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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of witches gathered around a fire beneath a winged demon and airborne figures.

Witches' Sabbath

Salvator Rosa, 1640-1649

Red chalk drawing of a bearded male figure reaching outward with one arm, seated on a ledge, on a light tan sheet.

Study for a Raising of Lazarus (recto); half-length study of bearded nude male figure, and a man and woman with donke…

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of fishing folk on a beach beside an upturned boat, with sailing vessels in the distance.

Gesprek op het strand bij een tot behuizing omgebouwde boot

Wijnand Nuijen, 1833

Watercolor botanical study of a phlox stem with violet and pink flowers, green leaves and buds on pale paper.

Tak van een flox

Willem van Leen, 1775

Pen and ink study of a twisting male nude with raised arm, with pencil sketches of legs and wings on aged paper.

Study for a Prometheus Bound (recto); slight sketch of head and shoulders of man in lead pencil (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a central standing woman, turbaned head studies, and two kneeling figures on paper.

Studies of Kneeling Figures

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of robed figures, some kneeling and raising arms, with a shrouded figure at lower right.

The Raising of Lazarus

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of two standing men gesturing, one in armour, on a pale paper sheet.

Two Standing Men Gesticulating

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of pollarded willow trees beside a water channel under a sun with radiating rays.

Tetards (Pollards)

Vincent van Gogh, 1884

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man with a staff beside a tree, a pig and a trough nearby, under a cloudy sky.

The Prodigal Son Kneeling Repentant among Swine

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Woodcut of crucified Christ surrounded by saints, angels, and rose garlands, with figures rising from flames below.

The Great Rosary

Erhard Schön, 1510

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular man straining against a split tree trunk amid foliage, by Salvator Rosa.

Milo of Crotona

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pencil sketch of a bearded, crowned figure in a long robe holding a staff and an orb, with architectural lines behind.

Buffeljacht

George Hendrik Breitner, 1874

Brown ink wash drawing of three figures gathered around a large globe, one standing nude leaning on it.

Three Figures around a globe

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a turbaned warrior leaning on a spiked mace against a cloudy sky.

Turbaned Warrior Holding a Mace

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pencil sketch of several fishing boats with masts and rigging beached on a shore, with rowboats in the foreground.

Fishing Boats at Granville

Théodore Rousseau, c. 1851-52

Pen and brown ink figure studies of a seated pointing man, a helmeted man, and a standing man wearing a plumed cap.

Figure studies: seated and standing men

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink landscape with rolling hills, a lake, tall trees on the right, and small figures in the foreground.

Landscape with hills and a lake, trees in right foreground

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Ink and wash drawing of a huntsman with a hat, staff, dead hare and dog in a landscape with distant hunters.

A Huntsman with a Dead Hare and a Dog (Study for "Terra")

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1590/95

Pencil elevation drawing of a paneled double door with molded profiles and wainscot paneling, with German title above.

"Thür/ aus weichem Holz mit geschnitzten Profilen/ Haupttreppe, Mittelbau" (Originaltitel)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor with sailboats, a rocky outcrop, standing figures on the shore and trees.

Marine landscape with figures

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink drawing of Santa Maria Maggiore basilica with domes and bell tower across an open Roman piazza.

Santa Maria Maggiore

Liévin Cruyl, 1665

Gray wash drawing of a standing saddled horse facing forward, with bridle and saddle cloth, on a pale ground.

Standing horse

Pieter van Bloemen, 1680

Ink floor plan of Otto Wagner's Technisches Museum competition design, lower ground level, with labelled halls and service ro

Tiefparterre

Otto Wagner, 1909

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures in plumed hats and flowing robes, with a small dog leaping beside them.

Five Figures in Fantastic Costumes with Two Dogs

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Hand-colored floral design with pink, blue and white blossoms on lattice stems and feathery green, yellow and teal fern frond

Fantastic Flower Motif from Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de Fleurs Idéales

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Pencil sketch of a meadow with trees and a mountain range under open sky, inscribed Mount Lafayette, N.H.

July - Mount Lafayette, N.H.

David Johnson, n.d.

Studies of a Man's Head in Profile, and of a Standing Male Figure

Pencil and white chalk drawing of two willow trees with bare branches on a grassy mound under a cloudy green-toned sky.

Willow

David Johnson, 1885

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy hermit figure kneeling among rocks and trees under a cloudy sky.

St. Paul, Hermit

Salvator Rosa, 1635-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude figures and robed onlookers gathered around a smoking altar at night.

Witches' Sabbath (recto); Figures Gathered around a tree (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of a group of figures under a tree, with studies of a sword and a draped figure on the left.

Study for a Judgment of Paris and Other Figure Studies

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73