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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated female figure crowned with grain inside an octagonal frame, by Felice Giani.

Ceres

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of two fantastical hybrid monsters, one upright with a spear and one crouched with a curling tail.

Two Monsters

Hieronymus Bosch, 1465

Ink and wash presentation elevation of a symmetrical two-story villa with a central pediment and classical detailing.

Design Studies, Elevation of a Villa, Presentation Elevation

Carl J. Furst, c. 1870

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a seated bearded man surrounded by a kneeling woman, children, and standing figures under an

Belisarius Begging for Alms

Heinrich Füger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor design for a man's waistcoat embroidery with floral sprigs, vines and decorative borders in green and purple.

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 1216 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pen and ink sketch of two fantasy creatures, one with feathery wings and plumes, the other small and crouching on shaded grou

Two fantasy creatures

Hieronymus Bosch, 1465

Graphite sketch of two helmeted warriors in classical armor bending over a fallen figure in a columned interior.

Two Warriors in Classical Costume Bending over Two Figures

Heinrich Füger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil sketch of a young girl seated on a plow in an open field with birds flying overhead.

Girl Seated on a Plow

Winslow Homer, 1870

Study of Mrs. Jay for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Group of Ten Spectators

Hieronymus Bosch, 1510

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

Felice Giani, 1810

Colored architectural floor plan of a second story residence with labeled rooms, staircase, and dimension notations.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Second Story Plan

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure standing in an arched niche framed by ivy, above a fountain basin.

Recto:Nude Female Figure in a Niche Verso: Study for a Fountain

Hans Gasser, 1830-68

Pen drawing of a seated fool on a basket being shaved by a nun holding a wafer iron, with small sketches at right.

A fool, seated on a basket, about to be shaved by a nun holding a wafer iron

Hieronymus Bosch

Red chalk drawing of draped fabric folds over the knees of a seated figure, shaded in warm reddish-brown tones.

A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure o…

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1520/30

Red chalk drawing of mourners lowering the dead Christ onto a stone tomb, with veiled women and a bearded man looking on.

The Entombment

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of six ornamental metal purse frames with scrolls, chains, and face medallions.

Six Metal Frames for Purses

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pen drawing of a symmetrical geometric banknote design with a central circle and ornamental double-line borders.

Ontwerp voor een bankbiljet

Antoon Derkinderen, 1912

Pencil design drawing of stairs, arched niches, robed figures and a woman with a child among ornamental foliage.

Trap des Levens

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Coloured pencil drawing of a crowned rider on a white horse beside a tree and banner inscriptions, by Antoon Derkinderen.

De Tijd / Vergankelijkheid

Antoon Derkinderen, 1899

Pencil sketch of a medieval procession with a carried Madonna statue, drummers, kneeling figures and a church tower behind.

Middeleeuwse processie

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Pen and watercolor drawing of a dark, hatched storm sky above green grass, titled Gewitter by Karl Wiener, 1922.

Gewitter

Karl Wiener, 1922

Ink and wash sketch of three scenes: horsemen by a river, figures in water, and a crowded battle with an SPQR banner.

Sketchbook Page, Folio 95: Three Paintings after Giulio Romano; Verso: Lion and Eagle

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Flight into Egypt with a donkey, palm tree, bridge and wooded landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1540

Grey wash drawing of cavalry riders and rearing horses around a fallen soldier, with trees and a rocky landscape behind.

Cavalry Engagement

Francesco Monti, 1646-1712

Pencil sketch of a medieval throne room with a crowned king, a bishop, a harpist and seated courtiers under gothic arches.

Scène in een troonzaal

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Pencil sketch of a robed figure gesturing to a kneeling figure in an arched interior, with angels in the upper gable.

Religieuze voorstelling

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Watercolor of two masted ships with Swedish and American flags anchored on a river under cloudy skies.

Maas voor Rotterdam, met een Amerikaans en Zweeds schip

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1834

Grey wash drawing of a Dutch sailing ship with a flag beside a rocky headland, with small sailboats on choppy water.

Hollands zeilschip voor de kust van Gibraltar

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1834

Portret van de heer van Naaldwijk

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Watercolor of a wrecked wooden ship on a sandy beach, with figures and a lighthouse on the dunes at right.

Wrakhout op het strand van Renesse te Schouwen-Duivenland

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1834

Chalk drapery study on blue paper showing a veil and folded sleeve with white highlights.

Drapery study for the Madonna Litta

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1490