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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Chalk drawing on gray paper of a pig lying on the ground, with red chalk accents on its snout, ears and legs.

Lying pig

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt

Watercolor of a tiered waterfall in a wooded gorge, with two small figures by a pool and a pine tree on the right.

The Grand Waterfalls at Terni

Franz Kaisermann, 1790s

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a leafy tree and shrubs beside a reedy pond, with a path and distant trees under cloudy sky.

Shrubbery at a pond

Watercolor of a rocky coastline at sunset, with boulders in the foreground and a pink and orange sky over the sea.

Sunset from a Rocky Coastline

Jean Achille Benouville, 1842

Brown ink drawing of a plumed rider on a horse with a lance, beside a cloaked figure and a standing soldier with a spear.

Riding soldiers

Jünglingskopf mit langem Haar

Junger Mann im Profil nach links

Pen and watercolor drawing of an arched altar top with a crowned central figure, golden rays, clouds, angels and columns.

Altarriss (Oberteil) mit Marienkrönung

Gotthelf August Fischer

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a slouch hat resting his head on his hand, with curly hair and a loose shirt.

Junger Mann mit Schlapphut

Pencil sketch of Florence seen from a window: cypress trees, stone urns at a garden gate, and hillside houses beyond.

Aussicht aus meinem Fenster, via valfonda in Florenz (Gardens in Florence Seen from the Artist's Window)

Anton Krüger, 1821

Grey wash and ink drawing of an imagined garden with a tiered fountain, fluted urn, stone steps, and trees.

Venetian Capriccio: Landscape with a Farm Building, Sarcophagus, and Fountain (recto); Monument (verso)

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, n.d.

Pen drawing of two young women with curled hair in puffed-sleeve dresses, one leaning her head against the other.

Doppelbildnis zweier junger Frauen

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a village with a church spire below a blue alpine peak and wooded hills.

Berchtesgaden with the Watzmann Peak in the Distance

Ernst Fries, 1822

Pencil portrait of a young woman with braided hair, lace collar and raised hand touching her chin, dated 1826.

Halbfigur einer jungen Frau mit aufgestütztem linkem Arm

Karl Barth, 1826

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above a monk and saints looking upward.

Madonna and Child in the Clouds, Adored by Saints

Unknown artist, c.1610

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a green jacket and white collar, with a pale relief plaque on a brown wall behind him.

Bildnis des Reproduktionsstechers Eisenhardt

Antonie von Blittersdorff

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman with bowed head against a green background and a pale cloth at her hip.

Seated Nude Seen from Above

Paul Gauguin, 1888/1889

Pencil and wash drawing of a dirt road through a village with a cottage, tall trees, and a pale distant landscape.

A Road through a Country Village

Christoph Nathe, c. 1790

Pen and watercolor drawing of a princess greeting a mounted knight as girls scatter flowers, with a city skyline behind.

Eine Fürstin und Mädchen mit Blumen empfangen vor einem Zelt einen Ritter zu Pferde

Christian Sambach

Brown wash drawing of a teacher and boys at a drawing lesson in a studio with plaster busts and sculptures.

Tekenles voor jonge kinderen

Christiaan van Geelen jr., 1819

Brown wash drawing of a sunlit path beside a forest edge with birch trees and grazing animals on a slope.

A Meadow with a Shepherd and Goats at the Edge of a Forest

Carl Wagner, 1861

Grey wash drawing of a large stern-galleried ship with sailing vessels and rowing boats on calm water.

Gezicht op het schip "Jupiter" liggende voor de werf van Kattenburg

Hendrik Keun, 1748

Grey wash drawing of masted sailing ships and rowboats moored by a wooden jetty and small shed in a harbor.

Gezicht op het bothuisje bij de Nieuwe Stadsherberg

Jan van de Cappelle, 1634

Pen drawing of waterfront houses on wooden stilts with a sailing boat at right, reflected in the water.

Gezicht op bothuisjes bij het IJ

Willem Peeters, 1600

Charcoal sketch of a man, a hatted figure and a shawled woman with children gathered in a street scene.

Thuiskomst van een oude soldaat, na de slag bij Waterloo

Eugène François de Block, 1843

Watercolor of a tower castle among trees on a green hillside, with snowy Alpine peaks rising behind it under a cloudy sky.

The Castle of Bürglen with the Alps Beyond

Carl Wagner, 1862

Pencil drawing of pollarded willow trees beside a still pond with fallen logs and reeds along the bank.

Knotwilgen aan een water

Eugène François de Block, 1842

Pencil sketch of a church tower with an onion spire rising above rooftops and gabled houses.

Kerktoren

Eugène François de Block, 1822

Watercolor drawing of a young man in a red coat, powdered wig and tricorn hat, with a gold key at his hip.

Een kamerheer

Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, 1766

Watercolor of a standing man in a blue coat, patterned yellow waistcoat and powdered wig, holding an inscribed card.

Een kamerdienaar

Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, 1766

Full-length drawing of a young man in 18th-century dress with powdered wig, red coat, blue breeches and a tricorn hat.

Een edelman

Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, 1766

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a green coat, gold sash, and tricorn hat holding a sword, 1766.

Een jager

Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, 1766