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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a hat and a woman seated side by side on a bench before a wooden fence.

Proletarier

Karl Wiener, 1925

Ink and wash drawing of a lagoon town with tall bell towers, gondolas with rowers, and a sailing ship at left.

Quinta Valle at Castello

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Grey wash drawing of two men in a Gothic interior, one pointing at a document while an armored guard stands nearby.

Karel de Stoute en Lodewijk XI te Péronne

Johann Wilhelm Kaiser, 1823

Brown wash drawing of children playing games in a town square before a Gothic church, framed by large trees.

Kinderspelen op het Abdijplein in Middelburg

Johann Wilhelm Kaiser, 1823

Ink line drawing of a standing woman in a long buttoned coat with clasped hands, beside a color checker strip.

Proletarierin

Karl Wiener, 1933

Grey wash drawing of gondolas on a Venetian lagoon with buildings on both sides and a distant bell tower.

The Punta di San Giobbe, with the Island of San Secondo in the Distance

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Grey wash drawing of a Venetian-style canal with gondolas, buildings, a sailboat, and a distant bell tower.

The Island of Burano

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Pencil and watercolor study of a seated man with a dog on a bridge, a crowd in a boat below, and townhouses behind.

Moritz von Schwinds Abschiedsfeier aus Frankfurt

Johann Baptist Scholl, 1847

Pencil drawing of a striding nude figure raising a flaming torch over a hazy mountain range.

Prometheus

Karl Wiener, 1942

Grey wash drawing of a Venetian canal with gondolas, rowers, a sailboat, a bridge and a church with a bell tower.

San Biagio on the Giudecca

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Pen and wash drawing of a ruined barrel-vaulted masonry structure with overgrown shrubs and rocky ground.

Ruine eines antiken tonnengewölbten Baus

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Grey wash drawing of a brick tower and low buildings on a lagoon shore, with gondolas and rowing boats on the water.

The Tower at Marghera

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Pen and wash drawing of an arcaded square with elegantly dressed figures and dogs in the foreground.

Piazza San Marco Decorated for the Festa della Sensa

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man in cavalier costume with lace collar and cloak, set before a columned architectural back

Studie zu einem Kavalierbildnis

Anthony van Dyck

Pale watercolor of Venetian lagoon with gondolas and sailboats before the domed church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

View of the Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Watercolor drawing of a busy city piazza with flagpoles, market tents, a clock tower and strolling figures under a blue sky.

View of the Piazza di San Marco Toward the South (showing the now destroyed church of San Geminiano)

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Grey wash drawing of San Giorgio Maggiore church across Venetian lagoon, with gondolas, rowers and sailing ships.

The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rocky landscape with sketched figures, one lying across stones in the foreground.

The Good Samaritan

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1699-1766

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a robe beside a child holding a flowering staff, with a stair at lower right.

Saint Joseph Seen with his Flowering Staff, which is Held by the Christ Child

Guercino, 1591-1666

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rocky landscape with cliffs and small figures walking along a path.

Rocky Landscape with Eight Figures

Brown ink and wash sketch of a young woman leaning over a youth who points outward, with loose drapery lines.

Youth in a Chariot with Attendant Young Woman

Guercino, ca. 1621-23

Grey wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a gridiron over fire, with a judge, soldiers and a flying cherub above.

Martyrium des Heiligen Laurentius

Theodoor van Thulden

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling youth before a bearded prelate in a mitre, with sketched steps below.

Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (recto); Another Study of a Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (verso)

Guercino, ca. 1620

Brown wash drawing of an oval composition with floating putti, a bishop with crozier, and clouds.

Eine Gruppe schwebender Putten

Giuseppe Passeri, 1681

Pen and wash drawing of the Flagellation of Christ with a nude figure bound and whipped by men in an arched hall.

Flagellation of Christ

Hans Heinrich Wägmann

Pencil sketch of an aquarium with rocks, plants and fish, with handwritten Dutch colour notes on the page.

Schets van een aquarium met vissen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil sketch of a tall aquatic plant with annotated Dutch labels pointing to stems, flower heads and leaves.

Schets van een waterplant

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil sketch of several fish in loose strokes on yellowed paper, with soft shading behind them.

Schets van vissen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Huilende man met doek, naar rechts

S.A. van der Heim, 1825

Charcoal drawing of a long hanging coat with grey folds against a dark textured interior background.

Hangende jas in een donker interieur

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pen and wash drawing of a haloed figure among sheep and kneeling men beneath an arch, with angels in clouds above.

Verehrung des Heiligen Herzens Jesu, in Verbindung mit "Pasce oves meas", durch einen jugendlichen Stifter in Ritterr…

Johann Georg Bergmüller

Pen and ink drawing of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with fireworks above it, boats on the river and watching figures.

Figures Watching a Display of Fireworks at Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome (recto); A Distant View of the Fireworks Seen fro…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1606-80