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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff with trees and a columned round temple on top, labeled Tivoli.

Tempel van de Sibylle in Tivoli, van onderen gezien

Hendrik Voogd, 1788

Watercolor and pencil botanical study of an orange poppy, seed pod, mallow leaves and grasses on cream paper.

Studies of various flowers, including poppies

Dankvart Dreyer, 1840-1849

Pen and grey wash drawing of a kneeling armored knight at a stream beside a saddled white horse and a dark horse.

Kniender Ritter am Quell

Fritz Boehle, 1892

Pen drawing of a man in a feathered cap gesturing to a stone monument with engraved names in snow.

Vänrikin markkinamuisto -runon alkuvinjetti

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse complex on a shoreline with trees, fields, and a rowboat with two figures in the water.

Liuhan talo Lempäälässä

Anders Ekman, 1850

Pen drawing of a nude man climbing a tree while a helmeted figure looks up at him from the lower right.

Mann, einen Baum hinaufsteigend, ein weiterer mit auffälliger Kopfbedeckung schaut ihm zu

Hieronymus Hess

Pen and ink bird's-eye view of the Die neue Welt pleasure garden with an entrance gate, carriages, and strolling visitors.

Die neue Welt

Theodor Fischbacher, 1873

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman with a barrel tending pigs by a trough, with a thatched roof and village church behind.

Magd beim Schweinefüttern

Fritz Boehle, 1896

Wallpaper design by George Robin with gold pear and foliage motifs on pale blue, with corner sprigs and a small color swatch.

Wall Paper

George Robin, c. 1936

Ink drawing of four older rural men in hats and a small boy in the foreground, with a half-timbered house behind them.

Vier Bauern und ein Knabe

Gouache wallpaper design with lavender flowers and orange ribbon bows beside red bell flowers on a white zigzag band.

Wall Paper

Nicholas Acampora, c. 1937

Repeating wallpaper design with white flowers, leafy vines and black four-petal motifs on a blue striped background.

Wall Paper

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Watercolor on green ground showing pinned pale fragments, a rounded piece and dark patches, signed L'Admiral f.

Bovenzijde van een ongedichte kinderschedel | Anatomische studie van menselijke huid en nagel

Jan l' Admiral, 1737

Pencil and wash drawing of three shaded rectangular forms with textured surfaces and a small rounded form on a tan ground.

Anatomische studie van menselijke huid en nagel

Jan l' Admiral, 1737

Gouache wallpaper design with pink and lavender roses in hanging swags on a tan scrolling lattice ground.

Wall Paper

Paul Farkas, c. 1937

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a row of men's heads and busts, some wearing hats, with faint buildings and a tree behind.

Busts

Grey ink drawing of a wide waterfall tumbling over rock ledges, framed by trees, with a title label in the upper right corner

Waterval in het Bantimurung-gebergte

Johan Gideon Loten, 1745

Grey wash drawing of a forest road with a rider, a horse and cart, farmhouses and tall trees.

Landschap in Gelderland of Overijssel

Jean Grandjean, 1777

Sepia drawing of a windmill beside a river with three people in a rowboat and thatched cottages on the bank.

Rivierlandschap in Frankrijk

Albertus Brondgeest, 1796

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a standing man in a long coat and boots, raising a drink to his mouth.

Drinkende man

Lambert Doomer, 1670

Pen drawing of Peter's denial: a rooster above, a crowned man beside a helmeted soldier, and an older man covering his face.

Denial and repentance of Peter

Fritz Boehle, 1893

Grey wash drawing in a circle of Venus and Adonis in a woodland with cupids, a dog and doves.

Ontwerp voor de decoratie van een horlogekast met Venus en Adonis

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1700

Two painted design swatches: a couple in orange gown and top hat under trees, and a stylized flower bouquet.

Wall Paper Sample

Betty Jacob, c. 1940

Pencil sketch of a single leafy tree with spreading branches rising from a grassy ground on pale paper.

Sketchbook

Victoria Åberg

Ink sketch of a chapter heading with a dark rippling landscape at top and a decorative serpent along the left border.

Luonnos 5. luvun otsakuvaan Valko ja kuningaskäärme

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Grey and white drawing of a toile wallpaper design with a standing man, columns topped with eagles, ships, and a blue border.

Wall Paper and Border

Nicholas Acampora, c. 1937

Watercolor design of biblical scenes in an arched frame, with Christ in a boat, a crowd, and a procession with palms.

Unused early design for the west wall of the north transept of Viborg Cathedral

Joakim Skovgaard, 1890-1899

Watercolor wallpaper design with rococo scrollwork, flowers, and small scenes of carriages, soldiers, and figures in period d

Wall Paper Design

Henry Meyers, c. 1939

Pen and wash drawing of two men mowing with scythes and a woman gathering hay, with a village church in the background.

Farmers mowing

Colored sketch of two knights on red and white horses in an arched stained-glass design with a winged figure.

Punainen ja valkoinen hevonen, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon pohjoislehterin lasimaalausta varten

Wallpaper design on green ground with pink roses, purple chrysanthemums, blue hydrangeas and yellow flowers among white scrol

Wall Paper

Walter Doran, c. 1939

Horizontal decorative border design with repeating green, black, and maroon stylized floral motifs on a cream sheet.

Wall Paper Border

Paul Farkas, c. 1936