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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink sketch of horsemen in a cavalry charge, with rearing horses and lances, touched with red chalk.

Cavalry Charge

Francesco Allegrini

Hand painted plate of thirteen numbered cicadas in brown, green and orange tones with transparent wings, labeled Plate XVII.

Original hand painted plate for Fragments of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XVII]

George Hudson, 1946

Brown ink and wash drawing of four armored horsemen in battle, horses rearing and crowded together.

Four Horsemen in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

Black chalk drawing of a lying sheep with its head resting low, woolly fleece shaded and highlighted on grey paper.

Lying sheep

Federico Barocci

Pen drawing of a man in a hat beside a fence, with a log barn and wooden shed in a rural landscape.

Man bij hek en schuur

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil sketch of a lamb lying on its side with its legs tied together, on cream paper.

Liggend, vastgebonden lam

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Brown ink wash drawing of a rearing horseman with raised sword facing a foot soldier brandishing a blade in battle.

Horsemen and Three Foot Soldiers in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

Small drawing of a grey and white cat curled up asleep, head tucked down, with soft wash shading beneath it.

Seated Cat, Seen from the Front

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil drawing of a striped cat curled up asleep with its head resting on its tail, on a plain white sheet.

Liggende, slapende kat

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil sketches of a cat's head in two views and a curled-up dog resting, on pale paper.

Twee schetsen van de kop van een kat en een liggende hond

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil sketch of a seated cat curled up, head turned right, with faint grid lines for proportion on cream paper.

Schematische tekening van een zittende kat

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil sketch study of a reclining pig, a smaller lying pig, and two standing pigs on pale paper.

Twee studies van een liggend varken en twee staande varkens

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pencil sketch sheet with four studies of a cat in curled, lying, and sitting poses.

Vier schetsen van een kat, in verschillende houdingen

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen and brown ink sketch of galloping and rearing horses with mounted riders in a cavalry engagement.

Cavalry Engagement (recto); Concert of Angels (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of a wooden wheelbarrow with long handles on a ground line with small grass tufts.

Kruiwagen

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen and ink sketch of a wooden wheelbarrow lying on its side against a stone on uneven ground.

Kruiwagen, liggend tegen een steen

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen and brown ink sketch of turbaned horsemen with a raised staff and archers drawing bows on horseback.

Horsemen and Archers

Francesco Allegrini

Brown wash drawing of a tiered stone aqueduct over a ravine, with a town and distant mountains behind it.

Civita Castellana

Ernst Fries, 1826

Brown ink and wash study of four nude helmeted warriors in dynamic poses, with a double ruled border.

Four Nude Warriors

Francesco Allegrini

Junge Dame im Cape mit Kapuze und Muff

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated in draped robes, holding the infant Jesus on her shoulder.

Mary with baby Jesus

Bartolomeo Schedoni

Hand painted entomology plate showing adult crane flies, larvae and pupae with numbered figures and scale bars.

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

George Hudson, 1886

Zwei Bildnisse seines Vaters Louis Liebermann im Lehnstuhl

Max Liebermann, 1894

Pen and grey wash drawing of a vaulted classical colonnade with columns, arches, a staircase and strong diagonal shadows.

Portico

Francesco Guardi

Pencil drawing of a night scene with rooftops, a chimney, a stone wall, a drainpipe and dark trees under a shaded sky.

"Nachtstimmung" (Othmargasse)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Brown ink drawing of a mounted horseman charging through a crowd under trees, with a fallen man in the foreground.

Der Angriff des Prince de Lambesc in den Tuilerien

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1789

Pen and brown ink sketch of soldiers, some on horseback and some striding with weapons, on an aged paper sheet.

Soldiers

Francesco Allegrini

Charcoal night street scene with lamplit pavement, pedestrians, a glowing café sign, and tall buildings framing a distant spi

Nachtstudie, Blick zum Ring

Karl Wiener, 1926

Brown wash drawing of two warriors embracing a fallen soldier on a battlefield under a moonlit sky with a distant city.

Medor und Cloridan finden auf dem Schlachtfeld den Leichnam Dardinells

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1771

Pen and ink sketch of struggling figures, including helmeted warriors and women, in a dynamic battle composition.

The Rape of the Sabines

Francesco Allegrini

Pencil sketch of a nude man with raised arms rising from angular rubble, with handwritten German text below.

Nackter Mensch der sich aus Trümmern erhebt!

Karl Wiener, 1944

Pencil sketch of a stone tower and town buildings with an arched gateway in the lower right corner.

Ronciglione

Friedrich Eisenlohr