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16,297 works

Grey wash drawing of a crowded columned hall with men in period dress gathered around a figure at a central doorway.

Aanspraak van burgemeester Hendrik Hooft aan de Amsterdamse burgers

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Pencil drawing of a standing man in a long coat and top hat holding a paper, with a bell and doorway behind him.

Portret van een man bij het Leprozenhuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1822

Pencil study sheet of lobster claws and thorax with handwritten anatomical notes and small sketches of plant and claw details

Studies van het kopborststuk en de scharen van kreeften

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of lobsters in different poses, claws and tails drawn in quick lines.

Studies van kreeften

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Watercolor drawing of a seated king holding a scepter and orb on a gilded throne, wearing a jeweled crown and robe.

Koning op een troon

Joannes Carolus Alberdingk Thijm, 1857

Pencil portrait of a man with curly hair and dark coat, seated in a wooden chair, shaded background.

Portret van Joseph Alberdingk Thijm

Joseph Kayser, 1847

Kinderportret, mogelijk van Frank Alberingk Thijm

Joannes Carolus Alberdingk Thijm, 1859

Kinderportret

Joannes Carolus Alberdingk Thijm, 1859

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man in a long draped cloak and hood, with a handwritten Dutch caption below.

Man in habijt

Louis Royer, 1803

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with hair in a bun, hands at her chest, and loose draped fabric around her legs.

Zittende vrouw

Louis Royer, 1824

Handwritten Italian letter in brown ink on cream paper, addressed to Signora Tabbi, with a monogram signature.

Brief aan mevrouw Tabbi

Louis Royer, 1824

Pencil drawing of a haloed female saint with head covering, head bowed, one hand resting on her chest.

Vrouwelijke heilige

Louis Royer, 1829

Pencil sketch of a tiered funerary monument with statues and lions, beside a study of a standing draped figure.

Ontwerp voor een grafmonument en een vrijstaand beeld

Louis Royer, 1831

Pencil sketch of a standing man and two seated women with a bowl, shown as two compositional studies on one sheet.

Compositiestudie voor schilderij

Louis Royer, 1831

Charcoal study of a lobster with hatched shading and handwritten Dutch annotations on tone and colour.

Studie van een kreeft

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Colored crayon drawing of a farmer with a shovel and basket beside a pink cow, on pale paper.

Boer met een schop, mand en een koe

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a seated figure on a bed beside a wall, with the name SUSANNA written at upper right.

Lappenpop Susanna zittend op een stoel

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of two rabbits holding paws beside clover, a potted plant, a crescent moon and a small rabbit at right.

Twee konijnen die elkaars poot vasthouden

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of three ice skaters on cream paper, one extending a leg and one seen from behind.

Drie schaatsende mannen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a kangaroo standing and smoking a pipe, with a small young kangaroo running beside it.

Kangoeroe die een eikelpijpje rookt

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Giraffe

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of foxes on a bank above water, with ducks swimming and a frog on the shore.

Roedel vossen aan een waterkant

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of monkeys climbing and perched in slender bare trees on pale paper.

Apen in bomen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of three ostriches on a bank above water with several ducklings swimming below.

Struisvogels aan een waterkant

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of two pigs, a dog, and a girl in a hat beside a bicycle on a rough ground line.

Varkens en een meisje met een hoed en hond

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Ooievaars

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Grey wash drawing of an interior court with a seated judge under an arch, guards with staves, and a crowd around a bare-chest

Geseling van Christus voor Pontius Pilatus

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a robed figure pointing to kneeling men beside rocks, with a large tree on the left.

Christus wekt de discipelen op de Olijfberg

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Orpheus with a lyre at a tree trunk, threatened by raised-staff female figures in a forest.

Dood van Orpheus

Matthijs Balen, 1730

Grey wash drawing of goddess Diana on clouds, a cupid above, sleeping Endymion below with a globe and a cupid with bow.

Diana en Endymion

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bearded old man with a staff speaking to a kneeling woman beside a jug in a wooded landscape.

Elia en de weduwe van Sarefat

Matthijs Balen, 1729

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman with a bowl, a pointing child, an elderly woman with cane, and a thatched hut.

Bespotting van Ceres

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Christ seated by a well speaking with a Samaritan woman holding a jug, with a city behind.

Christus en de Samaritaanse vrouw

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Christ crucified between two thieves, with men on ladders and a horseman in the scene.

Kruisiging van Christus en de twee dieven

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of mourners lowering a body onto a stone slab in a cave, with a kneeling woman and an urn in the foreground

Graflegging

Matthijs Balen, 1729

Grey wash drawing of three satyr-like figures resting beneath a draped canopy in a wooded landscape with clouds.

