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Drawings & Sketches

79,423 works

Pencil drawing of a standing nude youth with bowed head, one arm resting on a support, legs crossed at the ankles.

Study of a Standing Nude Youth

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1820

Pencil drawing of a park canal with a stone arched bridge, tall cypress, large trees and potted plants.

Gezicht in het park Rosendael bij Arnhem

Claude Thiénon, 1806

Black chalk study sheet with three heads: a turbaned man, a veiled woman, and a laurel-crowned ruler, on grey paper.

Studienblatt: Afrikaner, eine Frau und ein Herrscher

Watercolor of a windswept pine and a bare tree on open heathland under a pale blue sky.

Gezicht op de heide met twee bomen

Jan Willem van Borselen, 1835

Ink drawing of a woman in a long skirt leaning forward with hands on her knees, sketched in quick black strokes.

Zich vooroverbuigende vrouw

Leo Gestel, 1903

Drawing of two men in overcoats seen from behind, one in a cap, in conversation, on brown paper.

Twee wandelende boeren in gesprek

Leo Gestel, 1891

Charcoal drawing of a towering Gothic cathedral with gabled houses and small pedestrians on a street.

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal van Antwerpen

Johannes Bosboom, 1890

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with wide eyes and tousled hair, labeled Der Zyniker, on cream paper.

Der Zyniker

Karl Wiener, 1922

Graphite study on tan paper of raised arms, hands, and a female torso with arms overhead.

Study for The Festival

Edward Poynter, 1871

Grey wash drawing of the collapsed Muiderpoort gate in Amsterdam with tilted brick walls and onlookers on the embankment.

Afbeelding van de oostzijde van de ingestorte Muiderpoort te Amsterdam, 1769

Hendrik Tavenier, 1784

Grey wash drawing of a domed city gate beside a canal, with tall trees, a windmill, and strolling figures.

Gezicht op de nieuw gebouwde Muiderpoort, 1771

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1771

Painted study of an ornate cast iron foot scraper with a scalloped base and scrolled back, with a small dimension diagram.

Foot Scraper

Ralph Morton, c. 1938

Watercolor design of a green salamander on rocks in a shell-shaped frame, with a yellow sunburst over blue sea.

Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Salamander)

Theodore Roussel, 1899/1908

Colored pencil sketch of an autumn landscape with multicolored trees, a farmhouse, and rolling fields in ochre and purple.

"Des Herbsts letzte bunte Blüte" (Blatt aus: Skizzenbuch Erster Weltkrieg)

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1916

Bildnis des Georg Gottfried Gervinus

Karl Sandhaas, 1824

Ink drawing of frightened children fleeing horned bulls behind a wooden fence, with a small plant in an open field.

Fleeing the Bulls

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1907

Pen and ink drawing of a minstrel playing a harp for a seated courtly audience in a Gothic hall with armoured attendants.

Des Sängers Lied der Minne

Franz Krammer, 1831

Architectural detail sheet with sections, facades and a ground plan of workers' housing, drawn in ink and watercolor.

"Details zu Arbeiterwohnungen für 6 Familien", Schnitte und Aufrisse

Franz Jakob Kreuter, 1848

Stained glass design drawing of a standing man in a yellow tunic, framed in dark wood, with colorful leaded panes behind him.

Ontwerp voor raam in het Amsterdams Lyceum

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1927

Design drawing for a stained glass window showing a hooded robed figure with clasped hands among colored geometric panes.

De trap des levens

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1922

Pencil drawing of Olavinlinna castle with round towers and stone walls beside water, with buildings and trees at right.

Olavinlinna

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf

Pencil drawing of helmeted soldiers in the foreground with a distant town, tower and hills behind them.

"deutsche Fallschirmspringer"; aus: "Die 150 Blätter"

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pen and ink sketches of mythological figures, chariots, winged horses and draped forms arranged across a sheet of paper.

A Compartmented Ceiling with Allegories and Myths

Alessandro Maganza, 1580

Stained glass design drawing of a robed woman leaning against a blue starry background with green foliage below.

Ontwerp voor raam in het Nederlands Paviljoen op de tentoonstelling Arts Décoratifs te Parijs, 1925

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1925

Watercolor of Orpheus playing a lute surrounded by lions, deer, horses, birds and other animals in a forest clearing.

Orpheus charming the animals

Jacob Hoefnagel, 1613

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted Roman-style chamber with coffered ceiling, a doorway to a landscape, and scattered barrels an

Roomalaisia raunioita

Alexander Lauréus, 1820

Pencil drawing of sailing fishing boats on calm water with figures on deck and a pale open sky above.

Marint landskap med fiskebåtar

Grey wash drawing of people in period dress walking a tree-lined avenue past low buildings and a fence, sign reading Champs-E

Relais, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris (recto); Scene from the Life of Odysseus (verso)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1812

Oval drawing of a seated woman in a lace collar and pearl necklace, with curtains behind her, dated 1633.

Portret van Elisabeth Lemens (?-1650)

Crispijn van de Passe, 1633

Red chalk and pen drawing of figures in an interior with a man holding plants, a seated man at a table, and a view outdoors.

Botanicus

Cornelis Brouwer, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of canal-side townhouses with reflections in the water, a drawbridge and trees at right.

Gezicht op de achterzijde van de Doelenstraat met de Kloveniersdoelen en de toren Swych Utrecht

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1767

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with crowded rowing boats, a classical monument with a sphere, and brick buildings.

Gezicht op de Amstel en het Rondeel

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1677