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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pencil sketch of tangled tree roots descending over a cliff, with handwritten note reading Recollection of Roots on the face

Recollection of Roots, Galloway Hill, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of Zeus enthroned at the center of a council of gods, with a winged figure and warriors around him.

Zeus Deciding on the Destiny of Troy, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Seated Young Woman

Adam Elsheimer, late 16th-early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a uniformed man with a sword leaning on a cannon beside a flag, with a landscape behind.

Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Grey chalk drawing of a stone staircase, ruined archway, urn on pedestal and receding arcades in a Gothic ruin setting.

Stage Design, Gothic Ruins

Vincenzo Mazzi, 1770

Watercolor design of a waistcoat embroidery with pink flowers, green sprigs, gold scalloped borders and sunburst motifs.

Design no. 948 for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Loose painted sketch of autumn trees in red and orange foliage before a rolling hillside and meadow.

Autumn Colors, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing man in military uniform with a sash and star, leaning on a pedestal.

Portrait of Alexander I, Czar of Russia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of classical architectural details including capitals, a caryatid, a dolphin and a seated figure.

Classical and Pseudo-Classical Architectural Details

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen and wash drawing of a sailing ship moored by a city wall, with men hauling ropes and a church tower behind.

Turfschip van Breda, 1590

Simon Fokke, 1753

Pen and wash design drawing of a symmetrical cruet frame with two urns, a central Medusa head, serpents and a Greek key base.

Design for a Cruet Frame with Alternative Suggestions

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a mounted procession and crowd crossing a square toward a drawbridge, framed by bare trees.

Aankomst van Leicester te Vlissingen, 1585

Simon Fokke, 1753

Grey wash drawing of a city square with a gothic town hall, a mounted rider, soldiers, onlookers and a small fire.

Deventer door de Engelse overste W. Stanley aan de Spanjaarden verraden, 30 januari 1587

Simon Fokke, 1753

Portrait of Mark Akenside

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of armed men in period dress fleeing down a vaulted hall with smoke billowing from a gunshot.

Willem I door Balthasar Gerards vermoord, Delft 10 juli 1584

Simon Fokke, 1753

Two oval ink and wash drawings of a hunter with a bow and a shepherd playing pipes beside a cow.

Man the Hunter, Man the Shepherd, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical scene with a central portrait medallion, a crowd, a tower, and a coat of arms below.

Allegorie met de aankomst van Willem IV te Den Haag, 1747

Simon Fokke, 1747

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted man receiving a dish beside a chained prisoner led by armored soldiers in a draped interior.

Brave daad van de raadsheer Crassus

Simon Fokke, 1722

Grey wash allegorical drawing by Simon Fokke with robed figures, putti, a goddess on clouds, and a classical building below.

Allegorie op het 100-jarig jubileum van Nederlands Vrijheid, 1648-1748

Simon Fokke, 1748

Grey wash drawing of a crowd around a draped body on a plinth beside classical columns and banners, by Simon Fokke.

Caesars lijk aan het volk getoond

Simon Fokke, 1722

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a windswept seacoast with scrub pines, a rocky outcrop, and surf breaking on sand.

Seacoast with Scrub Pines, Prout's Neck, Eastern Point

Winslow Homer, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a fire burning near a church tower with smoke clouds and a crowd of onlookers below.

Brand van de Regulierspoort te Amsterdam, 1618-1619

Simon Fokke, 1722

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf and gown, leaning at a table beside a globe under a tree.

Portrait of Maria Gaet - Agnesi

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a church interior with a pulpit and a crowd of men with raised sticks storming in, numbered 32.

Plundering van de Remonstrantse vergaderplaats te Amsterdam, 2 februari 1617

Simon Fokke, 1722

Pencil drawing of riverside houses on wooden supports, rowboats on a river, and a church with spires across the water.

Poissy, Seine-et-Oise

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil sketch sheet on grey paper with studies of goats in various poses and two cows, by Gerard Bilders.

Schetsblad met studies van geiten en twee koeien

Gerard Bilders, 1848

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of cows in many poses and two resting goats at upper left.

Schetsblad met studies van koeien en twee geiten

Gerard Bilders, 1848

Watercolor of a bridge over a canal in Amsterdam with pedestrians, a carriage, boats and tall townhouses under cloudy skies.

Gezicht op de Halvemaansbrug bij de Amstel te Amsterdam

Reinier Craeyvanger, 1878

Studie van een koe

Gerard Bilders, 1848

Pencil sketch of a distant London skyline with spires and domes above trees, with handwritten color notes below.

City of London, United Kingdom, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a German village with a church tower, half-timbered houses, a stone bridge and a ruined castle on a hil

Gezicht in een Duits dorp

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1857

Colored drawing of a helmeted, blocky figure before smoke clouds, green hills, barbed wire and a crescent moon at night.

Geschändete Landschaft

Karl Wiener, 1946