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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Brown wash drawing of two standing figures in period costume beside a seated man at a draped table.

Goetz Von Berlichingen Before The Imperial Magistrate

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826

Watercolour of a ruined medieval abbey gatehouse with pointed arches, trees at right, and three figures on a grassy hill.

[Melrose Abbey]

Pencil sketch of Moses and Aaron before a crowd of kneeling and reclining figures, one raising a staff.

Moses Striking the Rock (Numbers 20:11)

Richard Westall, 1835

Pen and ink drawing of grotesque ornaments with scrolls, cartouches, medallions, lion masks and a winged seated figure.

Grotesques Designs with Various Inscriptions (recto); Candelabra Grotesque and Two Putti Holding Flowers (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen drawing of a town square with a church and gabled houses, and caricatured wigged men in period dress in the foreground.

1685 / Vele Franschen komen in ons land, en brengen hunne geleerdheid mee

Johan Huizinga, 1893

Line drawing of men drinking at a tavern table with jugs, a hanging birdcage, and a standing figure with a cane.

1623 / Slatius laat zijn bier staan

Johan Huizinga, 1893

Pen drawing of a mounted officer watching soldiers cross frozen water toward a town with church towers under a cloudy sky.

1794 / Pichegru trekt over de bevrozen wateren ons land binnen

Johan Huizinga, 1893

Pen drawing of gabled canal houses with a dense crowd in the foreground and a horse-drawn sleigh among onlookers.

1754 / Daniel Raap op een slede begraven

Johan Huizinga, 1893

Pen drawing of men feasting around a dining table in a cluttered interior with framed portraits and a child on the floor.

1810-1813 / De geestdrift blijft gloeien in de binnenkameren

Johan Huizinga, 1893

Ink drawing of a caricatured man in a top hat smoking a pipe beside a Dutch flag, with a seated man and crates.

1811 / De Hollandse vlag blijft waaien op Desima

Johan Huizinga, 1893

Pencil sketch of Moses holding a staff beside stone tablets on a cloudy mountain, with a crowd gesturing below.

Moses Bringing the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:29)

Richard Westall, 1835

Watercolor of a white church with red roof and tall tower beside a village road, with mountains and trees behind.

Kirche in Steinebach am Wörthsee (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1915

Pen and ink drawing of a grotesque figure with a curling tail above bands of strapwork, scrolls and creature ornament.

Various Designs of Strapwork and Grotesque Figures (recto); Grotesques with Term Figures (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Watercolor of pale birch trunks and bare branches by a lake, with white and red wildflowers in the foreground.

Im Seeholz bei Holzhausen (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1918

Pencil sketch of sailors throwing a bearded man overboard into rough sea beside a rising sea monster.

Jonah Cast Into the Sea (Jonah 1:15)

Richard Westall, 1835

Pen and ink drawing of two women above two satyrs playing horns, with a central ornamental mask cartouche.

Sheet with multiple Designs: Figurative Scene with Two Women (top) and Two Satyrs Playing Horns, Seated Back to Back…

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Ink drawing of a tall wooden cross above a field of hatched mounds under a swirling, stormy sky.

Massengrab

Karl Wiener, 1925

Watercolor landscape of a meadow and trees with a red-roofed house and a seated figure beneath a leaning tree at right.

Poldis-Hain bei Riederau (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1918

Pencil sketch of a winged angel pointing at a kneeling warrior in a plumed helmet, with tents and hills behind them.

Joshua and the Angel (Joshua 5:13)

Richard Westall, 1835

Pen and ink drawing of grotesque creatures with scrolls and wings beside a candelabra ornament with a winged female figure.

Flemish Grotesque Creatures and a Candelabra Grotesque (recto); Candelabra Grotesques with Mask (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Brown ink frieze drawing of acanthus scrolls, hybrid creatures and a winged putto on a pale sheet.

Frieze Design with Acanthus Scrolls, Hybrid Creatures and a Winged Putto

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Watercolor of Grafrath pilgrimage church by a lake with a wooden bridge, flanked by two black-and-white photographs.

Die Wallfahrtskirche in Grafrath an der Amper (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1914

Pencil sketch of an archer drawing a bow in a room while a bedridden bearded man points and robed figures watch.

Elisha on His Death-Bed (II Kings 12:17)

Richard Westall, 1835

Pencil sketch of fishing nets hung on poles in a flat field, a thatched cottage at right, and birds flying overhead.

"Masuren" (?) (Blatt aus: Skizzenbuch Erster Weltkrieg)

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1917

Pencil sketch of Christ standing among a crowd beside a bier, with a veiled woman kneeling in the foreground.

Christ Raising the Widow's Son (Luke 7:13-16)

Richard Westall, 1836

Pen and ink drawing of a vertical grotesque ornament panel with a seated cat, two birds, scrolls and a mask.

Candelabra Grotesque with a Cat

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Ink technical drawing with wall plaster sections, a milestone, Roman road layers, and classical inscribed architectural fragm

Wandputz, Meilenstein, Aufbau von Römerstraßen und Inschriften

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1903

Pencil sketch of a classical relief with a laurel-crowned female head flanked by two winged putti and scrolled ornament.

Skizzenbuchblatt: Dekorationen, Museo Gregoriano, Rom

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1898

Pen and ink frieze design with grotesque figures, mythical beasts, scrollwork and ornamental vases on pale paper.

Design for a Frieze with Grotesques

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pencil sketch of a standing robed man facing a kneeling veiled woman reaching toward him in a wooded garden.

Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene (John 20:13-14)

Richard Westall, 1836

Watercolor of a white castle with arched colonnade and brown roofs above a garden, with autumn trees and a footbridge.

Seefeld am Pilsensee mit Schloss des Grafen Törring (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1915

Pencil sketch of a village among tall trees, with thatched cottages and small figures in the foreground.

A Village in a Wood

Thomas Girtin, 1796