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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash drawing of sleeping robed figures on a hillside under a tree, with a distant tower and a sketched figure in the clo

The Sleeping Disciples

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650

Watercolor drawing of women and workers tending linen on a bleaching field beside a water wheel, with hills in the distance.

The Bleaching Fields near Haarlem

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1659

Brown ink drawing of two warriors, one standing with a plumed helmet and spear, beside a rocky cliff and bare trees.

Zwei Krieger in einer Felsenlandschaft

Grey wash drawing of a river lined with trees, with sailing boats on the water and birds in the pale sky.

Rivier tussen bomen en weiden

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen and ink drawing of six horses in varied poses, including rearing and standing, framed by a double ruled border.

Six Horses

Francesco Allegrini

Pencil drawing of a rustic wooden bed with draped cloths and straw bedding, hung clothes, and a wicker basket against a wall.

Ländliche Schlafstätte

Johann Georg Wille

Pen and wash drawing of a farmhouse with a stepped gable beside a dense forest edge on a sandy slope.

Boerderij met trapgevel aan de rand van een bos

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Ink and wash drawing of a nude helmeted hero with a sword beside kneeling figures and ghostly shades in a cave.

Odysseus, at the Doors of Hades, Meets the Shades of Tiresias and Anticlea

Johann Heinrich Lips, 1785

Grey wash drawing of figures in a wooded landscape, with a child, a dog, a standing woman and a seated fishmonger beside a ba

De visboer

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen drawing of a rocky river landscape with boulders, dense trees, a cliff, a small building and two wading figures.

Meer in rotsachtig landschap

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen and grey wash drawing of fishermen hauling a net on a river bank beside large trees, with boats on the water.

Riviergezicht met vissers

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wooded landscape with a tall tree, a hermitage hut with a cross, and small figures on a path.

De hermitage

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen drawing of a hilly landscape with a ruined castle on a hilltop, trees on the slopes and small figures in the foreground.

Bergachtig landschap met een kasteel op een heuvel

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Ink drawing of a cross-hatched night sky with stars above two skulls in grass, labeled NACHT KW.

Nacht

Karl Wiener, 1921

Brown ink wash sketches of two crucified figures on a cross, drawn on pale paper within a double-line border.

Christ Crucified with the Good Thief

Francesco Allegrini

Ink and grey wash drawing of two nude men carrying a reclining body on a bier before draped cloth.

A Hero Born on a Bier, from The Master of Giants Portfolio

Prince Hoare, 1779

Pen and brown ink drawing of a craggy mountain landscape with trees, a hilltop village and three figures in the foreground.

Bergachtig landschap met op de voorgrond drie figuren

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen and wash drawing of armored Minerva with spear and shield on a pedestal, with two kneeling figures below.

Minerva als Siegerin über Neid und Unwissenheit

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1604

Sloep van de VOC kamer van Amsterdam met een man aan het roer en een trompetter

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Pen and brown ink drawing of a foreshortened Dutch schuit boat with curved hull, deck planks and a tall rudder post.

Schuit, in het verkort gezien

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with a large tree, a distant wall, two seated figures and rolling hills.

Landschap met in de verte een muur

Jacob Esselens, 1636

Watercolor interior with a glowing fireplace, blue armchair, tall window and pale ghostly figures in red and purple tones.

"Nächtliche Angst"; aus: "Die 150 Blätter"

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and brown ink sketch of several robed figures in varied poses, seated, standing, and gesturing, across a horizontal sheet

Figures

Francesco Allegrini

Grey wash drawing of four robed biblical figures, including a child holding an elderly bearded man's hand, beside a woman in

Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli

John Flaxman, c. 1783

Ink drawing of two women in long pleated veils standing side by side, with an inscription reading Lübeck Frauen 1567.

Zwei Lübecker Frauen

Melchior Lorichs, 1567

Pen drawing of two people talking at a table at night, with a starry panel and purple curtains behind them.

Nächtliche Unterhaltung

Karl Wiener, 1925

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rider on a rearing horse with a fallen figure below and faint sketches above.

Horse and Rider

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man gesturing to two seated men beside tall stone pillars.

Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners' Dreams

Govert Flinck, c. 1638

Drawing of a sitting hound beside a stool with a bagpipe, prints and books, in black chalk and white on grey paper.

Sitzender Jagdhund neben einem Schemel mit Stichen, Büchern und Musette

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1742

White chalk drawing on gray paper of a winged sphinx beside a nude figure with raised arms under a crescent moon.

The Riddle of the Sphinx

Walter Crane, 1886

Pencil and crayon sketch of an interior with an armchair, window in yellow and green, red accents, and a small animal on a le

Nächtliches Gewitter

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1911

Red chalk drawing of a draped standing figure turned to the right, with one arm extended forward.

Gewandfigur in leichter Untersicht nach rechts, mit der Rechten auf den Betrachter weisend

Federico Barocci