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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Grey wash drawing of rocky hills, wooded slopes, and a calm lake under a hazy sky.

Landscape with hills and a lake

William Gilpin, ca. 1772

Pen and wash drawing of a nude youth with a cloak standing beside a winged horse grazing at the ground.

Bellerophon and Pegasus

Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1790-1844

Painting of an elderly bearded man dozing over a document at a desk in a dim study with books and quill pen.

Old Man in his Study

George Gillis Haanen, 1833

Study of Sijtje van Bemmel (1880-1963)

Jozef Israëls, 1896

Loose oil sketch of a group of figures in dark coats and a pale gown, with a seated figure in red and a child in white.

Esquisse pour l'Hommage à Delacroix

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1863

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man in a cap, head turned right, with curly hair and soft white highlights.

Zelfportret van Moses ter Borch met muts, naar rechts

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Kop van de berouwvolle Judas

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Drawing of a laughing figure in a cap, seen from the side, in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

Lachend zelfportret, van opzij

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a man with curly shoulder-length hair turned left, on blue-grey paper.

Zelfportret van Moses ter Borch, naar links

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Grey wash drawing of a nude male figure with bound arms standing on a plinth, with Dutch handwriting across the top.

Geboeide, naakte slaafgemaakte man

Moses ter Borch, 1657

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of an elderly woman in a white hood, eyes lowered, head bowed.

Portret van Wiesken Matthijs

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Pencil drawing of a young man in a light cap with curly hair, seen from the front, head and shoulders.

Zelfportret van Moses ter Borch met muts, van voren

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman's head in a headscarf, turned left with lowered eyes.

Hoofd van een vrouw met een hoofddoek, naar links

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Wash drawing of a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and baggage along a road beneath trees.

De vlucht naar Egypte

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Kop van een oude man

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man seated in a wilderness beside a resting lion, dated 1661.

De Heilige Hieronymus in de woestijn

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Drawing of the descent from the cross with figures on a ladder lowering a body, mourners below, and rays of light.

De kruisafname

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Staande jonge zeeman

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Elderly scholar in a dark robe rests his head on his hand in a dim study lined with books, lit by a window.

A Scholar in his Study

Willem de Poorter, 1642

Sketch of a blue peacock and a white bird on a rock beside a tree branch, framed by ochre borders, dated 1874.

Ontwerp voor een dessus-de-porte: tak met pauw en andere vogels

August Allebé, 1874

Pencil drawing of figures in an arched Italian city setting, with a woman gesturing near a basin and a child and dog in front

Scene in an Italian City with Figures Near a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of mourners gathered around a draped body in an arched composition, with a skull at the right edge.

A Burial Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of an artist pointing at a wall while a crowd of men, women, and children watches in an arched composition.

An Artist Drawing on Wall of a Church Watched by a Crowd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a robed speaker raising his arm before cloaked men, with a large female figure behind a fountain.

Speaker Addressing Male Figures Gathered at Night Around a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a bearded man on horseback with a monkey behind him, passing a crowd in a medieval town.

A Man and a Monkey Riding on Horseback

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash sketch of a baby in a bonnet with a rooster and dog, centered on an album page.

A Baby in 16th century Dress with a Rooster and a Dog

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of two children kneeling by a bed with a pale sheet in a dim room, one looking up.

A Deathbed Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated shepherd with a winged cupid behind him and a ram beside him.

Cupid and a Shepherd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated Venus with a winged Cupid leaning against her shoulder, with clouds behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of four musical putti in a lunette frame, playing lute, violin and harp, one standing at centre.

Four Musical Putti

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch of a group of naked children in loose scribbled background lines, on a sketchbook page.

A Group of Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil study on a sketchbook page: a large circle with flowing curved and horizontal lines crossing its interior.

Circular Diagram

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849