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Drawings & Sketches

79,659 works

Red chalk sketch of figures lifting a cross toward clouds and angels, with kneeling and standing figures below.

Apotheose zweier weiblicher Heiligen (Helena?)

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolor drawing of a garden with a waterfall, classical urns, a stone lion, figures, and cypress trees beside a villa.

Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1760

Brown wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ at a table surrounded by apostles and angels holding a chalice above.

The Last Supper

Ink line drawing by Paul Klee with a cross-hatched architectural structure, the words Leopold and Anna, and a seated bird-hea

Anna und Leopold

Paul Klee, 1918

Oil portrait study of a boy in a red cap and brown jacket, looking toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of a Boy

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1880

Academic chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, with raised arm, on toned paper.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude, seen from behind

Joseph Charles de Meulemeester, 1797

Circular chalk drawing of the Virgin and infant Christ with bearded onlookers leaning in, on a dark grey ground.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1600-1605

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior seated on a monument pedestal beside a column and urn.

Bildwerk eines auf dem Sockel eines Monuments sitzenden Kriegers

Jacob van Schuppen

Watercolor of herdsmen, cattle, a dog and donkey resting by a stream beneath a rocky cliff and trees, 1764.

Landschaft mit ruhenden Hirten

Georg Friedrich Meyer, 1764

Charcoal and chalk academic study of a standing male nude seen from behind, leaning on a stone pedestal.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude, seen from behind

Augustin van den Berghe, 1776

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a draped robe seated and writing, one bare foot raised on a block.

An eine Säule gelehnter schreibender Mann mit aufgestelltem rechten Fuß, wohl ein Evangelist

Gaspar de Crayer

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures gathered among tall trees in a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Watercolor design of a hilltop town with tall towers and cypress-dotted hills, above a dark blue paneled base.

Bildentwurf: La città delle belle torri

Alexander Kanoldt, 1919

Academic drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, holding a club and leaning on a draped pedestal.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude holding a bat, seen from behind

Augustin van den Berghe, 1778

Pencil drawing of a single pine tree with a dense rounded crown and twisting trunk, signed Fritz Bamberger.

A pine

Fritz Bamberger

Red chalk drawing of a hilltop villa among trees, with a reclining cow and a resting figure in the foreground.

Landscape with a Large Villa on a Hilltop

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1759

Pencil and colored pencil drawing of angular towers above a yellow building with arches and a low stone wall in front.

Die "Torri gemelle" in San Gimignano

Alexander Kanoldt, 1913

Grey chalk study of a standing classical nude male figure with curly hair, leaning against a tree stump, drawn in 1774.

Academic study after a sculpture: Capitoline Antinous

Augustin van den Berghe, 1774

Faint pencil sketch of an arched doorway and stone architectural forms on pale paper.

Architecture

Joseph Anton Koch, 1832

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with kneeling saints and angels below, looking upward.

The Holy Family Appearing to St. Francis, St. Augustine, and St. Roch

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 18th century

Pencil sketch of a village street with gabled houses, a wooden fence, cobbled path, and bare trees.

Dorfstraße in Leopoldshafen I

Alexander Kanoldt, 1907

Grey-toned academic drawing of a marble-like bust of a young woman with upturned gaze on a stepped pedestal.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Proserpina

Augustin van den Berghe, 1774

Pencil sketch of three riders on horseback, including a crowned bearded man and a helmeted armored rider, with two heads at r

Drei Reiter zu Pferd, gefolgt von zwei Männern

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a long robe and wide hat, leaning on a block with one arm extended.

Standing Male Figure with Left Arm Extended

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 18th century

Watercolor of a sunlit village lane with cobblestones, red and blue roofs, a wooden fence, and tall trees in the distance.

Dorfstraße in Leopoldshafen II

Alexander Kanoldt, 1907

Pencil drawing of allegorical autumn figures: a seated nude woman, a bearded man with a bow, and a cherub above an empty arch

The autumn

Johann Baptist Scholl

Grey wash drawing of a foundry at night, with glowing furnace openings, smoke clouds, and reflections on water.

Foundry at Canon, Herefordshire

John Baptist Malchair, 1792

Academic drawing of a standing male nude with a staff, beside a classical bust on a pedestal and a shield on the floor.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude with bust of Proserpina and coat of arms

Augustin van den Berghe, 1778

Pen and wash drawing of a hilltop villa with a seated statue fountain, a lute player, and reclining figures in a garden.

The Fountain of Rome at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1765

Grey wash drawing of two angels leading a bearded man away from a crowd at an arched doorway, within an ornamental frame.

Engel geleiten Lot aus Sodom

Johann Jakob von Sandrart

Pointillist landscape of a dirt road, bare trees, fields and a brick chimney under a pale sky.

Landstraße und Ziegelei, Leopoldshafen

Alexander Kanoldt, 1907

Watercolor of a three-masted ship and small boats on choppy sea, with a distant castle on the coast, in a circular mount.

Marine