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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pen drawing of two men in an arched interior, one seated at a table and one bearded man leaning in and pointing.

Ammon and Jonadab

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Wash drawing of Saint Luke with halo painting at an easel as the Madonna and child appear in clouds above.

De heilige Lucas tekent madonna met kind

Stradanus, 1588

Wash drawing of a beheading: a kneeling figure, a sword-bearing executioner, and a bearded man beside classical columns.

De onthoofding van de heilige Reparata

Stradanus, 1588

Pink-washed architectural drawing with a pentagonal table plan, column elevation, and cylindrical nightstand elevation with p

Ontwerp voor ronde tafel en rond nachtkastje

Joseph Nussbaumer, 1820

Pen drawing of compartment and drawer partitions inside a rectangular box design, with ruled lines and small pegs.

Twee ontwerpen voor de verdeling van het interieur van een schrijf- of documentendoos

Joseph Nussbaumer, 1816

Pen and wash drawing of a nude man sprawled in front of a draped woman and a crowd of onlookers with raised hands.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, ca. 1606-8

Watercolour of two 17th-century men in hats, one gesturing toward a dissected hand, with a Latin inscription below.

Sir Charles Scarborough and Dr Edward Arris conducting an anatomical dissection. Watercolour painting by G. P. Hardin…

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Portrait of Madame Dugazon as Nina

Joseph Jean Bernard, 1788

Pen and ink drawing of a village street with tiled rooftops, chimneys, smoke, and shrubs leading to the horizon.

Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Vincent van Gogh, ca. July 15, 1888

Drawing of a seated woman gesturing to a plan held by a kneeling figure, with attendants and ruins behind, in chalk on blue p

Semiramus Inspecting a Plan of Babylon

Jean-Simon Berthélémy

Drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels, while a kneeling man gazes up beside a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1822

Brown wash drawing of a rustic farmyard with a wooden balcony, stone walls, straw heap and figures near a bare tree.

Farmyard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ancient interior with a canopied bed, seated woman, standing man and incense burner on a tripod ta

A Scene from Ancient History

François Boitard

Graphite study of a bearded, bare-chested man with one arm raised high and fist clenched, on cream paper.

Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1852-53

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon with putti and clouds around them.

Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child, kneeling shepherd and angels abov

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jusepe de Ribera, 1645-50

Watercolor still life of a bouquet of chrysanthemums in a dark vase on a wooden table against a grey wall.

Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums

Léon Bonvin, 1862

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a layered rococo gown with blue, yellow and silver trim, annotated in French.

Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier

Louis René Boquet

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing a winged helmeted warrior with sword and shield above a shoreline.

Design for a Medal: Marine 1758

Edmé Bouchardon, 1758

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing two draped women beside a pedestal with scales of justice.

Design for a Medal

Edmé Bouchardon, ca. 1738

Red chalk design for a medal showing a seated helmeted female figure with a Latin inscription and the date 1740.

Design for a Medal: Bâtiments du Roy, 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a woman in a chariot drawn by lions, with inscription and 1740 below.

Design for a jeton or a token: Maison de la Reine 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740

Red chalk drawing of a circular medallion showing two putti riding a sea creature over waves, with Latin inscription and date

Design for a Token: Galères, 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing a winged figure holding two crowns, with Latin inscription below.

Design for medal commemorating the capture of Port Mahon

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a child holding a flowering vase, with a dog sniffing the ground below, within an oval frame.

The Sense of Smell

Edmé Bouchardon

Red chalk drawing of a fountain with three nude nymphs on top, lion heads on the pedestal, and dolphins at the base.

Fountain Surmounted by Three Nymphs

Edmé Bouchardon

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted female figure with a spear and a nude child at her side, in flowing drapery.

La Guerre

Edmé Bouchardon

Grey and red wash drawing of soldiers with banners attacking a fortified scene with ladders and an arched doorway.

Venetian Soldiers Attacking Constantinople (recto)

Domenico Tintoretto, 1598

Circular drawing of a reclining river god holding a cornucopia, with a crocodile and the words Trésor Royal 1748.

Design for a Token: Trésor Royal 1748

Edmé Bouchardon, 1748

Loose grey and red wash drawing of crowded galleys with oars approaching a city shore, soldiers and spectators filling the sc

Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople

Domenico Tintoretto, 1598

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a seated youth playing a lyre beside stone blocks, inscribed BÂTIMENS DU ROY 17

Design for a Token: Bâtiments du Roi, 1748

Edmé Bouchardon, 1748