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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Two ink wash studies of a seated woman, one above the other, drawn in loose dark brushstrokes on white paper.

Dame mit Opernglas, zwei Studien zum Bild "Die Loge"

Leo von König, 1913

Watercolor design for a ceiling with patterned field, floral panels, cherub medallions and classical border.

Design for a ceiling (recto); meaurements with design code (verso)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil sketch portrait of a man with short dark hair and a jacket, with handwritten inscriptions and the date 1917 at top.

Studie zum Gemälde "Porträt Wolfgang Gurlitt", 1917 (ehem. Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1937 beschlagnahmt, heute Neue Gal…

Lovis Corinth, 1917

Pencil and blue wash drawing of a misty valley framed by trees, with a mountain and water in the distance.

Teremakau Valley

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Ornamental ceiling design with gold and blue acanthus scrolls on a pink field, framed by grey leaf border.

Design for a ceiling with floral design

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a mountain landscape with a castle on a rock, a stone bridge, riders, and a pack mule.

Berglandschap met kasteel en figuren

Lambert Doomer, 1690

Pen and watercolor drawing of a farmhouse, pergola and figures in a garden, with a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Tuin van de heremitage te Nantes

Lambert Doomer, 1645

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a church spire, a large building, and a seated figure in the foreground.

Gezicht op Hoch-Elten

Lambert Doomer, 1663

Grey wash drawing of a ruined city wall with stairs and a tower, with figures and a dog in the foreground.

Stadsmuur bij de Erdre te Nantes

Lambert Doomer, 1670

Grey wash drawing of a comet over a snowy town at night, with figures gesturing toward the sky.

Staartster boven Alkmaar, 1681

Lambert Doomer, 1681

Faint brown sketch of a fortified structure with rows of small openings on a torn, irregular paper fragment.

Sketch of a redoubt. (a fragment)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Oval pencil and red chalk drawing of a young woman in a plumed wide-brimmed hat leaning on a window ledge.

Anne Ward Morland

George Morland, c. 1786

Watercolor and pen design of an oval coffered dome with octagonal coffers and classical pilasters inside an octagonal frame.

Design for a coiffered ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of gnarled oak trees over a rock, with two travelers and a dog crossing a stream below.

An Oak Forest with a Family of Travelers

Emanuel Steiner, c. 1820

Pen and wash drawing of two coffered ceiling designs with geometric panels, round bosses, scrollwork and a dentil border.

Two designs for a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Trompe l'oeil drawing of a two dollar Treasury note, playing cards and poker chips on a dark green background.

Trompe l'Oeil: A Full House with Chips, $2 and $5 Bills

Unknown artist, c. 1895

Pencil sketch of a dense tropical forest with a tall palm, ferns, and climbing vines, numbered 37 in a bound sketchbook.

Palmen (Teonoma)

Brown ink and wash circular drawing of the Crucifixion with mourners below and a town landscape behind.

The Crucifixion

Hans Bol, 1570s

Pencil sketch of three tall palm trees and a climbing vine in dense undergrowth, on a sketchbook page.

Palmen (Morenia?)

Watercolor design for an ornate ceiling with gilded frame, four medallions, and a central sky with flying birds.

Design for a ceiling with four medallions and sky motif in center

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Drawing of the risen Christ holding a red cross banner above a tomb, with two soldiers at the edges inside an ornate gold fra

The Resurrection

Giorgio Colonna, c. 1560

Pencil sketch of a sailing craft above horizontal water strokes, with handwritten inscription, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of sailing craft.. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Pencil sketch of a tall tree fern and dense forest undergrowth on a sketchbook page.

Urwald (El Orto)

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted balustrade, flowering vines, an oval medallion and a bird flying in blue sky.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil balustrade and sky

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor of pink roses and rose buds in a brass vase on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Pink Roses in a Vase

Attributed to Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1838

Pencil drawing of four views of a fossil scapula labelled as Plesiosaurus, showing fractured bone with shaded surfaces.

Scapula of Plesiosaurus

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a cap holding a paint box on his knee and raising a bottle in his right hand.

Thomas Fearnley, sitzend, den Malkasten auf dem Knie und Flasche in der erhobenen Rechten

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with a central allegorical medallion and ornamental painted panels in pink and green

Design for a ceiling with allegorical panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown wash and white heightening drawing of a standing woman holding a scroll, on blue-grey paper.

Standing Woman Holding a Scroll

Unknown artist

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with lilac panels, gilded moldings, and two putti on a cloud in the center.

Design for a ceiling with putti

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil sketch of a nude man holding a skull, with loose sketched figures behind him on tan paper.

The Headhunter and His Family

Odilon Redon, c. 1870

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with a central putto among clouds and garlands, surrounded by panels of birds and fl

Design for a ceiling with a putto

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century