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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink ceiling design with a woman in a chariot and putti inside a coffered border surrounded by scrolling ornament.

Design for a Ceiling with a Woman (Aurora?) in a Chariot and Putti (Recto). Design for an Ornamental Frieze (Verso)

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro, 1537-86

Pen and grey wash drawing of two seated men beside a monument with a coat of arms, a goat and a cow nearby.

Twee herders zittend voor een monument met een wapenschild

Jan Goeree, 1695

Watercolor design of a room wall with two landscape panels, a central fireplace and a dark overmantel panel.

Ontwerp voor een wandschildering in de zijkamer bij Hendrik Wessels

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1780

Watercolor drawing of a flask-shaped vessel with a blue coat of arms and handwritten Dutch verses around its body and neck.

Schenkkan met een vers ter ere van Cornelis Tromp, 1673

Frederik Nicolaas Horatius Witsen Geysbeek, 1827

Portrait of Tommaso Salini

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1620

Pencil sketch of two standing winter figures in hats and heavy clothing, with faint studies of other figures on pale paper.

Two Skaters / recto: Skaters on the Ice, a Man Pushing a Sledge and a Kolf-player

Hendrick Avercamp, 1615

Pencil sketch of a man with a pitchfork and a woman with a basket on a riverbank, with a distant town skyline.

Studies of a Man and a Woman Standing on the Bank of a Frozen River, with a Town in the Distance

Hendrick Avercamp, 1610

Engraving of a woman with a sword beside a fallen armored man, with an ornate fountain and Cupid in the background.

Pyramus and Thisbe

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Hand-colored riddle sheet showing an old man resting in a woman's lap beside six sons on a checkered floor, with Dutch verses

Het Nijmeegse Raadsel of het Gecompliceerde Huwelijk, 1619

H.C. Mêgert, 1690

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a bonnet working at a spinning wheel in a simple interior.

Schets van spinnende vrouw

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of a turbaned rider on an elephant below archers and shield-bearing soldiers on a tower.

Battle Scene with Soldiers Mounted on an Elephant

Giulio Romano, 1550-1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated, draped bearded male nude with one arm raised, on a pale sheet.

Study for Christ in The Entombment

Bartolomeo Neroni, 16th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of five male heads and shoulders overlapping, one young figure in front, others bearded behind.

Group of Five Male Figures in Half-length

Stefano Della Bella, 1640-50

Engraving of a couple on a tricycle and other cyclists on a riverside road, with a steamboat on the river.

Wheeling on Riverside Drive

Thure de Thulstrup, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of workers lifting stone blocks at a construction site while two men study a plan at right.

Building

Cesare Nebbia, 1536-1614

Engraving of two couples in 16th-century dress on grass, one man holding a sword beside a woman, with labels above.

May and June

Sebald Beham, 1540

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing a sword-bearing figure among robed onlookers in an architectural setting.

Left Third of a Martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Antonio da Trento, 1508-ca. 1550

Ink and wash drawing of four neoclassical side tables, each with a circular top design and front elevation.

Designs for Four Decorated Tables

Antonio Asprucci, 1723-1808

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man with bowed head reading a paper inscribed with ECCE DOMINUS.

Man Reading

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Etched ornamental design with an oval scene of figures at a well above an arch flanked by putti and garlands.

Fan leaves, Tenth and eleventh plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens,…

Alexis Loir, 1740

Pen and wash design of a classical stage set with colonnades, a fountain, statues, and putti carrying garlands in the sky.

Design for a Stage Set: Semi-Circular Colonnaded Building, a Bridge Surmounted by a Tempietto, a Fountain in the Fore…

Antonio Basoli, 1774-1843

Ink and wash architectural drawing of an ornate papal throne with canopy, columns and statues, with a ground plan below.

Elevation and Ground Plan for a Papal Throne

Antonio Basoli, 1841

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered, with curly hair drawn in flowing strokes.

The Head of a Young Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1605-1680

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with mourners supporting Christ's body beneath a tall cross.

Descent from the Cross

Pasquale Ottino, 1615-16

Etching of soldiers and robed figures around an altar with a skull and bone, beside a rocky outcrop with an inscription.

Soldiers, Magus, and Other Figures Observing a Skull and a Tibia on an Altar, plate 7 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of St. Jerome kneeling in a rocky landscape beside a resting lion, with cliffs, pines and a chapel.

St. Jerome in Penitence

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Brown ink and wash drawing of two kneeling saints below angels holding up a reliquary among clouds.

Two Male Saints Kneeling with Angels Holding a Reliquary

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Engraved title page with winged putti, fruit garlands, a coat of arms, and the title La Sacra Genesi figurata.

"La Sacra Genesi figurata

Francesco Villamena, 1620

Pen and ink drawing of a tall tiered funeral catafalque with columns, skeletons, statues, and a spire.

Design for the Catafalque of a Prince

Pier Francesco Battistelli, ca. 1610-25

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated vestal virgin holding a flaming lamp, gazing upward, with Latin inscription below.

Vestal Virgin

Giovanni Guerra, 16th century

Etching of a haloed figure preaching with raised hands to a crowd in an arched interior, with figures seated and kneeling bel

Christ Preaching ('La Petit Tombe')

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a long staff, wearing a black robe over a green and cream patterned costume.

Omezo Ichikawa in the role of Kajiwara Genta

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810