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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor landscape of a sunlit village church above a lake, with mountains rising behind and figures on a winding road.

A Summer Evening at the Lago Maggiore

Salomon Corrodi, 1845

Oval graphite drawing of a smiling seated boy with short dark hair, white collar and arms folded over his knee.

Seated Boy

Thomas Lawrence

Watercolor drawing of sailors in a rowing boat with oars and a sail, several figures raising their arms on green water.

Greek Sailors on a Venetian Canal

Friedrich Nerly, c. 1851

Naakte man met stok

Jan Brandes, 1787

Sepia drawing of a turreted castle on a hilltop with fortified walls, captioned in German with the name Schloss Landstuhl.

Schloss Landstuhl b. Kaisers, Lautern, den Prinzen v. Sickingen gehürig

Karl Julius von Leypold

Pale brown wash drawing of a medieval castle with towers and walls on a hilltop, by Karl Julius von Leypold, 1806.

Das alte Schloss Gutenfeis bei Caub am Rhein

Karl Julius von Leypold

Sepia wash drawing of a medieval castle with a spired tower on a hilltop, with a half-timbered house below.

Schloss Windeck b. Weinhelm a. d. Bergstrasse

Karl Julius von Leypold

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with one arm outstretched, surrounded by grid lines and handwritten measurement notes

Naaktstudies van vrouw en man

Jan Brandes, 1787

Pencil and wash drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, one arm extended, with faint grid lines.

Naaktstudies van vrouw en man, op de rug gezien

Jan Brandes, 1787

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude man holding a wooden bucket, one arm extended, against hatched shading.

Naakte man met emmer

Carel Brandes, 1787

Pencil drawing of a seated female nude with bowed head and bent legs, drawn on tinted paper inside a ruled mount.

Seated Female Nude

Jan Brandes, 1787

Naaktstudies van man en vrouw

Jan Brandes, 1787

Grey wash drawing of a river with a large sailing ship, small boats, a quay wall and cloudy sky.

Rivier met verschillende grote en kleine schepen

David Kleyne, 1785

Pale brown wash drawing of a walled town with a large palace, spires and towers behind city walls.

Das Schloss zu Kaiserslautern

Karl Julius von Leypold

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop castle with a tall tower above a medieval town of roofs, towers and spires.

Schloss Lindenfels bei Weinheim im Odenwald

Karl Julius von Leypold

Hand-coloured drawing of four yellow swallowtail butterflies around a green stem with pink flowers and serrated leaves.

Four Butterflies on Flowers

Paulus Knogh, 1747

Watercolor of a green swallowtail butterfly and a brown moth beside a white and red lily with long green leaves.

Twee vlinders bij een lelie

Paulus Knogh, 1747

Two drawn moths with spread wings in brown and orange tones, each with round dark eyespots, on a pale background.

Twee vlinders

Paulus Knogh, 1747

Kop van een koe en twee planten

Joseph August Knip, 1787

Drie studies van Italiaans rundvee

Joseph August Knip, 1787

Pencil drawing of three reclining goats on a stone ledge, one curled up at top left and two lying side by side below.

Drie studies van liggende geiten

Joseph August Knip, 1787

Anatomische studie van de spieren van een paardenhoofd

Joseph August Knip, 1787

Charcoal sketch of a Spanish dancer in a full skirt, one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with pink accents.

A Spanish Dancer

Ricard Canals Llambí, c. 1900

Brown wash drawing of a bishop at an altar with kneeling worshippers and dynamic figures amid smoke and a temple.

Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

Lukas Stipperger, 1797

Watercolor of a Venetian canal seen through stone arcade arches, with a bell tower, stone bridge, gondolas and figures.

San Giorgio dei Greci, Seen from an Arcade

Samuel Prout, 1824/1829

Drawing of an arched pier glass with an ornate rococo frame, shell crest and scrolling floral carving, with pale blue mirror

Pier Glass

Robert William Hume, 1850-1904

Pale watercolor design drawing of an ornate Renaissance-style console table with a tall carved mirror above it.

Design for Console Table

Robert William Hume, 1850-1904

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style cheval glass mirror with scrolled frame and stand.

Design for Cheval Glass

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design drawing of a Louis XIV style pianoforte cabinet with carved scrollwork and pink fabric panels.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen and watercolor design drawing of an ornate François Premier style cabinet pianoforte with carved arches and scrolls.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, François Premier Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style square pianoforte with a side elevation.

Design for Square Pianoforte, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink and watercolor design drawing of an ornate arabesque cabinet pianoforte with glazed doors and carved scrollwork.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, Arabesque Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900