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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges and hazy hills on cream paper, with handwritten notes in the lower center.

Mountainous Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

White floral border design on brown ground, with repeated daisy bouquets above and bell-shaped blossoms in a band below.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Ink drawing of a shouting man in a peaked cap and military collar, caricatured with heavy hatching, signed K Wiener.

Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall

Karl Wiener, 1926

Ink and wash drawing of two trophy pyramids topped by winged trumpeting Victory figures, with Italian handwritten notes.

Two Designs for a Pile of Trophies Surmounted by a Figure of Victory (or Fame)

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a shepherd couple, a woman reading music and a man playing violin under a tree, beside handwritten verses.

Muziek makend herderspaar

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Page of handwritten Dutch verses with a watercolor of a shepherd and shepherdess talking beside a leaning tree.

Herder en herderin in gesprek

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Handwritten Dutch verses on a page with a small coloured drawing of a woman holding flowers and a staff.

Cicilia met bloemen

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Manuscript page with verse and a watercolor of a man chasing a woman in blue beside a river and willow tree.

Tijter achtervolgd Amarillis

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Manuscript page with Dutch handwritten verse and a small coloured drawing of a standing woman in red skirt and dark bodice.

Staande dame

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Watercolor of shepherds feasting outdoors with a violinist, beneath a tree, with Dutch verse written above.

Groep herders maakt plezier in de zomer

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Charcoal drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat resting on a rocky ledge, smoking a pipe, with a hazy landscape behind him.

Mountain Climber Resting

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink caricature of a shouting man in a peaked cap with head tilted back and mouth wide open, signed Wiener.

"Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall" Karikatur Burschenschafter

Karl Wiener, 1925

Koria kantava nainen

Nils Georgii, 1750

Two peasant women with containers on their heads walk along a dirt path beside a canal in a flat landscape with willows.

Twee boerenvrouwen lopend in een landschap

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Pen and watercolour drawing of a kneeling man tying a seated woman's shoe, with handwritten verse above on a manuscript page.

Heer die de schoenveter van een dame strikt

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Pen and watercolor page: an officer bids farewell to a woman in a red bodice, with soldiers and a flag in a landscape below v

Officier die afscheid neemt van een dame

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Handwritten verse page with a small watercolor of a standing man in a wide hat with blue plume holding a cane.

Staande heer

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Pastel drawing of a bearded man above a long-haired small dog, with loose orange and green strokes in the background.

Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog

Edgar Degas, 1889

Manuscript page with Dutch calligraphic verse and a watercolour of a woman in a gown facing a man in a wide-brimmed hat.

Dame en heer in gesprek

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Manuscript page with Dutch verses and two watercolour figures, a soldier with a cane and a woman with a feather.

Soldaat en dame, van achteren

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Pencil sketch of a wooden jetty leading past a log cabin toward a lake with distant trees and islands.

Varkaus, luonnos

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf

Pen and brown wash drawing of an altar elevation in a paneled private chapel, with small figures on the altar ledge.

Elevation of an altar in a private chapel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Manuscript page with Dutch verses and a watercolor of a kneeling man before a standing woman holding a blue feather fan.

Heer knielend voor een dame

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Watercolor of a soldier picking apples from a tree beside a young woman holding a fruit basket, with handwritten verse above.

Fruit plukkende soldaat en een jongedame

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Manuscript page with handwritten verses and a watercolor of a gentleman bowing before a seated woman in a red chair.

Heer die een dame het hof maakt

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Pencil sketch in a circle of a winged pelican on a pedestal among clouds, a study for cathedral paintings.

Pelikaani näytynä sivulta, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon maalauksiin

Ink and wash drawing of a Gothic-style stage interior with pointed arches, statues on pedestals, and a hanging lamp.

Stage Design, A Queen's Apartment from the ballet "Il Conte d'Essex" by Gaetano Gioja, first performed at La Scala in…

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Brown ink wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds with angels, while a crowd gazes upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of allegorical women beside a Constitution column, with a temple on a hill under sunbeams.

Ontwerp voor het titelblad voor: Constitutions-Acte für die Batavische Republik, nebst andere dazu gehörige Stücke…

Jan Bulthuis, 1798

Ink and wash drawing of warships in battle on rough sea under stormy clouds, with gunsmoke and labelled ships along the botto

Begin van de zeeslag bij Kamperduin, 11 oktober 1797

Frans Anton van Spijck, 1797

Watercolour of the Dutch warship De Jupiter under sail, flanked by two smaller ships, on rough grey sea.

Oorlogsschip De Jupiter, 1797

C. Toussaint, 1800

Pencil sketch of rolling hill ridgelines on tan paper, with faint handwritten notes at top and bottom.

View from Flamstead, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860