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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Decorative design panel with gilded scrollwork, a blue cherub in an oval medallion, and a garland of colorful flowers.

Design fo the Allegory of the Arts

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

Graphite study sheet with a raised hand, seated figures, and a woman before an arched shrine among trees.

Studienblatt: Figurengruppe, Betende vor einem Bildstock, die Linke der Weinleserin (?)

Charcoal sketch of a figure in a long coat and hat walking along a diagonal path on a cream sketchbook page.

Photographer in landscape in An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Brown ink and wash drawing in a circular medallion of three winged putti playing a cello, framed by a dark foliate border.

Medallion with putti holding a cello

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

Watercolor of a wooded lakeside with a shepherd, cattle, goats, and a yellow villa on a hill under blue mountains.

A Wooded Lakeside with an Italianate Villa

Ludwig Hess, 1796

Naive drawing of a curved harbour with sailing ships, a Union Jack, white houses on hills, and figures in the foreground.

View of Wellington

Pencil sketch of two figures in an interior beside a window, with a smaller study of a seated figure above.

Conversation at the window

Brown ink and wash drawing of six circular ornamental medallion designs with scrolls, foliage and emblems.

Six designs set in medallions

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

Brown wash drawing of the rocky Tiberius cliff on Capri with a curving road, shrubs, and a small tower in the foreground.

Der Tiberiusfelsen auf Capri, vorn die Straße zur Marina grande

Carl Blechen, 1829

Pencil sketch of a vine-covered loggia with stone columns, looking out over a distant sea and trees.

Loggia mit Rebendach

Carl Blechen, 1829

Pencil drawing of a globe, telescope, scrolls and laurel leaves arranged within a circular medallion on a blank sheet.

Allegory of the Liberal Arts (Astronomy)

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

Pencil sketch of a laurel-crowned man playing a lute, surrounded by a group of onlookers, with faint studies on the right.

Gruppe um einen lautespielenden, laubbekränzten Mann

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a pointed-arched interior framing a dark grotto with crosses and steps.

Blick aus einem spitzbogig gewölbten Raum auf eine Grotte im Kapuzinerkloster in Amalfi

Carl Blechen, 1829

Trompe l'oeil ceiling design with a golden urn of flowers and garlands in a molded niche against a blue sky.

Trompe l'oeil design for a ceiling

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

Pencil sketch of an arcaded cloister courtyard with pointed arches, columns, steps, and faded wall paintings.

Innenhof des Kreuzganges im Kapuzinerkloster in Amalfi

Carl Blechen, 1829

Two rosy putti seated on clouds, one holding a flower garland, framed in a blue scalloped cartouche.

Two putti on clouds

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

Pencil sketch of two artists drawing outdoors, one in a tall hat bent over a sketchbook, the other seated beside an easel.

Zeichnende Künstler im Freien

Pencil sketch of a narrow London backstreet with huddled figures, a cloaked man, and a small child beneath tall buildings.

A Backstreet in London

Gustave Doré, 1868

Pen drawing of a reclining woman on a beach with two horses in the sea and seagulls flying above.

Vrouw liggend aan het strand met twee paarden en enkele zeemeeuwen

Leo Gestel, 1891

Two nude putti on pink clouds, one holding a leafy garland, within a blue and gold cartouche-shaped frame.

Two putti seated on clouds

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

Pencil sketch of a reclining woman with a standing horse and seagulls near the sea under clouds.

Vrouw liggend aan het strand met een paard en enkele zeemeeuwen

Leo Gestel, 1891

Ink sketch of a floating figure playing a trumpet beside a horse-like form, with loose dark brushstrokes on cream paper.

Zwevende vrouw met trompet

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil sketch of a woman floating on clouds playing a trumpet, with a heron and a basket of flowers.

Schetsblad met zwevende vrouw met trompet, een reiger en een mand met bloemen

Leo Gestel, 1891

Ink and wash drawing of a winding river through a forested valley with pine trees and distant mountains.

Waiau River

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch of a monastery garden in Amalfi with arched windows, trees, a stone wall and a path.

Garten im Kapuzinerkloster in Amalfi

Carl Blechen, 1829

Pen drawing of a herd of galloping horses on a study sheet, with pencil sketches below and handwritten notes.

Studieblad met kudde paarden

Leo Gestel, 1891

Painted decorative panel with a gilded urn, roses, foliage, a perched bird and red drapery in a trompe l'oeil niche.

Trompe l'oeil design of birds and flowers

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

Pencil sketch sheet showing a tree with a trumpet player and birds above, and a large tree with a horse grazing below.

Studieblad met paard onder een boom en een man spelend op een trompet onder een boom, vergezeld door twee ezels

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil sketch of a standing woman by a tree, a seated woman in the foreground, a group of figures and a distant landscape.

Group in front of a house

Ink drawing of a heron standing in water beside two fish, with a curved neck and long beak.

Reiger aan het water met twee vissen bij zijn poten

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil sketch of a reclining woman with long hair in front of two horses on a hill.

Liggende vrouw, met op de achtergrond twee paarden

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil sketch of a stone staircase leading to an arched doorway with a fresco, in a cloister in Amalfi.

Treppe im Kapuzinerkloster in Amalfi

Carl Blechen, 1829