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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Assumption of the Virgin, with angels above and kneeling figures around a tomb below.

The Assumption

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Pencil drawing of a town with a church tower, rooftops and hay stacks in a field, seen from rocky ground.

Tampere

Magnus von Wright, 1846

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman looking up at a white-robed old man beside a lattice window, with a shadowy figure beh

A woman kneeling before an old man; page 55 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil sketch of Popayan street buildings, distant hills and clouds, with handwritten colour notes in the margins.

Street Scene in Popayan, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and watercolor sketch of terraced rust-colored rock formations and hazy mountains beneath a blue hill.

Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a headscarf speaking closely with a cloaked man beneath a dark archway.

A woman talking to a priest in a covered archway; folio 59 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil sketch of two men by a river, one paddling a canoe, with handwritten notes about the Millinocket River.

Canoe Rider on the Millinocket River, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch page of rock formations with handwritten color notes, small studies, and written remarks on cream paper.

Mixed Sketches, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sepia drawing of a man seated on the ground lifting a wineskin high to drink, with a cloth spread beneath him.

A man on the ground drinking from a wine skin; folio 63 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Ink and wash drawing of a hilltop city with towers, walls, and ruined arches overgrown with grass and trees under a cloudy sk

Part of the foot of the Palatine, Rome

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Pencil sketches of soldiers in fez-style caps, including a seated figure and a standing man holding a rifle, on cream paper.

Soldiers of New Granada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a weathered stone architectural fragment on grass, painted in browns, cream and gray.

Fragment of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sepia wash drawing of a frightened hooded woman seated as a gaunt figure behind her plays a guitar.

A nun frightened by a ghost playing a guitar; page 65 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil sketch of hazy hills and water with handwritten colour notes such as dazzling gold and purple on grey paper.

Sunbeams above the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash architectural drawing with three garden building elevations above and three floor plans below, including a domed

Puutarhapaviljongin piirustus

Carl Ludvig Engel

Brown ink wash drawing of two acrobats balancing on their hands and a tall-hatted clown standing behind them.

Three acrobats; page 67 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Brown ink drawing of a hunched elderly beggar with a staff, extending a bowl, on a pale sheet.

Beggar with a staff in his right hand; folio 69 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil sketch of two standing men, an armchair and a side chair on pale paper with faint construction lines.

Studies van figuren en stoelen

Willem de Haas Hemken, 1883

Brown ink drawing of an oval classical scene framed by radiating rays, with putti and a scrolled base below.

Decoration in a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of carved rock-cut tomb facades at Petra set into cliffs, with handwritten notes labeling the scene.

The Royal Tombs at Petra, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of the ornate gabled facade of De Waag in Enkhuizen with sculptures, shutters and a street scene.

De Waag in Enkhuizen

Willem de Haas Hemken, 1874

Pencil drawing of the Veere town hall with a tall clock tower, stepped gables, arched windows and small figure sketches.

Stadhuis van Veere

Willem de Haas Hemken, 1875

Brown ink wash drawing of an elderly beggar leaning on a staff and holding out a bowl, with a dark cast shadow.

Beggar with a staff in his left hand; folio 70 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pen and ink architectural plan of a bastion with a circular central structure, labels, notes, and an octagonal diagram above.

Plan of a Bastion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Design drawing for a school diploma with hands holding a crown, craft tools, a palette, and the word EINDDIPLOMA in brown ink

Ontwerp voor een diploma van de Vakteeken- en Avondambachtsschool der St. Josephs Gezellen Vereeniging te Amsterdam

Harry van Mook, 1898

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a tricorn hat and cloak, set within a blue-green and yellow ink border.

A Standing Man

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Pencil drawing of a reedy pond with a thatched farmhouse and trees on the far bank under an open sky.

Waterplas met riet, met op de achtergrond een boerderij

Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, 1838

Sepia circular portrait medallion of Charles I wearing a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar, with Latin inscriptions.

Portret van Karel I

John Faber, 1660

Brown wash drawing of a reclining woman in draped cloth and a standing man holding his head, under dark clouds.

Figures waking from sleep (?); page 71 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil and ink sketch of a man in a high-collared uniform beside a book, with a cloudy sky and handwritten text on the page.

Sketch, Figure in Uniform with Book

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of a man in a canoe raising a harpoon on choppy water, with a billowing smoke shape above.

Man in a Canoe with Harpoon

Winslow Homer, 1890

Brown wash drawing of a woman pulling at her hair beside a group of figures, with a distant hill and ruined tower.

A woman pulling at her hair accompanied by a group of figures; page 76 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20