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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Painted landscape of a village with a church spire below a heraldic shield, with two travelers on a hill in the foreground.

Le Villaige de Brimeu

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597

Pen and brown ink drawing of a circular border with seated female figures, musical instruments and draped figures around an e

Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?)

Luca Penni, 1525-35

Oval watercolor of a formal reception with couples in evening dress in a room with red drapery and a framed print.

British Reception in Baghdad

W. Henry Pierson, 1865

Pencil drawing of two rounded conifer trees against a shaded landscape, with handwritten date 1944 in the corner.

Zirben

Karl Wiener, 1944

Watercolor of a young woman with a croquet mallet on a lawn, with a turquoise door and flowers in a garden behind her.

Girl Playing Croquet

William Stephen Coleman, 1904-35

Sketch in black chalk and wash of men in period dress gathered around a table in an interior, one seated and examining an obj

Group of Artists in Jean-Baptiste Isabey's Studio

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1798

Pencil and white chalk study of a veiled female figure with outstretched arms on grey-green paper, 1912.

Zoraide (Studie zum Ferdinand Raimund-Zyklus (Der Barometermacher) auf Schloss Kogl, Attergau)

Josef Engelhart, 1912

Chalk drawing of a helmeted bust of Minerva in a dark niche above a pedestal with a winged relief.

Bust of Minerva

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1798

Ink and wash design for a ceiling with an oval central scene of figures on clouds, surrounded by scrolls and panels.

Designs for the decoration of a ceiling

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a woman's head turned sideways, with curled hair, a pearl earring and a necklace, on an arched sheet.

Hoofd van Venus

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Pencil sketch of a standing horse seen from behind, with a post at left and a faint head at upper right.

Staand paard, van achteren

Moses ter Borch, 1658

Pencil drawing of ruined Doric temple columns with fallen drums and small figures in grass, Agrigento, 1778.

Resten van Juno Lucina tempel in het oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Pen drawing of Juno Lucina temple at Agrigento with floor plan, section, and perspective of columns and steps.

Plattegrond en opstand van Juno Lucina tempel in het oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Pencil drawing of ruined stone walls, fluted columns and a square tower, with two walking figures and a distant temple.

Resten van Esculaap tempel (Tempio di Esculapio) buiten muren van het oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Pen drawing of a ruined stone temple with figures, above a floor plan and wall elevation with handwritten notes.

Kleine tempel, mogelijk Oratorio di Falaride, op locatie waar volgens legende vroeger paleis van tiran Phalaris stond…

Louis Mayer, 1778

Watercolor and ink drawing of fallen stone blocks from a ruined temple, a tree at right, and a small seated figure in red.

Resten van Zeus Olympus tempel bij Agrigento

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pencil drawing of ruined Doric temple columns and fallen stones in Agrigento, with a figure gesturing beside trees.

Resten van Hercules tempel in oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Watercolor landscape with a gnarled tree, cactus, and ruined columns in the distance beneath rolling hills.

Ruïne van Castor en Pollux tempel binnen muren van oude Agrigento

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pencil drawing of two ruined fluted columns on stone bases with three figures in the foreground and hills beyond.

Ruïne van Castor en Pollux tempel binnen muren van oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Pencil drawing of an ancient stone tomb on a grassy slope, with two figures in the foreground and ruins beyond.

Grafmonument van Theron vlakbij Porta Aurea buiten de muren van oude Agrigento

Louis Mayer, 1778

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a wide hat, blue coat and red breeches, holding a rifle.

Sicileense man in plaatselijk klederdracht

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pen drawing of ruined temple columns at Selinunte, with two walking figures in the foreground and an Italian caption below.

Gezicht op ruïne van tempel in Selinunte

Louis Mayer, 1778

Grey wash drawing of a zigzag road with stone arches climbing a rocky mountain slope toward distant hills.

Zig-zag weg die leidt naar de top van Monte Pellegrino

Louis Ducros, 1778

Watercolor of a domed palace facade with balconies and rooftops under a cloudy sky, with trees in the foreground.

Belvedere Palace, Vienna

Attributed to Rudolf von Alt

Ink drawing of a Zürich cityscape with church towers, a sailboat and mountains, lettered Zürich hilft Wien, Bücherspende.

Zürich hilft Wien, Bücherspende (Entwurf)

Karl Wiener, 1948

Watercolor of a wooded pool with trees reflected in the water, a wooden fence, and a distant red-roofed building.

Reflections in a Wooded Pool

Pencil sketch of a seated woman leaning back with one arm raised and lower body bare, on cream paper.

Zurückgelehnt kauernde mit entblößtem Unterkörper

Gustav Klimt, 1912

Pencil sketch of a reclining woman with eyes closed, head on a pillow, one leg raised, signed Peschka 1925.

Zurückgelehnt Liegende mit entblößtem Unterkörper

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1925

Ink drawing of a man in a top hat with a moustache and cane, dated 1909, by William Merritt Chase.

Self-Portrait

William Merritt Chase, 1909

Pencil sketch of a reclining half-nude woman with closed eyes and hands pressed to her face, on pale paper.

Zurückgelehnter weiblicher Halbakt

Gustav Klimt, 1911

Pencil and colored pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, head resting on her arm, with loose drapery line

Zusammengekauert liegender Akt

Gustav Klimt, 1912

Pencil sketch of a crouched female nude lying on her side, drawn in loose contour lines on tan paper.

Zusammengekauert liegender weiblicher Akt

Gustav Klimt, 1911