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Drawings & Sketches

77,712 works

Ink and wash drawing of the Gothic Magdeburg Cathedral across a tree-lined square with strollers and seated figures.

Dom und Domplatz in Magdeburg

Johann Friedrich Klusemann, 1786

Watercolor of two rustic wooden wall doors with zigzag-carved panels and iron hinges, signed Majel G. Claflin.

Two Wall Doors

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Portrait Study - Oval

Milan Thomka Mitrovský, 1900

Pencil sketch of a hunter with a rifle and a dog running across an open field with trees in the background.

Spürhund und Jäger auf dem Feld

Ferdinand von Rayski, 1821

Watercolour and pencil sketch of a tray with a teapot, jug and covered pot on a white bed against a mauve background.

Watercolour sketch of a tray on a bed

Gertrud Kauders, 1905

Two ink sketches on tan paper: Santa Maria Novella facade in Florence above, and an arcaded Renaissance building below.

Sketches of the facade of the Santa Maria Novella in Florence and the building from Pinturicchio's painting

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate Romanesque church doorway with zigzag arch mouldings and a wooden door with iron scrollwork

North Doorway of Hales Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Chalk portrait drawing of a man in a buttoned coat and white cravat, turned left against a hatched brown background.

Der Buchhändler Johann Heinrich Besser

Philipp Otto Runge, 1792

Pencil sketch of rolling hills on a tan sketchbook page, numbered 29, with shaded slopes and loose ground strokes.

Sketch of hills from An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Immaculate Conception

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Black and white drawing of a woman with hair in a bun, hand on cheek, gazing upward with hands crossed at her chest.

Die erste Ehefrau Schadows [(Marianne) Anna Augustine Schadow]

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1779

Loose watercolor of a tiered church steeple rising above green trees, shrubs and a palm in a garden setting.

Untitled - Anne Goldthwaite, 1940

Anne Goldthwaite, 1940

Five tapering coffin lids in pencil and wash, each with a different carved cross design, drawn side by side on cream paper.

Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Watercolor of a painted wooden statue of a standing woman in a red gown and black mantle on a pale base.

Unnamed Bulto

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Kobieta w opasku góralskim

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Watercolor design of a columned basilica with twin towers across a river, with a statued bridge and boat in front.

Entwurf für den Dom in Berlin als Basilika

Friedrich August Stüler, 1815

Watercolour of sailing boats at a quay with fishermen and fish in the foreground under a stormy sky.

A windy day

Brown wash drawing of Hever Castle, a turreted gabled manor house across a moat, with a small figure and trees.

Hever Castle, Kent

John Sell Cotman

Pen and brown wash drawing of the tall spired tower of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam above rooftops.

Gezicht op de toren van de Oude Kerk

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1660

Pencil drawing of the Holy Family resting, with Mary holding the infant, Joseph beside a donkey, and trees behind.

Die Ruhe auf der Flucht

Philipp Otto Runge, 1792

Brown wash drawing of rolling heathland with clustered trees, a winding path, and a rider in the foreground.

Holt Heath, near Norwich

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Red chalk drawing of a flayed anatomical figure holding a dagger, standing on a plinth, by Jan Harmensz. Muller.

Écorché van een staande voorovergebogen man met dolk in zijn rechterhand

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588

Pencil and wash drawing of an ornate Gothic niche with carved gargoyles and a leafy tree against a stone wall.

Sculpture upon a House on the North Side of the Cathedral at Bayeux

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Red chalk drawing of a flayed male figure leaning on a draped pedestal, seen from behind, showing detailed musculature.

Écorché van een staande man leunend op een sokkel, van achteren gezien en naar rechts gedraaid

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588

Kaffeeklecksalbum Seite 54a: "Phantastische Figur"

Julius Muhr, 1834

Pencil sketch of a floral-patterned vase with loose hatching, a small candlestick to the right, on pale paper.

Vase with floral ornaments

Watercolor of a rocky creek with boulders, poplar trees and a cloudy sky, painted in muted earth tones and greens.

The Normal Rock Creek

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Costume design of a Two of Spades playing card figure in white tabard with black spades, on brown paper.

Two of Spades (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Red chalk drawing of a flayed man seen from behind, holding a blade and leaning on a carved pedestal.

Écorché van een staande man, van achteren gezien, leunend op een sokkel

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588

Red chalk drawing of a flayed man leaning on a draped pedestal, showing exposed muscles, dated 1588.

Écorché van een staande man, naar links gedraaid, leunend op een sokkel

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588

Red chalk drawing of two muscular nude men wrestling, one bending over the other, on a pale sheet.

Twee worstelende mannen

Willem Doudijns, 1640

Grey wash drawing of a pyramid funerary monument with mourning women and children beside a weeping willow.

Grafmonument voor een overleden vrouw

Reinier Vinkeles, 1795