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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pen drawing of a central oval panel with reclining figures, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and floral cartouches on a page.

Tafelblad met een drinkend en rokend gezelschap in het centrale ovale veld

Carlo Pozzo, 1677

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a classicist townhouse facade with a triangular pediment and garland reliefs.

Ontwerp voor een classicistische woonhuisgevel

W. van Uyen, 1700

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical rotunda with columns, beside putti, a satyr, a goat and Roman coins.

A Reconstructon of an Undefined Building

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Watercolor of a church with spires behind trees, row houses along a canal, and a rowboat with two people on the water.

Gezicht op kerk De Liefde aan het Lange Blekerspad vanaf het Singel

Albert Martin, 1892

Architectural elevation drawing of a classicist house facade with central entrance, urns, balustrade and seated figure on the

Ontwerp voor een classicistische woonhuisgevel

C. Taselaar, 1775

Grey wash drawing of a hawk-headed Osiris statue in a formal garden with terraces, figures and an inscribed pedestal.

Statue of Osiris in a Garden

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and watercolor landscape of mountain peaks above a village with a church tower, chestnut trees and a lake in the foregrou

La Piana

Edward Lear, 1868

Grey wash drawing of a draped woman holding a medallion showing a fountain, beside an obelisk fountain with carved reliefs.

Female Figure Holding a Coin and Image of a Fountain

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash drawing of a reconstructed columned temple with a reclining river figure holding a Latin inscription scroll and co

A Reconstruction of the Temple of Fortuna

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Sepia drawing of a reconstructed Roman theatre with arcades, beside a bust of Pompey and a carved pedestal.

A Reconstruction of the Theatre of Pompey

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash drawing of a domed temple in a circle beside a bearded statue of Serapis, with coins and an inscribed stone.

A Recontruction of the So-Called Temple of Serapidis

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of the Colosseum cross-section with tiered seats and arches, topped by a laurel-crowned bust on a plinth.

A Reconstruction of the Colosseum in Cross-Section

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pencil drawing of a barren plain with skulls, bones and a hunched figure, a rock outcrop and flocks of birds in grey sky.

Jenseits von Gut und Böse

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical frame with a statue, bust, Roman coins, and Latin inscriptions on a banner.

Adumbration of Capitoline Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of a tall date palm with a Latin banner, with a haloed rider on a donkey and a crowd in a hillside lands

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

Jan Goeree, 1696-1704

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a nude male figure striding forward while holding an urn.

Naakte lopende man met een urne

Cristoforo Roncalli, 1567

Red chalk drawing of a seated young woman with flowing drapery, over faint grid lines on a tan sheet.

Seated Girl Engaged in Needlework

Cristoforo Roncalli, 1552

Grey wash drawing of a male saint with upturned face, holding a staff and wrapped in a heavy draped cloak.

Male Saint with Staff, Half-Figure

the Younger Francisco Herrera, 1640

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental title page with spring and autumn allegorical figures flanking a blank panel, crown, cheru

Drawing for the title page to the 'Descrpción de las honras' (related to the death of Philip IV)

Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo, 1666

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman in a headscarf leaning on a ledge, holding drapery over a basket of fruit and flowers.

Female Personification of Summer or Abundance

Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo, 1619-71

Pen drawing of a calligraphy exemplar with a large decorative initial, swirling flourishes and German text lines.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Der konigh vonn Macedonien (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved writing exemplar with looping calligraphic flourishes forming an oval border around a Latin verse text.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: D.D. Francisco Lansbergio (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved writing model with an ornate initial D, Latin verse in calligraphic script, and a flourished signature.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Ad nob. amp. virum (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy specimen with two flourished figures framing a Latin dedication text in ornate script.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Clariss. nobilissimoq[ue] (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen and blue wash drawing of the crucified Christ with head bowed, arms outstretched on a cross, on blue paper.

The Crucified Christ

Diego Lopez de Escuriaz, 1587-97

Calligraphic penmanship model with flourishes, Latin text, an alphabet and a dragon-like creature in the lower center.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Characteres Latini (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Calligraphic writing sample with looping ornamental border and Latin dedication to Daniel Colonius, pen and ink, 1605.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: D. Daniels Colonio ecclesiae Gallie (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Calligraphic writing exemplar with swirling pen flourishes framing French text, signed Velde, dated 1605.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: A mon tres cher beaufrere (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of ornamental flourished calligraphy surrounding a block of French handwritten text on pale paper.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Bias Lacon estant surpris (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved calligraphy writing model with French cursive text framed by large looping flourishes and an alphabet line below.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Aux choses perilleuses (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen-and-ink calligraphy exemplar with Dutch text framed by large looping flourishes, dated 1605.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: De coninck Antigonus (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Brown wash drawing of a nude figure seen from behind among swirling, struggling figures in a dark, dramatic composition.

The Chastisement of Luxury

Eugenio Lucas, 1817-70