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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Watercolor embroidery design with floral sprigs and grasses arranged across a waistcoat outline, 1780.

Design no. 1878 for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil sketch of a coconut palm trunk with ringed bark, fronds and fruit at top, with handwritten color notes on the page.

Coconut Palm, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a wooden cottage and log buildings on a hillside among trees, with a distant rural village.

Crofter's Cottage on a Hillside

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1895

Colored crayon drawing of wavy flame shapes, yellow rays and blue domes with horizontal hatching, on cream paper.

Finale

Karl Wiener, 1928

Watercolor of a sentry beside a cannon on a sandy beach, with a sailboat on the sea behind.

Sentry and Cannon on a Beach near Frederikshavn

Martinus Rørbye, 1847

Watercolor embroidery design of a flower-filled urn with roses, an iris, and trailing garlands, with a border of beads and fr

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1600 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Faint pencil mountain sketch on brown paper with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp in the lower left.

Chimborazo and El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Drawing of crossed bones before a swirling sky, a stylized sun, a city skyline with smokestack, and a large hand.

"Finale"; aus: "Die 150 Blätter"

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pencil sketch of a boy in a cap standing on a wooden swing, holding the ropes overhead, with handwritten notes below.

Boy on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Ink and wash drawing with four panels depicting scenes from the myth of Apollo, including Daphne, Hyacinth and the Python.

Four Drawings of the Myth of Apollo; Decoration of a Wall over a Mantel, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor and ink sketch of a woman in a yellow bodice and blue skirt with a pink shawl and high hairstyle.

A Lady Promenading

Édouard de Beaumont, 1880

Watercolor study of bamboo leaves on a branch, drawn in grey-green tones on a sketchbook page dated 1786.

Het blad van bamboeriet

Jan Brandes, 1786

Watercolor botanical study of a pink-flowered Geranium moschatum plant with roots and leaves, with Dutch handwritten notes.

Kaaps weidekruid

Jan Brandes, 1786

Oil sketch of snowy mountains, a ruined columned temple on a grassy hill, and a dark rock outcrop at right.

Imagined Landscape with Ruined Temple

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor botanical drawing of a white calla lily with yellow spadix beside a smaller plant with roots, 1786.

Kaapse aronskelk

Jan Brandes, 1786

Watercolor sketch of a striped watermelon, a blue gladiolus flower spray, and a gladiolus bulb on a book page.

Kaapse watermeloen en gladiool

Jan Brandes, 1786

Kaapse snep

Jan Brandes, 1786

Watercolor of a blue crowned pigeon with a feathered crest and purple wing patch, with handwritten notes on an album page.

Crowned Pigeon

Jan Brandes, 1786

Hand-coloured drawing of a coconut palm with green coconuts and arching fronds, with Dutch annotations on the page.

Klapperboom

Jan Brandes, 1779

Watercolor of tall palm trees above dense tropical foliage and a red roof, with handwritten Dutch text at top.

Gezicht uit het venster

Jan Brandes, 1779

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted temple stage set with a central statue, winged figures, fire urns, and Italian inscriptions o

Stage Design: Interior of a Temple

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a flat landscape with a distant village, church towers, and a windmill on the horizon.

Gezicht op het dorp Laars

Jan de Beijer, 1752

Grey wash drawing of a Zeist village street with trees, a church tower with spire, and shuttered houses under cloudy sky.

Gezicht te Zeist

Jan de Beijer, 1751

Pencil sketch of Mt. Hor, a flat-topped sandstone mesa with layered rock, with three camels in the foreground.

Mt. Hor, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing male figure under a dark cloud with faint building outlines on cream paper.

"Finsternis" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1935

Grey pen and wash drawing of a tall tower with a pitched roof beside a waterway, surrounded by trees and a wooden fence.

Het Huis Weerdestijn bij Langbroek

Paulus van Liender, 1751

Black chalk and white heightened study of a seated bearded man in draped robes gesturing with outstretched hands on blue pape

Studies: Two sitting men

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Pencil sketch of two bare trees with twisting branches above loosely drawn foliage on tan paper.

Trees in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Grey wash drawing of a grotesque ornamental figure with a bearded mask in a medallion, garlands, and a seated figure on top.

Grotesque Figure

Filippo Marchionni

Pencil drawing of a fishing boat with a net beside rocky riverbank, reflected in calm water, dated 1925.

Fischerboot auf der Donau

Karl Wiener, 1925

Pencil and wash drawing of two women in evening gowns facing two young men in dark suits at a formal gathering, 1905.

Zusjes in avondkleding bekijken twee jongemannen

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1905

Pen and wash drawing of men and women in period dress playing croquet on a lawn beside a row of trees.

Mannen en vrouwen spelen croquet

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1905