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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil studies of folded drapery on tan paper, showing layered fabric curves and creases in several sketches.

Drapery

Gustav Kaupert, 1840

Watercolor drawing of Roman ruins and a brick tower across rolling green hills, with bare trees and blue mountains behind.

Partie der Campagna Romana

Gustav Kaupert, 1847

Watercolor of a driveway past an ivy-covered manor tower and a large tree, with distant hills in the background.

Auffahrt eines Anwesens in Handschuhsheim

Philipp Rumpf, 1861

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman playing a lute beside a trumpet, in a windswept landscape with drapery.

The sense of hearing

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Blue-toned watercolor of a market square with figures and awnings before a Gothic cathedral with tall spires.

A Market Square before a Cathedral

Luigi Aloys François Joseph Loir, 1870s/1880s

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling hooded shepherd leaning on a tall staff, with white highlights and a cast shadow.

Kniender Hirte mit starkem Schlagschatten (Aus der Anbetung der Hirten?)

Michael Willmann

Soft-toned landscape with a row of slender trees, a grassy meadow and small figures in light dresses under a pale sky.

Landschaft: Près Bussières

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Grey wash drawing of an armored rider on a decorated horse with hounds, women and a distant city in an arched frame.

Ausritt zur Jagd (Allegorie des Stolzes)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1532

Pen and ink sketch of a man bowing low to the ground with one arm stretched forward, drawn on grey paper.

Mann in verehrender Unterwerfung

Michael Willmann

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with grey powdered wig, blue coat and frilled white jabot, set in an oval frame.

Hendrick van Leendt (1732-80)

Vau...ons, 1778

Pen and wash drawing of a monastery's southern side with a tall tower, gabled buildings, thatched shed and garden wall.

Gezicht op de zuidzijde van het Kartuizerklooster te Amsterdam

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1596

Watercolor of an attic artist's workroom with sloping roof, open door, framed portrait and chest of drawers, by Gerrit Lamber

Werkkamer van de kunstenaar

Gerrit Lamberts, 1815

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a hat and cloak, gripping a tall staff and gazing upward.

De Marionetten-vertoner

Pierre Brébiette, 1608

Red chalk drawing of a bearded peasant man in a wide hat leaning on a tall walking stick, shown three-quarter view.

Boer met een stok, driekwart naar links

Pierre Brébiette, 1608

Pen drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, angels above and columns and a tree.

De aanbidding der koningen

Joan Catello, 1550

Chalk head study of a young man with long wavy hair gazing upward, drawn in black, red and white on tan paper.

Hoofd van een opziende jongeling met lang haar

Eustache Lesueur, 1626

Watercolor landscape of a hillside village above a bay, with dancing women and seated figures among trees in the foreground.

View of Vietri with Young Country Women Dancing for Shepherds in the Foreground

Joseph Anton Koch, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a multi-storey palazzo with arched windows and a terrace, with travelers and a cow on a path be

Ansicht des Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia

Watercolor and pen drawing of an attic studio with framed paintings, a ladder, and a seated figure near a window.

Werkkamer van de kunstenaar

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Grey wash drawing of a rocky ravine with a steep cliff, a dark cave opening, overhanging trees and scattered boulders.

Kloof tussen rotswanden

Jean-François Millet

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian landscape with three walking figures, a winding river, trees and distant mountains.

Arcadisch landschap met wandelende mensen

Jean-François Millet

Black chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair leaning on a table, looking upward, with white highlights on grey paper.

Jongeman (Theagenes?), leunend tegen een tafel

Simon Vouet, 1600

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child with a seated man and staff beside them.

H. Maagd met het Christuskind op haar schoot

Pierre Mignard I, 1622

Pen and brown ink drawing of rolling hills, a winding path, shrubs and trees, with faint pencil foliage sketches.

Hilly landscape

Pen and brown ink drawing of travelers and horses on a street before an arched building, by Willem Drost.

Der barmherzige Samariter

Nude on the Beach

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Pencil sketch of female figures with angular contours, including a mirror-like reflection and a cropped head at lower right.

Girl Before a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1913

Hand-lettered book cover titled Abenteuer eines Junggesellen in black and red, with a pencil flourish and signature, on kraft

Bilderhandschrift zu "Abenteuer eines Junggesellen"

Tan bound album cover with red handwritten title 'Pater Filucius.' and pink ribbon ties on the right edge.

Bilderhandschrift zu "Pater Filucius"

Wilhelm Busch, 1872

Pencil portrait of a young woman with dark hair, dark lace collar and shawl, signed and dated 1842.

Portrait of Baroness Gudin, née Margareth Louis Hay

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842

Title page with red and black hand lettering reading Skizzen zur Jobsiade, drawn by Wilhelm Busch, Frankfurt 1871.

Zeichnungsfolge zu "Jobsiade"

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Cream cover of a manuscript album with red hand-lettered title "Dideldum." and two pink silk ribbon ties on the right edge.

Bilderhandschrift zu "Dideldum!“

Wilhelm Busch, 1873