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Moses Drawing Water from the Rock by Tintoretto
The oil painting Moses Drawing Water from the Rock by the Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto (c. 1518-1594 CE). c. 1577 CE. (Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice)
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Drawing Showing Mathematical Perspective Applied to the Human Head by Piero della Francesca
A drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca (c. 1420-1492 CE) showing his theories of mathematical perspective applied to representing the human form. From De prospectiva pingendi.
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Drawing of Edward III of England
Drawing of Edward III of England (r. 1327 - 1377 CE). From an unfinished manuscript titled "Anonymous verses on the kings of England, to Henry VI". Made c. 1445 - c. 1450 CE, in south-eastern England, probably London. (British Library)
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Drawing of the Château de Chenonceau
Drawing of the Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France c. 1570, by architect Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (1510-1585). This drawing shows the château as Diane de Poitiers, (1500-1566) favourite of Henry II of France (r. 1547-1559) would...
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Drawing or Living Room at the Jim Thompson House Museum
This is the drawing or living room at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. The house was built c. 1959 CE from teak that was hundreds of years old and salvaged by Jim Thompson from the ruins of Ayutthaya (c. 1351 - 1757 CE...
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Ice Age Drawing of a Bison
Ice Age drawing of a bison, on limestone, about 13,000-14,000 years old. Found in Montastruc, France. Over, 100,000 years ago the first fully modern humans in southern Africa began to create works of art. These people then migrated to...
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Ancient Egyptian Ink Drawing of a Cat & Mouse
A 19th - 20th Dynasty ink drawing of a cat and mouse on limestone. The cat is dressed as a priest and presents offerings to a mouse in what was probably a satire or an illustration of a story. Made c. 1295-1075 BCE, from the region of...
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Portuguese Malacca Drawing
A drawing showing Portuguese Malacca in Malaysia. The colony was Portuguese from 1511 until 1641. (From The Life of Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe : 1480-1521, by Guillemard, F. H. H. et al, published in 1891...
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19th-century Drawing of Weetamoo
Drawing of Weetamoo (l. c. 1635-1676) from page 48 of Frost's Pictorial History of Indian Wars and Captivities by John Frost, 1873.
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Drawing of a Man Attacked by a Bear
Drawing of a Man Attacked by a Bear by Riza-yi 'Abbasi, falsely ascribed to Kamāl al-Dīn Bihzād, Qazvin, Iran, c. 1590-1595.
The British Museum, London.