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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pen and wash sketch of a robed officer raising a crucifix on an altar beside columns, with a crowd and kneeling figure.

Sketches for paintings. Obverse: A Roman officer holds a crucifix upon a heathen altar. Reverse: Christ rising

Pasqualino Marini, 1700

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a seated man in a suit and waistcoat, hands resting on his knees, on grey paper.

Man Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Watercolor still life of a brown earthenware bowl on a stone ledge with a chain, gourd flask, medallions and banner reading V

Beggars’ Bowl

Justus van Attevelt, 1680

Drawing of a red-roofed cottage and bare trees under a cloudy sky, with a small figure in blue in the foreground.

Landscape with a Cottage

Théophile de Bock, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated man reading a letter as a servant speaks, with older men at a table in a paneled room.

Hugo de Groot krijgt bericht dat zijn vrouw is aangekomen

Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790

Grey wash drawing of a farmhouse and barn beside a curving dirt road, with a cart and a large tree on the right.

Gezicht op een boerderij aan de Buiksloterdijk

Anthonie van Teijn, 1928

Pen and wash drawing of a young man tumbling through an oval field, pursued by a looming skeletal figure.

A Young Man Pursued by Death

Stefano Della Bella

Pencil sketch of a mounted bugler sounding a trumpet, with a second soldier and horse study above on aged paper.

Sounding the Charge

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of six soldiers' heads in varied caps and hats, arranged in two rows on a pale sheet.

Six Studies of Soldiers' Heads

Winslow Homer, 1860

Studies of a Lion's Head

Stefano Della Bella

Pen and wash drawing of armed warriors with shields and a fallen woman with long hair in a battle scene.

The Death of Camilla

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1781

Brown ink and wash drawing of an oval ornamental frame with a shell crest and a wall lantern on stone blocks.

Oval frame for the facade of a house, with lantern beneath

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pen and brown ink drawing of two figures in masquerade costumes, one with a globe-like body and one with a plumed helmet.

Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: The Earth and a Parade Helmet

Stefano Della Bella, 1645

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds while two foreground figures gesture upward.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ca. 1816-19

Camel and Seated Figure

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of an elevated bed alcove with swagged curtains, fringed canopy and tasselled pelmet.

Elevation of a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of a feathered-hat huntsman with a staff pulling a hound on a leash.

Huntsman with a Hound on a Leash

Stefano Della Bella

Brown wash drawing of satyrs pulling a chariot through a forest, with a flute player and a statue among trees.

The Stalled Procession

Ornamental textile design on ochre ground with swags, perched birds, floral garlands and scrolled bouquets.

Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," "Gilet" Design

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Watercolor design drawing of a five-armed candlestick with gilt scrolls, green foliage, fluted column and paw feet.

Design for a Candlestick

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Hand-coloured 1701 plan of fortified Vienna with surrounding suburbs and Danube channels, wooded islands and a decorative tit

Grundriss der Kaiserlichen Haupt und Residenz Stadt Wienn, samt denen umliegenden Gegenden; wie solche von denen Herr…

Leandro Anguissola, 1701

Pen and wash drawing of a feast under an arcade with musicians in the foreground and a village landscape beyond.

The Prodigal Son

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded man pointing as a veiled woman and a boy depart beside a doorway and trees.

Abraham verdrijft Hagar en Ismaël

Jacob Folkema, 1712

Grey wash sketch of an elephant with a rider between wooden posts, with rope detail studies and Dutch notes on a sketchbook p

Olifantsstal

Jan Brandes, 1785

Grey wash drawing of a flat river landscape with a village church, rowing figures in a boat, and grazing cows.

Het dorp de Meern

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Watercolor of a reclining figure in a palanquin carried by two bearers past termite mounds and palm fronds.

Palankijn met dragers

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil cloud study on cream paper with numbered tonal notes and handwritten color annotations.

Cloud Sketch, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a flat landscape with a canal, a boat, a horse-drawn cart on a road, and a distant village church spire.

Het dorp Spijk in Gelderland

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Grey wash drawing of a ruined castle by a river, with fishermen in boats, a village church and a sailing ship.

Het dorp Lexmond, met de ruïne van het slot

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Brown ink drawing of two oval Madonna and Child reliefs above a bearded herm and a winged chimera.

Two Drawings of the Madonna and Child in Ovals, Studies after Giambologna and Alfonzo da Ferrero; Herm and Chimera, a…

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown ink sketch of two birds fighting in a barnyard, with a dog, trees, and smaller birds around them.

Barnyard Scene: two birds fighting (recto) Studies of Birds(verso)

Anthonie van Borssom, mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a young elephant tied to a tree, with pencil studies of its head and legs below on a sketchbook page.

Jonge olifant aan boom

Jan Brandes, 1785