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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted soldier grasping a woman who raises her arm, with loose background sketches.

Soldier Stabbing a Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of gabled houses, chimneys and a tree along a canal, with a small boat in the water.

Gezicht op bebouwing langs een vaart aan de rand van de stad

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil sketch of a town street with gabled buildings, arched windows, a tower, trees, and small figures.

Schets van een stadsgezicht

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling monk receiving a rosary from a robed figure.

Saint Dominic Giving the Rosary to Pope Pius V

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of gabled houses, a large tree and figures on a street beside a canal, by Adrianus Eversen, 1828.

Gezicht op huizen aan de rand van Delft, rechts een vaart

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil sketch of gabled houses with dormer windows and trees beside water, drawn in light grey lines on cream paper.

Schets van huizen aan het water

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Watercolor of a small town with a tall church tower seen across a river, with a rowing boat and trees in the foreground.

Gezicht op een stadje, gezien van over een rivier

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Watercolor of a barge on a calm river with a figure aboard, backed by dense trees under a cloudy sky.

Boot met gestreken mast aan wal liggend

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Wash drawing of two robed saints in clouds, with a cherub holding a papal tiara below and a crozier at right.

Two Saints (Pope and Bishop?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a tall church tower above houses and boats along a quay.

Stadsgezicht met toren bij huizen aan de kade

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil sketch of a small Dutch town with houses, a windmill, a walking figure and a moored boat mast at right.

Gezicht op een stadje

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil sketch of a tower, gabled houses and a standing figure in a street scene on aged paper.

Huizen

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil drawing of robed prophets and saints seated on clouds with cherubs, a harp, and tablets, framed by pilasters.

Prophets and Saints in Glory, after Bernardino Poccetti

Santi Pacini, 1735-90

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church with pointed windows, a spired tower, townhouses and small figures in a street.

Stadsgezicht met kerk en huizen

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Grey wash drawing of a wolf beside figures on rocky ground, sketched with loose pen lines.

The Discovery of Romulus and Remus (recto); Three Ancient Soldiers (verso)

Paolo Pagani, 1690-1700

Brown ink drawing of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stable, with a sheep and an ox nearby.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1554-1627

Sketch of a female figure, seated - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey chalk drawing of a crowned king seated at right with attendants, a woman gesturing, and youths and a child at left.

King Charles VIII of France with the Dying Gian Galeazzo Sforza at Pavia

Pelagio Palagi, 1775-1860

Pencil drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a draped female figure holding a staff, with scroll and shell decoration

One Half of a Design for a Frame of a Stage Proscenium, with a Figure of Justice at the Right, and the Barberini Arms…

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 18th century

Pen and brown ink sketches of horsemen on horseback and a foreshortened nude figure on aged paper.

Studies of Horsemen and Study of a Figure for a Deposition (recto); Sketch for an Entablature (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Head of Christ, in Three-Quarter Profile, to Right

Possibly Giovanni Antonio Guardi, n.d.

Pen and ink figure studies with red chalk head of a child, showing groups of figures, seated men and an old man.

Figure Studies: The Arrest of Christ?, Christ and the Canaanite Woman, Seated Male Figures, and Head of a Child (rect…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pencil sketch of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with a cherry in her mouth, glancing sideways.

Vrouw met hoed en een kers in haar mond

Alfred Ost, 1894

Pen and ink drawing of a bare tree on the left with a small lone walker crossing an open field on the right.

Eenzame wandelaar in landschap met kale boom

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1869

Charcoal sketch of an orangutan's head facing forward, with heavy-lidded eyes and soft shading on tan paper.

Kop van een orang-oetang

August Le Gras, 1874

Charcoal drawing of white houses with arched terraces stacked on a steep hillside, shaded in soft grays.

Gezicht op Positano

Leo Gestel, 1924

Pen and ink sketch of Christ at a table with a kneeling woman at his feet and onlookers in an interior setting.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man in a long coat and cap beside a cabinet, on tan paper.

Study for "His looks adorned..." - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 190…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and brown ink sheet of figure studies: a robed woman, bearded male heads, a seated nude, and sketched cloud forms.

Figure Studies: Seated Female Holding a Book, Two Heads of Bearded Men, Seated Male Nude, and Four Sketches for Chris…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Chalk and charcoal study of a man seen from behind, wearing draped cloth and a cap, on dark gray paper with grid lines.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel," lunette in the rotunda of the Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Pen and wash drawing of overlapping muscular male nudes with studies of arms, shoulders, hands and legs.

Studies of Arms, Shoulders and Hands

Giacomo Franco, 1548-1628

Blue-toned pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a cap and ruff collar, looking straight ahead.

Self Portrait

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1570