New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Drawings & Sketches

79,489 works

Sheet with a brown ink room plan above and a graphite interior sketch of seated figures at a table below.

First Idea of Declaration of Independence, Paris, Sept. 1786; above: pen and brown ink plan drawn by Thomas Jefferson…

John Trumbull, 1786

Kaksi poikaa

Venny Soldan-Brofeldt

Ink sketches of snake heads by Hokusai, one light outline and one heavier scaled version, with Japanese calligraphy and a sea

Snake Heads

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pencil sketch of a crowded 1848 street with mounted soldiers, flags, a barricade, smoke and fallen figures.

"Die grosse Barrikade nächst der Johannis-Kirche in der Jägerzeile / (...)" (am 28. Oktober 1848) (Vorzeichnung)

B. Bachmann-Hohmann, 1848

Ink sketch of a bearded elderly sage in a flowing robe seated on stylized waves, with a sword at his feet.

Sage

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a headscarf before a ruled masonry wall and stepped architecture.

Sketch of a woman within castle walls(?) - (unidentified illustration to a play?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of a standing woman in a wide hat with a wisteria sprig, robes drawn in loose brushlines.

Fuji Musume, the Wisteria Maid

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Gouache design of colcha embroidery motifs with flowers, paisleys, vines, and deer in brown, pink, blue, and green.

Colcha

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Pencil sketch of an outstretched hand with loose shading on tan paper.

Sketch of a hand

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a long gown beside a chair in a room with a draped table and curtained windows.

Kelet op bezoek in de kunstkamer van Christiaan Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a man in a top hat climbing stairs while another man in a frock coat hands him something at a door.

Christiaan Andriessen geeft provisie aan een man die de trap op loopt

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Brown wash drawing of a doorway and staircase with a man in a tricorn hat above and a figure seen from behind.

Man brengt een boodschap over aan Christiaan Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Brown ink and wash drawing of guests dining at tables in a room, with a standing servant in a long coat and a handwritten cap

Feestelijk diner bij de familie Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of men conversing in a paneled interior beside an open doorway, with handwritten notes below.

Christiaan Andriessen neemt afscheid van de heer Hartsinck

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a young girl in a pale dress standing with head bowed in a room corner beside wainscoting.

Meisje met straf staat in de hoek

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Grey wash drawing of a man and woman in a doorway, with seated girls at a table and a child peeking through a door.

Christiaan Andriessen heeft een gesprek met juffrouw Zeydelaar op de meisjeskostschool te Weesp

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a woman cleaning a window from inside a room with a chest of drawers, mirror and open door.

Vrouw wast de buitenramen van binnenuit

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a social gathering in a room, a man serving drinks from a tray while guests sit by tall windows.

Jong gezelschap drinkt alcohol terwijl Christiaan Andriessen een gerecht ronddeelt

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen sketch of an interior where a man in a long coat talks with two youths, one clutching his head, beside a stove.

Christiaan Andriessen in gesprek met twee leerlingen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a winged genius floating among clouds in a shaped ceiling cartouche, with small birds nearby.

Hovering genius

Pietro da Cortona

Painting of a deity embracing a devotee on a flowering hillside with cows, devotees, and yellow-roofed buildings below.

Pratham Milan, Shrinathji revealing himself to Vallabhacharya on Mount Govardhan

Unknown artist, Early 19th century

Ink sketches of four birds with pink washes and a grotesque lion-like mask design, mounted together on one sheet.

Four sketches of birds and one design for a grotesque mask, mounted together

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seated on a rock, with hatched shading and sketched clouds behind.

Männlicher Akt auf einem Felsen, nach rechts gewandt

Josef Neher, 1709

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude turned left, arms around his raised knee, with diagonal hatching behind him.

Hockender männlicher Akt, nach links gewandt

Josef Neher, 1711

Colored drawing of a woman in a green fringed dress holding a flowing scarf against a dark background, by Karl Wiener.

Die Grüne - als Filmdiva

Karl Wiener, 1930

Ink drawing of a stern woman with curly hair in a patterned sweater, signed K Wiener, mounted on cream card.

Die Hausfrau

Karl Wiener, 1926

Grey-brown wash drawing of a Gothic church with a pointed doorway, tall windows and gravestones in the churchyard.

Cley Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Watercolor of a worn red, green and black painted tin toy locomotive with spoked wheels and a cowcatcher.

Toy Locomotive

Charles Henning, c. 1940

Colored drawing of a man slumped in an armchair in a kitchen while three women in bonnets gather around him.

Die Hausmittel der guten Weiber

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1843

Toy Horse

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a striped-robed figure beneath a clock-face design on cream paper, with blank lower margin.

Ontwerp voor een pendule

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Pencil sketches of two pendulum clock designs on cream paper, one with ornamental panels and one with simple circular forms.

Twee ontwerpen voor pendules

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881