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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil landscape drawing with four figures by a fence, grazing cattle on the left, trees, and a farmhouse.

Landschap met een groep van vier personen, links vee

Hendrik Chalon, 1700

Pencil sketch of a winter landscape with rolling hills, evergreen trees, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Winter View from Long Hill, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of hop vines with cones and lobed leaves, with a handwritten note reading Hop Vine, East Hampton, 1880.

Sketch of Hop Vine

Samuel Colman, 1880

Colored architectural elevation of a brick Rathskeller building with arched shopfronts, dormers, and steep roofs.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Elevation

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Brown wash drawing of a dense crowd of people in hats and cloaks in a park, with strollers and trees behind.

Crowd in a Park; page 31 from the "Images of Spain" album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woodland path lined with large trees and shrubs, receding into the forest depth.

Boslandschap

Couwenhoven, 1818

Red chalk sketch of three putti in a loose composition, one reaching upward, with hatched shading at the upper left.

Ontwerp voor een deur- of schoorsteenstuk met drie putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Watercolor landscape of Renkum with a church tower, farm buildings, grazing cows and a horse behind a wooden fence.

Gezicht op Renkum

Dirk Abraham Clemens, 1825

Pen and brown wash design for a tomb with a draped female figure holding a cross above a sarcophagus and two putti.

Design for a Tomb

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of five putti playing around a recumbent lion, with a winged figure faintly visible above.

Vijf putti bij een liggende leeuw

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey ink drawing of women making butter under a thatched shelter, with a cow, palm trees and a clay jug nearby.

Vrouwen van de stam der Bellales op Ceylon maken boter

Jean Covitré, 1744

Grey wash drawing of two men in conversation in a palm-lined landscape with cattle and a clay jug.

Mannen van de stam der Bellales op Ceylon

Jean Covitré, 1744

Pencil sketch of a leafy plant beside a tree trunk, with several small studies of faces in the upper right corner.

Plant Sketch with Faces

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Ink architectural perspective of an ornate corner Rathskeller building with spires and arched ground floor in Halle.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Perspective (unfinished)

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Brown wash drawing of three hooded monks in a dim room, one seated old man in front, with a barred window behind.

Monks in an interior (a cell?); page 33 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Brown wash drawing of four putti among papers, scissors and a rolled document, with a feathered staff at left.

Allegorie op de koophandel met vier putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey wash drawing of a three-panel ceiling design with draped allegorical figures, clouds, putti and a sunburst.

Ontwerp voor een driedelige plafondversiering

Jacob de Wit, 1724

Watercolor of a farm family at a courtyard trough, a woman pouring from a jug while a man and children look on.

Boerenfamilie bij het voeren van de varkens

Christina Chalon, 1758

Pen and watercolour drawing of a three-masted Dutch ship at anchor with a red-white-blue flag, on a manuscript page.

Oost-Indiëvaarder voor anker

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil sketch of hills and distant mountains on tan paper, with handwritten color notes including rich green and rainbow red.

Rainbow over Wooded Hills

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch page of trees, leaf studies, a shrub and rocks, with handwritten notes on plant descriptions.

Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sketch of an old man leading a horse toward an officer standing in a wooden doorway at dusk.

"Jalo nuori herra, nyt on kiire vasta". Originaalipiirustus Vänrikki Stoolin tarinain kuvitukseen

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Brown wash drawing of a rider in a wide-brimmed hat seated on a mule against a dark, loosely brushed background.

A man and a woman riding a mule; page 36 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Brown wash drawing of a hunter with a staff and dead rabbit beside a retriever dog, under a dark tree.

Rabbit hunter with a Retriever; folio 103 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pen and ink stage design of a group of antique buildings with arches, colonnades, a pyramid, and small figures on steps.

Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings

Angelo Toselli, 1800

Brown ink and wash design for a stage curtain showing winged figures and muses in a domed temple beneath beams of light.

Design for Stage Curtain: Temple of Fame

Felice Giani, 1810

Painting of billowing white cumulus clouds above a flat brown horizon under a bright blue sky.

Cloud Study

Eero Järnefelt, 1893

Sepia wash drawing of two men hunting, one aiming a rifle while a flock of birds flies across the sky above.

Men hunting; page 105 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil sketch of a volcanic peak over hills, with handwritten color notes and the date February 19, 1890.

Popocatépetl from Cuautla, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Grey wash drawing of two hooded old women in a Gothic archway, one reading a sheet while the other sings.

Nothing is Known of This; two figures picking up a body in front of a church, a monk singing next to them and another…

Francisco Goya, ca. 1819-23

Pen drawing of an armored soldier beside a reclining lion under a tree, with a harbor city and ships in the background.

Allegorie op de verovering van Oostende door Spinola, 1604

J.P.M., 1863

Woman in red skirt carving names into a tree beside a river, with a small dog and a town skyline in the distance.

Vrouw die namen in een boom grift

Gesina ter Borch, 1661