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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor of a crowded ornate hall with chandeliers, a platform with speakers, and a balcony of spectators.

Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe

William Henry Fisk, 1853

Loose watercolor and pencil drawing of tall trees on a riverbank with a pale sky and distant trees on the right.

Banks of the Seine at Médan

Paul Cézanne, 1880-1885

Pencil drawing of a recumbent cow seen from behind, resting in grass beside a shrub, with birds in the sky.

Liggende koe, van achteren

Jean Bernard, 1775

Pencil drawing of a cow lying in grass seen from behind, head turned to the side, dated 1821.

Liggende koe, van achteren

Jean Bernard, 1821

Pencil drawing of a reclining cow seen from the front, resting on grass within a thin ruled border.

Liggende koe, van voren

Jean Bernard, 1821

Watercolor of uniformed soldiers and ceremonial envoys with ornate shields beside a VOC monogram, dated 1785.

Singalese militairen in dienst van de VOC en gezanten van de koning van Kandy

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil sketch of two standing cows facing right on a grassy slope, drawn on pale paper.

Twee schetsen van een staande koe, naar rechts

Jean Bernard, 1821

Staande koe, naar rechts

Jean Bernard, 1820

Architectural drawing of cornice and entablature profiles from the Erechtheion and Pandroseion with dimension lines.

Gesimse des Erechtheion und Pandroseion

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with a large windmill, two distant windmills, and a rowing boat under a cloudy sky.

View of a Canal with Three Windmills

Jan Hulswit, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink architectural drawing of cushion capital details and a floor plan of the Propylaea at Priene on cream paper.

Polsterbildung; Grundriss der Propyläen in Prieno

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Ink architectural drawing of the Apollo Didymaios temple floor plan at Miletus, with a frieze study of griffins below.

Grundriss des Apollotempels in Milet und Friesstudien

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pen drawing of ancient Greek column base profiles and carved bases from several sites, labeled with measurements.

Säulenbasen

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a wide river valley with a large tree at right, rocky cliffs, a stone bridge, and distant hills.

An Extensive River Landscape

Alexander Cozens, c. 1759

Ink drawing of an interior wall elevation of the Temple of Zeus at Akragas, with columns, figures and a central statue.

innere Wandgliederung des Zeustempels, Akragas

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pencil sketch of tree ferns, twisting vines and hanging fronds in a dense bush setting, by Nicholas Chevalier, 1866.

Hokitika Cemetery

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Samuel Palmer drawing of a ruined castle on a hilltop at dusk, with birds in an orange sky and dark trees below.

The Enchanted Castle at Dusk

Samuel Palmer, c. 1868

Architectural study drawing comparing column and entablature elevations of the Akragas Zeus temple, Parthenon, and Vitruvius,

Gebälkstudien: Zeustempel Akragas und Vitruv

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Reste auf Delos

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Watercolor landscape of tall trees framing a shepherd with sheep and distant mountains in warm light.

Landscape through trees

George Barret, 1750

Pen drawing comparing Doric temple elevations of different sizes, with labels for Akragas, Athens, Selinus and Aegina.

Tempelgrößen - dorische Ordnung

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pen drawing of two temple cross-sections, Parthenon and Aegina, showing masonry, cornices and a warrior relief.

Gebälke des Parthenon und Aegina

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Watercolor of a white church with a clock tower and red roofs, surrounded by trees, flowers and houses, with a lake behind.

Kirche von Breitbrunn am Ammersee (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1915

Ink architectural drawing of a temple ground plan at Labranda, with column spacing comparisons and base profiles below.

Grundriss der Säulenstellung in Labranda (Korinth)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1881

Pencil caricature of a man in a hat and overcoat glaring and gesturing toward a paper, labeled Abraham Kuyper.

Abraham Kuyper

Patricq Kroon, 1900

Line drawing of the Erechtheion entablature showing a frieze of draped female figures, egg-and-dart moulding and a lion-head

Gebälk des Erechtheion

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Ink sketch of a bearded robed man gesturing beside a hooded figure leaning on a staff, with handwritten labels below.

Fabius en de ARP

Patricq Kroon, 1920

Caricature of three men beside a steaming soup tureen labelled Dominion Status Britschindië, drawn in pen and ink.

Engelse soep

Patricq Kroon, 1920

Pen drawing of a sphinx above a block inscribed GEHEIME DIPLOMATIE, with a man in a suit and a robed figure with a donkey.

Geheime diplomatie

Patricq Kroon, 1920

Ink caricature of a bearded man in a top hat pointing at a dog kennel labelled PATRIA, with a bowl labelled OPENBAARHEID.

Cort van der Linden en de openbaarheid

Patricq Kroon, 1920

Black-and-white political caricature with a bearded man in a Sovjet cap beside a woman, with 'China's Kruis' and 'Integriteit

Rusland en China

Patricq Kroon, 1920

Ink caricature of three men beside a chained eagle on a staff, with a money sack labelled Young Plan, 1929.

Spotprent op het Young Plan, 1929

Patricq Kroon, 1929