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Drawings & Sketches

79,593 works

Pen and ink sketch of robed figures dressing a kneeling man beneath an architectural frame, mounted on blue paper.

Dem Heiligen Diego wird die Franziskanerkutte angelegt

Annibale Carracci

Pen and brown wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with a nude man on a grill, soldiers, and onlookers in a colonnade.

Die Marter des Heiligen Laurentius

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman embracing a small winged child amid loose cloud-like strokes.

Venus caressing Cupid

Pen and ink study sheet with a horse's forelegs at left and a child's frontal face at center, with faint extra sketches.

Studienblatt: Die Vorderläufe eines Pferdes sowie ein Kinderkopf en face

Annibale Carracci

Pen and wash drawing of bearded Saturn seated on clouds with a putto holding a scythe, enclosed in an oval frame.

Saturn auf Wolken sitzend, Amor hält die Sense

Annibale Carracci

Brown ink and wash drawing of two turbaned seated figures on a throne with a spear-bearing guard behind them.

Zwei Türken, auf einem Thron nach links sitzend, hinter ihnen ein Wächter mit aufgestütztem Speer, alle Figuren in Dr…

Annibale Carracci

Pen and ink sketch of a feathered woman fleeing two pursuers past trees and a distant shoreline.

Eine Frau ("La Pazza") mit sonderbarem Kopfputz flieht vor zwei Verfolgern

Ludovico Carracci

Pen and ink drawing of a mythological triumph with nude male figures, a crowned central figure, a woman at right and putti.

Bacchus' triumph

Girolamo da Carpi

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude curly-haired boy standing, rendered with fine hatched shading on aged paper.

Pissing boy

Annibale Carracci

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a religious group of women and children, with head studies in the upper corners.

Die Heilige Familie mit der Heiligen Elisabeth und dem Johannesknaben

Annibale Carracci

Brown ink and wash drawing of three floating prophets among clouds, with two angels carrying large books.

Drei in der Luft schwebende Propheten, zwei Engel tragen große Bücher

Pencil drawing of a nude statue seen from behind on a pedestal in an arcaded palace courtyard.

Rückenansicht des Herkules Farnese im Hof des Palazzo Farnese in Rom

Annibale Carracci

Pen and ink drawing of a windblown woman reaching up to pick fruit from a tree, with a faint sketch beside her.

Eine halb entblößte Frau pflückt Früchte von einem Baum, Haar und Gewand fliegen im Wind

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Ink sketch of a kneeling bearded figure in a turban and robe beside a rocky ledge, with loose quick strokes.

Büßender Heiliger Hieronymus

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with angels above a robed friar addressing a kneeling crowd.

Allegory of the Cordons of St. Francis

Ludovico Carracci, 1586

Red chalk drawing of a woman with bowed head, headscarf and bare shoulder, with diagonal hatching behind her.

Female nude

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints beneath classical columns, by Ludovico Carracci.

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine, John the Evangelist, and Francis

Ludovico Carracci

Pen and brown wash drawing of a saint in a robe standing in a niche beside a winged angel holding a staff.

Der Heilige Laurentius mit einem Engel in einer Nische

Ludovico Carracci

Red chalk drawing of a young man with bowed head and clasped hands, eyes lowered in prayer.

Praying youth

Ludovico Carracci

Brown wash drawing of Christ and disciples at a long table with food, a winged angel at right, and sketched architecture behi

Die Speisung Christi in der Wüste

Ludovico Carracci

Pen and ink drawing of a woman seated on steps, head resting on her hand, with draped garments and hatched shading.

Eine auf einer Treppe sitzende Frau

Ludovico Carracci

Painting of a crowded Paris square with a monument, carriages, pedestrians and lamp posts on a wet street.

Place de la République

Eugène Galien-Laloue, 1900

Pen and watercolor drawing of a stone tower with conical roofs, a crenellated turret, scaffolding ladders and a tree.

Abbaye Saint-Victor, 1839

Alfred Bonnardot, 1839

Dame mit Hut als Spiegelbild

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1911

Pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with arm raised behind her head, drawn with loose contour lines.

Liegender weiblicher Akt im Atelier von Erich Heckel

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1911

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind, with curly hair and hatched shading on the back.

Männlicher Rückenakt, Torso

Domenico Campagnola, 1520

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling bearded man before a standing woman in a colonnade, with attendants and a city view.

The Return of Ulysses (?)

Luca Penni, 1545

Drawing of four evangelists seated on clouds adoring a radiant host, with cherubs above, in brown ink and grey wash.

Die Verehrung der Hostie durch die vier Evangelisten

Giovanni Lanfranco

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned among clouds and angels, with two saints in the foreground.

Maria auf dem Throne, dabei der Heilige Paulus und der Heilige Matthäus mit dem Engel

Giovanni Battista Gaulli

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated king judging two women as a soldier raises a sword over an infant.

Solomon's verdict

Giovanni da San Giovanni

Engraved drawing of an ornate two-handled urn with oak leaf reliefs, Greek key band, and fluted foot, 1785.

A vase

Antonio Isopi, 1785

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