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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pen and wash drawing of a classical double door design with a figure-filled overdoor, fluted pilasters and scrolling ornament

Design for a Double Door and Overdoor

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Colored design drawing of a gilded reliquary with columns, a central urn, winged figures holding it up, and a risen figure on

Reliquary in White Marble and Gilded Bronze

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Brown wash drawing of two women and children gathered by a wooden cross on steps, one woman holding a swaddled infant.

Women and children near a cross; folio 78 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Graphite sketch of two resting dogs on cream paper, one curled on the left and one stretched on the right.

Dogs

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Painted study of spiky green plants, a red poppy and pink flowers over brown brushstrokes, with a tiny figure in a tan coat a

Botanical and Figure Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of two shackled prisoners in a stone cell beneath a barred window, with an iron ring on the wall.

Prisoners in irons; page 80 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil sketch of a standing horse with harness beside a small cow, with a Rijksmuseum stamp on the sheet.

Schets van een paard en koe

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Narrow oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on dark sea water beneath a muted brown sky.

Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pastel design drawing of a floral bouquet with orange plumes, teal ferns and sweeping striped leaves along the edges.

Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a man raising a sword to break up a fight while a figure lies on the ground beside him.

A man breaking up a fight; page 82 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Pencil portrait of a man in a tricorn hat resting his hand on his cheek, drawn in 1777.

Mansbuste

Gerrit Dadelbeek, 1777

Ink and wash drawing of mourning figures gathered around a reclining body beside an inscribed pedestal and bust.

Mourning Over the Dead Christ

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of two putti beside a wine barrel, one figure raising an arm, on a pale sheet.

Schets van twee putti bij een wijnvat

Gerrit Dadelbeek, 1750

Drawing of a smiling man in a tricorn hat pointing to the right, rendered in black and red chalk on cream paper.

Mansbuste, wijzend naar rechts

Gerrit Dadelbeek, 1750

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a woman in a white lace bonnet and bodice, shown in bust length against a shaded background.

Damesbuste

Gerrit Dadelbeek, 1750

Pencil drawing of a man in a tricorn hat holding a pipe to his mouth, looking at the viewer.

Mansbuste, pijp in de mond

Gerrit Dadelbeek, 1777

Grey wash drawing of a castle with a stepped gable and tower beside water, with sailing and rowing boats.

Kasteel

Joost Daams, 1700

Pen and ink drawing of a fantasy landscape with a castle on rocky cliffs, an arched bridge, a watermill and trees.

Fantasy Landscape with Watermill

Domenico Campagnola, 1530

Abstract colored drawing with swirling red, orange and green forms and concentric circles on a cream paper mount.

Fieber

Karl Wiener, 1928

Sepia drawing of a cloaked woman raising an axe above a sleeping man lying on the ground beside a basket.

A woman attacking a sleeping man; page 87 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

The Head of a Despairing Young Woman

Andrea Appiani the Elder, 1790

Brown wash drawing of a man and woman dancing with flags while a guitarist sits behind them.

A country dance; page 89 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical classical villa facade flanked by obelisks, cypress trees and a carriage.

Project for the Elevation of a Villa

Paolo Posi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a valley with a winding river, distant mountains, and handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Valley of El Arabah, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a headscarf offering a mug to a small figure peering from the right.

A woman giving a mug to an old man; folio 93 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Sketch of green rolling hills under a sunset sky with orange and grey clouds, labeled Jamaica.

Sunset in Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child giving rosaries to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine, with cherubs in clouds above.

Design for an Altar Painting, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Rosary from the Virgin and Child

Fedele Fischetti, 1780

Sheet of twelve ink drawings of decorative initial letters with ornamental patterns, figures and faces, numbered in pencil.

12 alkukirjainta ja 11. lukuun

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Brown ink wash drawing of a huddled group of figures with a bowl, under a handwritten Spanish caption at the top.

Revenge on Constable Lampiños; page 86 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Brown ink and wash sketch of a horse pulling a carriage with a top-hatted driver, with distant carriages at left.

A Horse and Carriage

Constantin Guys, 1850

Loose watercolor of rough waves breaking around dark rocks with white foam and a distant shoreline.

Woodland Stream

Winslow Homer, 1890

Ink wash drawing of a bandit with a knife threatening a woman and a kneeling child under a dark sky.

God save us from such a bitter fate; a bandit threatening a woman and a child with a knife, page 41 from the "Black B…

Francisco Goya, ca. 1816-20