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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Ink calligraphy writing sample in French with looping flourished border, attributed to Jan van de Velde, 1605.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Nous voyons evidemment (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of an ornate calligraphy exemplar with looping flourishes framing a block of italic handwriting.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Al mag. sig. Henrico den Haen (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen-drawn calligraphy exemplar with swirling flourished letters, a decorative border and French handwritten text.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: A mons. L'Heremite

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen-and-ink calligraphy sheet with flourished Italian dedication text, a decorative swan, and large ornamental initials.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Al eccellen. S. dott. Giovanni Bontio (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of an ornate calligraphy specimen with looping flourishes and a spiral urn motif at lower left.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Sig. fr[at]ello mio (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Loose watercolor of turbaned figures resting in the shadow of a stone archway, with red and blue robes in the foreground.

Arabs Resting

Eugenio Lucas, 1817-70

Sketch of a ceiling design with a chariot and horses in clouds, winged figures, and allegorical figures in brown wash.

Design for a Ceiling

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, putti and a warrior with spear arranged among clouds.

The Triumph of Virtue and Divine Wisdom

Livio Retti, 1736

Brown wash drawing of a haloed kneeling saint receiving a sacred vessel amid radiating light and angels in clouds.

St. Paschal Baylon Adorning the Blessed Sacrament

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819

Red chalk sketch of a seated nude woman raising one arm, with a loosely drawn second figure behind her.

Seated Nude

Édouard Manet, 1858/60

Grey wash drawing of a young boy reclining with his arm on a lamb beside a cross-topped staff and rocks.

The Infant St. John the Baptist

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1618-82

Pen and brown ink study of a standing bare-chested man beside an easel, with an inscription below, on pale paper.

Standing Male Figure: Study for a Portrait

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670-80

Watercolor of a banquet in a sea grotto, with costumed guests at long tables, a staircase, balconies, and a ship.

View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet

Louis Jean Desprez, c. 1790

Bust-length lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark double-breasted coat, labeled H. Cuypers, Med. Doctor.

Portret van Henricus Cuypers

Abram van der Horn, 1792

Ink plan of a bridge with arches, stairs and circular piers, a curving river above, and handwritten Italian notes on aged pap

Plattegrond

Andrea Palladio, 1518

Black and white chalk drawing of two muscular nude men wrestling, one lifting the other, on blue-grey paper.

Kopie naar een beeldengroep van Hercules en Antaeus

Cornelis Joseph d' Heur, 1717

Colored crayon drawing of a park with trees framing a reflective pond under a pale sky.

Park in Wiesbaden

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1915

Pastel drawing of a sunny garden with red flower beds, a green lawn, a large tree, and a pale classical villa.

Kurpark te Wiesbaden

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1915

Colored crayon drawing of a building half hidden among green trees, with flowering garden plants and reflections in water bel

Gebouw met tuin

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1915

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, Saint Joseph, infant Christ in a manger, and angels above.

The Nativity

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1665-70

Oval graphite and red chalk portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and dark coat, smiling faintly.

James Nares

John Hoppner, c. 1775

Loose ink sketch of a bearded man with closed eyes holding a pipe, with handwritten name annotations on tan paper.

Diego Rivera

Amedeo Modigliani, 1915

Red chalk drawing of a bishop giving alms to kneeling poor figures while clergy and a crowd watch in an interior.

Thomas of Villanova, Archbishop of Valencia Distributing Alms to the Poor

Pedro Orrente, ca. 1620-45

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a bearded man with a white collar, looking directly at the viewer, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Francisco Pacheco, 1564-1644

Sheet of studies, including a Roman head, a male figure on a pyre, and a colonnade

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1766-1774

Frontispiece for the collection 'Trages españoles usados en diferentes epocas'

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1798-1799

Red chalk drawing of a young woman kneeling and reaching forward with outstretched arms, draped in loose cloth.

Young Woman Kneeling and Reaching Forward [verso]

Charles de La Fosse, 1698

Grey wash drawing of a sailing ship's stern with tall mast and rigging, viewed from the front against a pale sky.

Enkele zeilschepen, bij de wal

Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1820

Grey wash drawing of a two-masted sailing ship with full sails on calm water, with its reflection below.

West-Indiëvaarder

Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1820

Grey wash drawing of a sailing boat with a large hay cargo and two sailors on board, seen from the stern.

Een boot met een lading hooi

Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1820

Grey wash drawing of moored ships and a rowing boat at a quay, with rigging, coiled rope and hanging laundry.

Afgemeerde schepen met sloepen

Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1820

Red chalk drawing of two seated young women in draped dress, with a hand study below and a partial figure at right.

Two Young Women Seated on the Ground [recto]

Charles de La Fosse, 1698