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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of rolling farm fields with hedgerows sloping toward a distant sea with sailing ships and a windmill.

View of Farm Land Near the Sea

M. Venner, c. 1770

Hazy view of a curving Bay of Naples with ships in harbor, a fortress tower, and a figure on a stone wall under a cloudy sky.

Bay of Naples-A Land of Smouldering Fire

Alfred William Hunt, 1871

Graphite and chalk academic study of a nude faun holding a young goat on his shoulder, standing on a pedestal.

Academic study after a sculpture: faun with kid

Henri Julien De Stoop, 1847

Gecko: study from life

George Du Maurier, second half 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, angels, and kneeling supplicants in an interior.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Etched ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, putti and an oval landscape vignette, with a title cartouche below.

Friezes: Title Page for the set "Frises Feuillages et autres Ornemens..."

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy beach with sailboats on choppy sea, strollers on the sand, and a lighthouse on dunes.

The Beach at Scheveningen (?), with Strollers

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1775-1825

Pencil sketch of two large bare trees over a woodland scene with figures near a tent and cattle on a path.

Landscape with cattle and figures; sketch for the Rustic Courtship

Gainsborough Dupont, 1755-97

Red and black chalk drawing of a winged warrior with scales beside a bearded monk in a dark habit.

Saint Michael and Saint Giovanni Gualberto (after Andrea del Sarto's Vallombrosa Altarpiece)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dancing bacchante with a tambourine beside a nude satyr holding a cymbal.

Bacchante

William Etty, first half 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a blank rectangular cartouche with a shepherd, shepherdess, sheep and a cow around it.

Rechthoekige cartouche met herder, herderin en schapen

Pieter Jansz, 1612

Watercolor design of a console table held up by four muscular male atlas figures, with a papal coat of arms at the center.

Een van de twee bronzen tafels die Giuseppe Valadier in 1792 aan paus Pius VI heeft geleverd voor de bibliotheek van…

Christoph Unterberger, 1791

Grey wash drawing of a warship firing a cannon, smoke rising, with smaller boats on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Marine, the Cannon Shot

Johannes Christiaan Schotel

Pastel portrait of a woman in a brown hat and pince-nez, with a white collar and blue ribbon, against a green background.

Self-Portrait

Thérèse Schwartze, 1917

Portret van een Oostenrijkse

Thérèse Schwartze, 1908

Portret van een jonge vrouw

Thérèse Schwartze, 1912

Charcoal portrait drawing of a young woman in a wide-brimmed hat, face lit with white chalk against a dark background.

Portret van een jonge vrouw met hoed, mogelijk Lizzy Ansingh

Thérèse Schwartze, 1910

Pencil and chalk study of several hands in varied gestures on grey paper, by Thérèse Schwartze, 1861.

Studies van handen

Thérèse Schwartze, 1861

Historical 1867 printed map of Vienna's Innere Stadt with colored building-phase overlays and handwritten annotations.

Wien. 1r=Bezirk: Innere Stadt mit Inbegriff der Stadt-Erweiterungs-Baugründe und der Park-Anlagen sowie mit einem gro…

Franz von Hauslab, 1867

Pen and ink sketch of a rearing horse and rider drawn over a handwritten letter.

Rearing horse and trainer, drawn on a letter (recto); Studies of women and children (verso)

William Etty, after 1810

Charcoal self-portrait of a man in a felt hat, mustache and jacket, looking directly at the viewer.

Zelfportret

Frans Deutmann, 1915

Watercolor drawing of a flat open landscape with clouds, a horse and cart, figures, hunters, and a distant windmill.

Gezicht van de Tafelberg

Jacob Cats, 1795

Colored drawing of a flat meadow with a large oak, a windmill, a village skyline, and people walking under cloudy skies.

Landscape with the Tafelberg

Jacob Cats, 1795

Pencil drawing of a tiled-roof farmhouse beside a dirt road, bare trees, and a woman standing by the door.

Gezicht op een huis aan de Rynier Pauwlaan, gezien naar de Ringdijk

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Drawing of a rustic inn with steep roofs and chimneys, two standing men, and tall trees in a landscape.

Landscape with an Inn

Esaias van de Velde, 1629

Red and black chalk drawing of a standing female nude with head bowed and one arm raised, on toned paper.

Standing female nude

William Etty, 1810-49

Pencil drawing of Achilles reaching toward the ghostly shade of Patroclus floating above him among clouds.

Achilles and the Shade of Patroclus

John Flaxman, 1793

Watercolor sketchbook spread of rolling wooded hills and a valley with fields and village buildings under a pale sky.

Sketchbook from the Artist's Trip to Germany

Eugène Delacroix, 1855-59

Watercolor interior of a bookshop with shelves of books, a counter, a standing customer, and a street view through the door.

De winkel van de boekhandelaar Pieter Meijer Warnars op de Vijgendam te Amsterdam

Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1820

Pencil and wash study of a vulture with its wing, plus smaller sketches of other vulture heads on paper.

Studie van gieren

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Dark charcoal drawing of a towered building silhouetted at dusk behind bare trees, by Eduard Karsen.

Avond met regen

Eduard Karsen, 1890

Watercolour page with two striped tulips, a spiny seashell, a dragonfly and a yellow butterfly, with handwritten labels.

Twee tulpen met schelp, waterjuffer en vlinder

Jacob Marrel, 1639