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79,659 works

Study for Saint Gervasius

Eustache Le Sueur, ca. 1652

Frieze-style drawing in white chalk on grey paper showing draped classical figures, a handshake, and an ox in procession.

Die Vermählung des Äneas mit Lavinia

Moritz von Schwind, 1842

Pen and grey wash drawing of a harbor with fortified towers, moored sailing ships, small figures on the quay and a distant co

Aussicht auf einen Hafen

Hand-painted entomology plate showing numbered insects: a winged adult, larvae, a moth, and a pupa with scale bars.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XIV]

George Hudson, 1886

Pen and ink drawing of fishermen by a riverbank beneath a large gnarled tree, with a bridge and building in the distance.

Retour de la Pêche

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated figure receiving words from a winged angel among clouds, with putti and a pastoral lan

Moïse reçoit la Parole de Dieu par l'intermédiaire d'un ange dans le désert du Sinaï

Pencil drawing of Apollo with a lyre beside helmeted Minerva holding a shield, with a cherub and tablet between them.

Minerva Presenting Two Portraits to Apollo

Eustache Le Sueur, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man on a cloud holding a statuette of Athena amid radiating light.

Fliegende Figur, die eine Statuette von Athena hält

Jean Restout, 1701

Pen drawing of a town by a river with a Gothic church on a hill, rows of houses, and small boats with figures on the water.

Stadtansicht

Moritz von Schwind, 1855

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a loose tunic with a raised hand, plus a drapery study.

Standing Man

Eugène Leygue, 1830-77

Oval portrait drawing of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and white cravat against a grey background.

Selbstbildnis

Philipp Jakob Becker, 1826

Hand-colored interior scene of costumed figures in a room with framed portraits and a green-draped table, 1827.

"Menagerie und optische Zimmerreise in Krähwinkel" von Gleich und Hopp (Gallerie drolliger Scenen zur Theaterzeitung,…

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1827

Charcoal drawing of a draped figure falling diagonally, one arm raised, over faint red grid lines on tinted paper.

Falling Man

Eugène Leygue, 1830-77

Red chalk drawing of costumed figures under a tree, mounted on a blue-grey border with handwritten inventory notes.

Schauspieler (Gegendruck)

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Watercolor of a coastal path through pines leading to a wooden footbridge over blue sea with distant islands.

Landscape from Hanko, Finland

Nicoline Tuxen, 1894

Red chalk drawing of a plumed female figure in a chariot drawn by lions, with a flaming altar and tree behind.

Allegory of America

Louis Licherie de Beurie, mid-17th century

Red chalk drawing of a grotesque mask with open mouth, framed by fluted pilasters, flower garland and cherubs.

Maskaronstudie

Jean Restout, 1701

Watercolour of a ruined tower and arched gateway, with a herdsman driving cattle, a goat and sheep past large trees.

Das Franzosenloch in Leimen

Carl Philipp Fohr

Watercolor bouquet of white roses, pale lilacs, buds and green leaves against a grey background.

Flowers: Roses and Lilacs

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Drawing of a winged archangel in armor flying diagonally, holding a shield, with white highlights on a brown ground.

Erzengel Michael

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1601

Charcoal drawing of a standing worker in a loose coat, face lined and weary, hands hanging low at his sides.

Stehender Arbeiter

Käthe Kollwitz

Colored drawing of an erupting volcano, a human figure, a blue sun and sea waves against a dark night sky.

"Mensch und Natur", Graz

Karl Wiener, 1924

Painted bouquet of white and pink roses with green leaves and buds against a dark gradient background.

Flowers: Roses

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a procession of mounted riders and a canopied carriage arranged in three horizontal rows.

Reiter, die eine Dame eskortieren

Israël Silvestre

Allegory of Age

Watercolour of a turbaned rider on a rearing grey horse carrying a pennant lance and round shield, with German inscription be

Reitender Türke

Georg Wickgram, 1597

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned man greeting three winged angels seated at a table beneath a tree.

Abraham Entertaining the Angels

Jan Tengnagel, 1610

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with curly hair holding a curved horn, with an Italian inscription below.

Huntress with a Horn

Carle Vanloo, ca. 1733

Pencil drawing of a palace garden with a statue, cypress trees, a balustrade, a building at right and small figures.

Palastgarten mit Figuren

Israël Silvestre

Chalk drawing of a seated couple leaning together, the woman in a long gown reading a book in her lap.

Paolo und Francesca (Kopie)

Anselm Feuerbach

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds above two seated female saints in an arched frame.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Catherine and Another Female Saint

Pietro Damini, 1620

Bust of a Young Girl, Profile to Left

Carle Vanloo, 18th century