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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of Jupiter and Juno reclining on a draped bed under a canopy with cherubs and classical columns.

Jupiter and Juno: Study for the 'Furti di Giove' Tapestries

Perino del Vaga, 1532

Mrs. Robinson as Perdita

Richard Cosway, ca. 1779

Pen and brown ink sheet with many studies of standing, kneeling and reclining figures by Perino del Vaga.

Figure Studies [recto]

Perino del Vaga

Pencil architectural elevation of an altar with arched niche, Corinthian columns, scrolled pediment and radiant sunburst.

Design for the high altar of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Engraving of the Deposition: men on ladders lower Christ from a cross while mourners kneel below before a distant town.

The Deposition

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Pen and ink drawing of an altarpiece with the Madonna and Child flanked by two saints within a classical architectural frame.

Altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with Saints, in Its Architectural Setting

Perino del Vaga, 1528

Pencil architectural sketch of a wall with a doorway, pilasters, and a cartouche, with smaller studies at left.

Architectural Sketch for the design of a Wall with Doorway, with two smaller sketches for the design of windows or do…

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored figure gesturing at ornate classical altars before a crowd of onlookers.

Alexander Consecrating the Altars for the Twelve Olympian Gods

Perino del Vaga, 1545

Chalk drawing of a bearded prophet turning toward an angel at upper left, with an open book on a ledge.

A Prophet Addressed by an Angel

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1517

Pen and wash drawing of a winged figure carrying a woman through swirling drapery and wind.

Boreas and Oreithyia

Style of Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, n.d.

Pen drawing of an oval ballroom ceiling with coffered panels, a central allegorical medallion, and figures in clouds.

Ceiling of Ballroom decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Black and white circular knot pattern with interlaced rings and a central monogram, framed by leaf motifs and scrolls at the

The Sixth Knot, from Dürer's Six Knots

Albrecht Dürer

Engraving of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus on clouds with an eagle and doves, a nude figure below blowing a trumpet.

Venus Complains to Jupiter

Master of the Die, 1520

Pen and wash cross section of a theater with tiered boxes and a stage set showing a classical street with columns and an obel

Transverse Section of the Small Theater at the Palace of Caserta, with a View of a Stage Design

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Engraving of haloed saints with a central woman holding an organ, angels playing violin and harp above, instruments at feet.

Saint Cecilia

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a theater plan with a radiating ornamental ceiling and a scale bar in palms.

Projection of Ceiling Over Plan of the Small Theater in the Palace at Caserta

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Brown ink drawing of a crowd of onlookers beside faint sketches of a crucified figure, attributed to Giovanni Battista Spinel

The Martydrom of St. Andrew

Giovanni Battista Spinelli, 1630-60

Charcoal drawing of Christ falling under the cross, with soldiers, a horse, and kneeling women around him.

Christ Falls under the Cross

Girolamo Starace, 1730-94

Brown ink and wash drawing of Poseidon with trident and rearing horse facing Athena in armor, with gods above and a city belo

The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

Cesare Nebbia, 1570s

Engraved print of the Coronation of the Virgin, Christ crowning Mary beneath God the Father, with saints, angels and a lion.

Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Die, 1530

Architectural section drawing of a theater interior with tiered balconies, columns, and a decorated dome, with a scale bar be

Longitudinal Section of the Small Theater in the Palace at Caserta

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a curly-haired monk in a hooded robe, looking up, with a book and raised hand.

Half-Length Study of a Monk Holding a Book and a Long Implement

Bernardo Strozzi, ca. 1637-40

Pencil drawing of a winged angel with a scythe behind a man cutting a braid with scissors, a ship on the horizon.

"Wie die alte Zeit durch den Geist der neuen glücklich ihres / Zopfes entledigt wird." (Vorzeichnung für eine Karikat…

Josef d. J. Lanzedelly, 1848

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame with foliage, Latin inscription cartouche, and open book below.

Portrait of Francesco Albani

Sempronio Subissati, 1680-1758

Red chalk drawing of a bearded priest in a two-horned tiara with upraised arms and a flowing robe.

Priest with Upraised Arms Wearing a Two-Horned Tiara

Tanzio da Varallo, 1575-1633

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rocky coast with a winged horse, two figures, a tall tree, and distant hills under a pale sky

Perseus and the Origin of Coral

Claude Lorrain, 1671

Grey ink drawing of a double watermill with water wheels, a wooden footbridge, and large trees framing a river scene.

Drawing of a Double Watermill

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1670

Head of a Man

Tanzio da Varallo, 1575-1633

Pencil caricature of a top-hatted man hurrying through a dark passage past rats and a cat, 1848.

"Wie die Journalisten Wien´s auf dunklen Wegen zum Lichte eines Ministerium´s gelangen sollten." (Karikatur)

Francisque, 1848

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin holding the Christ Child and a kneeling king offerin

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1650

Engraving of an 18th-century couple greeting near a sedan chair, with a domed church and arched doorway behind them.

Les Précautions (The Precautions), from Le Monument du Costume

Pietro Antonio Martini, 1770

Watercolor of a chaotic theatre scene with a crowd of figures tearing hair, a seated woman in a pale gown, and fallen locks o

Wie die Krähwinkler Recensenden keinen Schauspieler ungeschoren lassen

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1838