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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Head of a Young Man

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1818

Sepia drawing of a turbaned lancer on a rearing horse, with onlookers at right and a hillside town and mountains behind.

Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1760-70

Pen drawing of robed men in an arched stone courtyard, one bending to offer coins, with a distant landscape and a figure in a

Peter Paying the Temple Tax

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820

Brown wash drawing of an elephant with curled trunk walking across a landscape with distant buildings and a palm tree.

Elephant in a Landscape

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of acrobats performing handstands before a crowd of spectators behind a wooden fence.

Scene of Contemporary Life: The Acrobats

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated nude man with head tilted back, beside a study of draped cloth, on tan paper.

A Seated Man Nude and then Clothed

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of an adoration scene with kneeling figures beside ruined columns and a crowd at right.

Adoration of the kings

Christian Winck

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing gentleman with a cane, surrounded by caricature head studies.

Caricature of a Gentleman and Other Studies

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian, a kneeling Franciscan saint, and an angel.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Sebastian and a Franciscan Saint

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Loose brown ink sketch of an Annunciation scene with figures in an interior and cherub heads below.

Verkündigung Mariä, darunter eine Schlachtszene

Christian Winck

Charcoal and white chalk study of a male nude with praying hands and flowing drapery on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Drawing of an ornate footed condiment dish with scrolled bowls and a mask ornament on a green-tinted ground.

Design for a Condiment Dish

Johannes Lutma, 1640

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a group of trees with a tall trunk and spreading foliage at center and undergrowth to the left

Group of trees

Friedrich Nerly

Charcoal and white chalk study of a bearded standing male figure with a draped white cloth on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on toned paper, showing folded cloth falling from an upper edge.

Drapery Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Par…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a street with stone walls, a clock tower with a flag, trees and a tall building at right.

Santi Quattro Coronati in Rom

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Pencil studies on a mounted sheet: praying hands, a nude male torso, and two hooded friars, one with a halo.

a. Study for Clovis (middle register); b. Study for Clovis (middle register); c. St. Dominic and another Friar, after…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Der Sohn des Künstlers Alfons

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing folds of cloth falling from an unseen figure.

Drapery Study for Figure Holding Crown (middle register); study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Saint…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk study of a robed standing figure with raised arms and a staff, drawn on grey paper.

Study for Saint Remi (middle register); verso: Study for Remi's Raised Arm (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Pen drawing of two ships in rough seas near rocks, with a ruined island above and French captions reading Le naufrage.

Shipwreck

Charles Meryon, 1839

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing a hand gripping a staff beneath folds of cloth.

Drapery Study for Saint Remi (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde,…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Gray paper with red chalk hand study, black chalk hand gripping cloth, and large drapery study for a figure.

a. Hand of Saint Remi; b. Hand of Saint Remi; c. Drapery Study for Acolyte Holding Book (middle register); (studies f…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Painted landscape of waterfalls cascading past a ruined stone building on a hill, with a wide plain under a blue sky.

Landscape Near Tivoli. Study

Joseph Magnus Stäck, 1844

Ruf der Berge

Karl Wiener, 1946

Charcoal drawing of a seated figure in heavy draped cloth, head and upper body sketched lightly on pale paper.

Drapery Study for Sainte Clotilde (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clot…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Bildnis eines Zeichners mit Skizzenbuch, Brustbildnis im Profil nach links

Wilhelm von Kobell

Red chalk and white highlight study of a kneeling robed figure with arms outstretched, plus two hand studies above, on grey p

Sainte Clotilde (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Acolyte with Open Book (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Watercolor of soldiers with horses and a foal under trees in a park, with a cart and barbed wire fence in front.

Russenlager im Schönbrunner Park

Karl Hornstein, 1945

Black chalk study of a standing draped soldier holding a spear and shield, with white highlights on tan paper.

Soldier (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on gray paper showing folded cloth draped over a shoulder.

Drapery Study for Soldier (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Pa…

Isidore Pils, 19th century