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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude with one arm outstretched and one foot resting on a stone block.

Studie van mannelijk naakt, zittend met gestrekte arm

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703

Head of an Old Woman

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Pen and watercolor drawing of a traveler on a rocky path beneath trees and mountains under a pink sunset sky.

Traveler in a Mountainous Landscape at Sunset

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1800

Pen and brown ink sketch of a martyrdom scene with a figure on a cross, a crowd of robed men, a horse, and a banner.

The Martyrdom of Saint Philip

Attributed to Stefano della Bella

Grey-toned drawing of a man in round spectacles and a fur-trimmed coat leaning on a stack of books.

Portret van een onbekende kunstschilder

Josephine Götzel-Sepolina, 1818

Brown ink drawing of a stove design topped by a draped bird cage with a carved bird in a niche on its front.

Ontwerp voor een kachel met een vogelkooi

Johann Samuel Nahl, 1775

Pen and brown wash design of a pedestal with Minerva and Amor on top, a shield and laurel wreath below.

Ontwerp voor een kachel met Minerva en Amor

Johann Samuel Nahl, 1775

Pen and brown wash design for a stove topped with a decorated urn vase, with flower garlands and drapery swags.

Ontwerp voor een kachel met een vaas

Johann Samuel Nahl, 1775

Pen and wash title page design with allegorical figures, cherubs, caryatid columns and a garden view, 1697.

Ontwerptekening voor een titelprent van een boek voor de Amsterdamse Hortus Botanicus

Philip Tideman, 1697

Pencil sketch of a sleeping curly-haired woman reclining on her arm in drapery, within faint arched guidelines.

Saint Cecilia

Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff, 1821

Pen and brown ink sketch of a cavalry battle with horsemen, rearing horses and swirling smoke on a pale sheet.

The Cavalry Combat

Attributed to Stefano della Bella

Pencil drawing of tall fractured rock cliffs with trees above a stream and boulders, by Johann Christoph Erhard, 1818.

Rock Cliffs above a Stream

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1818

Pen and ink sketch of Saint Andrew on a diagonal cross with soldiers and a crowd below, framed by architecture.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Attributed to Stefano della Bella

Engraved design of a rococo bedchamber paneling with an alcove bed, bust cartouche, door, commode and clock.

Dessin de Lambris d'une chambre a coucher avec lit en niche

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Two Chinese Pigs

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude child leaning on a sphere while an older child looks on.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling man surrounded by armed figures in an architectural setting with a dome.

Saint James the Great

Attributed to Stefano della Bella

Seated bearded Homer gazes upward while the muse Calliope gestures beside him in a classical interior, drawn in wash.

Homer and Calliope

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1786

Watercolor and pencil study of the snowy Watzmann peaks above dark forested slopes, fading into pale paper.

The Watzmann

August Heinrich, 1820

Pencil sketch of two figures walking past fence posts and wire toward distant hills, handwritten title in lower left.

"Vor Sonnenaufgang" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1935

Brown wash drawing of a haloed saint watching as a man smashes a statue on a pedestal while angels descend above.

Saint Benedict Orders the Destruction of Idols at Montecassino

Gaspare Serenario, 1694-1759

Pencil drawing of dark wooded hills under a cloudy sky with diagonal light rays before sunset.

Vor Sonnenuntergang

Karl Wiener, 1924

Etching of bearded men in turbans beside a carved stone pedestal with a lion mask, a seated figure in the foreground.

Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Pen and ink drawing of a seated youth raising his hand before robed men on a platform beneath curtains.

Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple (Luke 2:46-47)

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Sketch of a woman in a loose robe reading in a tufted armchair beside a doorway.

Déshabille

Childe Hassam, 1910

Pencil drawing of bare trees on a grassy hill under a pale sky, with shadows across the slope.

Vorfrühling

Karl Wiener, 1924

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Engraving of peasants feasting at a table under a grapevine trellis, with a man drinking from a tankard.

The Peasant's Feast, or, The Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, 1540

Charcoal drawing of a dark night townscape with chimneys, a bare tree, and a couple embracing in the foreground.

Vorfrühlingsnacht

Karl Wiener, 1926

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coastal landscape with framing trees, rocks, a tower, a sailboat and a distant island.

Coastal Landscape

Gherardo Cibo, 1512-1600

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Baptist, with draped curtains and an angel above.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, 1521-75

Drawing of a smiling bearded man with long wavy hair and a draped garment, in black chalk with red tints on toned paper.

Bust of a Bearded Figure

Andrea Solario, 1515-24