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Drawings & Sketches

79,544 works

Brown wash drawing of a tree-lined park avenue with a fountain, figures, and a distant mountain under a pale sky.

View of the Villa Reale (now Villa Nazionale) near Naples

Thorald Brendstrup, 1812-1883

Watercolour of a curving sandy bay with offshore rocks, hills and trees framing the left foreground, 1866.

Wiltshire Bay and the Nuggets, Otago coast

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Federico da Montefeltro; Leon Battista Alberti

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated woman in a flowing gown on blue-grey paper.

A Woman Seated

Thomas Gainsborough, 1760

Pencil sketch of a standing man in Tudor-style costume with cap, ruff and cape, labeled Edward 6 in 1550.

Figure Costume Study of Edward VI in 1550

Thomas Girtin, 1793

Ink drawing of an elderly seated man in a wide hat and cape, holding a long stick, on tan paper.

Vanha Spelt

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Small painted study of an eroded dune bank with shrubs and bare branches, with a flat dune landscape receding under a pale sk

Duinpan

Jan Willem van Borselen, 1835

Three arched mural studies showing a blacksmith, a seated woman with a caduceus and a carrying child, and a woman reading wit

The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pen drawing of Hercules raising a club while a multi-headed hydra coils at his feet, on a grey-toned sheet.

Hercules en de Hydra

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Pen drawing of a standing flute player and a seated woman reaching toward a flaming altar beside an urn.

Arcadisch tafereel met een zittende en een staande vrouw

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Pen drawing of a classical huntress drawing her bow beside a leaping hunting dog over low ground.

Arcadisch tafereel met een vrouwelijke jager en een jachthond

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman gesturing toward a ship, with an anchor and open book beside her.

Allegorie op de scheepvaart

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Pen drawing of a seated classical woman gesturing to a winged putto holding a branch in a garden setting.

Arcadisch tafereel met een vrouw en een putto

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Charcoal and chalk study of two girls holding bundles of sticks, one seated and one standing, on tan paper.

Studies of Girls Carrying Faggots

Thomas Gainsborough, 1780

Grey ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in flowing drapery holding flowers and balancing a basket overhead.

Flora

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Pen drawing of a robed allegorical figure holding a scale, with two books on the floor beside bare feet.

Gerechtigheid of Wetenschap

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Pen and wash drawing of a festive street crowd in an Eastern city, with garlands, a swing, domes, and spectators on balconies

Islamitisch feest in een Oosterse stad

Jacob Folkema, 1735

Pencil sketch of a horse-drawn covered wagon with travellers crossing a landscape, a distant church spire, and clouds in the

Reizigers in een huifkar steken een rivier over

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1765

Travelers on a road struggle against a storm beside a windswept tree, with a distant town and church spire under dark clouds.

Reizigers overvallen door een storm bij Kasteel Doorwerth

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1765

Painting of a gilded ornate mace with turquoise stones leaning against a draped blue cloth.

Study of a Turkish Mace from the 17th C.

Stanisław Chlebowski, 1879

Pencil sketch of a pelican with spread wings and bent neck standing on water, a study for stained glass.

Pelikaani elvyttää poikasiaan, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalauksiin

Watercolor study of a folding needle case with a New Year scene of two children and mistletoe, labeled Synoptical Needle Case

Needle Case

Thomas Holloway, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a green caterpillar with pale jagged markings on a twig beside two serrated green leaves.

Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Pen drawing of a baptism in a Gothic church with ornate arched border, tan paper, white highlights.

Ontwerp voor een doopprent

Johann Klein, 1851

Grey wash drawing of a classical banquet with seated figures, a reclining woman, attendants, columns and draped curtains.

Esther, Haman en Ahasverus aan het banket

Jan Hoogsaat, 1728

Drawing of two cows wading in a stream beside a rocky bank, with a herdsman and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Cattle Watering by a Stream

Thomas Gainsborough

Pen and brown ink sketch of two soldiers, one with a plumed hat and rifle, in a hilly landscape with trees.

Kaksi sotilasta vuoristomaisemassa ; Takasivulla suutari

Alexander Lauréus, 1800

Three studies of women in Sogn folk costume with dark skirts, green bodices and headdresses, beside rocks.

Studies of Female Costumes from Luster in Sogn

Johan Christian Dahl, 1826

Pencil and watercolour view over a Naples-like bay with umbrella pines, a volcano and mountains, city below.

View from Castel S. Elmo over Naples

Thorald Brendstrup, 1812-1883

Grey chalk drawing of a wooded landscape with trees, a campfire with figures at left, and a cow near a stream.

Wooded Landscape with Gypsy Encampment

Thomas Gainsborough, 1775

Charcoal drawing of a clean-shaven man with curled hair looking downward, shown in bust length on grey paper.

Brustbild eines bartlosen Mannes, der nach unten blickt

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein

Study of a Cow

Thomas Gainsborough, 1755