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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornamental design with a caryatid figure, an eagle, putti, and scrolling acanthus ornament.

Ornamental Design with Caryatid Figure Standing on Stool and Holding a Bowl; Puttis on the Sides Hold Drapery and Sup…

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1762-1844

Drawing of a crowned saint cooking wafers at a stove while two youths press wine in a stone room.

Saint Wenzel Cooking Hosts as Two Youths Press Wine

Eduard von Steinle, 1866

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing a reclining man tormented by demons while robed figures watch at left.

Hiob von Dämonen geplagt

Graphite sketch of a beached sailing boat and small rowboat on a sandy shore with dune grass and a distant horizon.

St. Valery sur somme

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman on horseback, a man gesturing beside her, and a dog with barrels in a landscape.

Man Assisting a Woman to Mount a Horse, with Two Other Figures and a Dog

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1762-1844

Watercolour of a mountain range rising over a flat plain, with a small green tree in the lower right under a pale blue sky.

From the accommodation house, Bealey

James Crowe Richmond

Illustrations of Argyropelecus intermedius / Aegæonichthys appellii / profile and dorsal aspect

Frank Edward Clarke

Pen and wash drawing in an oval frame showing figures in an interior with a barrel, hanging sausages, and a mouse on the floo

The Mock Visit of Ceremony

Faustino Bocchi, 1659-1742

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship's rigging with men repairing a boom above the deck and the curved bow below.

Men Repairing the Boom

Watercolor of fishing boats tossed by rough waves under stormy clouds, with a distant headland on the left.

Fishing Boats Tossed before a Storm

Eugène Isabey, 1840

Brown ink drawing of two crouching dwarfs playing dice with a dog at left, one holding a dice box.

Two Dwarfs Playing Dice, a Dog at Left (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

Faustino Bocchi, 1659-1742

Graphite sketch sheet with figures on a beach, sailing boats, rocks, and harbor buildings in loose studies.

Seaside Studies

Eugène Isabey, 1830

Ink drawing of a woman in a flowing angular dress looking back over her shoulder beside tilted geometric stone forms under su

"Niemals vergessen", aus: Zyklus "Vom Gestern zum Morgen" ("Grotesken")

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing woman in an ornate oriental-style robe, jeweled turban and flowing cloak.

Standing Figure in Oriental Costume

Sebastiano Bombelli, 1655-1719

Pen and ink drawing of a boy with his back turned facing three adults in an ornate room with china on shelves.

A terrible infant

Georges du Maurier

Watercolor sketch of sailboats with white sails moored in a harbor beside a pale building with a red roof.

Sailboats in a Sunlit Harbor (recto)

Eugène Isabey, 1830

Watercolor landscape of a valley with a farmhouse, wooded hills, and a mountain topped by a castle ruin.

Berglandschaft (Landschaft bei Graz, Steiermark?)

Saint Bartholomew (recto); Study of Drapery and Two Hands (verso)

Carlo Bononi, 1569-1632

Sepia watercolor of rolling hills, distant mountains, framing trees and a winding river in a valley.

Landscape, North Wales

Pencil sketch of a coast road beside tall cliffs, with a lamppost, small figures, a rowboat, and posts in the water.

A Coast Road with Cliffs in the North of France

Eugène Isabey, 1830

No patarán! Episode vom Spanienkrieg

Karl Wiener, 1936

Red and black chalk drawing of an architectural niche with a standing male figure, a cherub atop a scrolled pediment, and an

Scheme for an Architectural Decoration with a Standing Male Figure in a Niche

Fabrizio Boschi, 1572-1642

Pen and ink drawing of a river with tall sailing ships, a windmill, a town skyline, and figures on the left bank.

Dutch View

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude male figure with a separate study of a limb above, on pale paper.

Dancing boy

Grey drawing of haloed Saint Matthew seated in an architectural niche with a book, accompanied by a winged angel.

Saint Matthew Seated in a Niche

Fabrizio Boschi, 1572-1642

Sepia drawing of a turreted castle above a wooded lake, with tall pines, rocks and misty mountains behind.

Alpine Castle above a Wooded Lake

Maxime Lalanne, 1870

Brown ink drawing of a frieze of classical figures, soldiers and robed onlookers in a narrative row.

Scenes from Ancient History, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Andrea Boscoli, 1560-1608

Monochrome drawing of white chalk cliffs above a curving shore, with two sailboats on rough sea under billowing clouds.

Cliffs along the Normandy Coast

Brown ink drawing of a classical frieze with robed women, armored men, a kneeling figure and an ancient urn.

Scenes from Ancient History, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Andrea Boscoli, 1580-1608

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with tall trees on the right, a distant village, and a wide open sky.

Trouville-sur-Mer

Randolph Caldecott, 1879

Red chalk drawing of two draped female saints with kneeling followers and angels in clouds beneath an arched frame.

The Departure of Saint Paula and Saint Eustochium for the Holy Land

Giuseppe Bottani, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Bacchic procession with a central nude youth, a tambourine player, a piper and a satyr with g

Bacchantenzug (Triumph des Bacchus)