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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Profile (the artist's wife)

Ambrose McEvoy, 1923

Pencil sketch of a seated man reading a newspaper with rocky hills and small trees in the background.

"Neuigkeiten im Weltall" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1940

Red chalk study sheet with draped kneeling and seated figures, drapery sketches, and a standing nude on tan paper.

Figural Studies

Marco Benefial, 1684-1764

Ink and wash drawing of a winged angel and a man locked in struggle, with clouds and a distant landscape behind them.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Giulio Benso, 1601-68

Ink drawing of a boy in shorts and boots with a cat playing on his neck, beside a curtained window.

Jongen met een spelende kat op zijn nek

Nelly Spoor, 1914

Pen drawing of a girl and boy gathering leafy branches in a forest beside a large wicker basket.

Jongen en meisje verzamelen takken en bladeren

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Watercolour of a green native parrot foraging among leaves and ferns on a mossy bank, with bare trees and hills behind.

Native parrot in a moss and bush setting

Margaret Stoddart, 1885

Grey chalk drawing of a stone arch over water with vines, trees, and small figures in the foreground.

Unter dem Bogen einer antiken Steinbrücke bei Tusculum

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1762

Pen and wash drawing of two seated draped figures on a curved cornice below a rectangular framed panel, on an arched sheet.

Seated Figures of Saint Ursula and Saint Cecilia

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598-1680

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded saint baptizing a kneeling man beneath columns, with onlookers and a dove above.

St. Peter Baptizing Cornelius (Acts 10: 44-48)

Laurent Pêcheux, n.d.

Circular drawing of a fantasy ruined classical colonnade with arches, a central statue, two lions, and small figures among ru

Architectural fantasy

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, late 18th century

Drawing of cattle drinking from a stream in a meadow under a cloudy sky, with trees at left.

Wiesenlandschaft mit trinkender Herde

Philipp Röth, 1903

Grey wash drawing of a forested riverbank with tall trees and undergrowth reflected in still water.

Wiltshire River

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Charcoal drawing of bare trees arching over a path beside water, with reflections and a pale opening of light between the tru

Landschap met bomen langs een waterkant

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1894

Watercolor of the snowy Wetterhorn mountain and glacier above a wooden chalet and trees in an alpine valley.

Wetterhorn te Zwitserland

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1838

Watercolor still life of yellow blossoms in a blue vase against a violet background, with fallen petals on the table.

Yellow blossom and rosemary

Margaret Stoddart, 1897

Pencil landscape drawing of cows in water beside a wooden fence, with tall trees and a pale sky behind.

Landschap met koeien bij Valkenburg

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1894

Pencil drawing of tall trees and dense woodland receding into shadow over a sandy forest floor.

Bos te Wolfheze

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1878

Charcoal sketch of pollarded willows and a wooden fence beside a pond, with woodland behind, on brown paper.

Bomen langs een waterkant te Ruurlo

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1889

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of bare trees with tangled branches along a wooded path.

Bomen te Ruurlo

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1889

Drawing of a river winding past a grassy path, a farmhouse and tree line under a cloudy gray sky.

River landscape

Philipp Röth, 1902

Pencil sketch sheet with several figure studies: a kneeling draped figure, a seated bearded man, a clenched hand, and head st

Figure Studies

Alphonse-Henri Périn, 1810-74

Blad met koppen en aantekeningen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Grey wash drawing of trees in a wood, with a fallen log in the foreground and two small figures at the left.

Trees in a wood

Thomas Gainsborough

Blad met twee koppen en profile en aantekeningen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1843

Pen and ink sketch sheet with caricatured heads, a bearded man in a long coat, and handwritten notes.

Blad met koppen, een figuur te halver lijven en aantekeningen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Graphite sketch of a lion's head with a full mane, drawn on tan paper and mounted on grey card.

Kop van een leeuw

Jacob Olie jr., 1916

Charcoal drawing of a river under cloudy sky, with reeds in the foreground, grazing cattle and trees on the far bank.

River landscape

Philipp Röth, 1896

Pencil drawing of a village with a church tower and spire above gabled rooftops and sheds.

Stadsgezicht met kerktoren

Jacob Olie jr., 1889

Ink and wash sketch on blue paper showing two male heads, one in three-quarter view wearing a cap, with Dutch handwritten not

Blad met twee koppen en aantekeningen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1843

Two-panel cartoon of a tram: a man steps off correctly, while a woman in a yellow coat tumbles onto the street with luggage.

Nicht verkehrt absteigen!

Fritz Schönpflug, 1913

Graphite drawing of a woman's head with lowered eyes, hair bound by a headband, and soft shading on a pale sheet.

Head of an Angel

Alphonse-Henri Périn, ca. 1833