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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor of a bearded man in fur-trimmed coat measuring a globe at a table covered with maps.

Ontdekkingsreiziger met globe en landkaarten

Frederik Daniel Otto Obreen, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a cone seashell with spiral apex and diamond patterned surface, casting a shadow on a pale sheet.

Schelp

Anthonie Karel Ringler, 1885

Pen and wash design for an octagonal ceiling with painted sky panels, a central rosette, cherubs and rococo scrollwork.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met gezicht in een achtkantige koepel

Dionys van Nijmegen, 1715

Pen and watercolour design for a ceiling with a broken vault opening onto sky, with birds, red drapery and scrollwork.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met doorbroken gewelf met uitzicht naar de lucht

Dionys van Nijmegen, 1715

Pen and wash ceiling design showing an allegorical woman with laurel among clouds, surrounded by putti and decorative frames.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met allegorie op de vrede

Dionys van Nijmegen, 1715

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Virgin Immaculate above angels, with four Doctors of the Church below in an arched frame.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Four Doctors of the Church, Study for the Dispute over the Immaculate Conception

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Design for a ceiling painting with a winged figure among clouds at center, framed by garlands, scrollwork and a globe.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met centraal een voorstelling van Aurora

Elias van Nijmegen, 1677

Pen and wash design with six numbered panels showing classical scenes from Aeneas's life, with Dutch captions at lower left.

Ontwerp voor een kamerbeschildering met scènes uit het leven van Aeneas

Elias van Nijmegen, 1677

Engraved drawing of a draped classical female statue on a circular pedestal, one arm raised, the other extended.

Venus Genetrix

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1761

Pencil drawing of a dune landscape with a windblown tree, shrubs, a small cottage among trees, and distant hills.

Duinlandschap bij Bloemendaal

Johan Christiaan Willem Safft, 1788

Pencil drawing of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap and cloak, turned to the left.

Portret van een man met witte baard en kapje op het hoofd, naar links

Engel Sam, 1749

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling painting with two allegorical women on a cloud, framed by scrollwork and cherubs.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met allegorie op de Zeevaart

Elias van Nijmegen, 1677

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in clouds above a female attendant and four male saints, one holding a crozier.

The Virgin with Female Attendant Appearing to Four Male Saints

Carlo Maratti, 1680-95

Pen and watercolor ceiling design with an oval allegory of fame, winged figures, putti and ornate scrollwork framing corner m

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met allegorie op de Roem

Elias van Nijmegen, 1677

Pen and ink sketch of four male figures in period dress with gesturing arms and exaggerated expressions.

Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1817-25

Pen and ink figure studies on brown paper: a bearded man, a seated draped woman, and flying putti.

Studies of Figures

Parmigianino, 16th century

Pencil and gold drawing titled Tragödie showing two dark-robed women, one with a shocked expression, within an ornamental bor

"Tragödie" (Vorlage für: Gerlach & Schenk, Allegorien N.F. Nr. 66)

Gustav Klimt, 1897

Pencil design drawing of two ornamental wall panels with urns and scrolls, and a ceiling decoration with rococo scrollwork.

Design for a Wall and a Ceiling Decoration

Leonardo Marini, 1774-78

Pencil sketch of a symmetrical rococo ceiling or wall design with scrolling cartouches and medallions.

Design for One Half of a Ceiling with Medaillons with Figure Sketches Inside (recto); Design for an Interior Wall Ele…

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil design for a ceiling quarter with a central medallion, scrolling cartouches, garlands and studies of ornament below.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Medallion at the Center (recto); Design for a Quarter of a Ceiling with a…

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil design drawing of ornamental ceiling decoration with scrolling foliage, a shield medallion, and an urn with flowers.

Design for One Eighth of a Ceiling of a Reception Room at the Royal Palace at Moncalieri

Leonardo Marini, 1774-78

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with two women near large trees and a small building at lower right.

Wooded Landscape with Two Women in Foreground

Attributed to or after Jean Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Colored drawing of a hooded figure with bowed head beside flame and gray smoke on purple background, in dark hatched frame.

Trauer

Karl Wiener, 1921

Pen and watercolor elevation design of a palace gallery with pilasters, painted panels, eagles in wreaths, and a coffered cei

Design for the Interior of a Gallery of a Palace

Leonardo Marini, 1760-97

Pen drawing of a woman with head bowed and hand to chin beside a grave topped by a cross and a bird under stylized clouds.

Trauer

Karl Wiener, 1941

Design for a Ceiling

Leonardo Marini, 1774-78

Pencil drawing of an ornamental ceiling design with rococo scrollwork, floral motifs and framed decorative panels.

One Quarter of a Design for a Ceiling of a Room with Halved Variant Designs

Leonardo Marini, 1774-90

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo ceiling design with scrolling ornament and garlands beside a decorated wall elevation.

Clean Copy Presentation Draft: One Quarter of a Design for a Ceiling of a Room (recto); Scales and Construction Lines…

Leonardo Marini, 1774-90

Pen and watercolor drawing of a bed under a glowing yellow light, with swirling blue and red hatched bands above.

Traum

Karl Wiener, 1922

Pen and ink design of a decorated interior wall elevation with a doorway, garlands, urns and a rococo fireplace.

Design for a Wall Elevation with Halved Alternate Designs for the Doorway (recto); Designs for a Quarter of a Ceiling…

Leonardo Marini, 1774-90

Colored pencil drawing of a pale horse head and a blue animal form against hatched pink, green and purple background.

Traum

Karl Wiener, 1923

Watercolor stage design of a classical courtyard with colonnade, central statue of Minerva, staircase and figures under a str

Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva

Leonardo Marini, 1780-90