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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude seen from behind, arm raised high, holding a stone, with drapery at the hips.

Figure of a Man Throwing Stones (recto); Study of a Man (?) (verso)

Giuseppe Cesari, 1568-1640

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male torso with a raised arm and sketched legs on aged paper.

Study after the Belvedere Torso

Giuseppe Cesari, ca. 1585

Pencil sketch of a knight with a feathered hat drinking from a tankard while sitting astride a barrel, with two figures in th

Trinkender Ritter rittlings auf einem Fass sitzend

Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

Red chalk drawing of a standing figure advancing forward with draped cloth around the legs and torso.

Advancing Figure

Giuseppe Cesari, 1568-1640

Head of a Warrior

Giuseppe Cesari, 1597-1601

Watercolor drawing of an armored rider firing a pistol from a rearing horse beside a rifleman and fallen figure on a hillside

Attack on knights

Friedrich Dietz, 1837

Red chalk drawing of a warrior in a plumed helmet glancing over his shoulder, with curling hair and a knotted cloak.

Bust of a Warrior Wearing a Plumed Helmet, Looking Toward Spectator Over His Right Shoulder (recto); Sketch of a Leg…

Camillo Procaccini, 1605-9

Watercolor of a Gothic chapel with a pointed spire beside a road, with two figures walking toward trees under a grey sky.

Chapel

Henry Fortescue, 1827

Red chalk drawing on grey paper of a standing draped woman with clasped hands and bowed head, in a decorative mount.

Standing Pregnant Woman (Study for the Pregnant Virgin Mary)

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1576-1629

Paar im Dunkel

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pencil drawing of a woman in a head scarf reading aloud to a sleeping child leaning against her knee in a draped interior.

Mutter, ihrem Kind vorlesend

Marie Ellenrieder

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the infant Christ, kneeling kings, angels, and a stable setting.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654-1727

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with cattle, a sailboat, a tree, and a town with church towers across the water.

Flusslandschaft, vorne eine Herde, im Hintergrund eine Stadt

Brown wash drawing of soldiers tying a bearded man to an anchor by the sea, with a crowd and a classical dome on the right.

The Martyrdom of Saint Clement I, Pope

Agostino Ciampelli, 1596-97

Blue-washed drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds above several bearded saints in robes.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, Pope Saint Dionysius, Filippo Neri and a Male Saint

Baccio Ciarpi, ca. 1620

Drawing of a reclining man in draped robes with bare feet, rendered in white highlights on blue paper.

Study for a Male Figure Lowered into a Grave (recto); Kneeling Female Figure in Profile to Left (verso)

Cigoli, 1607-13

Head of Christ

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Watercolor bust portrait of a woman with curled dark hair and a pink veil over a lace collar, in an embossed mount.

Brustbild einer Dame mit Schleier

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling robed woman beside a monstrance, with putti holding an INRI tablet and an IHS monogram.

Religion Kneeling before a Monstrance, Attended by Putti

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Watercolor of a manor house with a tiled roof and a wooden cart on a dirt road among trees.

Gutshaus, vorne ein Wagen

Friedrich Mosbrugger

Pen drawing of two children leaning on a table, one resting her head on her crossed arms, within a ruled border.

Two children at the table

Marie Ellenrieder

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of three standing male figures in draped robes, with sketched heads.

Three Standing Male Figures (recto); Two Standing Male Figures (verso)

Romulo Cincinnato, 1502-93

Brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure raising a sword above a kneeling nude man on pale paper.

Beheading of a Kneeling Nude Man

Romulo Cincinnato, 1502-93

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded man's head turned to the side, with curly hair and hatched shading.

Portret van een man met een baard

Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven, 1843

Pen and watercolour sketch of a crowded bird market with birdcages, vendors, dogs and a man in a top hat, 1854.

Vogelmarkt te Rotterdam

Alexander Ver Huell, 1854

Watercolor drawing of a young man with a walking stick and a seated woman in pink offering flowers by a rock at the sea.

Ontmoeting van twee geliefden bij een rots

Alexander Ver Huell, 1854

Watercolor of a seated figure in a purple robe by a pagoda with lanterns, while costumed dancers in red and white move past p

Panurge auf der Laternen - Insel

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1829

Brown ink study of a standing male nude with right arm extended, drawn with loose hatched strokes on pale paper.

Standing Male Figure with Right Arm Extended (recto); Seated Male Figure (verso)

Romulo Cincinnato, 1540-97

Hand-colored drawing of four people toasting with wine glasses at a dinner table, one woman in a pink dress.

Vier figuren die een toost uitbrengen aan een tafel

Alexander Ver Huell, 1854

Pen and watercolor drawing of women walking through heavy rain on a street, with shawls over their heads and a crowd behind.

Fabrieksmeisjes in een regenbui

Alexander Ver Huell, 1854

Pen and wash drawing of a ragged standing man holding a hat and walking stick against a sketched street background.

Bedelaar

Alexander Ver Huell, 1854

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man wrapped in a draped cloth, arms folded, with touches of red.

Man die een laken om zich heen slaat

Alexander Ver Huell, 1854