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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, in a gilt frame within a worn leather case.

Mordecai Manuel Noah

John Wood Dodge, 1830

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with towers and houses on a rocky slope, with clouds and a second village at upper right.

Italienisches Gebirgsstädtchen

Pen drawing of a bearded man and a young woman seated in a cloth-hung timber interior with a ladder and basket.

Ilmarinen ja Pohjan neito ; Originaalipiirustus piirrossarjaan "Kalewala, Finsk National-dikt, framställd i teckninga…

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1861

Pen and ink study of muscular male nudes with raised arms and clenched fists, with faint underdrawn figures behind.

Study of a Nude Seen from the Back, and Two Studies of an Arm (recto); Nude Seen from the Back, with Subsidiary Studi…

Perino del Vaga, c. 1528

Watercolor drawing of a radiant sun with Hebrew letters above a globe, crescent moon and ornate scrolled border.

Die Erschaffung von Himmel und Erde

Johann Jakob von Sandrart

Pencil and colour drawing of ornamental vault arch details with scroll borders and octagonal capitals.

Tampereen tuomiokirkon länsipäädyn holvikaaren ornamenttiluonnoksia

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young warrior in scale armor lifting a curtain, seen from behind.

Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain

Francesco Salviati, 1550/55

Drawing of a bearded man in a yellow doublet extending his right arm toward the upper left on blue-grey paper.

Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised

Giuseppe Porta, 1562/64

Pen and watercolour drawing of two women in empire dresses and a man in a greatcoat and top hat beside an iron railing.

Twee vrouwen in empire kleding, proberen hun schoenen droog te houden in de smeltende sneeuw

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Ink and wash drawing of two men in a corridor, one in a top hat pointing at a framed picture on the wall.

Christiaan Andriessen bekijkt met iemand een tekening of schildering in een gang

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Ink and wash drawing of a man writing at a desk in a study, with framed pictures and a hallway with figures beyond.

Werkkamer van Christiaan Andriessen en de gang

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Watercolor interior of a studio with a seated man showing a sketchbook to a standing man pointing at wall drawings.

Christiaan Andriessen toont zijn getekende dagboek

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Sepia wash drawing of a seated man with a pipe and lens at a desk by a window, with books and inkwells.

Christiaan Andriessen probeert zijn pijp aan te steken met zonlicht en een vergrootglas

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Black chalk and white highlight study of a sleeping male nude slumped across the sheet, one arm raised over his head.

Sleeping Male Nude, perhaps for the Drunkenness of Noah

Paris Bordone, c. 1550

Brown wash drawing of two men in a room, one seated by a window and one standing at an easel beside a table.

Gerrit Jan Michaëlis toont Christiaan Andriessen eigen werk

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and wash drawing of a man seated at a desk by a window, head in hand, with papers, inkwell and framed pictures.

Christiaan Andriessen denkt hard na bij het vertalen van een verzoekschrift

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and grey wash drawing of a room with a table, chairs, curtain, and a woman reflected in a wall mirror.

Reflectie in de spiegel

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Ink and wash drawing of two nude male figure studies, one seated on a rock holding a staff, one standing with a draped cloth.

Twee naaktmodellen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of a studio interior with a chair, table, bench and a sketched figure on an easel in candlelight.

Atelier bij kaarslicht

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen drawing of a man in a top hat and long coat at a doorway beside a staircase with a lattice railing.

Christiaan Andriessen en een andere man worden binnengelaten

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Ink and watercolour sketch of two figures running with a raised club, a small dog, and orange flames behind dark trees.

Pako Impivaarasta, luonnos kirjan julisteeksi

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Study drawing of a praying Virgin with draped cloth and angels, in brown wash and chalk over red grid lines.

Study for the "Madonna of the Rosary"

Federico Barocci, c. 1589

Painting of a rusty metal hot coal carrier with a hinged lid and long wooden handle on a pale background.

Hot Coal Carrier

Edith Miller, c. 1939

Pen drawing of a painter at an easel sketching a seated sitter in a studio, with two onlookers and sketched heads on the wall

Louis François Gerard van der Puyl maakt portretstudies van Jurriaan Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a man holding a small mirror by a window, beside a panelled door and framed pictures.

Christaan Andriessen richt zijn werkruimte in

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and grey wash drawing of two women showing papers to a man leaning over a table in a room with tall windows.

Twee vrouwelijke leerlingen tonen hun werk aan Christaan Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pastel drawing of a young girl with long dark hair wearing a green myrtle wreath with a blue band, in a bust portrait.

Castitas, bust of a girl with a myrtle wreath on her head

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil sketches on grey paper of figures working on an upturned wooden boat, including a man bent over the hull.

Piirustuksia veneen maalauksesta tai tervauksesta

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1873

Drawing in red and black chalk of saints and angels rising through clouds toward the Virgin in the upper right corner.

Assumption of the Virgin

Federico Zuccaro, 1607/08

Pencil sketch of several sailboats on calm water, with a handwritten signature near the bottom by James Ensor.

Sailboats

James Ensor, 1892

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing woman in a headdress within a tall vertical frame, with a seated figure below.

Sketch for a stained-glass window of Kraków Cathedral

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1899

Loose oil sketch of a riverside bleachery with drying cloth, a wooden shed, two seated figures and a misty shore.

Sketch for Lombardy Bleachery

Herman Hartwich, 1890