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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a crowded cattle market with cows, oxen and herders, with a church tower and trees in the background.

Koemarkt

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil sketch of a woman with sheep in a hilly landscape, a cow grazing at left, shrubs and open sky beyond.

Landschap met schapenscheerster

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil sketch of horsemen and soldiers charging through a village street past houses and a church tower.

Ruiters bestormen een dorp

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Engraving of turbaned hunters with dogs attacking a lion beneath a large flowering palm tree.

Lion Hunt

Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1730

Pencil sketch of a calm sea with sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, a faint sun and wispy clouds.

Water met boten

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil drawing of a mountain landscape with horsemen crossing water and a distant tower under clouds.

Berglandschap met ruiters

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil drawing of a volcano erupting with red glowing light above a town of pale buildings at night.

Vulkanausbruch

Karl Wiener, 1921

Pencil drawing of a river valley with palm trees, hills, distant buildings and wooded cliffs.

South American Landscape

W. Stubbs, n.d.

Engraved ornamental plate with a curling acanthus scroll and spiral end above a band of rosettes on blue-grey paper.

Ornament & vases, pl. 5

William Darling, 1770

Watercolor of a standing woman in a black lace mantilla, ruffled black dress and red hair bow, holding a fan.

Young Spanish Lady in Costume of Manola

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Watercolor of a woman in a pink gown and feathered hat standing beside a stone archway and garden wall.

The Rendezvous

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Engraved ornamental panels with scrolling foliage, a bearded mask beneath a fruit bowl, and an old man with two children.

Ornamental Foliage with a Mask and a Bowl of Fruit (Autre, offrant au milieu d'en bas un mascaron...) Ornamental Foli…

Enea Vico, 1530

Saint Jerome with a halo stands in a book-lined study while a lion sits beside him, resting a paw on his hand.

Saint Jerome in His Study.

Lorenzo Monaco, 1420

Ink sketch of a rider on a galloping horse with hounds running beside, titled Going to Cover, 1865.

Going to Cover

W. H. Temple, 1865

Watercolor of a woman in a green shawl holding a miniature beside an ornate vase and gilded pedestal in an interior.

The Miniature

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Pen-and-ink drawing of a snake moving through tall grass beside rocks and shrubs, with diagonal light rays in the sky.

Wach

Karl Wiener, 1921

Watercolor of an elderly man in a red coat reading a book beside a statue, carved pedestal, and lute in an ornate room.

The Amateur

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Pen and wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a plain, with a distant city and a hilltop town beyond.

A Cavalry Battle before a City

Francesco Simonini, 1686-ca. 1755

Engraved title page with the words Calligraphia Latina framed by twisted columns, winged putti and ornate flourishes.

Title Page "Calligraphia Latina," in Dissertatio epistolaris de calligraphiae nomenclatione...

Johann Caspar Schwab, 1750

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded God the Father enthroned on clouds with four winged angels around him.

God the Father with Four Angels

Bertoia, 1569-71

Brown wash drawing of women under trees, a princess reaching toward a baby, and a kneeling woman beside a basket.

The Finding of Moses

Montalto, ca. 1671

Bust of a Man with Long Beard (recto)

Il Sodoma, 1477-1549

Head of a Youth in Profile (recto); Study of a Seated Figure (verso)

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, ca. 1525

Saint John at the Foot of the Cross

Maso Finiguerra, 1460

"Wahnsinn Raserei Depression", aus: "Liebeszyklus"

Karl Wiener, 1930

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate urn with a lion mask and two merman handles on a stone pedestal.

Monumental Vase with Anthropomorphic Figures

Attributed to or after Jacques-François-Joseph Saly, after 1746

Red chalk drawing of a bearded countryman in a wide hat holding a staff, with trees and landscape behind him.

Standing Countryman Holding a Staff

Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, 1654-1719

Watercolor of mourning women in black gathered at a garlanded memorial beneath a willow, with a broken column at left.

In Memoriam - Column at Left

Unknown artist, 19th century

Watercolor sheet showing two old churches, a yellow baptismal font, and two pink and beige gravestones with crosier designs.

Oude kerken, doopbekken en Grafstenen

Leendert Springer, 1850

Architectural drawing of medieval church floor plans and six colored baptismal fonts with a scale bar and Dutch title.

Plattegronden van kerken en zes doopvonten

Leendert Springer, 1850

Grey-blue wash drawing of a covered travel wagon with spoked wheels and long shafts on a shadowed road.

Reiswagen

J. Wegman, 1650

Watercolor of two carriages arriving at a village street with a blacksmith, thatched cottages and a church tower.

Twee reiswagens arriveren in een dorp met een smid

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, 1746