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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of draped women at a vase-topped altar, with a sailing ship on the sea behind.

Trinkopfer an einem Altar

Ink and wash drawing of a Chippendale breakfast table with shaped folding top, fretwork frieze, and hinge detail.

Breakfast Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen and graphite study sheet with sketched draped figures, tree lines and a loosely drawn landscape on yellowed paper.

Studienblatt: Ungedeutete Szene

Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornate rococo cisterns with scrolled feet, shell motifs, and a cherub-supported bowl.

Cisterns, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Ink drawing of an ornate Gothic cabinet with carved rococo scrollwork and floral swags, beside a column base detail.

Gothick [Gothic] Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed monk holding a cross, looking upward, with a procession of monks around him.

Procession of monks holding the cross

Ludovico Carracci

Ink and wash design drawing of a Chippendale-style cabinet with carved pediment, fretwork, and cabriole legs, beside a profil

Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Chinese Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Watercolor landscape of green rolling hills, tall cypress trees and a meadow under a cloudy sky, signed Hans Thoma 1869.

Landscape in the Black Forest

Hans Thoma, 1869

Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash sketch on squared paper showing winged angels in clouds, nude figures and a standing male nude.

Profiles

Pen and wash design drawing of a French commode with bombé front, cabriole legs, and ornate drawer pulls, with side and plan

French Commode Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen drawing of a letterhead design for Victoria Hotel Amsterdam with arched crest, city shield and skyline ornament.

Ontwerp voor een briefhoofd voor het Victoria Hotel in Amsterdam

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1935

Pencil drawing of an ornate dressing table with a crowned mirror, cherubs, candlesticks and scrolled legs on paper.

Ontwerp voor een toilettafel met een spiegel en toebehoren, vermoedelijk voor de hertogin van Parma

Charles-Eugène Trioullier, 1845

Pen drawing of a neoclassical cassolette with lion head handles, a serpent stem, flame finial and stars on a plinth.

Ontwerp voor een cassolette

François-Isaac Bertrand, 1800

The Städel's valet Demuth

Wilhelm Amandus Beer

Watercolor drawing of a tree-lined path, iron fence, domed gazebo and brick tower beside a river, by Tinus de Jongh.

Gezicht langs de Amstel met zicht op de watertoren en tuinhuis van buitenplaats Slotzigt

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pencil drawing of a woodland scene with large trees, shrubs and a sandy path leading into the forest.

Boslandschap bij Delden

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1886

Bärtiger Alter mit Turban mit zwei langen Federn im Profil nach links

Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel

Pen and wash drawing of two rococo commode tables with serpentine fronts, carved scrollwork and cabriole legs.

Commode Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate French commode with rosette panels, ram's head mounts, and scrolled legs.

French Commode, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale Junior, ca. 1770

Pencil drawing of a French commode with carved legs, a circular panel, and a rectangular panel with rosette corners.

French Commode, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Grey wash drawing of an elderly man with a white beard and curly hair, turned slightly right, against hatched background.

Brustbild eines weißbärtigen Mannes, leicht nach rechts gewandt

Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel

Watercolor drawing of a rococo toilet table with gilded mirror, green canopy, cherubs and white lace cloth.

Toilet Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Watercolor landscape of a valley at sunset with blue cypress trees and rolling hills in pointillist dots.

A Broad Valley at Sunset

Hippolyte Petitjean, c. 1897

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo lady's dressing table with a mirror, cherubs, and drapery, with a plan view beside it

A Lady's Dressing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1761

Grey wash drawing of a white-bearded man in a wide-brimmed cap, turned slightly right, half-length view.

Brustbild eines weißbärtigen Mannes mit Kappe, leicht nach rechts gewandt

Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel

Dressing Chest and Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Watercolor and ink sketch of a rocky calanque with colorful cliffs, trees and reflections on the water by Paul Signac.

The Calanque at Saint Tropez

Paul Signac, 1906

Ink and wash drawing of a river town with a church spire, a ruined castle on a hill, and trees reflected in water.

Les Andelys on a Summer Morning

Paul Signac, 1923

Ink and wash design drawing of two pedestal bureau tables with dimension notes and molding profiles on the left.

Bureau Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Brustbild eines kahlköpfigen alten Mannes, im Profil nach links

Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel