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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and gray wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in costume, one with a tambourine and two in feathered hats.

Four Singing Commedia Dell'Arte Characters

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Watercolor study of a palm tree with arching fronds on a pale green ground, on an octagonal mount.

Studie einer Palme in Urwald

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Watercolor of a tall waterfall tumbling through a shadowed wooded gorge with rocky brown cliffs and a sandy foreground.

The Waterfall at Lydford Gorge, Devon

Paul Huet, 1862

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman tending a sleeping infant beside a bearded man under a tree.

Holy Family Resting on the Flight into Egypt

Laurent de La Hyre, mid-17th century

Young Man in a Soft Cap

Guercino, 1630/1640

Ink and wash drawing of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, showing the palace facade, central sculpted figure and cascading water.

The Trevi Fountain, Rome

Adami, 18th century

Architectural drawing with front elevation, cross section and floor plan of a palace with angled wings, in watercolor and ink

Plan zum Markgräflichen Palais: Fassade, Schnitt, Grundriss eines Obergeschosses

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1798

Architectural ground plan in pen and watercolor of a palace and economy building with gardens and courtyards, Bauschlott.

Schloss und Ökonomie-Gebäude in Bauschlott

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1805

Loose pencil sketch of a seated figure in a hat holding an oar, on an empty sketchbook page with a scale ruler below.

Sketch from A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship on Cook Strait with distant mountains and cliffs under a cloudy sky.

The Kaikoura Mountains and Cook Strait

Nicholas Chevalier, 1869

Ink and wash floor plan of a palace with central courtyard and angled wings, labelled rooms and German inscriptions.

Plan zum Markgräflichen Palais: Grundriss vom 1. Stock

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1799

Architectural drawing of a neoclassical mansion with three facade elevations and three floor plans in ink and watercolour.

Herrschaftliches Wohnhaus

Friedrich Weinbrenner

Ink and wash floor plan of a palace second story with a central courtyard, labeled rooms and corner towers.

Plan zum Markgräflichen Palais: Grundriss vom 2. Stock

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1799

Grey wash architectural section of a multi-storey government building with arcaded ground floor and blue hipped roofs.

Grossherzogliches Ministerium des Inneren in Karlsruhe

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1814

Watercolour of riders and horse-drawn carts crossing a hazy sandy flat under a glowing sky, with birds and a dog.

Lancaster Sands

David Cox the elder

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with large trees, a dirt path, a wooden fence, and a distant church spire.

Wooded Landscape

Thomas Hearne, late 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded standing saint wrapped in a draped mantle, with hatched shading.

A Standing Saint

Domenico Beccafumi

Pen and brown ink sketch of a Last Judgment scene with a cross, angels, and nude figures, with studies in the margins.

The Last Judgment

after Aurelio Lomi Giulio Benso

Stippled oval drawing of a river landscape with distant trees, a winding path, a dark hillock, and a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

Albert Dubois-Pillet, c.1888

Charcoal study of two women in long dresses, one reaching toward the other against a sketchy leafy background.

Two Studies of Madame Lemmen

Georges Lemmen, 1885

Head of a Man

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pencil sketch of figures in period dress on a hilltop overlooking a distant sea and coastline.

Figures on Top of a Hill, Overlooking the Sea

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pencil sketch of a rugged mountain landscape with rocky slopes, inscribed Porters Pass, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch inscribed Porters Pass from an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pen and wash drawing of Minerva and nine Muses playing instruments in a wooded landscape with a distant castle.

Minerva and the Muses

Hans Rottenhammer, c. 1610

Portrait of a young woman with dark bangs and a gray blouse, drawn in pencil and watercolor on tan paper.

Bildnis einer jungen Neapolitanerin

Hans Thoma, 1880

Ink sketch of a steamer and moored boats with tall masts and wooden pier posts in a harbor.

Küstendampfer und ankernde Boote (Fehmarn)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Loose watercolor and pencil sketch of two nude dancing female figures with green hair on a cream paper ground.

Zwei Tanzende

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Watercolor of a hilltop town with terracotta roofs and a tower overlooking a wide flat landscape and distant hills.

Tivoli and the Roman Campagna

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Pen sketch of thatched farmhouses along a waterfront with scribbled reflections in the water and loose sky strokes above.

Bauernhäuser am Wasser (Fehmarn)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Ink sketch of three walking figures in hats against a mountain landscape with trees, in loose dark strokes.

Drei Spaziergänger in einer Gebirgslandschaft

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1927

Brown ink sketch of three standing nude figures in an outdoor setting, one in the foreground and two behind.

Drei stehende Akte im Freien

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Muted brown watercolor of a crescent moon over hazy mountains and a flat meadow with trees.

New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 or 1828/1835