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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Watercolor of a village street with half-timbered houses, women in aprons, and crates in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Darnetal, Normandy

Watercolor of a white church with a red onion dome tower, a small chapel, a wall and a tree under cloudy sky.

Pfarrkirche in Oberschondorf am Ammersee (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1913

Watercolor of Corinthian temple ruins with a shepherd, sheep, and a woman in blue in the foreground.

Tempio d' Antonio e Faustina

Thomas Girtin, 1798

Pencil sketch of low hills under a heavily hatched cloudy sky, on a sketchbook page numbered 2.

Double page sketch of hills in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Watercolor of a village church with a red spire beside farmhouses and trees, with hills and mountains behind under clouds.

St. Alban am Ammersee (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1913

Pen and ink drawing of a skeleton wrestling a man to the ground, with a faint sketched shield in the upper right corner.

George Taylor's Epitaph: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock

William Hogarth, 1750

Charcoal study of clouds over rooftops, a church spire and rolling hills, with a building at the lower left.

Wolkenstudie. Himmel über Häusern, Dächern und Hügel

Adolph Menzel, 1897

Watercolor of a white church with a red onion dome and cemetery wall, with autumn trees and mountains behind.

Kirche in Widdersberg mit Friedhof (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1915

Black chalk drawing of a reclining female nude resting her arm on a rock, legs stretched diagonally across the sheet.

Study of a Female Nude

William Hogarth

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long robe and cloak, head turned left, one arm extended.

Two studies of a priest: 1. Seated with book. 2. Standing, delivering a sermon

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pencil sketch of a museum interior with tall windows, a barrel, a spinning wheel, a hanging bird and a model boat.

Blick in einen Raum im Museum in Utrecht

Adolph Menzel, 1876

Watercolor of a white cemetery chapel with a tall spire and gravestones, with architectural plan sketches below.

Friedhofskapelle in Weilheim/Oberbayern (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1916

Pencil sketch of house roofs and chimneys above a steep grassy hillside, on a sketchbook page.

Pencil sketch of house roofs from A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Pencil sketch of a vaulted stone cellar with ribbed arches, an arched window and a doorway to a lit passage.

Gewölbter Kellerraum in der Wartburg

Adolph Menzel, 1847

Pen drawing of classical architectural capital and moulding profiles with dimension lines and measurement notes.

Kapitellstudien

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pencil sketch of a factory interior with a large spoked transmission wheel, belt drive, wooden beams and a trough below.

Transmissionsanlage in einer Stärkefabrik sowie weitere Details

Adolph Menzel, 1844

Ink architectural drawing of Erechtheion window, Caryatid hall door elevation, and window sill details on tan paper.

Erechtheion, Athen, Studien zu Fenster und Türen

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tiered ornamental fountain with a twisted column, urn finial and draped pedestal, dated 1841.

Tafelaufsatz

Adolph Menzel, 1841

Pen drawing of architectural plans, sections and details of the Propylaea in Athens, with measurements and column views.

Propyläen in Athen, Pläne

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1880

Hond (Canis lupus familiaris)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Graphite sketch of a mountain ridge and rolling hills on a tan sketchbook page, numbered 25.

Landform sketch in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Wolf (Canis lupus)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Kop van een hert (Cervidae)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Pencil study of a hanging embroidered tablecloth beside a ruffled frill and ribbon bow, dated 1876.

Herabhängende Tischdecke, Bandschleifen und Krausen

Adolph Menzel, 1876

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a Gothic vaulted interior with a central column, painted ceiling panels and an arched window

Inneres der Friedhofskapelle in Weilheim (Kirchen und Landschaften aus Bayern)

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1916

Pencil sketch of the Otira Hotel with George Dyer lettered on its front, surrounded by trees and hills, numbered page 73.

Sketch of 'George Dyer Otira Hotel' in An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Man in turban sits thoughtfully in a study with a skull, open book, globe and scattered papers by a window.

A Scholar in his Study

Justus Juncker, 1754

Pencil sketch of a landau carriage with horses and a driver in front of a barn, with trees in the background.

Landauergespann vor der Scheune

Adolph Menzel, 1890

Pen drawing comparing two column orders labelled Nemea and Korinth, with measurement lines and dimension notes.

Säulenstudien, Nemea und Korinth

Josef Wilhelm Durm

Drawing of a helmeted warrior and a nude youth with a lyre flanking a large shield, with two putti and wreaths above.

Allegory in Honor of Cardinal Richelieu

Charles Le Brun, 1641

Pen drawing of polygonal stone walls with measurements and an arched gateway of irregular blocks among trees.

Polygonmauern in Athen und Arkananien

Josef Wilhelm Durm, 1879

Pencil sketch of a priest giving communion to a dying man while other clergy kneel among plague victims on the ground.

St. Charles Borromeo Giving Communion to the Plague-Stricken

Charles Le Brun, 17th century