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Drawings & Sketches

79,423 works

Watercolor drawing of a brown antique flatiron with a curved dark handle, signed S. Erganian, on a beige background.

Flatiron

Sarkis Erganian, c. 1941

Brown ink drawing of a frowning man with a hand pressed to his forehead, with loose sketches around the margins.

Self-Portrait

Albert Edelfelt, 1900

Pencil drawing of a winged angel with raised arms in a halo, with a star and fir trees, by Karl Wiener, 1943.

Der Weihnachtsengel

Karl Wiener, 1943

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse, bare trees and rowing boats along a riverbank with distant hills.

Hof in einer Landschaft (Dippelshof?)

August Lucas, 1824

Watercolor drawing of a tree trunk on a rocky shore with red date lettering in the branches and green PROGRAMMA text.

Uitnodiging met een boom

Sina Mesdag-van Houten, 1896

Pen drawing of a large leafy tree in the foreground beside a shaded mountain ridge, with birds in the sky.

Gebirgslandschaft, rechts vorne ein großer Baum

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr

Line drawing of a giant man in a collared shirt towering over an industrial city with factories, an airship, and rays of ligh

Der weiße Gott

Karl Wiener, 1933

Charcoal study of a barefoot boy in rolled shorts standing with his back to the viewer, hands clasped behind him.

Standing Young Boy, Study for the Boys Playing on the Shore

Albert Edelfelt, 1884

Red chalk drawing of a figure climbing a tree while a woman watches from below in a wooded landscape.

The Nest Robber

Hubert Robert, 1780s

Pencil sketch of wooden houses and a church spire on rolling hills under an open sky.

Katajanokalta

Fanny Churberg, 1870

Pen and ink drawing of fishermen hauling a net with fish beside a tree, a woman with a basket, and a harbor in the distance.

Fishermen

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1774

Ink drawing of robed figures on a rocky ledge beside a horned animal, with Gothic title lettering and a pencil study below.

On the Devil's Rock

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Grey wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse, bread oven and trees beside water, with a small boat in the foreground.

Landschaft mit Bauernhaus

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr

Pen and grey wash drawing of a coastal town with a bell tower, a rowing boat with figures, and a cloudy sky.

Stadt am Meer mit Befestigung

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr

Charcoal drawing of a rushing forest stream over dark rocks, framed by bare trees, on tan paper.

Finnish Landscape

Fanny Churberg, 1879

Grey wash drawing of a stone arched bridge over a river, with a city skyline, a dome and small boats in the foreground.

Capriccio with, among others, Ponte Rotto. Rome

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Portrait of the Chevalier de Lézay

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1756

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a man in a powdered wig turned right, holding a book.

Portrait of a Man Holding a Book, Turned to the Right

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1758/62

Painting of a boy raising a kite on a hill by a lake, with two girls watching and a woman in black at left.

Spring, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1903

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated cavalier in a wide hat and buttoned doublet, arm akimbo, looking at the viewer.

Seated Cavalier with His Arm Akimbo

Pen and ink sheet of decorative initial letters with faces, birds and spiral ornament, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta, painos 1909

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Pen and ink drawing of an alpine valley with a stream, two wooden huts and steep mountains behind.

Alpental mit Bach und zwei Almhütten

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr

Ink drawing of a symmetrical emblem with a winged creature, a serpent, hatched panel and handwritten title Der Zauberlehrling

Der Zauberlehrling von Goethe

Karl Wiener, 1920

Ink drawing of a sorcerer's apprentice scene with a flood of water, a billowing cloud and a pointed-hat figure in a city stre

Der Zauberlehrling

Karl Wiener, 1920

Graphite drawing of a standing nude man resting one foot on a block and holding a staff, by Bernard Picart, 1719.

Staande naakte man met opgetrokken been

Bernard Picart, 1719

Pencil portrait sketch of a young child with curly hair and blue eyes, on tan paper.

Portret van een driejarig kind

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pen and wash drawing of the Westpoort gate near Rotterdam with a drawbridge, windmill, clock tower and boats on the canal.

Westpoort in de omgeving van Rotterdam

Cornelis Pronk, 1701

Profiel plafondlijst en een schetsje

Giuseppe Fancelli, 1750

Circular pen drawing of the risen Christ with a banner, surrounded by sleeping soldiers beside a tomb.

De Opstanding van Christus

Nicolaas Hogenberg, 1510

Pencil drawing of a leafless tree with a gnarled trunk and spreading branches, with a wooden fence at the lower right.

Boomstudie

Carl Spitzweg, 1818

Line drawing of two nude figures fighting with raised clubs against a hatched background, titled Der Zweikampf.

Der Zweikampf

Karl Wiener, 1920

Ink drawing of a man with slicked hair and a tie, glancing sideways with a wry expression, mounted on cream card.

Der Zyniker

Karl Wiener, 1926