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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pencil and watercolor sketch of craggy snowy mountains above a forested valley with a small farmhouse.

Hoher Göll and Hohes Brett from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of two cloaked men with hats under trees, overlooking grazing sheep and cattle in an open landscape.

Landscape with Sheep and Two Figures (recto); Faint Sketch of a Figure with a Hat (verso)

Jacob Van Der Does, 1623-73

Brown ink and wash design for a vertical decorative panel with a classical statue, scrolls, foliage and a temple facade.

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a country house beside a river, with a tall tree, arched bridge, small boat and distant hills.

Rivierlandschap met gebouw

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Ink and wash drawing of shepherds resting with cattle and a goat beside Roman ruins, a fountain and a column.

Pastoral Landscape with Roman Ruins

Johann Heinrich Roos, 1645-86

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a kneeling soldier giving water to a wounded comrade, with a standing soldier and battlefield b

Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown and grey wash drawing of cattle, deer, a milkmaid and herdsman in a meadow beneath large trees.

A Meadow with Cattle and Deer

Francis Barlow, 1684

Grey wash drawing of a river town with church spires, boats, and a man with a staff on a bank in the foreground.

View of Nantes

Lambert Doomer, ca. 1650s

Chalk drawing of a bearded head of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, with white highlights on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Johann Ulrich Mayr, 1670

Pen and wash design drawing of a three-armed candelabrum with floral motifs, an urn with figures, and a plan view below.

Design for a Candelabrum

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Pencil sketch of a domed mosque with a minaret above a city wall, with trees at left and right, dated 1860.

Mosque in Bezetha, Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a seated peasant in a hat holding out a note, with a red-chalk jug.

A seated peasant holds out a note with his right hand, and in his left hand a jug

Cornelis Dusart, 1675

Brown ink and wash drawing of many muscular male nude figure studies in twisting and crouching poses.

Figure Studies

Eduard Dubois, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical architectural stage backdrop with arches, columns, pediments and oval cartouches.

Design for a stage backdrop with alternative suggestions

Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1600

Graphite study of a seated crowned woman in draped robes holding an open book, with a grid and handwritten colour notes.

Study for "The State," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Watercolor of a seated woman in a red dress and striped headscarf, head resting on her hand, eyes closed.

Seated Italian Peasant Woman

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Chalk drawing of a triangular pediment with a central shield-bearing female figure, horses, a chariot, and seated allegorical

Industry and Commerce (Design for Pediment)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Winter scene of a frozen canal in a Dutch town with skaters, pedestrians, snowy trees and brick gabled houses.

Snow Falling on a Dutch Town

Abraham Rademaker, n.d.

Black and red chalk study of a seated man in a knitted cap seen from behind, one arm outstretched.

Study of a Seated Peasant

Cornelis Dusart, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a covered urn with bird-head handles on an ornate acanthus-leaf pedestal with claw feet.

Covered Vase on a Three-Footed Pedestal

Jacques Androuet, 1510-84

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical wall panel with putto, seated women, garlands, and scrolling foliage.

Design for a Wall Panel

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Watercolour satire of a soldier with raised sabre confronted by a woman in pink, a kneeling man and children in an interior.

Halt ein Barbar! willst du den Vater deiner Kinder Ermorden?

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Pen and ink design for a door knocker with a ram's head, scrolled arms, two lion heads and a small dog on an octagonal sheet.

Design for Door Knocker

Etienne Delaune, 16th century

Colored drawing of a crowded tram with passengers holding straps, a smoking man, and a sign reading Für Raucher.

Halt`dich an!

Fritz Schönpflug, 1913

Grey wash drawing of a listing sailing boat in stormy waves under dark clouds, with a distant sail and a shoreline at left.

Het verdrinken van de kroonprins van Bohemen in de Holle Sloot op het IJ voor Amsterdam, 17 januari 1629

Simon Fokke, 1722

Botanical watercolour of a purple double hyacinth with striped green leaves on a pale background, labeled Charmante Violet.

Hyacint (Charmante Violet)

F. Wijandt, 1735

Watercolor of a peach branch with a ripe peach, two hawk moths and a dragonfly on a pale background.

Perzik aan een tak met twee vlinders en een libel

Hermanus de Wit, 1774

Grey wash drawing of a man in a long coat and tricorn hat, seen from behind with a sword, dated 1797.

Staande figuur in lange jas en hoed met degen, naar rechts

Johannes Ziesenis, 1797

Watercolor of a seated man with a sword as a kneeling woman in white pleads before him in a richly furnished room.

The Pardon Refused (from Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth")

Camille Roqueplan, ca. 1826-29

Grey wash drawing of a crowd before a large civic building with flags, gabled houses and smoking chimneys, labelled 1629.

Opstandige scheepsbemanning te Amsterdam, 1629

Simon Fokke, 1722

Architectural drawing of a tall urn on a stepped base with a flame, plus a floor plan, by Bartholomeus Ziesenis, 1799.

Een van de vier urnen voor het monument op het Nationale feest ter viering van de Vrede van 17 december 1799

Bartholomeus Ziesenis, 1799

Pen and wash drawing of crowds under trees by a canal, with a carriage on a bridge and a church tower beyond.

Aankomst van Willem V van Oranje-Nassau en Wilhelmina van Pruisen bij de Haarlemmerpoort te Amsterdam, 1768

Simon Fokke, 1768