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Drawings & Sketches

77,712 works

Engraved blue-toned drawing of an ornate triumphal chariot with a crowned emperor, allegorical figures, an eagle and lions.

Der Wagen aus dem Triumphzug Kaiser Maximilians

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1814

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman fainting into the arms of companions beside a column and table, with a chair at right.

Een vrouw bezwijmt na het lezen van een brief

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of covered bathing carriages and horses on a sandy beach, with men in hats talking at left.

Badkoetsen te Scheveningen

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1822

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ruined building with arches and a tower, with a woman carrying firewood in the foreground.

Vervallen gebouw met rechts een houtsprokkelaarster

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of a lake with rocky mountains, ruined buildings on the shore, and trees in the foreground.

Lake and mountains

Pencil drawing of allegorical figures honoring a bust of Vondel on a pedestal, with a winged angel holding a garland above.

Hulde gebracht door allegorische figuren aan portretbuste van Vondel

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil sketch of a seated man with a head blindfold, draped in cloth, leaning on an urn beside him.

Zittende geblinddoekte man, naast een urn

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil sketch of a stone building beside a river with hills behind, and a seated man and dog under trees on the right.

Near Whitby, Yorkshire

John Sell Cotman, 1814

Pencil sketches of cone-shaped ornamental forms with ringed bands and feather-like textures on a beige sheet.

Muunnelmia siipi-aiheeseen, luonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon keskiholvin vaippaan

Pen and ink botanical studies of grasses and reeds on two facing sketchbook pages, with a broad-leaved plant at lower right.

Pflanzenstudien

Caspar David Friedrich, 1799

Red chalk drawing of a poppy plant with seed pods, blossoms and lobed leaves on pale paper.

Poppies with Seed Pods

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1760

Pencil sketch of Framlingham Castle with crenellated towers, a long curtain wall and ruins on a grassy mound.

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headdress bending over a baby lying on a tasseled cushion.

Die Frau des Künstlers, Wilhelmine mit Sohn Oskar

Carl Begas d. Ä., 1829

Grey wash drawing of a carved Gothic doorway and tracery screen in a cathedral interior with an arched vault above.

Interior of Norwich Cathedral: Doorway and Screen Between the South Transept and the Aisle of the Presbytery

John Sell Cotman, 1808

Sepia wash drawing of a flowering plant with small blossoms and long grass blades against pale paper.

Flowering Plant with Grass

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1760

Pale sheet with two colored ornamental pattern studies: a diamond lattice of foliage and shields above a radiating fan design

copy of the polychromy of the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pencil drawing of a seated man in historical costume with a fur-trimmed garment and cap, set against cross-hatched shading.

Copy of a male character in historical outfit from Jan Matejko's composition

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1882

Pale brown wash drawing of a Romanesque church with a square tower and arched windows on a grassy embankment.

South-East View of the Church of Lery, near Pont-de-l'Arche, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Brown wash drawing of a reclining armed man in a wide hat against a rock, with a hazy mountain landscape beyond.

Italienischer Räuber. nach Louis Léopold Robert

Adolf Schrödter, 1827

Red chalk drawing of a leafy plant with buds growing from rocks, with a second plant behind it on the right.

Flowering Plant with Buds

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1760

Watercolor of rounded brown hills with pale winding channels, dark trees on ridges, and a stormy purple sky.

Deserted Bed of a Glacier

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Pencil sketch of several figures bent over digging in a flat field, with distant trees and buildings on the horizon.

Digging roots

Petrus van der Velden

Watercolor study of a blue-decorated stoneware jug beside a large blue floral motif and stamped Harrington Lyons lettering.

Jug

George Loughridge, c. 1937

Pen and wash drawing of seated Hercules beside standing nude Omphale, with Cupid holding a club and figures behind a pedestal

Hercules and Omphale

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and ruffled gown playing a cittern, looking upward.

An Elegant Lady Playing a Cittern

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1770

Watercolor of a winding stream through a green meadow with wildflowers and a dark tree line beyond.

The Babbling Brook

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with boulders and grass, calm water, and steep hillsides rising behind it.

Island Bay

James Crowe Richmond, 1869

Pencil design of a radial geometric star ornament on tan paper, with Polish annotations for a presidential chair.

"MEDICAL HOUSE. STAR TO BE EMBOSSED ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR." Design

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Brown wash drawing of a tall Romanesque church tower with a pointed spire, beside a roofed nave and trees.

South-East View of the Church of Ifs, Near Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a busy river port with sailing ships, a stone quay with strollers, and a city skyline.

Port de Rouen vu de l'Ile de la Croix

Nicolas Marie Ozanne, 1796

Brown ink and wash drawing of a saint ascending through clouds toward a radiant cross, with angels and figures below.

Apotheosis of a saint

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil sketch of a Gothic stone font with a tall carved canopy inside a church with pointed arches.

Font in Binham Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1811