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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor of two bathers in the sea beneath a pink umbrella, with a reddish cliff on the distant shore.

Male and Female Bathers with Umbrella

Watercolor of a reclining river-god statue by a pool with figures, swans, trees and a garden trellis.

A Park with Figures at a Statue near Water

Salomon Gessner, 1775 (?)

Grey-toned sketch of a female allegorical figure in a winged helmet holding a flaming sword against a dark background.

Germania mit flammendem Schwert

Oil study of a young woman with bowed head resting on her arm, wearing a white blouse and dark skirt against an olive backgro

Crying peasant girl

Small landscape study of a grassy hill with trees on its crest, fields in the foreground, and distant hills under a cloudy sk

Hügel mit Feld und Wiese

Jakob Becker, 1831

Ink and grey wash drawing of a smiling young woman with a headscarf resting her arm on a wooden tub.

Bildnis eines Mädchens mit Holzzuber

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1752

Illuminated manuscript page with Latin text, gold and blue initials, and a border with foliage, a peacock and a bird.

Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours (incip. Passionis)

Unknown artist, 1390

Medieval manuscript leaf with two columns of Latin text, a tall gilded initial, and a small figure in a historiated initial.

Manuscript Leaf from a Bible (Deuteronomy)

Unknown artist, c. 1240

Grey wash drawing of a nude saint beside a cauldron with executioners, angels with a crown above, and a rider at left.

Martyrium des Heiligen Veit, der nackte Heilige, von Folterknechten umgeben, am Ölkessel, in der Luft Engel mit der M…

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1790

Illuminated manuscript page with a painted Adoration scene of Mary and the Christ child, kneeling king, and standing attendan

Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Illuminated manuscript leaf with gothic text in two columns, blue and gold initials, and marginal creatures and foliage.

Manuscript Leaf from the Beauvais Missal

Unknown artist, 1285

Pencil sketch of an arabesque title page frame with a seated central figure, winged figures in clouds, and small vignette sce

Goethes Faust: Titelblatt in Arabesken

Peter von Cornelius, 1814

Sketch of a red-haired woman in a high bun cradling a sleeping baby against her shoulder, drawn in colored chalk on tan paper

Madame Helleu Cradling Paulette in Her Arms

Paul César Helleu, 1904/1905

Ink and wash drawing of two architectural ornament designs: a scroll with beaded moulding and a panel of wavy forms.

Two Designs for Ornament

Richard de Lalonde, ca. 1770

Pencil sketch of mythological figures including a seated bearded man, a lyre player and a winged child on pale paper.

Götterversammlung (?), die Figur eines Apoll mit Lyra und Bacchusknaben unten zweimal wiederholt

Peter von Cornelius, 1814

Brown ink and wash design for a ceiling with a central flying winged couple and surrounding ornamental panels.

Design for a Ceiling

Felice Giani, n.d.

Black ink vignette with ornamental scrolls and block lettering advertising an atelier for decorative art in Hilversum.

Vignet van Atelier voor Boekversieringen te Hilversum

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Grey wash drawing of a moated brick castle with stepped gables, a footbridge, a large tree and two standing figures.

Gezicht op Kasteel Zuilenstein

Cornelis Pronk, 1700

Pen and wash drawing of a neoclassical salon wall with urns, candelabra, a bust and a console table.

Wall Elevation for a Salon

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, ca. 1780

Grey wash drawing of a gabled brick castle with an onion-domed tower, two walking figures, and a large tree at right.

Gezicht op Kasteel Zuilenstein

Jacob van Liender, 1752

Grey wash drawing of a moated castle with gabled roofs, a stone tower, and a wooden drawbridge over water.

Gezicht op Kasteel Zuilichem

Alexander Ver Huell, 1869

Head of a Man

Pietro Antonio Novelli, n.d.

Pencil sketches on two facing pages showing shells, flower stems, combs, small figures and bead strands for jewelry designs.

Studies for Jewelry Designs [verso]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, late 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rococo cartouche frame with scrollwork, foliage, and a grotesque mask at the base.

Design for a frame

Jean Charles Delafosse, ca. 1750

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded elderly man seated with a book and sword, drawn on aged cream paper.

Der Apostel Paulus mit Buch und Schwert

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1786

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man with a rooster on a rock, beside a book and skull.

Die Reue des Heiligen Petrus

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1756

Grey wash drawing of nymphs around a reclining woman in a wooded landscape, a fountain at right and a hunter with hounds in t

Diana und Kallisto, im Hintergrund der sich nähernde Aktaion

Jacob Lois, 1643

Pen drawing of a grotesque satyr-like mask made of curling leaves, with horns and a snarling open mouth.

Satyr-like leaf mask

Christoph Amberger

Grey wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove in light, an angel and onlookers in an arched frame.

Baptism of Christ

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated Madonna holding a child, with a drapery study in the upper right corner.

Sitzende Madonna mit Kind

Michelangelo Anselmi, 1525

Brown chalk and wash drawing of a mystical marriage scene with a seated female saint, a child, and angelic figures.

Mystische Vermählung der Heiligen Katharina

Michelangelo Anselmi, 1525

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ served by angels at a table in a wooded landscape, with putti and a rocky hill.

Christus nach den drei Versuchungen von Engeln bedient

Adam Elsheimer, 1605