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Drawings & Sketches

79,493 works

Central watercolor of a busy Munich square with twin church towers, surrounded by fifteen small architectural city views on g

Fifteen Architectural Subjects: Views of Munich

Heinrich Adam, 1835

Pencil sketch of stone arches, ruined walls and figures in robes on a terrace, with handwritten notes, by Frederic Edwin Chur

Buildings and Figures at as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of a young woman's head and shoulders, turned three-quarters, with hair coiled and braided under a band.

Bust of a Young Woman

Hans Baldung Grien, 1500-1545

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a landscape with trees, shrubs, rocks and hills receding into the distance.

View of Toche, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor interior of a woman reclining on a blue canopy bed as a man and a child in red enter the room.

Le Matin (Morning)

Pierre Antoine Baudouin

Circular pen and grey wash drawing of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, with a priest holding the infant at an altar.

The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple

Sebald Beham, early to mid-16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a shell-shaped cartouche with two seated cherubs at its base and a small figure above.

Tablet bearing the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV with shell as background

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Brown ink sketch of a wooden house by the water with beached dories and horizontal hatched sky and sea.

House at a Railing with Beached Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornamental urn fountain with sphinx heads spouting water, on tan paper.

Design for a Wine Fountain

Henri Auguste, ca. 1770-1816

Faint pencil sketch of low rolling hills receding under an empty sky on tan paper.

Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil and chalk drawing of Bash-Bish Falls with figures resting on a rock ledge in the foreground.

Bash-Bish Falls, South Egremont, Massachusetts

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and grey wash drawing of an armored rider on a rearing, ornately decorated horse against a sparse landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Henry IV

Auvrest, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil sketch of a market square with stalls, pedestrians, a leafy tree and a tall tower with spires behind.

Gezicht op de Nieuwmarkt en de Waag

Anthonie van Teijn, 1926

Sepia drawing of a fortified city gate with conical towers, a moat, and two figures standing on the road in front.

Gezicht op de Sint Antoniespoort

Antonina Houbraken, 1706

Watercolor of a turreted brick civic building with an arched gateway, figures, a market stall and a blue sky.

Gezicht op de Nieuwmarkt en de Waag

S.J.H. van der Noorda, 1800

Pencil drawing of a canal scene with a turreted weigh house, market stalls, boats with figures, and a church tower behind.

Gezicht op de Waag vanaf de Geldersekade

Johannes Hilverdink, 1823

Pencil sketch of a river valley with wooded hills and ruined castle towers on a rocky height at right.

A Valley in Mountainous Country

Eugène Edouard Soulès

Grey wash drawing of a round tower with a conical roof above a canal, a rowing boat, gabled houses and a bridge.

Gezicht op de Schreierstoren

Antonina Houbraken, 1706

Grey wash drawing of a uniformed rider on an ornately decorated horse crossing a hilly landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon as First Consul

Sepia drawing of a monastery complex with a church spire, gabled houses, and a horseman crossing a square.

Gezicht op het Cellebroedersklooster of Cellezustersklooster

Antonina Houbraken, 1706

Pencil drawing of a harbor street with a horse tram, a telegraph building, a drawbridge and masted ships.

Gezicht op de Schreiershoek

Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller, 1865

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowd in a city square watching a puppet show performed from a balcony.

Poppenkast op een plein

Nicolas Antoine Taunay, 1765

Ink and wash design for a rococo escutcheon with an empty central field, shell crest and scrolled fluted sides.

Design for an escutcheon

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Engraved funeral memorial showing a body on a bed of state with mourners, columns and a printed French tribute poem.

Laatste ode aan Willem IV, prins van Oranje-Nassau

Barthelomy la Rocque, 1756

Sepia drawing of a canal with gabled houses, a wooden bridge, barrels and a moored rowboat.

Gezicht op de Oudezijds Achterburgwal

Antonina Houbraken, 1706

Brown ink landscape drawing of windswept trees, rolling hills, a distant building, and small figures along a path.

Landscape with Six Figures

Ink and wash drawing of architectural cornices, a carved mask pediment, a drapery swag and a walking man in a tricorn hat.

Architectural Details and Figure Study

Filippo Marchionni, 1760

Pen and wash drawing of a cruet frame design with two pitchers flanking a serpent-shaped central stand on a footed tray.

Design for a Cruet Frame

Watercolor of a flower bouquet in a gilded urn with a coat of arms, with a butterfly and dragonfly, on a pale background.

Flowers in a Gilded Vase with the Holstein-Gottorp Coat of Arms

Nicolas Robert, 1650-1699

Pencil sketch of a steamship with a trailing smoke plume crossing rough sea under a cloudy sky.

Fishing Trawler

Winslow Homer, 1890

Sunset over a river with red clouds, dark mountains beyond, and a small figure on the grassy bank at lower left.

Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a covered tureen with scroll handles on a footed stand with lion paw feet, within a border.

Design for a Covered Tureen on a Footed Stand