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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a wide hat with pipes resting across his knee, signed by Petrus van der Velden.

Two studies of a Swiss climber: 1. Resting with pipes across knee. 2. Blowing pipes

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Christ child on clouds, with an armored archangel and a kneeling saint below.

Madonna in Wolken, verehrt vom Erzengel Michael und dem Heiligen Petrus

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures around an altar and urn, with a kneeling figure and musicians, in a ritual scene.

Scene of Sacrifice

Francesco Allegrini

Drawing of crumbling Roman arches and a tower with small figures fighting in the foreground beside a dark rock.

Römische Ruinen mit Überfall

Johann Wilhelm Baur

Pencil sketch of a calm river flanked by steep cliffs, wooded slopes and a rocky outcrop, with distant hills.

Castle Rock on the Taieri River

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Pen and brown ink sketch of three nude male figures in varied poses on aged paper.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (recto); Bearded Old Man Blessing Seen in Half-length (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink drawing of a classical rotunda and colonnade with small figures, tall trees and a road in a wide landscape.

Landschaft mit Bakchos vor dem Palast des Staphylos

Claude Gellée gen. Lorrain, 1672

Watercolour panorama of a Wellington town with a church spire, harbour ships, green hills and white clouds.

Town and part of Wellington

Walter Scarlett Hatton

Brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin: a woman in bed, attendants with dishes, and women bathing a newborn in a basin

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Battista da Vercelli

Pen and wash drawing of a columned classical hall opening onto a garden with a fountain, statues, and strolling figures.

Blick durch das Atrium des Casinos in das Gartenparterre der Villa Albani

Hubert Robert, 1763

Watercolor of a rainbow over choppy water, a sailing boat, a footbridge with figures, cattle on a path and a distant town.

Lente, morgen en aarde Zomer, middag en lucht Herfst, avond en water Winter, nacht en vuur

Jacob Cats, 1797

Pen and brown ink sketch of several horses in varied poses, including rearing, trotting and standing.

Horses

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown wash drawing of an angel rising above a family of kneeling and standing figures in an interior.

Engel verlaat de familie van Tobit

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Watercolor of a Japanese-style palace garden with a waterfall, pavilion, pond, pine tree and small groups of figures.

The Mikado's Palace Gardens, Yedo

Nicholas Chevalier, 1869

Pen and ink sketch of a standing woman in a wide-brimmed hat holding a long staff, drawn on pale paper.

Standing Shepherdess

Ferdinand Bol, 1636

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling woman in a headscarf reaching toward a standing bearded man in a hat.

Woman Kneeling before a Man

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Ink and wash sketch of a haloed bearded figure with an angel, a cloaked man at left, and a prostrate figure at lower right.

God verschijnt aan Abraham

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of two men embracing, one wearing a plumed turban and a long cloak, standing figures.

David neemt afscheid van Jonathan

Ferdinand Bol, 1643

Watercolor drawing of a vine-covered pergola receding along a garden path, with wooded hills and a sketched urn beside it.

Pergola

Carl Ludwig Frommel, 1834

Grey wash drawing of Ripon Minster towers above village houses, with a large tree at left and small figures in the foreground

Ripon Minster

Pen and brown ink sketch of a swooning woman held up by two figures, one bearded in a turban, on aged paper.

Swooning Woman Supported by Two Figures

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Grey wash drawing of a laurel-crowned woman seated beside a helmet and mask-shield, with a book under her hand.

Minerva in her Study

Ferdinand Bol, 1636

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman kneeling by a fallen body beside a sword, with a tree and ruined wall.

Thisbe bij het lijk van Pyramus

Ferdinand Bol, 1628

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women, one kneeling and reaching toward a basket, the other standing nearby on a riverbank.

Dochter van farao vindt Mozes

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling woman before a standing bearded man in a hat, with trees and a hilltop city behind.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli me tangere)

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Brown ink drawing of a turbaned, bearded scholar reclining at a desk with a book and candlestick.

Oosterse geleerde aan een tafel

Salomon Koninck, 1641

Pen drawing of a seated couple on a bench beside a small child in a wheeled cart, with a fenced field behind them.

Nachmittagsruhe

Karl Wiener, 1925

Pen and brown ink study of two horses seen from behind, one with head turned back, on a toned sheet of paper.

Horses

Parmigianino, 1530-40

Brown wash drawing of an Italian villa with tiled roofs, a bell tower and stone pines in a garden setting.

Italienischer Landsitz unter Pinien

Carl Ludwig Frommel

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed bearded figure gesturing to a kneeling man beneath a cloudy grey sky.

De bode van God verschijnt aan Jozua

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Pen and brown ink sheet with four studies of a bearded man in hats and collars, some framed in rectangles.

Four Studies for a Portrait of a Man

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1648

Brown wash drawing of a woman tending an animal beside a sleeping man, with a dog, cattle and trees in a pastoral landscape.

Pastoral Idyll

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650