Saters

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a radiant nude male figure with a sunburst halo beside a draped woman with a staff, before a rocky archw

Apollo en een figuur

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Leda reclining beside a swan under a tree, with two putti and a pond in an arched frame.

Leda en de zwaan

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Brown wash drawing of two women standing by a curtain while a man reclines on a bed in a draped interior.

Sara stelt Hagar voor aan Abraham

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and wash drawing of a vase design with a chain-hung ring, beaded rim and lion-paw footed base on a ruled border.

Ontwerp voor de verguld bronzen montuur van een Chinees porseleinen vaas

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1790

Charcoal drawing of a male nude seen from behind, holding a sword and carrying a wicker shield against a grey background.

Mannelijk naakt met zwaard en schild, op de rug gezien

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Naakte vrouw, op de rug gezien

Jules Marie Canneel, 1917

Pen and grey wash drawing of a forest interior with tall tree trunks, a leafy canopy, and light falling on the ground.

Bosgezicht

George Pieter Westenberg, 1801

Watercolor of gnarled, twisting trees with bare branches over a sunlit reddish-brown ground, dated 1917.

Zonder titel

Joseph Posenaer, 1917

Charcoal drawing of a man in a suit at a desk, holding a pencil, lit by an overhead lamp.

Zelfportret

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Watercolor of a beach with wooden groynes leading to the sea, with a small figure in a red coat standing among the posts.

Strandgezicht te Domburg

Jean Leon Henri Gouweloos, 1917

Watercolor sketch of moored boats with rigging and masts in a harbor, with calm green water and colorful hulls.

Schepen in een kanaal

Maurice Guilbert, 1918

Pencil and chalk drawing of moored boats and wooden posts on a misty river, with a distant steamship under a grey sky.

Wintergezicht aan de Thames

Julien Célos, 1918

Portret van een onbekende vrouw

Théo van Rysselberghe, 1872

Colored crayon drawing of the Loire river, a stone arched bridge, and a castle with a turret above riverbank trees.

Gezicht op Amboise, gezien vanaf de Loire

Victor Gilsoul, 1916

Pencil landscape drawing of a field, fence, and trees under a soft sky, signed R. Wytsman.

Landschap in of nabij De Steeg, Gelderland

Rodolphe Wytsman, 1870

Colored drawing of a cobbled street under an arched passage, with whitewashed houses, orange roofs and a lone figure walking

Stadsgezicht

Emmanuel Viérin, 1917

Loose chalk drawing of a train on a stone viaduct over water, with a tower and smoky yellow sky.

Trein op een viaduct in Londen

Maurice Blieck, 1886

Charcoal drawing of a man in a tall top hat with a cigar, signed A. Geudens, 1917.

Portret van een onbekende man

Albert Geudens, 1917

Pencil drawing of a thatched farmhouse behind a wooden fence, with a large tree on the left and shrubs in the foreground.

Boerderij

Juliette Wytsman-Trulemans, 1876

Colored sketch of a narrow Delft alley with tall brick buildings, a street lamp, and cobblestones under a pale sky.

Halsteeg in Delft

Frans Holst, 1917

Pen and grey wash design of Saint Andrew holding a saltire cross within an ornamental scrolled frame.

Ontwerptekening voor een gebrandschilderd raam met de Heilige Andreas

Dirck Pietersz. Crabeth, 1552

Watercolor drawing of a distant island with ships at sea above, and a hilly farm landscape with huts, tents and wagons below.

Stock farm of Hermanus Engelbrecht, near the Kamiesbergen

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Drawing of a plain with a white tent, wagon, figures near a slaughtered ox, huts and mountains; a homestead scene below.

Robert Jacob Gordon at the kraal of the Khoisan leaders Gronjam and Doroep, with an ox being slaughtered as a peace r…

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1779

Pen drawing of three winged angels approaching a bearded man, with a table meal under a tree and a city in the distance.

Abraham ontvangt de drie engelen

Simon Novellanus, 1560

Panoramic pen and watercolour drawing of hills, farm buildings, a circular kraal and tree groves with handwritten notes.

Stock-farm of Willem Prinsloo, near Bruintjes Hoogte

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Panoramic landscape drawing of hills and a bay with islands, with handwritten notes and lettered landmarks, dated 1784.

View of Saldanha Bay from the Witteklip

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1784

Handwritten French note in brown ink on cream paper describing aligned ancient columns and a peristyle temple.

Aantekening van een lid van het reisgezelschap Nicolaas ten Hove over de oude tempel en de zuilengalerij aangetroffen…

Louis Ducros, 1778

Graphite study of a bare leg and strapped sandal on hatched ground, with a fragment of a second foot at lower left.

