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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate baroque altar with candlesticks, busts, cherubs and an IHS cartouche on the front.

Altarentwurf

Francesco La Vega, 1750

Pencil sketch of a wide landscape with a dense tree line on the left, an open meadow, and a haystack on the right.

Flachlandschaft am Taunus

Pencil sketch of a bearded rider with a rifle on his back, seated on a horse beside low scrub.

Our artist

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1868

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a dense forest with tall trees and light filtering through the canopy.

Oak forest

Studienblatt: Kuh und Schaf

Pen and grey wash drawing of Christ among a crowd of robed figures, one holding a stone, in a lively group composition.

Jesus Christ and the woman taken in adultery

Master of the Egmont Albums, 1575

Watercolor study of two red spotted lily flowers on slender green stems against a pale grey-blue wash.

Untitled [Lilium viginium?]

Fanny Richardson

Watercolour landscape of a grassy hillside with a cow and bare tree overlooking a blue lake and snowy mountains.

Wellington, Thorndon Flat, Tararua

James Crowe Richmond

Watercolor street scene with crowds, musicians, dancing couple, children and a woman in a yellow dress beside a stone column.

Vergnügungen in Trastevere

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1797

Watercolor drawing of a crowded café with musicians, revelers, sleeping men, a dog and a view of a Venetian square.

Café auf der Piazetta zu Venedig

Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Watercolor drawing of a crowded Venetian quayside with a gesturing performer, onlookers, boats and a colonnaded building.

Improvisator auf der Piazetta in Venedig

Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall over cliffs above a lake, with a small sailboat and trees along the shore.

Untitled. (Lake Wakatipu)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor interior of a crowded Venetian casino with masked figures in cloaks and tricorn hats, a gilt mirror, and a doorway

Venetian casino

Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Pencil sketch of a standing figure in a long robe with simplified face and hands at the waist, on pale paper.

Untitled - preparatory drawing for 'The marriage at Cana'

Winifred Knights, 1922

Pen and watercolour drawing of a thatched water mill with a waterwheel, a man carrying a sack, a loaded cart and geese by a p

Water mill

Charles Tompkins

Pencil sketch of two seated figures on a sandy embankment beside a path, with a leaning tree and distant woodland.

Am Kugelbergweg bei Kronberg im Taunus

Philipp Rumpf, 1861

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long skirt reading a book on a grassy bank beside tree trunks.

Sitzende Frau mit Buch auf einer Rasenbank

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a woman's head with hair piled high and a ruff at the neck, on grey paper.

Woman's head

Graphite sketch of a woman with upswept hair seated in an armchair, wearing a dress with puffed sleeves.

Woman in armchair

Watercolor drawing of a spiny anglerfish seen from above, with a wide mouth and a long dangling lure.

Himantolophus appelii (NZ) - dorsal view : Prickly anglerfish

Frank Edward Clarke, 1875

Ink sketch of many small figures in varied poses, with a calligraphic panel and bearded figure at upper left.

Shishi-schetsen

Katsushika Hokusai, 1770

Ink sketch of rain falling over a lake, with pine-covered headlands, distant mountains and small shoreline buildings.

Avondregen over Karasaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1836

Ink drawing of a teahouse with figures, tall trees, and a view of Mount Fuji across a plain.

Theehuis met vergezicht over een vlakte met op de achtergrond de Fujiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1836

Pen sketch of tall pine trees with small figures resting below and Mount Fuji on the right horizon.

Rust van pelgrims onder hoge bomen, rechts op de achtergrond de Fujiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1836

Ink sketch of a standing woman in a long kimono beside garden plants, a bamboo fence, and a wooden box.

Staande dame

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Loose ink sketch of two armored men in a dynamic martial pose, one raising a sword, with blue guide lines beneath.

Twee mannen in krijgsdans

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink and pencil sketch of overlapping warrior figures in dynamic poses on a pale grey sheet.

Schetsen voor een krijgsdans

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a bonnet and long draped skirt, seen from the side, on tan paper.

Stehende Frau, von der Seite gesehen

Pen and wash drawing of a standing classical woman holding a staff and globe, with a winged figure in a niche.

Staande vrouw met een staf en een figuur op een bol in haar handen

Pieter van Lint, 1619

Seated male nude drawn in chalk on grey paper, arm resting on knee, feet on a stone block, study of musculature.

Zittend mannelijk naakt Solleticare

Jean Grandjean, 1765

Pencil drawing of leafless trees, a farm building and grazing animals in a flat winter landscape.

Landschap met bomen

Théophile de Bock, 1861

Pen drawing of a child's bare legs and feet in several studies on a pale sheet.

Benen van een meisje

Jan Mankes, 1899