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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Red chalk drawing of two seated robed figures and playful putti on clouds within a triangular outline.

Seated Apostles and Putti

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1637-38

Grey wash drawing of a guardian angel leading a child away from a fiery dragon, with handwritten inscription below.

Kind mit Schutzengel und Drachen

Gottfried Bernhard Göz

Grey-wash drawing of a wall decoration design with figures, putti, ornamental cartouches and two landscape scenes.

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647

Grey wash drawing of a drummer in a hat marching through a village with a crowd of children and youths around him.

Trommler in einem Dorf, von der Dorfjugend umgeben

Johann Conrad Seekatz

Red chalk drawing of playful nude putti and a young satyr among sketched clouds and foliage on a pale sheet.

Putti and a Young Satyr at Play

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647

Drawing of a standing nude man with one arm raised and hand on his head, in chalk on tan paper.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (2e prijs 1811)

Willem Grebner, 1811

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, on a stepped plinth.

Staand mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (3e prijs 1811)

Jan Adriaan Antonie de Lelie, 1811

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, leaning on a stone block, with hatched shading.

Staand mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (1e prijs 1812)

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1812

Red chalk drawing of a nude man seen from behind, leaning on a stone block, by Jan Adriaan Antonie de Lelie, 1812.

Knielend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (2e prijs 1812)

Jan Adriaan Antonie de Lelie, 1812

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, leaning on a dark block, with handwritten prize inscription.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (2e prijs 1812)

Abraham Lion Zeelander, 1812

Drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, raising one arm and holding a rope, rendered in chalk on tan paper.

Staand mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (3e prijs 1812)

Johannes Joseph Maria Watrin, 1812

Grey wash drawing of a crowd gathered around a tall pole with a bird on top, seated spectators and dogs in the foreground.

Bauernversammlung beim Vogelschießen

Johann Conrad Seekatz

Pen and ink sketch of a priest at an altar beneath a ball of fire, with kneeling worshippers looking up in a church.

The Miraculous Mass of Saint Martin of Tours with the Apparition of a Ball of Fire above His Head

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1602-47

Pen and wash drawing of hunters and dogs chasing a stag through a forest with a pond in the distance.

The Hunts of Maximilian: The Stag Hunt (August)

Bernard van Orley, 1528

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude leaning on a pedestal, with a handwritten prize inscription at upper right.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (2e prijs 1814)

Jan de Ruyter, 1814

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from the back, one arm resting on a ledge, by Cornelis Kruseman, 1813.

Staand mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (2e prijs 1813)

Cornelis Kruseman, 1813

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude with curly hair, seen from the side, resting on a rock beside a small plant.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, van opzij gezien (2e prijs 1815)

Daniël Batavus Voorman, 1815

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised, shaded background, by Pieter Luypen, 1815.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (1e prijs 1815)

Pieter Luypen, 1815

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude resting his head on his hand, with an inscription reading first prize 1814.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (1e prijs 1814)

Cornelis Kruseman, 1814

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised and a staff in the other hand, on cream paper.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (2e prijs 1816)

Johannes Donker, 1816

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated bearded man in draped robes, one hand raised, on grey paper.

Seated Draped Male Figure (recto); Rough Studies of Putti (verso)

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647

Drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a tall pole, shaded in graphite and white chalk on tan paper.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (1e prijs 1817)

Jan Adriaan Antonie de Lelie, 1817

Graphite drawing of a seated male nude viewed from the side, one arm extended and one raised, with an 1817 prize inscription.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, van opzij gezien (2e prijs 1817)

Pieter Godfried Bertichen, 1817

Graphite drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a stone pedestal, arm extended, by Daniël Batavus Voorman, 1818.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (1e prijs 1818)

Daniël Batavus Voorman, 1818

Bust-length drawn portrait of a bearded man in a white hat and pale robe against a dark background.

Pfalzgraf Friedrich III

Peter Gertner, 1539

Drawing of a young woman in a white feathered hat and red headdress against a dark background, with sketched gown outlines.

Maria Markgräfin zu Brandenburg

Peter Gertner, 1539

Drawing of the Virgin and Child with a pilgrim saint and two other male saints, brown ink with white highlights.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Roch and Two Other Male Saints

Bernardino Lanino, 1512-83

Brown ink drawing of a boar hunt: a horseman and spearmen face a wild boar attacked by dogs in a bare-tree forest.

The Wild Boar Hunt

Bernard van Orley, 1507

Brown ink drawing of Saint Catherine kneeling in a city square among crowds, with an arch, obelisk, and angels above.

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Bernardino Lanino, 1512-83

Watercolor and ink portrait of a man with a ruff collar and chain of office, numbered 8 in the lower left.

Portrait of Friedrich, Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach

Grey wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with kneeling king, Virgin and Child, horses and attendants.

The Adoration of the Magi

Bernardino Lanino, 1553

Brown wash drawing of a bound nude man at a column being whipped by three figures in an arched interior.

Flagellation of Christ

Melchior Steidl