Studie van een hoofd

Karel van Mander, 1592

Grey wash drawing with a farmer and woman in upper panels, farm tools and produce below, around an empty oval cartouche.

Allegorie op het boerenbedrijf

Pieter van Meldert, 1624

Black and red chalk drawing of two seated women, one leaning to examine the other's hair, in period dress.

Drie zittende vrouwen waarvan één het haar van een ander onderzoekt op luizen

Federico Barocci, 1597

Pencil and red chalk study of a kneeling draped woman and two sleeping infants on cream paper.

Studie voor de figuur van Maria in de Geboorte in het Prado, Madrid, en twee studie van een slapend Christuskind

Federico Barocci, 1597

Grey wash drawing of a manor house with cupola, garden walls, strolling figures, a goat and trees under clouds.

Aanzichten van het landgoed Spieringshoek tussen Schiedam en Vlaardingen

Cornelis Pronk, 1750

Colored pencil drawing of a large gray elephant with tusks beside a standing man in a blue coat and yellow hat.

Aangelijnde olifant

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a goat looking over a stable door while a dog stands nearby, with a small window on a brick wall.

Hond en geit bij een staldeur

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Colored crayon sketch of a man with a mop and bucket beside a figure in blue carrying a tray and hoop.

Mannen met een mop, emmer en hoepel

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a large pig standing on hind legs beside a small piglet on a raised platform.

Varken en een big op een verhoging

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Colored pencil drawing of two farmhouses with blue shutters beside a pond with fish, reeds and a stork nest.

Twee huizen bij een vijver

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat playing a trumpet beside a striped cat walking left.

Kat en een trompettist

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Kangoeroe

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a walking family with a dog beneath a tree with perched birds on tan paper.

Wandelend gezin met een hond

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil study sheet with a walking couple, a cat, a deer and mice sketched across the page.

Studieblad, onder andere met een wandelend paar, katten en muizen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pen drawing of a uniformed officer beside a lion on a sofa, with a smoking man at a table and stacked books labelled in Dutch

Spotprent op het Nederlandse leger, 1917-1918

Arie Martinus Luijt, 1917

Pencil sketch of two women with a dog, a basket, a rooster on a barrel, chickens and birds in flight on tan paper.

Studieblad, onder andere met figuren en een haan op een ton

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a bedroom with a girl lying in a scrollwork iron bed beside a curtained window.

Slaapkamer met een meisje in bed

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a girl in a wide-brimmed hat holding a hoop, with a small dog beside her.

Meisje met een hoepel en hond

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a walking couple with a young girl and a dog on a leash, on tan paper with scalloped edges.

Wandelend paar met hun dochter

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pen drawing of interlaced calligraphic flourishes and loops on aged paper, a writing model by Jan van de Velde.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Vive la plume

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pencil sketch of a bookseller and customer standing before a book stall, with a caption below the scene.

Boekverkoper met klant voor een boekenkraam

Pieter van Loon, 1811

Two pen-and-ink calligraphy exemplars on paper, showing ornate alphabets with flourished letters and writing samples.

Twee ontwerpen van schrijfvoorbeelden: een Engelse hand en een Hoogduitse lopende letter

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen and wash floor plan of Paleis Honselaarsdijk with a central courtyard, corner pavilions and a scale bar.

Plattegrond van Paleis Honselaarsdijk

A.N. Godefroy, 1890

Three panels of ink-drawn decorative capital letters with flourishes and swashes, showing writing exemplars of the alphabet.

Drie ontwerpen van schrijfvoorbeelden: het alfabet in kapitalen

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Red chalk drawing of a man's head and shoulders in three-quarter view, with direct gaze and loosely shaded hair.

Zelfportret

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil caricature self-portrait of a man with shaded eyes, nose and mouth on cream paper, signed at lower right.

Karikaturaal zelfportret

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil line drawing of a man in a cap and high collar, face turned three-quarters, eyes glancing sideways.

Zelfportret met pet in lineaire stijl

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil portrait of a man seen frontally with short swept hair, faint smile, and a pipe at lower left.

Zelfportret en face: B-1-1

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil drawing of a man's face and shoulders, looking directly forward with light hatching in the hair and neck.

Zelfportret: B-1-1

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil drawing of a small child standing on a giant hand with fingers rising behind and radiating lines above.

Oog en hand, waarin een kindje met een pakje in de handen

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil drawing of a young child's head with wide eyes and an upright tuft of hair, on cream paper.

Kinderkopje met een rechtopstaand plukje haar

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Colored caricature of Napoleon crawling under a red cloth and net while a Prussian officer holds a whip at a door.

Napoleon in de Jacobijnenmuts, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor caricature of a uniformed man blowing a bubble containing a skeleton, with a monkey, a horned devil and a river to

Napoleon als bellenblazer, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815