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Drawings & Sketches

76,581 works

Copies: of the portrait of Michelangelo and the figures of Plato and Aristotle from the fresco

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pen drawing of a church facade with a rose window, bell tower with spire, adjacent house, and hills in the distance.

The church S. Giuliana near Perugia

Heinrich Hübsch

Circular pencil drawing of a young woman in a headscarf with flowers at her shoulder, labelled Griselda.

Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' - Griselda

Edward Burne-Jones, 1863

Pencil sketch of a stone tower and rustic buildings behind leafy shrubs under a lightly shaded sky.

Buildings behind the Vatican

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Charcoal sketch of a dense crowd of soldiers and top-hatted citizens packed together in a street scene.

Group of soldiers and citizens

Oil study of two dogs, one reclining in the foreground and one standing behind, against a dark brown background.

Dog study

Piotr Michałowski

Watercolor study of a felled tree trunk and branches lying on the ground with green foliage behind, signed and dated 1881.

Study of a Cut Down Tree

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin

Pencil sketch of a round colonnaded temple in Rome with a small figure in the foreground and rooftops behind.

The Round Temple on the Piazza Bocca della Verità, Rome

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Drawing of two draped women in a flowered garden with Latin scrolls, city walls and a boat behind them.

Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' - Hypsiphile And Medea

Edward Burne-Jones, 1864

Watercolor drawing of elegant figures in an outdoor setting, with women holding a parasol, seated men, a dog, and a girl by t

Outdoor society

Niclas Lafrensen

Brown wash study of a standing young man seen from behind, arms raised against a dark background, wearing tall boots.

Study of a Groom, Seen from Behind

William Havell, 1820

Pencil drawing of ruined classical walls, arches and cypress trees above rustic sheds and shrubs.

Ruins of the Imperial Palaces on the Palatine Hill

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged archer and a crowned woman before a castle wall, fence and flowers.

Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' - Amor and Alcestis

Edward Burne-Jones, 1864

Watercolor study of a mottled beech trunk beside a leafy young tree in a shadowy forest with a brown forest floor.

Study of a Trunk Branching Out

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin

Brown wash drawing of a nude man leaning over a basin as a nude woman pours water into it, in an oval frame.

A naked man, standing on tiptoe, holds his hands in a basin into which a naked woman standing opposite the man pours…

Etienne Vallée

Red chalk drawing of a man's face in a broad cap, set above a stone ledge, by Edward Burne-Jones.

Male Portrait - possibly Dante or study for St George Series

Edward Burne-Jones, 1865

Watercolor study of an old split tree beside a young tree with green leaves and bare branches, dated 1881.

Study of Old and Young Tree

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin

Ink and wash drawing of a stork preening its wing, with a second bird sketched at the right edge.

Chinoiserie, a stork

Pencil drawing of a Roman street with an arched gateway, a statue on a pedestal, and a mountain in the distance.

A Roman Street with Monte Cavo in the Distance

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Grey wash drawing of the twin-towered Gothic cathedral facade in Orléans, with stone rubble and figures in the foreground.

The Cathedral Sainte-Croix d’Orléans

Carl Werner, 1827

Study for Play and Dance

Halfdan Egedius, 1896

Maria Zambaco - Profile Study

Edward Burne-Jones, 1866

Pencil landscape drawing of a rounded stone building, tall tower and trees, with fallen masonry in the foreground.

Landscape with the Church of San Teodoro

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and watercolor drawing of a canal lined with old steep-roofed houses, an arched passage and wooden piles, by Carl Werner.

The Horse Watering Place at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich

Carl Werner, 1829

Study of a Horse II

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin

Dim interior of an alchemist's study with a family group at a table, shelves of jars, a red parrot and draped curtains.

In the alchemist's study

Pencil study of a man in a long cloak, head bowed with one hand raised to his face, standing beside a pillar.

The Prince's Progress - Figure Study of the Prince for 'You should have wept her yesterday'

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865

White chalk sketch on tan paper of two peasant women and two boys, one woman carrying a basket.

Two peasant women with two boys

François Boucher

Pencil drawing of Roman walls, cypress trees, and a domed church behind foliage, with a cow and figure in the foreground.

Walls of Rome with Santa Maria del Popolo in the Distance

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Study of a Horse I.

Friedrich Carl von Scheidlin

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in flowing drapery, head turned to one side, on cream paper.

Green Summer - Drapery Study for the Central Figure

Edward Burne-Jones, 1863

Ink sketch of a woman's head in a headdress above a nude winged putto holding a garland, labeled Michel-Ange and Raphael.

Copy of Madonna's head from Michelangelo's

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887