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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Drawing of a bright comet with a long tail over a dark horizon with a church spire and tower, under a starry night sky.

Staartster boven Beverwijk, 1680

Rochus van Veen, 1680

Watercolor of two harnessed draft horses in a thatched farmyard, tended by two men, with a third horse and poultry nearby.

Paarden bij een stal

Wouterus Verschuur, 1851

Drawing of a spotted jaguar lying on its side on a wooden floor, shaded in graphite against a dark wall.

Jaguar

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Pen and brown wash drawing of a symmetrical altar design with God the Father, angels, cherubs and flanking statues.

Design for a "Quarantore" Decoration

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Manuscript page with Dutch verses and a small coloured drawing of a standing soldier with a feathered hat and cane.

Staande soldaat

Gesina ter Borch, 1653

Watercolor design for a wall panel with a landscape inset showing a classical ruin, trees and small figures, above a plain lo

Behangselvak met omlijsting en lambrisering, uit een ontwerp voor een zijwand

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1791

Unfolded interior design drawing with a statue niche, garlands, painted panels and a scale bar, in pen and watercolor.

Ontwerp voor een kabinetje bij Arent van Hasselt, Keizersgracht 584, Amsterdam

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1783

Etching of an elderly man grieving on a stone bench as figures gesture around him beside a wooden door and tree.

Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Watercolor design of a panelled room wall with a fireplace, gilded garland medallion, and two landscape panels with trees and

Ontwerp voor een wandschildering voor Gerrit Duijm

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1783

Pen and brown ink drawing of tall grasses, flowering plants and broad leaves growing at the edge of a pond with lily pads.

Plants at Water's Edge

the elder Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, c. 1800

Pen and ink sketch sheet on blue paper with figure studies including a helmeted warrior, winged figures and seated men.

Sheet of Sketches

John Flaxman, 1793

Pencil sketch of a title page with a theatrical mask, lettering, and a draped figure with a staff beside a reclining figure.

Sketch for the Title-Page of an Edition of Aeschylus

John Flaxman, 1793

Pencil drawing of Dante and Virgil in a wood of bare trees, with winged harpies and a figure in a trunk, from Inferno canto 1

Dante and Virgil in the Suicidal Wood (Inferno, Canto 13, verses 22-23)

John Flaxman, 1792-93

Engraving of two walking couples on grass, one man carrying a sword, with German month inscriptions above.

January and February

Sebald Beham, 1540

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above kneeling saints and angels, with a martyrdom scene behind.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Peter, Saint Damasus, Saint Lawrence, and Saint Paul; the Martyrdom of Saint…

Federico Zuccaro, 1566-68

Red and black chalk sketch of a pointing young man beside a bishop in mitre and patterned cloak.

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Bernardo degli Uberti (after Andrea del Sarto's Vallombrosa Altarpiece)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Etching of two bearded men in turbans with a boy holding a staff, a fallen figure at their feet, and bare trees behind.

Two Magi and a Boy, plate 13 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Pencil sketch of classical female figures with flowing drapery and radiating light lines above cloud forms.

Morning: Pope's Odyssey, Book 12 (recto); Study for the final drawing (verso)

John Flaxman, 1792

Pencil drawing of Night and Sleep under a starry sky, with Jupiter in a chariot above, by John Flaxman.

Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter - "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven),…

John Flaxman, 1793

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a light headwrap and ornate belt with a cameo, against a dark hatched background.

Raccolta di teste

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pen and ink drawing of two bearded seated figures with haloed heads and winged putti holding a tablet and scroll.

Decorative Group

Federico Zuccaro, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical frieze with bearded men, draped women, nude youths, a horse and two lion heads.

Design for a Frieze, after a Roman Sarcophagus: The First Visit of Bacchus to Ariadne

John Flaxman, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash sketch of a kneeling woman embracing a standing figure in draped robes, with faint tree and figure studies at ri

Sheet of studies with female figure kneeling and embracing standing figure

John Flaxman, 1775-1826

Red-ink engraving of a basket of tulips, poppies and lilies arranged within a ruled border.

Basket of Flowers, Plate

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Painting of a smiling young woman with a white shawl and a pearl earring against a dark background.

Study of a young woman.[1] Alternative title(s): Portrait of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a robe gesturing toward a bound nude figure on a balcony, with onlookers and steps b

Ecce Homo

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing angel with clasped hands, with two cherubs partly visible at the edges.

A Standing Angel and two Cherubs

Federico Zuccaro, ca. 1566

Framed design drawing for a stained glass window showing a robed preacher addressing a seated congregation beside hooded figu

Ontwerp voor raam in het Stadhuis in Amsterdam

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1930

Brown ink drawing on blue paper of a crowded banquet with seated guests, a grand staircase, columns, and servants.

The Wedding Feast at Cana (after Paolo Veronese)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Engraving of a ragged kneeling man before robed figures under a tree, with a town and mountains in the background.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Ink drawing of a Gothic stained glass window design with repeated arched panels and intricate tracery on a tan ground.

Tapijtontwerp voor ramen in het Noordertransept in de Dom te Utrecht

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878

Stained glass design drawing with three arched panels of blue and ochre trefoil and leaf motifs on a black ground.

Ontwerp voor een raam in het Noordertransept in de Dom te Utrecht

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878