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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor and ink drawing of a pink embroidered-style floral textile pattern with a small apron sketch at upper right.

Apron (Detail)

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Pen and colored ink drawing of nude Fortuna balancing on a globe, holding a billowing sail, with a castle in the distance.

Fortuna

Virgilius Solis

Watercolor and ink study of an apron, a square lace-edged textile, and a floral trim design on paper.

Apron

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Drawing of a long grey riding habit with puffed sleeves, braided trim and a full skirt, shown on a headless form.

Riding Habit

Henry De Wolfe, c. 1939

Pen and brown ink sheet with multiple sketched figure studies, nude and draped men, and head studies, with handwritten inscri

1. Links oben: Flüchtige Skizze eines knienden Mannes, von vorne gesehen. Darunter stehender nackter Mann mit ausgebr…

Painted study of a dark woman's riding habit with fitted jacket and long skirt on a headless form, against cream background.

Woman's Riding Habit

Henry De Wolfe, 1935/1942

Pen and ink drawing of two armored riders on rearing horses, both raising swords in combat.

Kämpfende Reiter in Rüstung

Hans Baldung Grien

Watercolor of a Victorian wedding dress in front and back views, with a buttoned bodice, pleated sleeves, and a bustled, ruff

Wedding Dress

Max Unger, c. 1941

Watercolour landscape of misty hills and a distant peak, with yellow flowering gorse and rocks in the foreground.

Landscape

Pencil drawing of a man in a soft cap and fur-collared cloak, turned to the side, shaded in graphite.

Selbstbildnis mit Barett in mittleren Jahren

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Ink memorial sheet for Queen Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina, with wheat ear and feather ornaments framing commemorative letterin

Ter Nagedachtenis van hare koninglyke hoogheid Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina (...) in leven Koningin der Nederlanden (...)

A. Steenbeek, 1837

Pen and wash drawing of two riders struggling with a horse and a wild animal in a hilly landscape.

Zwei Reiter im Kampf mit einem wilden Tier (Löwenjagd?)

Stefano Della Bella

Drawing of a smiling woman in a lace cap with a blue ribbon, shawl and beaded necklace, in graphite and blue chalk.

Brustbild einer Frau mit Spitzenhaube

Angelica Kauffmann

Watercolor of rocky cliffs above a sandy beach with surf, seagulls, and a distant steamship under a hazy sky.

Coastal scene

William Lister-Lister

Watercolour of a rough grey sea with an open rowing boat with baskets in front of a large sailing ship with a flag.

Off Deal

John Francis Salmon

Pen drawing of a battle with pikemen, cavalry and warships on a lake below rocky mountains.

Schlacht am Bodensee

Hans von Kulmbach

Loose watercolour sketch of boats and a steamship with masts and smokestack on water, on a sketchbook page.

Watercolour scene with boats

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Pen and ink drawing of a nude man seen from behind, one arm raised and holding a staff, on grey paper.

Männlicher Akt in Rückenansicht

Hans Baldung Grien

Pencil sketch of a glacier valley with snowy peaks and steep cliffs, with a bird flying in the lower left.

View from the Mt Cook Range

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pen and grey wash sketch of a building on a raised terrace with trees, on a sketchbook page beside a blank page.

Gebäude auf hohem Unterbau

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Pen drawing of a goat standing by a ditch with bare trees and fields in the background.

Geit aan de slootkant

Jan Mankes, 1913

Koemelkster

Jan Mankes, 1912

Pencil sketch of a seated peasant woman in a headscarf, hands clasped around her knee, looking upward.

Two studies of a peasant woman: 1. Woman seated with hands grasped to knee. 2. Standing woman holding a stool

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pencil drawing of a reclining female nude lying horizontally, with soft grey shading on tan paper.

Vrouwelijk liggend naakt

Jan Mankes, 1912

Pen drawing of an ivy-covered tree trunk in dense undergrowth, with a flat horizon line behind it.

Begroeide boomstam

Jan Mankes, 1899

Pen drawing of three slender trees with tangled branches above calm water and a faint distant house.

Drie omrankte boomstammetjes aan het water

Jan Mankes, 1899

Open sketchbook with a grey wash drawing of buildings, a church spire and trees beside a waterway.

Landschaft mit Gebäuden

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Brustbild eines Mannes im Dreiviertelprofil nach rechts

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Staande man

Jan de Waardt, 1881

Pencil and wash drawing of a pale goose beside a wooden door, head lowered, by Jan Mankes.

Twee ganzen

Jan Mankes, 1899

Pen drawing of men in a street before tenement windows with curtains, titled Hoe het volk woont, 1896.

Hoe het volk woont

Jan de Waardt, 1896

Charcoal drawing of a woman in a light blouse seated at a sewing machine, with blurred figures in the background.

Vrouw achter naaimachine

Herman Heijenbrock, 1881