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Drawings & Sketches

78,193 works

Pencil drawing of a riding lesson in a park with horses, a carriage, a dog and figures among trees.

Riding Lesson in a Park, with a Carriage and Other Figures

Dirk Maas, 1690

Drawing of mounted trumpeters and a plumed rider approaching a city gate with a drawbridge, with musketeers and crowds nearby

De intocht van Maria de' Medici te Amsterdam in 1638 (plaat 1)

Jan Martens the Younger, 1638

Pen drawing of plumed horsemen in a procession on a road, with windmills on the flat horizon at left.

De intocht van Maria de' Medici te Amsterdam in 1638 (plaat 2)

Jan Martens the Younger, 1638

Children rest with goats and kids beside a felled tree in a woodland meadow, watercolor by Ludwig Richter.

Children and Goats Resting by a Felled Tree

Ludwig Richter, 1868

Pencil sketch page with loose marks suggesting sea and sky, and handwritten colour notes, from a Turner sketchbook.

The Channel Sketchbook

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Pencil drawing of seated Zeus on an ornate throne holding a scepter and a winged Victory figure.

Thronender Zeus mit Szepter und Victoria-Statuette

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a column of plumed cavalry riders and horses advancing along a road in 1638 Amsterdam.

De intocht van Maria de' Medici te Amsterdam in 1638 (plaat 3)

Jan Martens the Younger, 1638

Watercolor of a stone church portal with a rounded arch, carved capitals, and a wooden door with scrolling iron hinges.

Portal of Church of Nervy St. Sepulchre (facsimile copy of a drawing by E. Viollet Le Duc in Hotel De Cluny)

Cass Gilbert, 1880

Pencil sketches on tan paper of Gothic tracery, rosettes, quatrefoil panels and a central acanthus leaf sprig.

Loose sketches, including rosettes and tracery

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil study of ash trees with spreading branches above dense undergrowth on a pale sheet.

Study of Ash Trees

Lionel Bicknell Constable

Pencil sketch by James Ensor of fish lying on a platter, with a flying bird in the upper right against a pale background.

Fish on a platter

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling friar holding a lily, surrounded by sketched figures on clouds.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua Handing a Lily to the Child

Andrea Sacchi, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a chariot, a helmeted warrior, a veiled woman in robes, trumpeters and a temple by Norblin, 1818.

Castor and Pollux Rescuing Helen

Sébastien Norblin, 1818

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman seen from behind carrying a basket on her head, in traditional dress.

Italienerin mit Korb auf dem Kopf

Franz Horny, 1813

Colored pencil drawing of a woman in a dark hat reading a book against a glowing yellow and red circular background.

Dame im Kafé

Karl Wiener, 1925

Loose painted study of a chef in white apron beside a wicker basket, with a cat on the floor and hanging meats in a dim kitch

Detail study for 'La Rottisserie des deux Paons'

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, 1840

Grayscale drawing of men watching a chess game at a table in a tavern-like interior, with a framed sign on the wall.

Matt im Schachspiel

Johann Peter Hasenclever, 1825

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church porch with a pointed arch, carved capitals and a studded wooden door.

Porch of the Church of Stratton Saint Mary's, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in a headwrap with bowed head and clasped hands, beside a bowl and wall lantern.

Sketch of a sitting elderly woman in the interior

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Pencil and ink sketch of men in wigs and robes gathered around a table in an interior with busts and columns.

Das Examen des Kandidaten Jobs

Johann Peter Hasenclever, 1825

Pencil sketch of storm clouds over a calm sea with two small sailboats near the horizon.

A Squall; verso: Staffage

Lionel Bicknell Constable

Grey wash drawing of nude figures in dramatic poses before a dark tree, with a figure reaching outward in alarm.

Apollo and Daphne

Master of the Giants, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of a seated saint, a standing figure with a staff, a flying angel and a putto.

Madonna von zwei Heiligen verehrt

Gaspare Diziani

Ink and wash architectural plan of a cathedral and surrounding streets labeled Rue du Soudan and Palais du Gouverneur, 1852.

Projet d'agrandissement et de restauration de la cathédrale d'Alger

Jean Baptiste Pierre Honoré Féraud, 1852

Ink and wash drawing of five men arguing over a newspaper at a candlelit table, one reading while others shout.

Die Zeitungsleser

Johann Peter Hasenclever, 1825

Watercolor of red-roofed towers rising above a city wall in Nuremberg, with birds flying and bare trees below.

Towers from the City Wall, Nuremberg

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Watercolor of a flat marsh with water channels, tree clusters on the horizon, and pink wildflowers in the foreground.

(Landscape with Marshes)

De Lancey Gill, 1890

Blue-line architectural drawing of a commemorative monument with a bust on a tiered pedestal, with a scale figure and floor p

Projet de monument en mémoire de monseigneur de la Bouillerie dans la cathédrale de Bordeaux

Paul Abadie, 1883

Pencil drawing with red chalk of a nude woman reaching toward a draped male figure over a rocky shore and distant hills.

Allegorical Subject

Brown wash landscape of a river with an arched bridge, ruins on a hill, mountains, and a figure with dogs in the foreground.

Mountain scene with ruins

Richard Henry Hilditch, 1832

Pen and ink sketch of the Madonna and infant Christ on clouds, with a kneeling saint below and putti in brown wash.

Madonna auf Wolken, von einem Heiligen verehrt

Gaspare Diziani

Portrait Study (verso Begonias)

Albert Edelfelt