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Drawings & Sketches

79,491 works

Pencil sketch of a mitred bishop raising his hand above two recumbent figures, with robed onlookers around the scene.

Miracle of St. Sylvester; the Raising of Two Pagan Priests, after Maso di Banco, S. Croce, Florence

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-38

Pencil sketch of a beached boat with figures on a sandy shore, sailing vessels faint on the water behind.

Bomschuiten op het strand

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pencil sketch of figures standing on a beach near wooden posts, with the sea and cloudy sky behind them.

Figuren op het strand

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pencil sketch of a canal bank with a leaning willow, reflections in water, distant trees and clouds.

Slootkant

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pencil sketch of a rider on horseback seen from behind, crossing dunes under a loosely drawn sky.

Landschap met ruiter, van achteren gezien

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pencil botanical sketch on aged paper of thistle leaves, a thistle head, and plant stems with handwritten notes.

Thorns and Thistles

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a shepherdess leading a flock of sheep past a stone building and bare trees.

Schaapherderin

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pen and wash drawing of a grand palace interior with arcades, Corinthian columns, a staircase and coffered ceiling.

Stage Design: Palace Interior

Francesco Galli Bibiena, 1700

Pencil sketch of a landscape with trees, distant hills, mountains and a tall steeple on the left.

Landscape, Forest, Mountains and Steeple

Werner Holmberg, 1848

Pencil sketch of a shepherdess and kneeling figure among a flock of sheep beneath trees.

Scheren van schapen

Anton Mauve, 1848

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical church interior with arches, columns, vaulting and small seated figures.

Stage Design of a Church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of two fishing boats hauled onto a beach by a team of horses, with a figure walking beside them.

Vissersboten op het strand

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pencil sketch of a seated boy in short trousers, knee socks and laced boots, sitting on a bench.

Zittend jongetje

Piet Meiners, 1867

Schetsen van kangoeroes

Piet Meiners, 1867

Amerikaanse bizon

Piet Meiners, 1867

Sketch of a walled town with a tall minaret and domed buildings, with small figures and red and green banners in front.

Parade Entering Jaffa, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing man in an 18th-century style coat, tricorn hat and breeches, holding a cane.

Mies 1700-luvun sotilasuniformussa

Werner Holmberg, 1856

Architectural elevation drawing of an ornate boudoir mantel with arched beveled mirror, pilasters, and carved frieze.

William Borden, Esq. Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Mantel Details

Richard Morris Hunt, c. 1887

Graphite drawing of a reclining woman with draped cloth, head tilted back and arm extended across the sheet.

Drapery Study for the Figure of the Dying Mary Magdalen

Paul Delaroche, 1815-56

Red chalk drawing of a neoclassical decorated panel with garlands, a central urn, winged figure and scrolls.

Design for a Decorated Panel

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1770

Colored drawing of a brick house behind a formal garden with a sundial, clipped hedges, statues and walking figures.

Stadtuin met zonnewijzer in de achttiende eeuw

Dirk Abraham Clemens, 1775

Pencil sketch of a forest edge with trees on the left, rolling hills on the right, and small figures in a meadow.

Metsää ja kukkuloita tasangon tai veden takana

Werner Holmberg, 1855

Pen and grey wash drawing of a round watchtower with a pointed roof, a city wall, and a low house beside the water.

Gezicht op een wachttoren en een deel van de stadsmuur van Amsterdam

Jacobus Stellingwerff, 1670

Red chalk drawing of the Nativity: reclining Virgin Mary with halo, seated Joseph, and infant Christ in a manger.

The Nativity

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a ruined Gothic church interior with arches, columns and small figures walking on rubble.

Ruïne van de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam na de brand van 1645

Gerrit Lamberts, 1800

Pencil drawing of three inscribed gravestone panels with a coat of arms on the left, numbered 9, 8 and 7 at the bottom.

Compositie met drie graven in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, 1757

Watercolor of a canal in Amsterdam with brick houses, a domed tower, a bridge, and small boats with figures.

Gezicht op de Munttoren te Amsterdam, gezien vanaf het Singel

Dirk Abraham Clemens, 1775

Pencil drawing of a courtyard seen through an arch, with gabled houses, chimneys, a lantern and a small shed.

Gezicht op het Gasthuishofje te Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, 1757

Pencil drawing of tree roots spreading over a sloping bank, with the trunk rising above, signed Werner Holmberg 1853.

Hongan juuristo

Werner Holmberg, 1853

Saint Cloud; Study for the frieze at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Sepia drawing of four allegorical female statues in arched niches labeled Musica, Architettura, Pittura, Scoltura, with a sma

Four Statues in Niches: Music, Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture; Study of Bacchus and Mercury

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil and wash sketch of a boat's rigging and pulleys with a seated figure and choppy sea behind a wooden rail.

Study for "The Signal of Distress"

Winslow Homer, 1880