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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Engraved plate showing eight Chinese-style vessels including a tripod censer, a fish vase, a monkey ewer and a bamboo teapot.

Designs for Tableware, Plate XV of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils

Sir William Chambers, 1750

Watercolor of a woman in white holding a rose wreath overhead beside a girl in blue, with a tree and green hills.

Dancing Children

Jane Palmer, 1782

Brown wash drawing of Christ gesturing to a kneeling woman, with bearded onlookers, trees and buildings, over printed text.

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, 1654-1719

Watercolor of a woman holding a floral wreath with a child, two seated girls, and a village with red and green houses.

Mother and Three Children Making a Floral Wreath

Unknown artist, c. 1825

Pastel portrait of a young child in a white bonnet and dress, holding cherries, with a red beaded necklace and locket.

Baby with Locket

Unknown artist, 1813

Watercolor of a woman in a brown dress and plumed black hat holding a striped bag, with trees behind her.

Woman with Plumed Hat

Unknown artist, c. 1825

Pencil sketch of a covered wagon with horses on a road, a man carrying hay beside a haystack, under a cloudy sky.

Wallachisches Fuhrwerk

Johann Adam Klein, 1812

Watercolor of a bearded friar in brown habit raising his arms before a crowd of soldiers and townspeople under a tree.

Wallensteins Lager. Hr. Findeisen als Capuziner

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Watercolor drawing of kneeling and embracing figures in turbans and robes before classical columns and draped curtains.

Joseph Recognized by his Brothers

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 18th century

Pen and wash sketch of allegorical figures among clouds, with a winged figure and putti, study for a ceiling decoration.

Group of Allegorical figures: Sketch for a Ceiling Decoration ?

Francesco Solimena, 1657-1747

Pen and gray wash study of a seated prophetess with angels in clouds above and warriors and a horse below.

The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera

Francesco Solimena, 1728-33

Pen and wash drawing of a seated allegorical figure on clouds with putti, a rooster, and a palette, study for a ceiling.

Allegorical Figure of Study

Francesco Solimena, 1657-1747

Pen and wash drawing of a seated commander surrounded by a standing woman, soldiers, and attendants in a classical interior.

The Continence of Scipio

Francesco Solimena, 1657-1747

Pen and wash drawing of three winged angels on clouds above a kneeling bearded man holding a staff.

Three Angels Appearing to Abraham

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726

Pencil sketch of a mounted rider with a spear, crowd of figures, and a warrior raising arms before architecture.

The Triumph of David

Francesco Solimena, 1677-1747

Pencil drawing of a domed tiled stove in a room with a bench and curtained window, labeled Wärme.

Wärme

Karl Wiener, 1921

Brown ink and wash drawing of children in pointed hats and with rifles in a street, with handwritten German text above and be

"Was einem Buben / nit einfalt" (Karikatur zur Revolution 1848)

Franz Kaliwoda, 1848

Pen and ink drawing of a rider in a hunting cap leaping a wooden fence on horseback, with other riders and hounds behind.

Fox Hunt

W. H. Temple, c. 1865

Sepia landscape drawing of a large oak tree, shrubs and a stream beside a sandy path under a cloudy sky.

Landschap met beek en struiken

Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten, 1839

Pencil and white chalk drawing on grey paper of a young boy's frontal face with tousled hair and a direct gaze.

Jongensportret van Jan Philips François van der Vinne

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1825

Watercolor of a farmyard with a large tree, a barn, a dirt path, and several figures in traditional dress on grass.

Boerenerf met enige figuren, rechts een schuur en grote boom

Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten, 1839

Graphite and white chalk portrait drawing of a woman with hair pulled back, turned slightly, on grey paper.

Portret van Mevrouw de Wed. van de Wall

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814

Studies van vrouwenkoppen en handen

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814

Graphite sketch on grey paper: a woman's head looking upward, framed by studies of hands in various gestures.

Studies van handen en een vrouwenkop

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814

Graphite portrait of a woman with a centred bob haircut and faint smile, drawn on grey paper.

Portret van Juf. Schade van Westeren

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814

Pencil and white chalk studies on grey paper: a seated, hunched figure, an outstretched arm, and a separate hand study.

Studies van handen en een figuur

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814

Graphite portrait study of an older woman in a headscarf, turned slightly to the side, on grey paper.

Portretstudie van de oude mevrouw Prins

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814

Pencil studies of hands on grey paper, one hand rendered in detail at right and looser sketched forms at left.

Studies van handen

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814

Pen drawing of a gentleman and lady riding galloping horses across a field during a fox hunt, with other riders behind.

Fox Hunt, Lady and Gentleman Riders

W. H. Temple, c. 1865

Silhouet portret van een man

Simon Schaasberg, 1790

Watercolor of townspeople with buckets and jugs queuing at a street water point, with old buildings and a dog nearby.

Wasserholen beim Hydranten

Karl Hornstein, 1945

Pencil study of hands and a forearm holding a book on grey paper, with soft shading and light highlights.

Studies van handen met een boek

Jan Adam Kruseman, 1814