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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pen drawing of a boy sitting on a gate watching a foal in a meadow with grazing horses and dogs, with a caption below.

Jongen kijkt naar een paard vanaf een hek

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pencil sketches of a shuttered building facade, a cornice detail, and two figures with carts on paper.

Sketches of Orléans

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen drawing of a boy in a knitted cap standing on grass and reading a small letter held up near his face.

Brieflezende jongen

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a boy writing on a slate at a sloped desk while a standing woman watches over him in a classroom.

Jongen met een lei aan een lessenaar

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a farmer in clogs pushing a wheelbarrow past three watching children on a rural village path.

Boer met een kruiwagen

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Brown wash elevation drawing of the Albi cathedral facade with six tall spires and gothic windows.

Cathédrale d'Albi

Amédée Hardy, 1880

Red chalk sketch of a seated figure in antique military dress with helmet and armor, within a double ruled border.

Figure in antique military dress

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Ink drawing of a sleeping boy in bed beside a report card listing school subjects, with a ladder of figures and numbers.

Slapende jongen en een rapport

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing in two panels: a girl picks flowers by a pond, then splashes in the water beside a dog.

Bloemenplukkend meisje bij een vijver

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a girl in a kimono beside a pond with lotus flowers, a pagoda and trees in the background.

Meisje in kimono bij een vijver met lotusbloemen

Adri Ladenius, 1919

Watercolor site plan of Quimper cathedral surroundings showing current and proposed street alignments beside the river Odet,

Plan des abords de la cathédrale de Quimper (1850)

Joseph Bigot, 1850

Architectural ground plan of Quimper cathedral and episcopal palace in pale blue and yellow wash, with handwritten notes and

Plan de la cathédrale et de l'évêché de Quimper (1853)

Joseph Bigot, 1853

Watercolor study of an arched stone doorway partly covered by ivy, with strong cast shadows on tan paper.

Study of doorway

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Watercolor ornament design with a red and black urn, classical cameo figures, garlands, and ribbon bows on a cream sheet.

Ornament Design with Urn and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor street scene of uniformed men and onlookers before Café Adani, with caption Ein Schütz bin ich, 1848.

Ein Schütz bin ich

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Pen and wash cross-section of Quimper Cathedral choir showing Gothic arches, pillars and roof truss, with pink highlighted re

Coupe transversale de la cathédrale de Quimper sur le chœur (1850)

Joseph Bigot, 1850

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted cloudy sky in a square coffered frame, flanked by lattice lunettes.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, for condervatory/music room or perhaps dining room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Design drawing of a golden hair comb with a nymph figure rising from swirling waves and blue enamel accents on gray paper.

Design for a Nymph Comb

Eugène Samuel Grasset, 1910

Graphite drawing of a bearded man in draped classical robes and sandals seated on stone steps, head turned to the side.

Academic study after a print: seated man with a sword

Hendrik Pickery, 1846

Nude elderly bearded man seated on a stool, gazing sideways against a dark background, painted in oil.

Old Man Seated, Academy Study

Albert Edelfelt, 1874

Pencil sketch of Europa riding a bull over water, with a trident-bearing figure, sea nymphs and putti in clouds above.

The Rape of Europa

Cornelis Schut, 1635/40

Pencil drawing of a shadowed stone archway with carved moldings and columns over a paved courtyard.

Low Hall

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Pencil drawing of sailing ships moored at a busy wooden pier with cranes, workers and birds in the sky.

Shipyard and Pier

James Henry Moser, 1870

Pencil sketch sheet with small sailboats on water and studies of men in caps, labeled Napoli.

Sketches in Naples

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketches of glass vessels, a lamp, and a geometric pattern study, with handwritten notes reading Cairo and glass.

Sketches of Decorative Details from Cairo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Dutch street with a brick house, wooden shed, tree and dirt road under a pale sky.

Gezicht op Ringdijk gezien naar de Amstel

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church with towers and gables above houses and trees on a hillside.

Church, Germany

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse with a tiled roof and bare trees, with a fence and dirt path in the foreground.

Gezicht op een huis bij de Ringdijk

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pencil and watercolor drawing of red-brick buildings, a chimney and grassy field with a distant city skyline.

Gezicht naar de Weesperzijde

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pencil drawing of gabled houses beside a ditch, with a bare tree and a water tower on the horizon.

Gezicht op de Weesperzijde met spoorwegovergang

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pencil drawing of a tiled-roof house behind bare trees and a wooden fence along a dirt road, by Tinus de Jongh, 1919.

Gezicht op een huis aan de Rynier Pauwlaan, hoek Ringdijk

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Colored pencil drawing of a brick tunnel archway beside a green lamppost and bare tree, with houses behind.

Gezicht op een tunnel onder het spoor vanaf de Ringdijk

Tinus de Jongh, 1895