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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Architectural drawing of a baroque twin-tower church showing floor plan, front elevation and interior section in ink and wash

[Projekt dwuwieżowego kościoła w stylu barokowym]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1777

Pen drawing of Nuremberg riverside with half-timbered houses, a stone tower, an arched bridge, and trees on an island.

Gezicht op de Maxbrücke te Neurenberg

Willem Wenckebach, 1898

Pen drawing of a busy market square with a horse-drawn cart, gabled houses, a church spire and people in period dress.

Poppen laden wagens uit op de markt in Bonbonshuizen

Willem Wenckebach, 1898

Pen drawing of a row of wooden toy soldiers in uniform and helmets marching with rifles, a flag and a drum.

Marcherende poppen in uniform

Willem Wenckebach, 1898

Colored drawing of a nutcracker figure pointing toward a girl in a white dress, with a green hill and towers behind.

Bandontwerp voor: E.T.A. Hoffmann, Notenkraker en muizenkoning, 1898

Willem Wenckebach, 1898

Watercolor costume study of two women in traditional Norwegian dress, one front view and one back view, with tall embroidered

Costume studies, Tinn in Telemark

Johan Christian Dahl, 1826

Pen and wash drawing of a boy in a flat cap cradling a puppy beside an iron railing and doorway.

Boy with puppy

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen drawing of an eagle perched on a rock, facing a glowing sun with radiating rays under crosshatched clouds.

Genius

William Holbrook Beard, 1865-1895

Pencil architectural elevation of an arcaded building with arched openings, a central cupola and a scale bar below.

[Projekt elewacji oraz rzut kramów]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1820

Pencil sketch of a city skyline with church spires and rooftops under a cloudy sky, dated 1820.

Gamlebyen, Nürnberg

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Pen drawing of a man in a hat seen from behind, pointing with a stick, beside hand-lettered A Happy New Year greeting.

A Happy New Year

Edwin Austin Abbey, c. 1900-1910

Architectural drawing with a central facade elevation and two side cross-sections of a building, with a scale bar below.

Facyata od Ulicy Wislney

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1823

Pencil figure study of a seated man holding a top hat, with a faint second head above and handwritten notes on paper.

Figurstudier

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Hand-coloured architectural drawing with two floor plans and a front elevation of a columned manor house with a pediment.

[Projekt i rzut dworu z portykiem kolumnowym oraz rustykowanymi ryzalitami]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1801

Ink and wash sketch of lateen-rigged boats, a rowing boat, and standing figures on a shore, by Johan Christian Dahl, 1820.

Båter og figurstudier, Castellammare

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Charcoal drawing of nude bathers in a shaded landscape beside a large tree, with a reclining figure in the foreground.

Bathers

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pencil sketch of a small two-masted sailboat on calm water, with handwritten inscription reading Castellammare 1820.

Fishing Boat, Castellammare

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with two winged cherubim behind her against a dark hatched background.

Nude with Cherubim

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Handwritten account sheet with a Sechs Kreuzer stamp, itemized sums, a total, and a signature at the bottom.

[Projekt oraz rzut przydworskich czworaków z herbem Ogończyk wkomponowanym w dekorację elewacji]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1801

Pencil sketch of weathered Roman stone arches and piers on a mound, by Johan Christian Dahl, 1820.

Det romerske amfiteatret, Capua

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Ink and brown wash drawing of gnarled, bare tree trunks arching over a pool with a heron and distant hills.

Tree Trunks

Thomas Cole, 1825-1840

Pencil sketch of a bare tree with a thick trunk and spreading leafless branches on pale paper.

Sketch of a tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor portrait of an elderly clergyman in white surplice and brown cape, beside a crucifix, with a book in hand.

Joannes Długosz C.C.C

Leon Dembowski, 1850

Pencil sketch of a man seen from behind in a long coat and tall hat, holding a walking stick.

Figurstudie

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman drinking from cupped hands beside two birds on grass, with shaded foliage behind.

Nude Drinking at a Fountain

William P. Babcock, 1860s-1870s

Pen and ink sheet of overlapping sketched heads and caricature faces on torn tan paper, with handwritten lettering.

Sheet of sketches of heads

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink caricature of a violinist, a bearded man with a curled wig, and a seated pianist at a piano.

Souvenirs de Rome 1845

Józef Szymon Kurowski, 1845

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a male nude seen from behind, leaning on a stone block, with handwritten inscription.

Norwegian Bokmål: Ryggvendt mannsakt

Johan Christian Dahl, 1814

Pencil sketch of fountain decorations with a putto on a basin, scrolling acanthus foliage, a bird, and a standing figure.

Studies of Fountain Decorations

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Watercolor of a uniformed drummer in a blue coat and black shako with red plume, holding a baton, in a landscape.

[Tambor, major orkiestry Milicji Wolnego Miasta Krakowa z lat 1832-34 w letnim mundurze paradnym]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1840

Graphite drawing of a seated nude male figure raising one arm to a rope, resting the other on a stone pedestal.

Norwegian Bokmål: Sittende mannsakt

Johan Christian Dahl, 1814

Pen and ink drawing of a Gothic courtroom with a standing robed figure, seated men, clerks at a table, and tall columns.

Trial Scene, from Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey