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Drawings & Sketches

79,488 works

Pen drawing on graph paper of a spiral and concentric circles with labels for brooch, hatpin, cufflink and button sizes.

Ontwerpen voor een broche, manchetknoop, hoedenspeld en vestknoop

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1913

Watercolor of pine trees on a sunlit coastline with blue sea and hills beyond, painted in small dabs of color.

Pines on the Coastline

Henri-Edmond Cross, n.d.

Pen drawing on graph paper of a ring design and a top-view gem setting, with handwritten notes dated 1913.

Ontwerp voor een ring

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1913

Ink and pencil design drawings of a ring and brooch on squared graph paper, with construction lines and handwritten notes.

Designs for a Brooch and a Ring

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1913

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above a cloud band, with church towers and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Cayambé, Morning, from the Panecillo in Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Small sketch of a reddish mountain ridge above green and yellow shrubs under a pale blue sky.

Mountain View on the Road to Baalbek, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Design drawing of two gold rings with blue and white gemstones on squared grid paper, with a dark wash behind them.

Ontwerp voor een ring

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874

Pencil design for a brooch with radiating bands, a central oval face and turquoise stones on tan paper.

Designs for a Brooch and a Ring

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874

Pencil sketch of a monument with a statue holding a tablet dated 1887, surrounded by old buildings, with two small portraits

Grondwetsherziening van 1887

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1887

Neoclassical wall elevation drawing with gilded frieze, pilasters, framed panels, central clock, and marbled base.

Design for a Wall Vestibule

Charles Percier, 1800

Pencil sketch of a bearded nude man pouring water from a large jug held overhead, with one leg extended.

Bebaarde man stort kruik leeg

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1880

Geometric construction drawing of a salt container design with circular arcs, grid paper and bird-like handle.

Ontwerp voor een zoutvat

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874

Pencil sketch of men in period dress gathered around a reclining figure on a table, with an inscription on the table edge.

Een sectie in de Eerste Kamer, 1887

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1887

Ink drawing of two women beside a large skull in an interior, one seated with her head resting on her hand.

Frauen und Vision

Karl Wiener, 1935

Charcoal drawing of a nude male figure looking up toward winged figures in clouds, beside a dark tree trunk.

Saint Sebastian

Honoré Daumier, 1849-50

Pencil sketch of a classical column, decorative frieze, and small figure on a cream sheet, study for Vintage Festival by Robe

Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Geometric pencil drawing of overlapping circles and a spiral on grid paper, titled Pfeffer- und Salz-Behälter.

Ontwerp voor een zout- en pepervat

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874

Pen sketch of an archer aiming a bow beside a seated man resting his chin on his hand at a round table with a book.

Studie voor spotprent 'Motie van orde van den Heer van Kerkwijk', 1878

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of a canopied altar with four figural columns, a cross finial, and steps leading up.

Design for an altar

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor landscape of a winding river, village houses, meadows and a fortified building on a hill under a pale sky.

Extensive landscape prospect with a fortified building on hill in the background (recto); Study of a landscape and a…

Antoine Chintreuil, mid-19th century

Watercolor and pencil sketch sheet showing a blue and yellow macaw on a rock with studies of a building and a parrot.

Sketches of Guacamaya, Bogotá, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with an arched bridge, large boulders, and a tree, with handwritten color notes.

Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs

Eugène Delacroix, 1828-29

Pen and ink drawing of a tiered tomb monument with a Madonna and Child, a reclining effigy, and draped swags.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument for a Medici Cardinal

Francesco da Sangallo, 1570

Pencil sketch of a mountain gorge with a wooden trestle bridge, a stream, pine trees and handwritten colour notes on the pape

Gorge between Ceppo Morelli and Macugnaga, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a lake with hills, mountains, shrubs and trees along the shore, with handwritten notes at the top and bottom

North-South Lake near the Catskill Mountain House, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Ink architectural elevation of the State Street facade of the Ontario apartment building, with balconies, arched windows and

Ontario Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation

Treat & Foltz, 1880

Watercolor of red sandstone cliffs and mesas above a canyon, with a river gorge in the foreground under a warm, cloudy sky.

Cliffs of the Rio Virgin, South Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a neoclassical doorway with fluted pilasters, a shell pediment, and small figures in a loggia.

Doorway, Loggia, Ground Floor, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Watercolor landscape of a green wagon on a country road beside two haystacks and trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Wagon and Haystacks

Zacharie Astruc, ca. 1869-70

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a robe and turban, with handwritten labels naming his garments and accessories.

Fellah of Bethlehem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor of white flower heads and green leaves in a golden vase on a fluted base, with a blue shadow.

White Flowers in a Vase

Zacharie Astruc, ca. 1884-1904