garden backdrop.

Illustration for a French fashion magazine

Hélöise Leloir, ca. 1862

Pencil sketch of a woman with dark hair against shaded clouds and a faint skyline, with handwritten notes on a postcard.

Weibliches Porträt (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1944

Watercolor of a woman in a burgundy dress with fashionably dressed children holding rackets and a hoop beside a stone pedesta

Fashion illustration, no. 2224

Jules David, July 1885

Sheet with a photographic female portrait at left and a shaded drawn portrait of a dark-haired woman dated 1942 at right.

Weibliches Porträt (Collage)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pencil portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and pleated blouse, looking downward, with handwritten notes at lower right.

Weibliches Porträt (Entwurf)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pencil drawing of a classical landscape with tall trees, draped figures by a fountain, and a building beside water.

Classical Landscape with Women at a Fountain

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a woman's face with a bob haircut, frontal view, on aged paper with a color card beside it.

Weibliches Porträt (Entwurf)

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pencil drawing of a warrior in a plumed helmet driving a chariot pulled by horses, with a bearded guide and a shield at the s

Composition from the "Tragedies of Aeschylus," plate 17 (recto); Goddess statue from "The Suppliants," plate 7 (verso)

John Flaxman, 19th century

Weibliches Porträt (Studie)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen drawing of a tall rectangular mirror with an arched pediment and garlands, set above a side table with an urn motif.

Design for a Rectangular Mirror over a Side Table

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Colored pencil portrait of a woman in a green dress with yellow plaid, hands clasped, against a blue-green background.

weibliches Porträt; aus: "Die 150 Blätter"

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pencil design drawing of an ornate oval mirror with candle sconces above a side table with figural legs.

Design for an Oval Mirror over a Side Table

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil drawing on blue-grey paper of a crowded hall with flags, a chandelier, and a Christmas tree beside a table of men in t

Weihnachtsbescherung an Invalide, Witwen und Waisen

Philipp Felix Kanitz, 1854

Brown ink and wash drawing of a gnarled tree with twisting branches and feathery foliage on pale paper.

Study of a Tree

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman sleeping beside a large vessel entwined with grapevine leaves.

Wein (Vorlage für: Gerlach & Schenk, Allegorien N. F. Nr. 35)

Koloman Moser, 1900

Ink drawing of a wine barrel flanked by two men in caps and sashes raising glasses, with a tray of glasses below.

Weinfaß, flankiert von zwei Burschenschaftern

Josef Engelhart, 1877

Red chalk drawing of workers operating a wooden olive oil press beam in a barn with stacked barrels and a woman with a cane.

An Olive Oil Press

Hubert Robert, c. 1759

Pen and ink sketch of a man fused with a smoking cannon beside a figure in a boxlike masquerade headpiece.

Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: A Cannon Firing and a Cat Inside a Mousetrap

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1645

Seated archbishop in silk robes and pectoral cross, drawn in chalk on tinted paper, beside a column and curtain.

Monseigneur Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1740

Pen and wash drawing of St. Peter's Square in Rome seen through an ornate coffered arch, with an obelisk and fountain.

The Piazza of Saint Peter's Seen through an Arch of the Basilica

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1778/1779

Narrow drawing of a pilaster with stacked grotesque candelabra, scrollwork and small masks in brown ink and wash.

Design for a Pilaster with Two Candelabra Grotesques and Three Masks

Giuseppe Salviati, ca. 1540-60

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures and a crowned man at a doorway beside a classical column and draped curtains.

Philippus II van Macedonië ziet de verwekking van Alexander de Grote

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a canopied bed attended by women and a child in a richly draped room.

Geboorte van Alexander de Grote

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Pencil sketch of two rabbits on pale paper, one lying and one sitting, with faint preparatory lines below.

Twee zittende konijnen

Julie de Graag, 1887