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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Circular ink and wash drawing of helmeted soldiers gathered at a stone tomb, one reading an open book, with a temple in the d

Retrieval of Books from the Tomb of Numa, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and wash landscape with a winding river, trees, a hilltop castle, distant mountains and a town on a rocky slope.

Landscape

Gillis van Coninxloo, late 16th, early 17th century

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a muscular nude man seen from the waist up, gazing upward.

Seated Female Nude (recto); Standing Male Nude (verso)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, probably between 1810-20

Brown wash drawing of a knight on a rearing horse lancing a dragon beneath him, with handwritten text along the bottom.

St. George and the Dragon

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch on grey paper of bamboo, palm fronds and broad-leaved plants with handwritten colour notes.

Botanical and Meteorological Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of sailing boats and figures on calm water with distant trees on the shore.

River Scene

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of sailing and rowing boats on water beside a village of gabled houses and trees.

Boats and Houses

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of four vertical pilaster designs with oval medallions, floral garlands, ribbon bows, open books and foliag

Designs for Decorated Pilasters

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of an ornate interior wall with gilded moldings, floral textile panels, and a bronze bust on a marquetry co

Section of a wall, Queen's bedroom

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a Dutch landscape with windmills, horse carts, pigs and travelers on a road.

Dutch Landscape with Windmills

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 17th century

Watercolor design of a waistcoat with floral sprigs, roses, cornflowers and swags of orange chain and teal foliage.

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 10 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pink-toned sunset seascape with rocky shore in foreground, calm water, distant wooded islands and small sailboats on the hori

Mt. Desert Island from Sutton Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of a hay wagon pulled by two horses with peasants, women with rakes, and a dog on a country road.

Peasants and Hay Wagon on a Country Road

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1580-1625

Brown ink sketch of a monument in a domed church interior, with studies of a kneeling angel, a standing man, and architectura

Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Monuments, Including Arch of San Domenico; Verso: G…

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with rock formations, pine trees, and handwritten geological notes on tan paper.

Yellowstone, Above Tower Falls

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of ruined ancient arched walls and fallen blocks with plants, with hills in the distance.

View of the Temples of Venus and of Diana in Baia from the South

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1594

Ink and wash drawing of a small domed pavilion on columns, with a handwritten Italian dedication to Apollo at upper right.

Elevation of a Small Round Domed Room

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a statue on top and two seated female figures flanking the base.

Sepulchral monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of a village street with thatched cottages, gabled houses, trees, and a small walking figure.

Village View

The Master of the Small Landscapes, 1555-60

Pen drawing of ornamental moldings and three triangular lunettes with small classical figure scenes and garlands.

Moldings and Three Triangular Lunettes

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of a masquerade ball in a classical hall with caryatid columns, checkered floor, costumed dancers and spectators i

View of a Masquerade Ball

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of a standing monk gesturing toward a kneeling figure and flying figures in the sky.

Already They Are Going (Ya se van)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Loose pencil sketch of a bent human figure, head and shoulders, on a cream sheet with the number 39 at top right.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of Heidelberg street with an arched loggia, steep roofs, and a tower with a clock face.

The Castle yard in Heidelberg

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Architectural floor plans of the old Reichenberg castle in pen and pink wash, with a colour checker card above.

Grundriß des alten Reichenberger Schloßes

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1852

Ink drawing of a bearded man with a walking stick and branch, with four stooped figures climbing a hill behind him.

He Leaves Them in Good Shape (Buenos los deja)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pencil sketch of Italian city buildings with a domed church, bell tower, and rooftops, with handwritten notes on the page.

City Buildings, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and watercolor drawing of Hermes beside a draped table of fruit, with nymphs and putti reaching for it in a classical lan

Hermes in the Garden of the Hesperides

Johann August Nahl The Younger, 1770

Ink and wash drawing of a funeral scene with a suspended draped body, skulls, and hooded mourners under a dark stone arch.

A Funeral with Honors (Valientes exequias)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ducks

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Red and orange architectural floor plan of a building's first storey with labelled rooms, staircases and angled wings.

Grundriss vom ersten Stock

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1855

Brown wash drawing of a man with a stag head in embroidered coat, a seated figure, a bull, and winged insects.

Birds of a Feather (Entre los suyos)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45