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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man seen from below, one arm raised, seated with a leg extended.

Bärtiger Alter in Untersicht (Flußgott)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Brown wash drawing of a robed figure rising through clouds with angels, putti and doves, and a tree at lower left.

Triumph der Auferstehung Christi

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Pen and wash drawing of a prophet among skeletons and rising figures in a lunette, with an angel in clouds above.

Hesekiels Weissagung von der Auferstehung der Gebeine

Christoph Schwarz

Brown wash drawing of a steep rocky mountain above a river and trees in a valley.

Castle Crag, Borrowdale

John Constable, 1806

Pen drawing of the crucified Christ above a globe with the Holy Spirit dove, flanked by seated God the Father and Christ and

Zwölf Blatt Erläuterungen des Apostolischen Glaubensbekenntnisses. 1. Der Gekreuzigte auf der Weltkugel, umgeben von…

Paul Lautensack

Pen and wash drawing of a guitar player and listening men outdoors, with a dog and rocky landscape.

Gitarrenspieler und eine Gruppe von Zuhörern im Freien (Capriccio)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Watercolor and pencil landscape of a winding river crossing plains toward distant hills, with rocks and buildings in the fore

The Mataura River and the Waimea Plains from Mr McNeill's station

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pen and wash drawing of a winged bearded figure holding up a clock face with Roman numerals on a lion-footed pedestal.

Chronometer (Chronos auf einem Sockel mit Löwentatzen hält das Ziffernblatt)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Black and white drawing of the crucifixion with a kneeling donor couple in ruffs and angels in the clouds.

Kreuzigung mit einem Stifterpaar

Pencil sketch of a low cottage with a figure beside it, set against rolling mountains, on blue-grey sketchbook paper.

Sketch of cottage in an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Weibliche Gewandfigur im Profil nach rechts (Maria einer Heimsuchung)

Mariotto Albertinelli

Ink and wash drawing of a naked infant among reeds, watched by a woman in white and kneeling figures beneath a winged figure.

Moses in the bullrushes

Robert Porter, 1799

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude with a fainter graphite figure study beside it on cream paper.

Aktstudien

Battista Naldini

Pencil sketch of two standing men in workwear, one in three-quarter view with a moustache and one seen from behind.

Two studies of a man with pole: 1. A pair, side and back view. 2. Holding pole over shoulder

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Watercolor street scene of a sunlit town road lined with gabled buildings, shop awnings, and a distant church spire.

Street scene

Hugh Bellingham-Smith

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental cartouche with sphinxes, torches, a female mask, and a putto below.

Kartuschen-Entwurf (für Pl. 2 in "Livre de cartouches invente de Bernard Tarot sculpteur du Roy", gestochen von B. Pa…

Bernard Turreau, 1706

Watercolor of a thatched cottage beside a brook, with a boy on the path, sitting figures, and large trees.

Brook and cottage

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in a full skirt and bonnet, one arm extended, on tan paper.

Studie für eine sitzende weibliche Figur

Nicolas Lancret, 1701

Grey wash drawing of a stone castle facade beside a gravel path, with tall trees on the left and small figures and a dog.

Greystoke Castle

Thomas Hearne, 1777

Red chalk study of a reclining male figure in drapery beside a faint sketch of a standing female figure on tan paper.

Studie für eine lagernde männliche Figure, recht Gegendruck einer stehenden weiblichen Figur

Nicolas Lancret, 1701

Pencil sketch of a mud cottage beside a winding road, framed by tall trees, with hills and a distant bay beyond.

View of a mud cottage on the road to an unknown bay

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Black and white chalk sketch of an elderly man with head bowed, hand raised to his chin, on brown paper.

Kopfstudie eines nach unten blickenden älteren Mannes

Nicolas Lancret, 1701

Ink botanical drawing of a Lepidium plant with pinnate leaves and clustered flower heads on tall stalks.

Lepidium matau Petrie ( male plant). (Now known as Lepidium solandri Kirk.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Red chalk drawing of a man in a tricorn hat with his hands gripping a long musical instrument.

Kopf- und Handstudie eines Musikers mit seinem Instrument

Nicolas Lancret, 1701

Watercolor of a Gothic street scene with ornate stone facades, a spire, and market figures with pottery under a striped awnin

A street, Bruges

Samuel Prout, 1818

Brown wash drawing of a battle scene with armored soldiers, raised swords and shields, and fallen figures in the foreground.

Schlachtenszene

Nicolas Poussin, 1620

Studie für eine weibliche Figur nach rechts

Nicolas Lancret, 1701

Sketch of female figure. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Pencil sketch of a pioneer camp with horses, a canvas wagon, tents, soldiers and a tree on open rolling ground.

Pioneer Camp Trescault

George Butler, 1914

Parapercis colias

Frank Edward Clarke, 1871

Watercolor sketch of a man in a top hat leaning on a railing beside a woman in a blue dress on a deck.

Langham sketching club

George Pinwell, 1867

Hand painted entomology plate with numbered beetles, insect larvae and a caterpillar, each with a scale bar, on cream paper.

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

George Hudson, 1886