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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pen drawing of a long row of colonial buildings and trees along a road, with a mountain at the right edge.

Gezicht op Makassar

Jan Michiel Aubert, 1750

Pen and brown ink sketch in four registers showing Alexander the Great's birth, a sacrifice, a battle, and a triumphal proces

Sketchbook Page: Birth of Alexander the Great; Battle of Alexander and Darius; Triumph of Alexander

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky hill with trees and cave openings, two men in the foreground, and distant mountains under clo

De 'Boelo Sepong' bij Maros

Johan Gideon Loten, 1750

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical hilltop town with turreted buildings, spires, and classical columns framing the scene.

Stage Design, Town on Hill with Turreted Buildings

Bibiena Family, 1770

Pale wash drawing of a three-masted ship and a rowboat on calm water before a hilly coastline under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht vanaf het water op een eiland nabij Java

Jan Michiel Aubert, 1752

Drawing of a rocky cave entrance with figures, dense trees and hanging vines, with a winding river map inset at left.

Gezicht op een bergachtig gebied met een grot

Johan Gideon Loten, 1749

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a seated woman in a hat and fur boa, with a faint second figure at upper left.

Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin

Edgar Degas, ca. 1879

Pastel drawing of a ballet dancer seen from behind beside three studies of feet in slippers on green paper.

Dancer Seen from Behind and Three Studies of Feet

Edgar Degas, c. 1878

Colored drawing of a standing Christ figure with kneeling donors, armored knight, crowned woman, heraldic shields and inscrip

Memorietafel van heer Raas van Haamstede, gedood tijdens de slag bij Brouwershaven, 1426

Dirk Verrijk, 1783

Watercolor design drawing of a neoclassical bottle cooler with female masks, gilded grape garlands and a Greek key rim.

Design for a Bottle Cooler

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Grey wash drawing of four costumed figures in a procession, with a veiled woman holding a coat-of-arms flag and armed marcher

Optocht van de rederijkerskamer van Haarlem bij de herdenking van het beleg van Haarlem, ca. 1660

Pieter van Looy, 1879

Drawing of a walled town surrounded by military tents, canals, marching soldiers and ships on the water.

Goes door Mondragon ontzet, 1572

Geerard Braam, 1869

Circular drawing with a central heraldic shield bearing a tree, flanked by two seated women and cherubs above.

Design for a Tondo with Arms of Cardinal Giulio della Rovere

called il Trometta Niccolò Martinelli, 1570

Watercolor of a woman in a navy dress and feathered hat holding a bouquet of pink flowers, with yellow gloves and a patterned

The Bouquet

Ernest Ange Duez

Charcoal and wash drawing of two lawyers in black robes and caps talking, with a courtroom crowd behind them.

Two Lawyers

Honoré Daumier

Architectural elevation drawing of a neoclassical theater facade with eight columns, a pediment, arched windows and a blue-gr

Elevation of the Facade of the Theater, St. Petersburg

Cesare Recanatini, 1850

Pencil sketch of a lone canoeist on misty, calm water with faint horizon lines and a reflection beneath the boat.

Canoe Rider in the Fog, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil drawing of two studies of draped cloth with heavy folds and shading, plus a faint sketch of a hand above.

Kaksi draperiaharjoitelmaa

Anders Ekman, 1845

Watercolor of a mounted French cuirassier in armor and red-plumed helmet on a bay horse, with cavalry lined up behind.

French Cuirassier

Édouard Detaille, 1872

Pencil sketch of a whitewashed church with a tall bell tower, tiled roofs and a picket fence under a cloudy sky.

Parish Church of Our Lady of Chiquinquira del Cerrito, Chiquinquira, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of a sandy shore with rocks, a sailboat, a castle on a hill, and two figures beside an easel.

La Bocca

Henry Victor Burgy, 1882

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornaments with an urn, griffin relief, and acanthus scrolls, with handwritten calculati

Architectural Studies and Accounting

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate altar elevation with winged figures, putti, balustrade and carved pedestals.

Design for the Elevation of an Altar with Alternative Suggestions

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Watercolor of a stone château with blue conical towers, shuttered windows, a garden bed, and a figure on a path.

Château de Vouzan

Henry Victor Burgy, 1888

Watercolor and ink stage design of a palace interior with arches, columns, and a staircase seen through a large arched openin

Stage Design, Palace Courtyards and Staircases

Bibiena Family, 1800

Watercolor of a stone tower and pale houses on a coastal path above the sea, with snowy mountains in the distance.

Antibes

Henry Victor Burgy, 1882

Watercolor landscape of a rocky path winding past trees toward distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, ca. 1840

Pencil study of two cherub heads, one looking up and one sleeping, with sketched feathered wings on pale paper.

Study for Two Cherubim

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Brown ink drawing of an interior with standing men, a seated reader, cherubs, and a banner reading MINNE.

Ontwerp voor de titelprent van een boek met minneliedjes

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1639

Colored sketch of an outdoor auction, with a standing auctioneer, a crowd of men in hats, and bare trees behind.

Veiling in de open lucht

Léon Frédéric, 1872

Pencil sketch of layered mountains above a valley with shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes below.

Mountains and Valley, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Watercolor design with three stylised orange flowers on green stems and a small fan-shaped floral motif above.

Designs for the Decoration of Two Vases and Two Handles

Anatole-Alexis Fournier, 1897