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77,712 works

Ink drawing of twelve decorative initial letters with faces, flames, a dragon, figures and scenes, with handwritten notes.

2 alkukirjainta 2. lukuun ja 10 alkukirjainta 3. lukuun

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Grey wash drawing of a log cabin on stilts beside a rocky stream, with two walkers, goats, and conifers.

Nordische Landschaft

Allart van Everdingen

Watercolor of flat adobe rooftops in a pueblo with ladders, clay jars, and leaning poles under a pale sky.

Street in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Watercolor of a brown stoneware jug with a handle and a label reading G. Benton & L. Steward, Hartford, with a bird.

Jug

John Dana, 1935/1942

Watercolor sketch of riders on horses among villagers, children and wooden houses, with pencil notes in the margins.

luonnospiirustus seinä tai lasimaalausta varten

Brown ink and wash drawing of a prince with a raised scepter under a canopy, attended by robed figures on steps.

Ein Fürst mit Gefolge, unter einem Thronhimmel stehend, mit erhobenem Zepter nach rechts gewandt

Oval portrait of a young girl with long dark hair threading red thread, eyes lowered, against a green background.

Study of a Young Girl, Pont Aven

Frederic Arthur Bridgman, 1860

Watercolor of large oak trees, grazing cattle, a winding dirt road and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky.

Richmond

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1880

Entomology plate with a grey-painted fly, numbered wing diagrams, insect detail sketches, and a black-and-white butterfly pho

Original hand painted plate for Fragments of New Zealand Entomology [Plate B]

George Hudson, 1946

Aged sheet with a repeating pattern of yellow, green, blue and red stylized heart-shaped ornaments in colored crayon.

Fragment of the polychrome design for the Franciscan Church in Kraków - study of an ornament (XXVI)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil sketch of rooftops, a fenced courtyard and tree-lined landscape receding to a distant horizon.

Puhoksen kartano ja saha

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf, 1840

Painted study of a gray stoneware jug with blue cobalt floral scroll decoration and a curved handle on cream paper.

Jug

Henry Meyers, 1935/1942

Pen and brown ink drawing of Haarlem rooftops, church towers and trees along a road, with a cart at left.

Blick auf die Groote Kerk in Haarlem

Brown ink and wash sketch of figures around a bed, one seated figure leaning over another reclining figure.

Tarquinius und Lukretia

Anthonie van Borssom

Queen of Hearts (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson

Pen and brown wash sketch of a standing man leaning on a staff beside a seated woman at work.

Adam und Eva bei der Arbeit

Watercolor of a steep mountain gorge with a rushing torrent, a waterfall, and figures resting by a campfire on a ledge.

Mountain torrent

Joseph Barber, 1829

Pencil sketch of a Gothic arcaded entrance with pointed arches, carved capitals and stone steps in a cathedral interior.

Arcaded entrance in the south choir of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man standing before a seated woman on a bed in a curtained interior.

Juda und Tamar

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical female figures on clouds with putti inside an oval frame, labeled Concordia, Temper

Allegorische Figurengruppe auf Wolken (Concordia, Temperanza und Tranquilità)

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolor drawing of a glazed combination bookcase and bureau with lion-head drawer pulls and a line diagram below.

Combination Book Case, Desk, and Bureau

Henry Meyers, c. 1936

Pencil sketch of an ornamental vessel handle with a face framed by curling scrolls, shaded lower section, page marked 17.

Sketches of a vessel handle

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pen and wash drawing of a fantastic landscape with a winding river, stone bridges, a waterfall, a walled town and riders.

Fantastische Landschaft mit in die Tiefe führendem Fluss

Tobias Verhaecht

Costume design of Humpty Dumpty, an egg-shaped character with a patterned ruff, orange tunic, and yellow stockings on brown p

Humpty Dumpty (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Painted stage scene of two men grappling before onlookers, with a seated figure pointing, framed by striped canopy and curtai

Parable of the King and His Servants

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Oil head study of an elderly bearded man in a fur hat with a red crown, set against a dark brown background.

Head Study of an Old Man

Gyula Stetka, 1920

Pencil portrait study of a man with a waxed mustache and high collar, drawn on tan paper.

Portrait Study of Albert Edelfelt

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, 1886

Watercolour of a sandy beach with driftwood and grass tussock, wooded hills and calm water beyond, under a pale sky.

Grey River, on the beach

James Crowe Richmond, 1862

Watercolor of a Roman fountain with lion-head spouts, a woman filling a jug, stone ruins and terracotta pots under cloudy sky

A Roman Fountain with a Woman Collecting Water

Hubert Robert, 1792

Watercolor of a red brick church tower with arched windows and a lantern, above a slate roof with pigeons under a cloudy sky.

St. Martin's Church, Utrecht, Holland

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers resting in a camp with tents, a large tree, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Soldier camp

Charles Parrocel, 1740

Pen and brown ink drawing of the archangel Michael standing on a dragon, holding a spear, with hatched shading.

Der Erzengel Michael auf dem Drachen

Crispijn van de Passe d. Ä.