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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Red chalk landscape drawing of a hillside with a church tower, trees, a low wall and soft clouds.

Landscape

Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of three men and a dog on a hill overlooking a walled city and distant sea with ships.

Three Men and a Dog on a Hill

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-1638

Engraved interior with a standing man gesturing to three seated women, a parrot on a screen and a dog on the floor.

La Critique de L’École des femmes (Critique of The School for Wives), Oeuvres de Molière (Works of Molière), Vol. II

Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet, 1770

Pen and ink landscape with a large gnarled tree, a figure with a plaque, an arched bridge and a hilltop town.

Framed Landscape with a View of Castel Durante with a Figure Holding an Inscribed Plaque in the Foreground

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-38

Procession of Six Horsemen in Profile View Facing Left

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Engraving of Hercules on a fiery pyre with a nude figure beside him, a distant walled town and a river on the right.

The Death of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of two peasant couples: dancing figures on the left and a drunken man being supported on the right, labeled Novembe

November and December

Sebald Beham, 1540

Pen sketch of a loaded wagon with spoked wheels and horses, a small standing figure at lower left, on pale paper.

A Loaded Wagon and Several Human Figures

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate griffin-shaped sleigh with scrolled body, pulled by a sketched horse.

Design for A Sleigh in the Form of a Griffin, Drawn by a Horse

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

Pen etching of a satyr and bacchante in ivy wreaths seated on a lion skin, with a horned female faun and a tent behind them.

Copy of Bacchante, Satyr, and Female Faun, from the series Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Pen drawing of an ornamental vignette with a grotesque mask, two birds, scrolls and a banner reading Alph: Grecum.

Design for a Vignette Accompanying a Publication on the Greek Alphabet

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

Red chalk drawing of a horse's head in a bridle, with a flowing mane, by Baldassarre Franceschini, ca. 1650.

Study for a Horse's Head

Baldassare Franceschini, ca. 1650

Ink and wash drawing of a grand classical interior with stone stairs, tall columns, and vaulted arches in strong light.

Framed Design for a Stage Set

Mauro Berti, 1772-1842

The Coiffure

Mary Cassatt, c. 1891

Pencil sketch of a standing woman with her reflection and a bent figure in the foreground, in an interior.

The Fitting [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1890-1891

Pen drawing of an ornamental cartouche with two winged cherubs, fruit garlands and grotesque masks around an empty oval.

Design for a Cartouche with a Variant

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pencil drawing of an empty shield cartouche with a lion's head, a curved band above, and a fruit garland below.

Design for a Cartouche with a Lion's Head and Nimbus

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Brown wash drawing of a female figure with arms outstretched and face upturned, surrounded by a halo and drapery.

Study for the Ascension of the Virgin

Marco Pino, 16th century

Ink drawing of two stacked ornamental masks: a winged Medusa head with snakes below and a bearded satyr face above.

Design for Two Masks Shaped as Satyr and a Winged Medusa Head

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pencil sketch of a woman in a hat holding a dog on a balcony, with city rooftops in the background.

Susan on a Balcony Holding a Dog [recto]

Mary Cassatt, c. 1883

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumph: a bearded man in a chariot drawn by horses, with soldiers and a winged figure above.

Roman Triumph

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of an ornate palace interior with columns, balustrades, arches and a vaulted ceiling.

Sketch of a Palace Interior

Antonio Galli Bibiena, 1700-74

Pen and wash drawing of a theatrical sacred interior with arches, columns, a staircase, statues and floating putti.

Design for a Theatrum Sacrum

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash drawing of a classical stage set with arched colonnades, coffered ceilings, busts and armored figures.

Design for a Stage Set

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash ground plan of a catafalque with circular colonnade and square center, with an elevation drawing above.

Ground Plan of the Catafalque for Anna Cristina, Wife of Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Grey wash drawing of a thatched sheepfold on a heath under a cloudy sky, with two birds flying above.

Schaapskooi op de heide

Sina Mesdag-van Houten, 1906

Architectural drawing of an ornate domed funerary catafalque with columns, obelisks, candelabra and sculpted figures, in grey

Elevation and Section of the Catafalque for Anna Cristina, Wife of Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pencil sketch of a group of people gathered under a tree, some standing and some seated, with a flagpole rising beside them.

Groep mensen rond een vlag

Sina Mesdag-van Houten, 1870

Grey wash drawing of an ornate helmet design with scrolled forms and curved plumes on tan paper.

Ontwerp voor een helm

Johannes Lutma, 1650

Red chalk drawing of heavy draped cloth with soft hatched shading on an octagonal sheet.

Study of Drapery (Probably After the Antique)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-40

Grey wash drawing of classical women in an arcaded interior, one holding a mirror and another a sword, with a kneeling man of

Achilles herkend door de dochters van Lycomedes

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a turreted castle by water, with a fisherman in a boat, a tree, and distant hills.

Kasteel aan het water

Matthijs Balen, 1694