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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pen and ink sketches of classical architecture, columns, scrollwork and putti for a decorative casket design.

Sketches for the Design of a Casket (recto); Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths(?) (verso)

Girolamo da Carpi, 1545-55

Pencil drawing of six women in flowing gowns dancing in a circle, holding hands, before a wooded landscape.

The Round Dance, or Rays of Sunlight

Anne-François-Louis Janmot, 1835-55

Red and black chalk portrait of a bearded man in a plumed cap and ruffed collar, turned to the left.

Portrait of La Val de Pramence

François Clouet, 16th century

Ink drawing of a giant female statue beside church towers, falling bells, soldiers and a dead bird under radiating lines.

"Kriegsostern", aus: Zyklus "Vom Gestern zum Morgen" ("Grotesken")

Karl Wiener, 1942

Ink and wash drawing of sea gods kneeling before a standing king on a pedestal, with cherubs and clouds above a harbor.

Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV

Michel Corneille the Younger, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a man in a suit and tie, drawn in angular hatched strokes, labeled 'KRITIKER KW.' at lower right.

Kritiker

Karl Wiener, 1922

Pen drawing of a heraldic shield with crossed lances, framed by arches, scrollwork and a border of hunting scenes with animal

Design for a Window (Hunting Scene)

Christoph Murer, 1579

Pen and grey wash drawing of soldiers and bearded men carrying a chest with trumpets before a walled city.

Joshua and the Israelites before the Walls of Jericho

Christoph Murer, 1600

Charcoal study of a kneeling draped female figure seen from behind, with a separate head study of hair at upper right.

Studies of a Draped Female Figure, Kneeling, Seen from the Back, for the East Transept of the Chruch of Sainte-Clothi…

Henri Lehmann, 1858

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of a twisting male nude with draped cloth on blue-grey paper.

Variation of Michelangelo’s Giorno

Graphite and chalk study of a woman in a long gown carrying a basket of bread, drawn on squared blue-grey paper.

A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of M…

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1850-53

Charcoal and chalk drawing of crowded bookshelves with stacked books and loose papers on the floor.

Bookshelves, Study for "Edmond Duranty"

Edgar Degas, 1879

Soft gray and blue drawing of a nude woman crouching over the edge of a bath, one arm reaching down.

The Bath

Edgar Degas, 1895 or before

Pen drawing of a nude child holding wheat and a rose beside a skull and urn, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Vanitas

Jacques de Gheyn, 1580

Pencil drawing of a row of gabled canal houses on the left and tree-lined quay with a tower on the right.

Gezicht op de achterzijde van de Doelenstraat en ingang van de Kloveniersburgwal

Jan Spaan, 1752

Technical drawing of a dark wooden coffin with metal handles and finials, shown in three views with an inscribed cartouche.

Lijkkist van Willem III, koning der Nederlanden

P. van Moeij Schiltbrouwer, 1849

Brown wash drawing in a circle of a bound nude man on a diagonal cross, with helmeted soldiers and a kneeling woman.

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Ferdinand Pierre Joseph Ignace Delamonce, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated in a room with a standing woman gesturing toward him and a kneeling woman at left

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Ferdinand Pierre Joseph Ignace Delamonce, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded seated male figure with raised arms on clouds, attributed to Luigi Sabatelli.

God The Father Creating (?) (recto); Study of neo-classical statue of a nude male (verso)

Luigi Sabatelli, 1792-1850

Red chalk drawing of a cattle market with people, cows, trees and a thatched farm building under a pale sky.

Veemarkt

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1767

Watercolor of workers demolishing a classical building, with carts, rubble, and a statue in an arched niche.

Demolition of the Old Vestibule of the Palais-Royal, Paris

Pierre-Antoine Demachy, ca. 1767

Pencil book cover design showing a clock, fireplace and armchair in a room, with title BOY by Henri van Wermeskerken.

Bandontwerp voor: Henri van Wermeskerken, Boy, 1930

Monochrome drawing of a woman hauling a rope on a tropical veranda while men in helmets and a uniformed officer look on.

Vrouw met touw vraagt mannen om hulp

Pen drawing of a boy on roller skates holding a tray of food as a dog jumps beside him on a paved street.

Jongen met etenswaren en hond

Gust van de Wall Perné, 1887

Ink and wash drawing of two men talking in a rustic barn interior with a seated man on straw and a wooden table.

Mannen converseren in een schuur

Pen drawing of a girl riding a black cat across a rooftop at night beside chimneys, under a smiling moon and stars.

Meisje rijdt op een kat over de daken

Gust van de Wall Perné, 1887

Pen drawing of three boys in winter clothes clearing snow near a brick house, with bare trees and a sled beside them.

Drie jongens in de sneeuw

Gust van de Wall Perné, 1887

Pen drawing of a startled woman in Dutch rural dress holding a stocking at a doorway beside a window and bench.

Boerin met haar hand in een kous

Gust van de Wall Perné, 1887

Pen drawing of a startled woman in a shawl at a wooden gate, with a frog hopping on the path below her.

Vrouw schrikt van een kikker

Gust van de Wall Perné, 1887

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man with downcast eyes, a cloth wrapped around his head, and draped collar.

Caricature of Georges-Auguste Couthon (called Aristide, 1756-1794), President of the Convention in 1793, on the way t…

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Head of a soldier in profile, with a sword handle

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Profile of two soldiers wearing fur caps

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794