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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor design of a grey memorial plaque with Latin text and an oval portrait of an elderly clergyman, topped by a cross.

[Epitafium Łukasza Pruskiego]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1852

Pencil drawing of a Pietà: the Virgin cradles the nude body of Christ while a veiled mourner stands behind them.

Pietà

Johann David Passavant, early to mid-19th century

Watercolor of an elderly bearded man in armor raising a golden goblet on a castle ledge above a moonlit river valley.

Illustration for Goethe

Leopold Schulz, 1842

Watercolor drawing of an ornate baroque epitaph with a portrait medallion, marble columns, inscription plaque and heraldic sh

[Epitafium Mikołaja Oborskiego]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1853

Watercolor panorama of a calm sea with a sailboat, low islands, distant mountains and sandy hills under a pale sky.

Panorama View on the Islands of Delos

Johann Michael Wittmer II, early 19th-late 19th century

Pencil sketch of a wide street leading to a domed classical building, with trees, houses and a lamp post.

Gezicht van de Rue de la Paix naar de Chambre des Députés

Georges Michel, 1773

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse with a cart shelter, ducks and chickens in the yard, and a rowboat at left.

Boerderij; rechts daarvan een afdak voor een wagen

Georges Michel, 1773

Pencil sketch of a wooden water well with a hanging bucket, a small rowboat in front, and a flat landscape behind.

Schets van een waterput

Georges Michel, 1773

Pencil sketch of a road leading to a hilltop town with a windmill, with walkers and a horse in the foreground.

Weg naar Montmartre

Georges Michel, 1773

Pencil sketch of a city street leading to a triumphal arch with tall pillars, flanked by stone buildings and trees.

Porte S. Denis

Georges Michel, 1773

Grey wash oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and white collar, with a handwritten Latin inscription below.

Carolus Rollin Rector Universitatis Parisiensis

Michał Stachowicz, 1820

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with windmills, a farmhouse, a path in the foreground and buildings on a distant hill.

Montmartre gezien uit de vlakte

Georges Michel, 1773

Pen drawing of a swarm of flies above a spider's web, with pencil guidelines and notes on a tan paper mount.

A Swarm of Flies above a Spider's Web

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1860-84

Watercolor design of a shield-shaped watch stand decorated with pink roses, garlands, and crossed laurel sprigs.

Watch Design

Delamotte, 1794

Watercolor of a standing woman in a blue-grey gown beside a draped table, with a green curtain and balustrade behind her.

[Portret Anny Oświęcimówny z Kunowy]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1850

Painted study of two draped female figures embracing, in muted grey and brown tones, cut out against a cream background.

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

Elihu Vedder, c. 1872

Pencil sketch of cypress trees, rolling hills and a domed building in a rural landscape, with handwritten notes below.

Roman(?) landscape as seen from balcony (recto); Seascape (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor design of a Latin memorial plaque with a red heraldic shield above and winged cherub heads below, against a brick

[Epitafium Andrzeja Piotrkowczyka]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1841

Grey wash drawing of a candlelit 18th-century room with seated men and a standing figure in a long coat near a fireplace.

"Around my fire an evening group to draw" study for The Deserted Village

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1898

Watercolor drawing of a stone epitaph with carved busts of a bearded man and a veiled woman above a Latin inscription.

[Epitafium Stanisława i Katarzyny Włodków]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1841

Watercolor architectural sections of a building with timber roof framing, a central chimney, and stoves, drawn in grey, pink

[Projekt i przekroje budynku wyposażonego w piece]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1800

Watercolor of pink rock cliffs, pine trees and distant snowy peaks in a hazy mountain landscape.

[Krajobraz górski z masywami skalnymi]

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, 1864

Pen drawing of a composite column with capital, shaft, base and plan view, annotated with measurements.

[Kolumna kompozytowa - kapitel kolumny wraz z belkowaniem oraz bazą z cokołem]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1800

Architectural drawing with three elevations of a neogothic building, pointed arch windows and pinnacles, colored in pink and

[Projekt pałacyku w stylu neogotyckim - elewacja frontowa oraz dwie boczne]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1800

Watercolor of a uniformed militia man in white summer dress with a plumed shako and rifle over his shoulder, before a fence.

[Woltyżer Milicji Wolnego Miasta Krakowa z lat 1832-34 w codziennym mundurze letnim]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1840

Watercolor of a uniformed musician in blue jacket, red facings and black bicorn hat, holding a brass instrument.

[Milicja Krakowska, muzykant w ubraniu paradnym]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1840

Ink sketches of a cow with handwritten verse lines and crossed bugles drawn on aged paper.

Sketches of Cows

Edwin Austin Abbey

Red book spine design with black title Het mysterie van den hartstocht and author name, beside a grayscale and ruler referenc

Ontwerp voor een boekrug voor: Max Glass, Het mysterie van den hartstocht (Das mysterium der Leidenschaft), 1923

Henri Verstijnen, 1923

Bandontwerp voor: Max Glass, Het mysterie van den hartstocht (Das mysterium der Leidenschaft), 1923

Henri Verstijnen, 1923

Ink drawing of three bearded saints in mitres and robes, carrying skis and a crozier, with a sled on snowy ground.

IJsheiligen

Henri Verstijnen, 1892

Pen drawing of a chubby toddler in ruffled clothes holding a plaid doll upside down, with a ball nearby.

Jongen met pop

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Loose pencil sketch of a man bent forward with arms extended downward, as if shoveling, on a cream sheet.

Study of a figure shoveling

Edwin Austin Abbey