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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Drawing of a fountain design with nude figures supporting a draped basin and a tall central column, in black chalk and white

Project for a Fountain

Etienne-Maurice Falconet, 1720

Pen and ink drawing of two elderly women at a table with a skeletal figure behind them, with a Latin inscription below.

Dust to Dust (Et in pulverem reverteris)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pencil technical drawing of a chair part and a tool with a turning handle, with a scale bar and construction lines, 1843.

Ontwerp voor de poot van een stoel, en zij- en bovenaanzicht van een werktuig met een draaiend handvat

Franz März, 1843

Pencil sketches of six buildings including gabled roofs, a church tower, a balconied tower and a timber bay window.

Alpine Architecture Sketches

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a winding river through a wide landscape with distant hills, annotated with handwritten color notes.

River Reflections

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of two elderly women spinning thread, one holding a distaff, with the caption Bien lo hilan below.

They Spin Well (Bien lo hilan)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet, dark fringed shawl and full skirt, holding a rolled bundle.

La dame au châle (Lady in a Shawl)

Constantin Guys, 1840

Colored architectural drawing of a Gothic grave monument with a pinnacled canopy, stepped base, and a plan view below.

"Grabmonument / der Märzgefallenen" (Grund- und Aufriß eines nicht ausgeführten Projekts)

Carl von Hasenauer, 1864

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly woman with a feathered headdress holding a mirror, a monkey behind her, and a skull at her

She Doesn't Recognize Herself (No se conoce)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel above kneeling figures, sheep, cattle and a donkey in a rocky landscape.

The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Ink drawing of a kneeling man, a standing woman, and a skeletal figure in a skirt covered with skulls.

They'll Get Their Desserts (Buen pelo echará)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Vertical watercolor pilaster design with scrolling foliage, floral garlands, and a female head in an oval medallion.

Painting Decoration of a Pilaster Strip

Giacomo Casa, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rocky sea outcrop with a tall stone pillar and birds in flight, inscribed Rock in Panama Bay.

Rock in Panama Bay

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stout man peering at a closed door as shadowy figures stand behind him.

His Excellency is Not at Home (No recibe in Excel)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pencil drawing of three bands of a scrolling leaf and tendril border design, with a repeated central motif.

Ontwerp voor een randversiering van drukwerk

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Pencil drawing of a decorative border with vines, leaves, and two stylized grotesque faces with scrollwork.

Ontwerp voor een randversiering en een slotvignet van drukwerk

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Pencil sketch of two ornamental clasp and hinge designs with scrolls and foliate motifs on a cream sheet.

Twee ontwerpen voor de decoratie van een boekband met een klamp

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Two sketch designs of a stylized R with a bird head and boat-like form on pale paper, beside a grey colour chart.

Twee schetsontwerpen voor een ex-libris of vignet met de initialen P.N.

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Pencil sketch of a wooden chair with crossed stretchers and turned legs, with a grey colour card along the left edge.

Twee schetsen voor een stoel

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Pencil landscape drawing of a steep rocky hillside above a stream valley with shrubs and distant hills.

View above Wadi Barada, Syria, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of nude nymphs bathing around Diana beside classical ruins, with a horned figure and dogs at right.

Diana and Actaeon

Georg Pecham, 1602

Pencil sketch of a wooden chair with a lattice backrest and slatted seat on cream paper, with a brown stain.

Schets voor een stoel

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Pencil landscape drawing of a farmhouse, leaning tree, wooden gate and rocky ground under a pale sky.

Landscape with Farm

Vincenzo Martinelli, 1800

Pencil sketch of an ornately carved wooden chest with figures on its central panel, beside a sketch of woodwork.

Tekening van een openstaande lakenkist

Jacob Taanman, 1848

Charcoal figure study of a standing man in old-style armor holding a long staff, drawn on cream paper.

Figuurstudie van mannelijk model in antiek harnas

Jacob Taanman, 1886

Figuurstudie van zittende man

Jacob Taanman, 1886

Studie van schrijvende man

Jacob Taanman, 1886

Pen and gray wash drawing in a circle: a woman in a robe by a canopy bed, a young man at a doorway, classical architecture.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Georg Pencz, 1510-50

Charcoal figure study of a man in period dress with a white collar, reading a sheet of paper.

Figuurstudie van een man in antikiserende kledij

Jacob Taanman, 1886

Grey wash drawing of a riverside town with an arched portico, round tower, and rowboat on the water under a cloudy sky.

Stage Design, Buildings on Riverside

Alessandro Sanquirico, 1800

Pencil sketch of a barren desert landscape with a rounded hill, distant ridges, a rider in the foreground, and handwritten co

Desert Landscape en route to Petra, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Figuurstudie van een zittend meisje in antikiserende kledij en een studie van een onderarm

Jacob Taanman, 1886