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Drawings & Sketches

78,002 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of three farmhouses with thatched roofs, a horse-drawn cart and figures along a dirt road.

Drei Bauernhäuser an einem Wege

Ink sketch of a figure with flowing hair reaching out beside a tree, with a second figure at the right edge.

Kuloa sammuttamssa

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1907

Brown wash drawing of a woman in half-length portrait with curled hair, pearl necklace and off-shoulder dress.

Brustbild einer Dame

Jan de Bisschop

Pencil drawing of a river scene with trees, two sailing boats with figures, and a windmill on a flat horizon.

The Norfolk Broads

John Sell Cotman

Pie Plate and Cup Plate

Cora Parker, c. 1938

Colored pencil costume sketch of a female figure in a layered blue and green robe with a flower crown, by Wyspiański, 1904.

Krasawica. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Brown ink and wash drawing of Judith holding a sword and the severed head of Holofernes, with a kneeling attendant beside her

Judith met het hoofd van Holofernes

Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink, 1576

Grey wash drawing of a group of men feasting at a banquet table, numbered figures with names in a cartouche below.

Schuttersstuk met Pieter Dircksz. Hasselaer, 1586

Jacob Colijn, 1653

Dim interior with a string quartet playing before an audience, candles glowing in the background, loose painterly brushwork.

The Neruda Quartet, showing some of the spectators to the left. Study

P.S. Krøyer, 1886

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flat town skyline with a church tower, windmills, and sailing masts across open land.

Ansicht von Bloksijl

Arent de Gelder

Rear view of a woman in a dark voluminous gown and long train on a terrace beside a stone urn and garden.

Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

Ignaz Manzador, 1765

Pencil sketch of three men in wide hats beside a barrel and jug under a timber roof.

Drie mannen in een legerkamp

Gérard ter Borch, 1634

Pencil sketch of two soldiers on horseback, one raising a staff and one leaning forward on a galloping horse.

Twee soldaten te paard

Gérard ter Borch, 1634

Pencil and wash drawing of five tapering coffin lids, each with different carved cross, floral, and roundel designs.

Studies of Five Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Pencil sketch of a rearing horse with a rider wearing a hat, drawn on pale paper with loose grey shading.

Steigerend paard met berijder

Gérard ter Borch, 1630

Grey wash drawing of horsemen and a procession of figures crossing a hilly landscape under an empty sky.

Ruiterprocessie in een landschap

Gérard ter Borch, 1634

Grey wash drawing of a sea battle between sailing ships and galleys, with a row of labeled flags across the top.

Zeeslag tussen Hollandse schepen en Spaanse galeien, 1602 of 1603

Pieter van Looy, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with large oak trees, a dirt road, travelers including a horseback rider, and a distant far

Landschap

J.H. de Friderici, 1790

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures carrying a limp body, with a man in a turban supporting it and a cloaked figure at left.

Gruppe zur Grablegung

Four pencil and wash studies of tapering carved coffin lids, each bearing a different cross and decorative pattern.

Studies of Four Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Watercolor botanical study of a white daisy-like Celmisia flower with yellow centre and narrow silvery leaves.

Celmisia sessiliflora Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolor of a ruined castle with an arched doorway and broken tower on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

Unidentified Castle (Formerly Called Clanbury Castle)

John Sell Cotman

Watercolor drawing of dunes and meadows with a distant town, church spire and windmills under a cloudy sky.

Dünenlandschaft mit Blick auf Haarlem

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Pencil sketch of a thatched cottage among bare trees on a small sketchbook page.

Cottages

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Grey wash drawing of a wide river with a sailing boat, a rowing boat, figures on a bank, and a tower under clouds.

Der Rhein bei Rhenen

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Watercolour of a white-water torrent rushing through a narrow rocky gorge framed by trees and steep cliffs.

Mountain torrent

Francis Nicholson

Pencil sketch of a gabled stone rectory with a pointed doorway, an octagonal turret and shrubs in the foreground.

Upwell Rectory, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1816

Two watercolor studies of upright stone coffin lids, each carved with a raised cross, on a cream paper ground.

Studies of Two Coffin Lids from Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Pen and brown ink sketch of seated and standing figures with animals, with handwritten Dutch text at the right.

Jupiter mit Philemon und Baucis

Heyman Dullaert

Alte Frau mit Spinnrocken

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a boat with a billowing sail and mast, drawn in loose quick strokes.

Sketch of a stall?

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Watercolor of a glazed reddish-brown stoneware pickle jar with a mottled surface and wide rim on a cream background.

Pickle Jar

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939