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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Black chalk sketch on grey paper with studies of hands, a neck and an ear by Annibale Carracci, 1595.

Studies van handen, een hals en een oor

Annibale Carracci, 1595

Red chalk drawing of a young boy in a cap and collar, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer, on tinted paper.

Portret van een jongen

Annibale Carracci, 1585

Pencil sketch of a peasant dance with couples and onlookers gathered under trees and simple village buildings.

Peasant dance

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family resting, with Mary nursing the infant Christ beside Joseph and a child at right

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Luca Cambiaso, 1537

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed bearded man beside a small winged child holding a book, within ruled borders.

Evangelist Mattheus

Luca Cambiaso, 1537

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a bearded standing figure in drapery on a pedestal inscribed Marc.

Evangelist Marcus

Luca Cambiaso, 1537

Watercolor of sailboats on a grey estuary with rowboats in the foreground and a stormy, overcast sky above.

Blakeney

Mark Widdington Fisher, 1906

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing robed male figure holding a book, by Luca Cambiaso, 1537.

Johannes de Evangelist

Luca Cambiaso, 1537

Pen drawing of a satyr playing flute beside a seated woman and putto, with a pond and rocky landscape behind.

Landschap met een fluitspelende sater, vrouw en putto

Annibale Carracci, 1570

Red chalk drawing of a grouping of trees with feathery branches and trunks on a pale sheet with a ruled border.

Studie van een bomengroep

Agostino Carracci, 1567

Graphite drawing of a muscular male torso with arm raised over the head, ending in a coiled sea creature tail.

Zeemonster of triton met om het hoofd gebogen armen

Agostino Carracci, 1567

Pen and wash drawing of villagers gathered at a stone well beneath large trees, with women drawing water and children nearby.

Farmers at the well

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival mansion with a central tower, with a floor plan below on a lawn.

Lyndhurst for George Merritt, Tarrytown, New York (west [rear] elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1865

Pencil sketch of two women and a man in a rural courtyard beside a house wall, a tree, and a wooden chair.

Bäuerliche Szene vor dem Haus

Watercolor architectural drawing of a Gothic Revival castle-style house in elevation views and a floor plan, 1832.

Glen Ellen for Robert Gilmor, Towson, Maryland (perspective, elevation, and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1832

Rexea furcifera Waite

Frank Edward Clarke

Pencil sketch of peasants returning from fieldwork with scythes, women and children, with red chalk head study above.

Bauern auf der Rückkehr von der Feldarbeit, die untere Hälfte eines Frauenkopfes

Watercolor elevation of a two-story stone townhouse with Gothic windows, a columned porch, and a man in a top hat at the step

Design for a Double Townhouse (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1843

Watercolor architectural elevation of a stone villa with a central tower and arched windows, set among trees and a lawn.

Grace Hill for Edwin C. Litchfield, Brooklyn, New York (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1854

Watercolor elevation of a stone gate lodge with an arched iron gate, turret, and arched windows, set against wooded hills.

Gate Lodge for Amos G. Hull, Newburgh, New York (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1849

Pencil sketch of children and a woman around a well, with a girl in a bonnet and a boy raising his hat.

Children at a well

Pencil sketch of a dim interior with a table, chairs and a group of men in hats gathered near a counter.

Two page depiction of interior in an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil sketch of a young couple seated close together on a bench beside a well with a jug, surrounded by loose foliage.

Bauernbursche und -mädchen am Brunnen

Pencil drawing of a street with a classical theatre facade, bare trees, cafe signs, street lamps and townhouses.

Gezicht op het zomertheater van Abraham van Lier aan de Plantage Franschelaan

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1869

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental cartouche with a seated satyr between two lion masks and acanthus leaves.

Zittende sater tussen drie koppen en bladmotieven

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1512

Pen drawing of a crowned female saint with clasped hands in an arched niche under a shell canopy, labeled KVNIGVNDA.

Keizerin Kunigunda in een nis

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1512

Pencil sketch of a woman with hand on chin and a man in a plumed hat, framed by flowers and a faint landscape.

Swain and wench

Pen and grey wash drawing of two nude figures with a winged Cupid holding a bow beside a tree and distant town.

Paris, Oenone en Cupido

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Pen drawing of the crowned German emperor Henry II holding a sword and orb in an arched niche, labeled HEINRICVS.

Duitse keizer Hendrik II in een nis

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1512

Pen drawing of a nude man working the soil beside a seated woman nursing an infant under trees.

Adam beploegt de aarde, Eva zoogt haar kind

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1535

Pen drawing of Eve offering an apple to Adam beneath a serpent in a tree, with animals in the foreground.

Eva reikt Adam de Appel onder de boom met de slang

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Pen drawing of a vertical ornamental panel with scrolling foliage and a grotesque faun face at the centre.

Faun tussen bladornamenten

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552