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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of an armored warrior on a shore with soldiers, kneeling figures, and classical architecture behind

The Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland

after Luca Cambiaso Giulio Benso

Ink and wash drawing of a serpentine clothes press with rococo carvings, with plan views and moulding details beside it.

Commode Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Brown wash drawing of a clean-shaven man with curly hair and a lace collar, looking toward the viewer.

Brustbild eines bartlosen Mannes

Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel

Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Two Designs for Clothes Chest, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Gothic Clothes Chest, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Brown wash drawing in an oval of the Madonna holding the Christ Child while the young John the Baptist leans in beside them.

Madonna mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben

Adam Friedrich Oeser

Ink and wash drawing of a clothes chest and a rococo clothes press, with dimensions noted in pencil.

Clothes Chest and Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Red chalk drawing of two lions and two bears fighting in a rocky landscape with trees.

Zwei kämpfende Löwen und zwei kämpfende Bären

Johann Ludwig von Pfeiff

Watercolor design drawing of a clothes chest on carved legs, with molding profiles at left, by Thomas Chippendale, 1753.

Clothes Chest, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated nude man beside a sketch of a draped seated figure on tan paper.

A Seated Man Nude and then Clothed

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820s

Riders and horses crossing a river beside a wooden bridge, with washerwomen on the bank and a wooded landscape beyond.

Pferde in der Schwemme bei einer Brücke, rechts zwei Wäscherinnen

Johann Georg Pforr

Pen and wash drawing of a clothes chest with a drawer and a clothes press with double doors, by Thomas Chippendale, 1754.

Clothes Chest and Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Chest of Drawers, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded man working at a desk under a lamp in a cluttered studio interior.

Jan Toorop in zijn atelier

Charley Toorop, 1926

Watercolor of cattle swimming a river beside a stone arch bridge, with herdsmen, a horseman and a statue on the bridge.

Viehherde mit zwei Hirten, bei einer Steinbrücke durch das Wasser schwimmend

Johann Georg Pforr

Ink drawing of a Chinese-style china case cabinet with pagoda pediment and latticed glazing, beside moulding profiles.

China Case, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Ink and wash drawing of a Chinese-style china cabinet with glazed doors, fretwork gallery, and pagoda-style finials.

China Case, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Watercolor of a shepherd resting under a tree beside cattle and two sheep, with a stormy sky over a distant valley.

Hirte unter einem Baum mit seiner Rinderherde und zwei Schafen

Johann Georg Pforr

Pen drawing of a pedestal writing table with rococo carvings and a plan view below, from Chippendale's design volume.

Writing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Pen drawing of a gothic-style sideboard table elevation with tracery frieze and carved legs, plus a plan of octagonal feet.

Sideboard Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Man with a saddle beside two horses under a tree, with cattle and a farmhouse in the distant landscape.

Zwei Pferde auf dem Felde unter einem Baum

Johann Georg Pforr

Ink and wash elevation drawing of moldings, fretwork panels, and a scroll ornament for a china case design.

Moldings and Fretwork for China Case, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Grey wash drawing of a boy on a rearing horse, a man leading two horses, and a woman drawing water at a fountain.

Knabe auf einem sich bäumenden Pferd, davor ein Knecht mit zwei Pferden, rechts eine junge Frau mit einem Eimer am Br…

Johann Georg Pforr, 1784

Brown wash drawing of a horse market with riders, a large tent, and a man watering a horse in the foreground.

Pferdemarkt mit einem Marketenderzelt, im Vordergrund wird ein Pferd getränkt

Johann Georg Pforr

Ink and wash drawing of a Chinese-style china shelf with pagoda canopies, lattice panels and tiered shelves.

China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and ink elevation of a Chippendale china shelf with pagoda pediment, fretwork panels and open shelves, with a plan view.

China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen and wash drawing of a sack-laden wagon, two riders and two dogs crossing a wooden bridge by a rocky bank.

Ein mit Säcken beladener Lastwagen, begleitet von zwei Reitern und zwei Hunden, fährt über eine Brücke

Johann Georg Pforr, 1784

Brown wash drawing of a horse-drawn wagon, men with horses, sheep and goats, and cattle in a rolling landscape.

Ein mit Säcken beladener Lastwagen auf dem Feld unter einem Baum

Johann Georg Pforr

Pen and ink design sheet showing four china tray outlines with scalloped edges and fretwork borders, one shaded grey.

China Trays, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Ink and wash design drawing of hanging shelves with lattice fretwork and pagoda-style pediments, by Thomas Chippendale, 1753.

Hanging Shelves, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Brown wash drawing of a man in striped clothing leading two horses across a rocky landscape with hills and trees.

Arabian horses

Johann Georg Pforr, 1797