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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Red chalk drawing of winged angels and putti playing musical instruments among clouds.

Music-Making Angels

Possibly attributed to Vittorio Maria Bigari, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of armed men attacking figures in a room with a canopy bed, a table with an open book, and an overturned ch

De gebroeders Johan en Cornelis de Witt aangevallen in hun kamer boven de Voorpoort van de Gevangenpoort te 's-Graven…

Simon Fokke, 1755

Painted study of a nude carved wooden female figure with raised arm and scaly draped fabric, in muted browns and greens.

Draped Figure

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Pen and grey wash drawing of a procession of riders and a carriage on a road, with spectators and a flagged building at right

Aankomst der vijf Spaanse ambassadeurs tot het Bestand, bij Rijswijk, februari 1608

Simon Fokke, 1753

Grey wash drawing of armed men and horsemen gathering by a river with moored boats, flags and trees under a cloudy sky.

Onderhandeling tussen afgevaardigden van Amsterdam en graaf Willem Frederik bij Hofstede Welna aan de Amstel, 1650

Simon Fokke, 1754

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd around a central figure raising his arm, with a wrapped body below, by Salvator Rosa.

Raising of Lazarus

Salvator Rosa, early 1660s

Black chalk drawing of a nude youth seated and bending forward, clasping one raised leg, with curly hair and a bowed head.

Nude Youth in the Pose of the Spinario

Peter Paul Rubens, 1610/16

Loose painting of a walled hilltop town with towers above cypress trees and fields under a cloudy sky.

Ancient Castle

Georgette Agutte, 1900

Grey wash drawing of the flood with an ark in rain, figures in rising water and a tree in the foreground.

The deluge

Johann Jakob von Sandrart

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a circular stained glass window design with a central dove and a flower.

Pyhä henki, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon etelälehterin pyöröikkunan lasimaalaukseen

Brown wash drawing of the Last Supper, Christ and apostles around a table beneath an arched window and hanging lamps.

The Last Supper

Peter Paul Rubens, late 1613 or early 1614

Pencil drawing with colour of a harbour with painted boats, a small chapel with a cross, and figures on the shore.

Part of the harbour in Palermo

Martinus Rørbye, 1840

Brown wash drawing of two philosophers among skulls and chains, with a draped figure on a pedestal and onlookers at left.

Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1742/43

Two women with raised arms stand under a tree covered in white blossoms on a green lawn.

Blossoms

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Portrait of the Artist's Wife Ellan Edelfelt, Profile

Albert Edelfelt, 1886

Pencil and ink sketch of a standing draped female figure with flowing hair, with smaller figure studies at right.

Sketch for the "Polonia" stained glass window for the Lviv Cathedral

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1892

Grey wash drawing of Venice's Doge's Palace and tall columns with market vendors and pedestrians on the piazza.

The Riva degli Schiavoni Seen from the Market at the Pier

Canaletto, after 1755

Painted gouache study of a crowned female statuette in blue cape and cream gown standing on a square pedestal.

Statuette (Queen Victoria)

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Sketch of a man in a cap and jacket leaning on a walking stick, with a faint face drawn to the left on a beige page.

Man leaning on a stick

Red chalk drawing of Ulysses and Circe with a winged Mercury above, a reclining man, and animal figures at lower left.

Ulysses Before Circe, Mercury Behind

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1766

Painted study of a wooden horse and rider figure with a tan horse, yellow coat, red neckerchief and blue base.

Horse and Rider

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Ink drawing of a braided rope with two hourglasses at center, sand trickling down, monogram AE between them.

Matkamiehen näky -runon sivuvignetti

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Black chalk study of a male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with white highlights.

Study for a Herm

Charles Le Brun, 1674/78

Painted study of a seated carved wooden figure in a tricorn hat on a square pedestal, against a pale background.

Figure

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Grey wash drawing in an ornate frame of travelers with donkeys and camels beside a palm tree, with a haloed figure in the bac

Der Auszug Abrahams und Lots aus Haran

Johann Jakob von Sandrart

Charcoal and red chalk sketch of silhouetted men in hats and large faces amid dense hatched strokes.

Silhouettes and heads

James Ensor, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of an elephant in ornate trappings with studies of a pedestal, ram head, and putto head.

Studies after Andrea Mantegna, Giulio Romano, and the Antique

Nicolas Poussin, 1635/40

Painted study of a fisherman in a red shirt and a woman in a long patterned skirt standing together on a decorated base.

Fisherman and Woman

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with gray hair and spectacles, wearing a black coat and white cravat.

Judge Thomas Ewing

Daniel Dickinson, 1840

Pastel drawing of running figures in red, orange and grey against a green landscape and blue sea.

Composition with figures running around

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1922

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse with bridle and saddle, study of Bucephalus by Pierre Puget.

Study of Bucephalus for the Relief "Alexander and Diogenes"

Pierre Puget, 1675/76

Painted portrait bust of a man in a green military coat with gold collar, red sash, and star medal on a green pedestal.

Portrait Bust

Mina Lowry, c. 1936