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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor landscape of a waterfall and stream beneath trees, with a stone wall, wooden footbridge and red-roofed cottage.

The mill at Heather

William Crotch, 1802

Pencil sketch of a mountain pass with a tall rock face, riders on a winding path, and scattered boulders.

Weka Pass

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Grey-wash drawing of a bowing gentleman greeting a woman in a wide hat amid a crowd, with a carriage and trees, 1788.

Ontmoeting van prinses Wilhelmina met haar broer koning Frederik Willem II van Pruisen te Kleef, 1788

Willem Joseph Laquy, 1788

Watercolor of a brick ruin being demolished, with workers using a long pole beside arched openings and trees.

Het afbreken van de ruïne van de Abdij van Rijnsburg

Johannes van Lexmond, 1779

Watercolor of palace Het Loo facade with trees, stone sphinx statues, a horse and rider, and a family on the drive.

Gezicht op paleis Het Loo

Cornelis de Kruyff, 1784

Watercolor of a ruined brick abbey with arches, a shepherd and two sheep in a grassy field.

De ruïne van de Abdij van Rijnsburg

Johannes van Lexmond, 1779

Grey wash drawing of a female allegorical figure raising a laurel branch above classical ruins and soldiers.

Allegorie op de Vrede van Amiens 1802

Jacques Kuyper, 1802

Watercolor of Paleis Soestdijk across a lake, with walkers in period dress and a dog on a path under trees.

Gezicht op paleis Soestdijk

Cornelis de Kruyff, 1784

Watercolor of artists drawing a nude male model in a columned hall with classical busts and standing women observers.

Modeltekenen in een oud gebouw

Jacobus Johannes Lauwers, 1763

Pen drawing of a crowd under trees before a brick building, with musicians, seated diners and onlookers at windows.

De Logementen in de Haarlemmerhout

Jacques Kuyper, 1791

Drawing of a kneeling male nude embracing a column, with soldiers and an acanthus capital in the background.

Knielend mannelijk naakt, naar rechts de armen om een zuil

Jacobus Johannes Lauwers, 1763

Black chalk drawing of a standing nude man with one arm raised, an arrow in his thigh, leaning near a tree trunk.

Staand mannelijk naakt, voor een boom

Jacobus Johannes Lauwers, 1763

Hand painted entomology plate X showing numbered moths, caterpillars and pupae in brown, green and red tones.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate X]

George Hudson, 1886

Watercolor still life of a flower bouquet in a stone urn with roses, peonies and primroses, a fly on the ledge below.

Bloemstuk

Pieter van Loo, 1745

Drawing of a seated nude man with a leafy wreath holding a large vase, with putti and a goat head beside him.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, de hand op het handvat van een vaas

Jacobus Johannes Lauwers, 1763

Red chalk drawing of seven men in 18th-century dress and wigs gathered around a table in a council sitting.

Zitting van regenten, 1750

Pieter Louw, 1750

Watercolor drawing of a mother nursing her baby in an elegant room with a cradle, canopy bed and figures in an alcove.

Moeder met kind aan de borst

Willem Joseph Laquy, 1748

Ink drawing of two architectural cross-sections showing a column capital, roof eave, timber beams and decorative moldings.

Giebelstudien

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Watercolor landscape of a village with a church spire, red-roofed houses, large trees, a meadow and a wooden shed.

Blick auf Holzhausen (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1918

Pen drawing of a reconstructed Greek temple with fluted columns, a sculpted pediment, and a seated statue in the cella.

Ansicht eines Tempels, Aegina

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1879

Pen drawing of a Lycian house with doorway, masonry wall, floor plan and cross section, with measurements noted.

lykisches Wohnhaus

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Watercolor of snowy Southern Alps peaks and a glacier valley, with a walker and dog on a wooded slope in the foreground.

Southern Alps glacier view with figure and dog in foreground

Thomas Cousins, 1886

Pencil drawing of a dragonfly seen from above with four spread wings and a long slender abdomen on cream paper.

A Dragonfly

Nicolaas Struyk, early 18th-mid 18th century

Ink architectural drawing of the Parthenon opisthodomos with coffered ceiling, Doric column, and ornamental details.

Kassettendecke des Parthenons

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall birch trees with sparse branches and feathery foliage above shaded ground, with handwritten note below.

Birches on the Bealey Road

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pen drawing of the Concordia temple at Akragas, showing a Doric colonnade, stepped base and pediment with trees to the right.

Ansicht des Konkordiatempels, Akragas

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pen drawing of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens with Corinthian columns, surrounded by houses and a figure in a

choragisches Monument des Lysicrates, Athen

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1879

Ink drawing of an ornamental title page with a bearded mask, classical vessels, a Greek frieze, and German lettering.

Entwurf für ein Titelblatt "Die antike Baukunst I - Abschnitt Baukunst der Griechen"

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pen drawing of a temple gable construction showing stacked stone blocks, a cornice and dimension notes, dated 1880.

Giebelkonstruktion des unvollenderen Tempels, Egesta

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pen drawing of Athenian marble grave stelae, urns, and acanthus capitals, with a seated woman and child relief.

Grabstilen und Urnen, Athen

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Ink drawing of two rock-cut tomb facades in Doric and Ionic orders with pediments, columns and sculpted figures.

Felsengräber, dorische und ionische Ordnung

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pen drawing of ruined ancient temple with columns, a stone staircase and fallen stone fragments in grass.

Ansicht eines Tempels

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1879