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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Misty grey wash landscape with a large tree at left and a small group resting with a donkey on a foreground rise.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, 1682

Pen and brown wash drawing of a decorative wall elevation with two saint statues in niches and putti above.

Wall Elevation with a Window and Statues of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Peter in Niches

Lazzaro Tavarone, 1576-1641

Engraving of Saint Paul preaching to a crowd before classical Athenian colonnades and a round temple, with an armored soldier

Saint Paul Preaching at Athens

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ on the cross with the Virgin, Mary Magdalen and Saint John grieving below.

Christ Crucified, Attended by the Virgin, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John the Evangelist

Lazzaro Tavarone, 1556-1641

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river landscape with a large tree, a stone arched bridge, and two small figures.

River Landscape

Claude Lorrain, 1635

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin crowned by two angels, with two angel musicians playing instruments below.

The Virgin Immaculate Crowned by Two Angels, with Angel Musicians in the Foreground

Domenico Fontana, 1555-1630

Pen and wash drawing of a classical villa with arched loggia and balustrade beside a wall and garden trees.

Villa di Papa Giulio

Claude Lorrain, 1635

Pen and wash drawing of a classical facade with columns, an obelisk, and ruined arches under a pale sky.

Façade and Ruins

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750-66

Brown ink drawing of classical ruins, seated figures, grazing animals, and trees in a hazy landscape.

Landscape with Ruins, Pastoral Figures, and Trees

Claude Lorrain, 1650

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two women in flowing classical dress standing side by side.

Two Women in Classical Dress

Claude Lorrain, 1640

Pen and wash drawing of a winged figure with a cornucopia and crown beside a seated nude and a reclining man under windy clou

Allegory of Fortune

Pietro Testa, 1632-50

Grey wash drawing of ruins on a hill beside a river, with a railed bridge and arch at right.

Ruins Overlooking River with Bridge

Attributed to or possibly after Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, n.d.

Pencil caricature of two men mid-dance, one in a feathered hat, with a German caption below, dated 1848.

"Wie Stefan jetzt nach böhmischen Weisen tanzen lernen sollte." (Karikatur auf Fürst Windischgrätz und Erzherzog Step…

Francisque, 1848

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male figure in draped cloth, one hand resting on a large oval shield.

Standing Male Figure Supporting a Shield

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stone bridge over a river with trees, a standing figure on the bridge and a seated figure.

Landscape with a Bridge

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Pencil study of a nude male figure in a running pose on tinted paper, signed Pietro Testa.

Nude Youth Running (recto); Standing Draped Old Man with Left Hand Upraised (verso)

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Red chalk drawing of a tower above trees and a hillside with a low wall in the foreground.

Torione Anticho Fori di Roma

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Engraved print of a flower-filled basket on a ledge, with butterflies and moths flying above the blooms.

Plate 10, from set of Flowers in a Basket

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1680

Brown wash drawing of a dense grove of trees with a distant landscape and figures in a clearing beyond.

Grove of Trees

Claude Lorrain, 1640

Pen and ink sketch on blue paper of sea nymphs, tritons and cherubs around a figure in a shell chariot with dolphins.

The Triumph of Galatea

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Red chalk study sheet of four cows in various poses, including reclining and standing figures on tan paper.

Four Cows

Pen and ink drawing of skeletons and kneeling penitents around an altar with candles, tombstones and putti.

Allegory of Penance and Death

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Sketch of gnarled old trees on a riverbank with a man rowing a small boat in the foreground and reflections in the water.

Old Trees along a Bank

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1640

Pen and brown ink sketch of allegorical figures on a rocky hillside with trees, including standing women and reclining old me

Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Watercolor drawing of a costumed male performer in a plumed headdress swinging two bells with feathered streamers.

Franconi, Twirling Flaming Cones

Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1768-1810

Black and red chalk drawing of a man gesturing toward cloaked figures in front of a sketched wall with windows and a shrine.

Family Group Kneeling Before a Street Shrine

Ventura Salimbeni, ca. 1600

Child Holding a Doll

John Downman, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of a crowned, armored seated king holding a scepter, with winged figures above.

A Seated King in Armor (King David?)

Orazio Samacchini, 16th century

Pen and wash study of a tapering Last Judgment scene with saints above, angels in clouds, and damned nude figures and demons

Scene from the Last Judgment, Study for the Fresco Decoration of One of the Segments of the Cupola of the Cathedral o…

Federico Zuccaro, 1576-79

Miss Mary Cruikshank, only sister of James Cruikshank

John Downman, 1781

Portrait of a young boy in a blue double-breasted jacket with a calm sea and distant ship behind him.

Memento Portrait of a Young Midshipman

John Downman, 1769-1824

Engraving of the Betrayal of Christ with soldiers holding torches and swords seizing figures in a crowded scene.

Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500