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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash drawing of a man in a feathered turban holding a cloth to his head in a columned hall with an arch.

Man met tulband en zakdoek in een hal

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a woman in an arched niche holding fish on a tray and one raised in her hand.

Visverkoopster

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of two men in a studio discussing a sketch on the wall, with an easel in an arched niche.

Twee mannen bespreken een schilderij

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a startled man and a grieving woman beside an arched doorway and a column in an interior.

Geschrokken man naast een verdrietige vrouw

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Red chalk drawing of Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes, with soldiers and onlookers around her.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Pen and grey wash drawing of Apollo speaking to Vulcan beside an anvil in a vaulted forge interior.

Apollo brengt Vulcanus op de hoogte van het overspel van Venus met Mars

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Brown wash drawing of a pond landscape where peasants turn into frogs while a woman with children raises her arm.

Latona verandert de Lycische boeren in kikkers

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining nude nymph, a figure in drapery, cherubs and an eagle in a wooded landscape.

Jupiter, vermomd als Diana, verleidt de nimf Callisto

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a country house by water, with two fishermen in a rowboat in the foreground and trees at left.

Huis aan het water met op de voorgrond twee vissers

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of two shepherds beside a stone ruin, with sheep resting in a meadow under trees.

Herders met schapen

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Engraving of two robed apostles speaking to a seated beggar beside a column, with onlookers in period dress behind them.

S. Peter and S. John Healing the Lame at the Gate of the Temple

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with a small building, two figures, a tall tree and rocky cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Rivierlandschap met gebouw en twee figuren

Matthijs Balen, 1752

Engraving of Hercules struck by a woman with a club, with nude figures, a satyr, a child and a castle in the landscape.

Hercules at the Crossroads (The Effects of Jealousy)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated curly-haired man holding a tablet and extending one arm outward.

A Seated Man Holding a Tablet

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded procession of robed and nude figures in a horizontal frieze.

Procession (left-hand portion of border below Sacrifice of Isaac, inlaid-marble pavement, Siena Cathedral)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-50

Pen and wash drawing of a chained nude woman on a rock, a helmeted man pointing at a sea monster, and kneeling figures on a s

Andromeda en Perseus

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a sick woman in bed, a woman holding up a flask, and a servant gesturing near an arched doorway.

Arts en zieke vrouw, met mogelijk een bediende

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a country house with an ornamental pond, swans, sculpture, and a tree-lined garden path.

Landhuis met vijver

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Red chalk drawing of a young boy seen from behind, head turned over his shoulder, arm extended, on grey paper.

Study of a Young Boy

Black chalk drawing of two figures in elaborate period costumes, one seated pointing, one standing with back turned, on tan p

Two Men in Elaborate Costumes

Carlo Maratta, 1680

Engraving of a horned satyr playing a flute beside a nude woman nursing an infant among gnarled trees.

The Satyr Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pencil drawing of an ornate oval cartouche with a grotesque mask, fruit garlands, and acanthus leaves around an empty panel.

Design for a Cartouche for the "Raccolta di Cartelle Pubblicate per uso della Gioventù Studiosa"

Sebastiano Cavina, ca. 1797

Brown wash drawing of Pluto with a crown leading Proserpine beside a chained three-headed dog, Cerberus, in an oval frame.

Pluto Bringing Proserpine to the Gates of Hell

Red chalk study of a standing robed figure looking upward, with separate studies of hands and drapery on blue paper.

Studies of Saint James the Greater

Carlo Maratta, 1686

Pen and ink design for an ornamental cartouche with an empty oval center, a bearded mask, scrolls and fruit garlands.

Design for a Cartouche for the "Raccolta di Cartelle Pubblicate per uso della Gioventù Studiosa"

Sebastiano Cavina, ca. 1796

Three Grotesque Heads in Profile (After Hogarth)

Jane Ireland, 1790

Watercolor landscape of cows wading in a brook among tall trees, with a distant town and hills beyond.

Landscape with Cows in a Brook

Felix Meyer, 1698

Ink and wash drawing of a satyr and satyress with goat legs holding up a large urn above a crouching hound.

Design for a Sculpture consisting of a Satyr and Satyress holding a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a satyr and satyress balancing an ornate vase on their heads, with scrolled pedestal below.

Satyr and Satyress Seated on a Pedestal Supporting a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a ruined church with broken walls and window openings among trees and hills.

Church Ruin Beerenberg from SE

Felix Meyer, 1713

Grey wash drawing of a reclining shepherdess with sheep, goats and cattle under trees, with a shepherd in the distance.

Reclining Shepherdess with a Flock of Sheep and Goats

Simon van der Does, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Scourging of Christ with soldiers flogging a bound figure beneath arches and columns.

Scourging of Christ

Aureliano Milani, 1700-1740