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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor of a large green apple with red streaks resting on a grassy bank beneath a cloudy sky and trees.

Appel in een landschap

Pieter Gevers, 1700

Watercolor study of a green pear hanging from a branch with leaves on a pale background.

Peer aan een tak

Pieter Gevers, 1781

Watercolor drawing of a yellow oriole with black throat, wings and tail perched on a branch, looking upward.

Gele Troepiaal (Icterus nigrogularis)

Pieter Gevers, 1700

Grey wash drawing of a laurel-crowned lyre player, reclining river gods pouring urns, and putti under a classical arch.

Ontwerp voor het titelblad van W. van der Hoeven, Westermeer, 1721

Jan Wandelaar, 1721

Pen and wash drawing of a woman and a man in tricorn hat visiting a prisoner in a stone-arched prison interior with a jailer.

Louise and her Father Johann Ludwig Visiting Alexis in Prison

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with a saint in an arched frame, crowds below, a heavenly angel above, and small fi

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine

Tiburzio Passarotti, 1577

Watercolor of three dandies in top hats beside a wall of theater playbills, with a pig and a water spout on a city street.

The Soap-Locks or Bowery Boys

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Kop van de Kasuaris

Christiaan van Geelen, 1700

Watercolor drawing of green hills, a farmhouse, a winding path and a rocky mountain ridge under grey clouds.

Pad naar de Overberg aan de Caap

Jan Brandes, 1786

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a flat plain with cloud-covered mountain ridges, with Dutch handwritten notes in an album pa

Tafel- en Duijvelsberg van de landzijde gezien

Jan Brandes, 1786

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a steep rocky headland above the sea with hills, inscribed St Helena, 31 March 1787.

Sint Helena

Jan Brandes, 1787

Open bound album with gilt-tooled edge, blank page numbered 182, and faint pencil annotation near the right margin.

Fragment van tekening Kloof naar Hottentotsland

Jan Brandes, 1786

Dried tree leaf mounted on an album page with pencil outline and handwritten Dutch notes naming Ficus religiosa.

Boomblad Sint-Helena

Jan Brandes, 1787

Pen and red chalk drawing of a woman in a gown leaning on a table in an interior with a curtain and tiled floor.

After Regaining Consciousness Louise Finds Herself in Prison

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1770

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of the Nativity: the Virgin holds the infant Christ in a manger, with angels above.

The Nativity

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Pen and grey wash drawing of two putti beside a flower urn within an ornamental scrolled frame.

Twee putti bij een bloemenvaas

Christiaan van Geelen, 1765

Chalk study of a female nude with raised arm against blue hatched background on black paper, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Study for figure of 4 pm in "The Hours" mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Black ink drawing of a sunburst over a hill with a smoke plume, a tall column on the left and a colonnade on the right.

Strahlen

Karl Wiener, 1922

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Judgment of Solomon with a seated king, a raised sword, and a kneeling woman.

The Judgment of Solomon

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Charcoal and white chalk study of three male figures in dynamic poses, one arm raised, on dark grey paper.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan," mural in the rotunda of the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvan…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1905

Red chalk and wash drawing of a couple embracing on a city square before a watching crowd and a domed building.

Louise and Alexis Embracing Each other on a Square

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1770

Pencil sketch of a curving village street with wooden houses, fences, trees and a figure carrying buckets.

"Strasse in Piesky" (Blatt aus: Skizzenbuch Erster Weltkrieg)

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1916

Pen and wash drawing of two lovers embracing under a lightning storm beside a tall tree, with ships on the sea behind.

Lovers in a Thunderstorm

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Pen and wash drawing of three archangels among clouds, one holding scales and one a sword, with a small putto at lower right.

The Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael (recto); sketches of figures (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Pen and ink drawing of two 18th-century figures in a panelled room, one gesturing toward a seated woman on a sofa.

"Am I in Face To-day?," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1884

Ink drawing of stylized women in cloche hats and men in fedoras walking on a city street.

Straße mit Mädchen

Karl Wiener, 1935

Watercolor drawing of a seated woman in a white hat sewing white cloth on a yellow-striped sofa.

Portrait of a Lady Sewing

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Loose pencil sketch of a seated figure and small figure beneath hatched shadows, with architectural guidelines on cream paper

Unidentified illustration- Study for Shakespearean scene, possibly early study for Mariana in "Measure for Measure"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, surrounded by clouds and angels in a glowing sky.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child in Glory (recto); Rinaldo and Armida (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Charcoal drawing of a man in a suit in the foreground, with a woman carrying a bag and an elderly man with a cane on a street

Straße

Karl Wiener, 1928

Brown wash drawing of a saint ascending in clouds toward a cross with angels, while a veiled woman lies on a bed below.

The Ecstasy of the Blessed Giacinta Marescotti

Giuseppe Passeri, 1674-1714

A Standing Lady in a Day Dress

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1775