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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of four studies of reclining goats and lambs on a pale sheet of paper.

Blad met vier studies van bokkken en lammeren

Jan Bedijs Tom, 1823

Pen and brown wash drawing of a nude hero and an armored warrior inside a circular medallion within a square frame.

Hercules en Mars

Pieter de Jode, 1583

Hand-colored 1858 map of Vienna after demolition of its walls, with districts in colored washes and the Danube and Prater vis

"Übersichtsplan d. Stadt Wien nach Abtragung der Stadt- u. Vorstadt Wälle", "Sustine et abstine"

August Sicard von Sicardsburg, 1858

Pen and brown ink drawing of ornamental scrollwork, a face mask cartouche, and a herm support for a chimney piece.

Designs for Ornamental Motifs and for a Herm Supporting a Chimney Piece

Moncalvo, 1568-1625

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Immaculate standing on a crescent amid clouds, with angels and a radiant glory above.

The Virgin Immaculate in Glory (recto); Sketch of a Part of a Leg and a Hand (verso)

Domenico Mondo, 1723-1806

Pen drawing of a young woman with flowing hair riding a galloping horse past a large tree and distant mountains.

Young Woman on Galloping Horse

Johann August Rossmassler, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure with one arm raised overhead, shown in a twisting standing pose.

Man Sheathing a Sword

Francesco Montelatici, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated winged figure in drapery beside a flaming stone pedestal, in a lunette shape.

Seated Allegorical Female Figure

Morazzone, 1593-1626

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a kneeling friar and a mitred bishop gazing upward, with white highlights on the robes.

Kneeling St. Francis and St. Nicholas of Bari

Moretto da Brescia, 1498-1554

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, nude figure, and horse.

The Adoration of the Magi

Raffaellino da Reggio, 1550-78

Studies for a Costume

Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540

Circular pen and ink drawing of popes, bishops and kings arranged in tiers among clouds, a design for a ceiling.

Kings, Bishops and Popes: design for ceiling

Francesco de Mura, 1696-1782

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with cherubs, while robed figures gather around a tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Francesco Narice, 1751-79

Watercolor of a winding valley between green hills under a pastel evening sky, attributed to David Cox.

View in Wales

the elder David Cox, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds above apostles at an open tomb, with angels and putti in light.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Francesco de Mura, 1751

Watercolor design of a winged ox, symbol of Saint Luke, with green and red wings and inscribed scrolls on a gold quatrefoil g

Ontwerp voor borduurwerk met de evangelist Lucas

Hardman & Co., 1850

Watercolor design of an eagle with a halo and a scroll reading Johannes, set on a yellow quatrefoil pattern.

Ontwerp voor borduurwerk met de evangelist Johannes

Hardman & Co., 1850

Watercolor design of a haloed winged lion with a Marcus banner on a patterned yellow quatrefoil ground.

Ontwerp voor borduurwerk met de evangelist Marcus

Hardman & Co., 1850

Watercolor design of a winged angel holding a scroll reading Sanctus Matheus within a quatrefoil frame on a patterned ground.

Ontwerp voor borduurwerk met de evangelist Matteüs

Hardman & Co., 1850

Grey wash drawing of a haloed saint on steps before a crowd, with angels and cherubs in clouds above and a colonnade at right

The Vision of Saint Benedict

Francesco de Mura, 1740

Pen and brown wash landscape of rocky cliffs, a cave, a wading figure with a staff, swans, and a distant town on a river.

Coastal Landscape with Saint Christopher

Matthys Cock, 1540

Red chalk drawing of a reclining horse with flowing mane inside a double circular border, a design for a medal.

Liggend paard, ontwerp voor een penning

Edmé Bouchardon, 1755

Pen drawing of the Lamentation: nude Christ on the ground surrounded by mourning figures, with a crown of thorns and nails be

De Bewening

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, 1532

Dark brown drawing of several wine bottles with labels and a bowl on a table against a shadowed background.

Flessen

Charcoal drawing of an armchair beside draped curtains and a window with a dog figure on the sill.

Stoel

Two Figures in an Architectural Setting: A Female Nude Seated in a Profile View and a Seated Male Nude in a Three-Qua…

Rosso Fiorentino

Engraved architectural design of a fountain with curved colonnades, sweeping stairs, and sculpted figures in a courtyard.

Print - Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dense woodland with gnarled trees and rocky ground, with faint sketched figures at lower left

Woodland Scene with Light Sketch of a Madonna and Child

Girolamo Muziano, 1528-92

Gray wash drawing in a circle: a kneeling man beside a bed, a crowned woman reclining, a bearded king and attendant at right.

Haman begs Esther for his Life

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a top hat and long coat with a walking stick and medal, on pale paper.

Study for "Swiss Sentry at the Louvre"

Théodore Géricault, c. 1819

Graphite drawing of the crucified Christ with arms outstretched and a loincloth, on aged paper with faint ruling lines.

Christ on the Cross

Girolamo Muziano, 1590-1600

Pencil design for a decorative header with two facing peacocks, scrollwork and fan motifs on tinted paper.

Ontwerp voor een titelhoofd met twee pauwen

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884