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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Colored drawing of a city of chimneys and blocky buildings behind layered olive-green hills under a pale sky with hatched arc

"Stadt mit Burgen", Graz

Karl Wiener, 1924

Brown wash drawing of a large tree beside a pond and rocks, with a distant cottage and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

The Trees, Bedford, New York

Régis François Gignoux, 1849

Pen and ink interior scene of men in 18th-century dress in a tavern, with a standing man holding a cane and a woman at right.

"His house was known to all the vagrant train," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Brown ink and wash studies of male figures holding tablets in oval frames, captioned as studies for the Moses in Parma.

Nine Studies of the Moses in Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (recto); Nine Studies for the Eve in Santa Maria della…

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Brown wash drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a kneeling figure at a smoking altar beside a bust, trees and ruins.

Arcadian Landscape with a Scene of Sacrifice

Johannes Glauber

Drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, leaning on one arm over a draped cloth, on toned grey paper.

Zittend vrouwelijk naakt, op de rug gezien

Govert Flinck, 1643

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilltop town with a bell tower, city walls, an arched gateway and distant mountains.

Viterbo

Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Gruner, 1837

Ink and wash drawing of a memorial interior with a central inscribed pyramid, skeletons, flags, crowns, and a skull and cross

Memorial Decoration for the Interior of a Building to Honor the Deceased Ernst Ludwig, 1725

Alessandro Rossini, 1702-36

Pencil sketch of Schloss Stainz with steep roofs, a church tower with cupolas, and bare trees on a hillside.

"Stainz" (Schloss Stainz, Stmk.)

Karl Wiener, 1922

Watercolor design drawing of a Gothic episcopal throne with red drapery and canopy, with side elevation and floor plan.

Trône épiscopal pour la cathédrale de Grenoble (1856)

Alphonse Durand, 1856

Pen and watercolor design of a reliquary supported by four nude male figures, with putti holding a crosier and mitre on top.

Design for a Gold and Silver Bishop's Reliquary

Luigi Valadier, late 18th century

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a draped cloak resting his arm on a table, on grey paper.

Staande man bij een tafel

Govert Flinck, 1644

Pencil and color drawing of geometric planes and diagonal lines in perspective, with an ochre panel and black bars on beige p

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El Lissitzky, 1922

Pencil drawing of a 1648 militia company with officers, a flag bearer, and armed men in feathered hats gathered around a drum

Schutters van de compagnie van kapitein Joan Huydecoper en luitenant Frans van Waveren, 1648

Pieter Jansz, 1648

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude male body with a small winged child supporting his head, on tan paper.

Het lichaam van Christus

Barend Graat, 1693

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family with a young child, a lamb, and a winged figure in an interior.

Heilige Familie met Johannes de Doper als kind

Pieter de Grebber, 1605

Pen and watercolour drawing of a town skyline with church towers and a windmill over a meadow with haymaking figures.

Gezicht op Zwolle

Gerrit Grasdorp, 1600

Watercolour of a woman standard bearer in violet uniform beside a national guardsman in blue, with soldiers behind them.

Standarteführerinn des Amazonen Corps und projectirte Uniform der National Garde

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man with one arm raised, with a partial torso and arm study at right.

Study of Nude Figure in Front View Looking Upward; Study of Torso and Left Arm

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil study of two standing men, one in a fedora and one in a sailor cap, one turned toward the viewer's left.

Man With Sailor (study for watercolor titled On That Street, 1932)

Charles Demuth, 1932

Ink and wash site plan of Cambrai Cathedral showing the church, sacristy, archbishop's palace, gardens and surrounding street

Cathédrale de Cambrai

Henri de Baralle, 1880

Pencil sketch of a market woman with a parasol, basket and stall, with numbered outline segments for a silhouette.

"Standlweib" [Marktfrau; Vorzeichnung für eine Silhouette]

Hans Schließmann, 1900

Red chalk drawing of a woman with auburn hair holding a branch, with a vase of pale flowers beside her.

Jane Morris: Study for "Mariana"

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1868

Red chalk drawing of a child's head with wavy hair and large eyes, turned slightly to one side, on a light paper ground.

Child's Head

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Graphite portrait of a seated woman in a lace cap and buttoned dress, hands folded, drawn in 1857.

Portrait of Atala Varcollier

Henri Lehmann, 1857

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with angels and two kneeling saints in clouds.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Seated Girl with Basket

Edith Langdale, 1876

Ink and wash drawing of two men in period dress conversing on a seashore, with a sailing ship on the horizon.

Two men conversing on seashore - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with bowed head, draped cloth and crossed feet.

The Dead Christ

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen drawing in a circle of a chariot drawn by two stags, with an hourglass, sickle, and winged figure.

The Triumph of Time (recto); Sketch of a Stag (verso)

Style of Dirk Vellert, c. 1517

Pencil sketch of a standing winged angel in a flowing robe with a star halo, with smaller head studies and stars at right.

Study of an angel (for stained glass? for a ceiling?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Red chalk drawing of the risen Christ rising above a tomb, with sleeping soldier studies in the lower corners.

The Resurrection of Christ

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century