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Drawings & Sketches

79,659 works

Study of a Girl's Head

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1900

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in an interior with wooden beams and vertical posts.

Dutch interior

Petrus van der Velden

Brown and grey wash drawing of three men in tricorn hats seated at a table, one raising a finger mid-conversation.

Three Men at a Table

Étienne Jeaurat, 1763

Grey wash drawing of a gnarled, hollow tree trunk with broken limbs and exposed roots over grassy ground.

Study of a Tree

Roelant Savery, ca. 1606-7

Pencil drawing of a gothic cloister arcade with ribbed vaults, clustered columns and a receding stone floor.

Blick durch den südlichen Kreuzgangflügel des Klosters Maulbronn

Friedrich Eisenlohr

Study of a Woman's Head

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1920

Watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a blue blouse against a magenta patterned background, with a table at right.

Frau mit Schürze (Erna Kirchner)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1929

Painted interior with a white-covered table, wooden chairs, a green lampshade, and framed portraits on the walls.

Study of a Munich Studio

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1880

Oil study of a man with mustache and round spectacles in a dark jacket, painted in loose brushwork against a dark ground.

Study for a Self-Portrait

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1890

Engraved bust portrait of a woman in a lace headdress, beaded necklace and patterned bodice, on a pale paper ground.

Fenna Mastenbroek Philippus Velijn

Philippus Velijn, 1797

Painted head study of a young man turned to the left, wearing a dark high collar and brown coat against a shadowy background.

Head Study of a Young Man

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1880

Watercolor of an arched brick entrance to an Amsterdam almshouse, with figures in period dress inside and boys on the steps o

The Entrance of the Evangelisch-Lutherse Diaconie- en Bestedelingenhuis in Amsterdam

Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1820

Oil head study of a woman with dark hair turning to the side against a warm brown background.

Head Study of a Woman

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1880

Athennidae (Tas)

Frank Edward Clarke, 1868

Pen and watercolor interior view of a Dutch hall with an ornate doorway, men on benches and a woman in an apron.

View of the Herenkamer in the Evangelisch-Lutherse Diaconie- en Bestedelingenhuis in Amsterdam

Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1780

Pencil sketch of a man's head and shoulders with dark hatched shading on the left, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Selbstbildnis

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1935

Pencil sketch of a man lying across a round table with another figure leaning over its edge, arm hanging down.

Two studies of a Swiss climber: 1. Lying across table. 2. Leaning across table

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pen and gray wash drawing of a crowd of women, men and children gathered around a wooden cart in a street market scene.

Market Scene

Anton Wachsmann, 1800

Watercolor panorama of a river bend and city below a terrace where men sit, one painting under a pink parasol.

View of Paris from the Terrace of the Pavillon de Brimborion

Carle Vernet, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a fashionable woman in a striped gown and feathered bonnet standing beside a stone balustrade in a park.

A Fashionable Woman Standing in a Park

Carle Vernet, 1798

Pencil sketch of mobile guard soldiers in top hats and cloaks gathered around a campfire under a wooden shelter.

"Mobilgarden-Piquet / am Linienwall in Wien im October 1848." (Vorzeichnung)

B. Bachmann-Hohmann, 1849

Expressive watercolor and ink drawing of an organist at a keyboard, with organ pipes and sheet music in blue, yellow and blac

Orgelspieler

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928

Pen and wash drawing of a religious adoration scene with a central figure, kneeling saints, angels among clouds, and an arche

Verehrung des Christusknaben

Gaspare Diziani

Pen and ink architectural sketches of arches, staircases and colonnades on aged paper.

Designs for Palatial Staircases [recto]

Lorenzo Sacchetti, 1800

Watercolor of three nude women among stylized blue and green trees in a forest, with lavender and pink tones.

Drei Akte im Bergwald

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928

Charcoal sketch of a grove of trees with dark foliage and a pale hatched sky, from an 1891 sketchbook.

Sketch of trees. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Pen and brown wash drawing of a symmetrical vaulted hall with arches, columns, hanging lamps and a stone balustrade.

Design for a Vaulted Hall

Lorenzo Sacchetti

Watercolor drawing of an alpine pasture with yellow cows, angular buildings, figures and a violet mountain slope under a swir

Stafelalp mit Kühen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1920

Drawing of windswept pohutukawa trees above a bay with a rocky headland, grazing cows and rolling hills.

Pohutukawas, Piha

Samuel Birch, 1936

Technical watercolor drawing of lightning rod mounting details on roof trusses and a cathedral, dated 1830 by Victor Bert.

Détails des paratonnerres à installer sur les édifices diocésains de Troyes (1830)

Victor Bert, 1830

Pen and brown wash drawing of a draped woman holding a child, accompanied by two playful putti at her feet.

Allegory of charity

Gaspare Diziani

Collage with black woodcut panel of white angular lines on a loose abstract painted background in browns, blues and greens.

Collage mit Holzschnitt auf abstrakter Malerei

Kurt Schwitters, 1919