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16,364 works

Pencil drawing of a country house across a meadow, with a large tree at right, a grazing cow and walking figures in front.

View of Huis ter Nieuburch, Rijswijk, Seen from the East

Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos, 1643

Pen drawing of large trees beside a path, with a ruined tower and small walking figures on the left.

Landscape with Trees and a Ruin

Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos, 1650

Watercolor of sailing boats and a rowing boat on calm water under cloudy skies, with smoke rising near the centre.

Vreugdeschoten op het IJ bij de inhuldiging van koning Willem III

Everhardus Koster, 1849

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with vaulted ceilings, a carved pulpit, and small figures on the tiled floor.

Interieur van de Sint-Michaëlskerk te Zwolle

Jan Gerritsz van Cuylenburg, 1600

Brown ink drawing of a tiered classical tomb monument with columns, a pediment, and a niche with two figures.

Constructietekening van een grafmonument

Teunis Jansz Croon, 1660

Grey wash drawing of an inn with a hanging stag sign, a stone archway, a large tree and figures on a dirt road.

Herberg voor een brug

Jacob Cats, 1765

Sepia drawing of a farmhouse with thatched roof, a horse-drawn hay wagon, farmhands and trees in an oval frame.

Boerenhuis met landlieden bij hooiwagen en hooiberg

Jacob Cats, 1788

Grey wash drawing of a wide landscape with a dirt road, trees, a farmhouse, cattle, riders and distant hills.

Uitgestrekt landschap met landweg

Jacob Cats, 1751

Grey wash drawing of a shepherd and sheep in a flat meadow, with a large tree on the right and a church tower in the distance

Landschap met schaapherder

Jacob Cats, 1792

Grey wash drawing of a brick city gate with a stepped gable, figures walking beneath the arch and a road beyond.

Edammerpoort te Purmerend

Jacob Cats, 1751

Pencil sketch of an arched ruin with a long wall and handwritten inscription on pale paper.

Schets van een ruïne

Jacob Cats, 1751

Pen and wash drawing of a mountain landscape with a river, boats, a bridge, and figures on a winding path.

Berglandschap

Louis Chalon, 1697

Watercolor of skaters and sledders on a frozen landscape, with bare trees, a thatched farmhouse and a distant windmill.

Winterlandschap met ijsvermaak

Louis Chalon, 1697

Pen and grey wash drawing of a river landscape with boats, figures, a stone bridge, a ruined tower and a mountain.

Rivierlandschap

Louis Chalon, 1697

Watercolor of skaters and a horse-drawn sleigh on a frozen waterway, with bare trees and a brick house on the left.

Winterlandschap met ijsvermaak

Louis Chalon, 1737

Pen and wash drawing of a timber barn built against a brick wall, with two figures in a doorway and a leaning pole.

Schuur gebouwd in de hoek van een muur

Hendrik Chalon, 1700

Pen and wash sketch on pink paper of city types: top-hatted men, bonneted women, a kneeling figure and a market stall.

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Sketch sheet with several women asleep on sofas and chairs, drawn in ink and watercolour on an orange ground.

Schetsblad met slapende vrouwen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Colored sketch sheet of city types including two fishwives at a table with fish, a sleeping figure, and women in bonnets.

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder twee visverkoopsters

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pen and wash sketch sheet of street figures: a stooping shoe shiner, a market stall, crowds in hats, and small head studies o

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder een schoenpoetsers en koekkraam

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pen and watercolor sketch sheet on pink ground showing street types, an apple seller with baskets, dogs, and a boat.

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder Zaankanters en een appelverkoopster

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pink-ground sketch sheet of street musicians, a vendor with a basket, seated townspeople, a horse, and a table with an instru

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder kermisfiguren en straatmuzikanten

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pencil architectural drawing on pale paper showing a cornice, moulding and column elements with construction lines.

Architectonische ontwerptekening

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Design drawing of a pink room wall with a fireplace, gold-framed landscape panels, and a carved putti relief above.

Ontwerptekening voor een kamerwand met schouw

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Grey wash drawing of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt with corner towers, arched doorway and small pedestrians in the square.

Gezicht op de Waag op de Nieuwmarkt

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Pencil sketches of several monkeys in different poses on pale paper, with handwritten text along the left margin.

Apen

Jan Brandes, 1778

Faint pencil sketch on aged paper showing a small standing child, tree foliage, and a sketchbook binding at left.

Kind voor een huis. Een pot

Jan Brandes, 1770

Pencil drawing of a ruined castle tower with arched windows, trees and shrubs at right, dated 1630 by Salomon van Ruysdael.

Ruïne van het Kasteel Egmond of Slot op den Hoef

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1630

Pencil sketch of a man's face in partial view, with soft shading around the eyes, nose and mouth on tan paper.

Zelfportret

Jan Mankes, 1910

Watercolor study of a spiny conch shell in orange and rose tones with a soft shadow on a pale background.

Studie van een schelp

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Graphite sketch of a seated figure seen from behind, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a draped cloak.

Koetsier

Jean Bernard, 1780

Pencil sketch of a nude woman seated and leaning back with one arm raised behind her head.

Naakte achteroverzittende vrouw

Gustave Joseph Chéret, 1870

Ink caricature of a top-hatted man reaching for a bell beside wooden fence posts, with handwritten notes in the margin.

Charles Ruijs van Beerenbroek zoekt een burgemeester voor Rotterdam

Patricq Kroon, 1910

Watercolor and pen drawing of a marshy landscape with wooden posts in water and a white building in the distance.

Moerassig landschap met in de verte een gebouw

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1882

Pen and watercolor drawing of a brick tower and surrounding buildings with trees under a pale blue sky.

Gezicht te Zutphen

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1885

Silhouetportret van een onbekende staande man met sabel

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1785

Silhouetportret van een onbekende staande man met gekruisde armen

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1785

Pencil sketch of robed Egyptian soldiers around a wounded man, a dancing woman with raised veil, and a grape cluster.

Compositie met een groep Egyptische soldaten met een gewonde, een dansende vrouw en een druiventros

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of a crowd of veiled women and turbaned men at a funeral procession near a tree and a stone tomb.

Egyptische begrafenisstoet

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of several swimmers with heads and shoulders above water, one figure at right raising an arm.

Zwemmende figuren

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketches on paper of turbaned figures seated and sleeping, with handwritten notes beneath, numbered 20.

Slapende mannen

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch sheet with a robed standing figure, a reclining man, men beside a rowboat, and a lounging figure.

Liggende figuren en naakte mannen bij een roeiboot

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch sheet of seated Egyptian men and veiled women in robes, with a horse head and studies of standing figures.

Compositie met Egyptische mannen en vrouwen

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of rock tombs, hills, small figures and two flags above a group of riders.

Compositie met rotsgraven en figuren met vlaggen

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch sheet with camels, camel heads and turbaned drivers in several groupings.

Compositie met kamelen en hun drijvers

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of a two-wheeled cart with long shafts on pale paper, with a handwritten dated inscription below.

Schets van een kar

Louis Bernard Coclers, 1783

Pencil study of draped classical legs and sandals with a sketched woman, rotated, inscribed Apollon pastevr chez Laomedon.

Onderlichamen van Apollo en Laomedon met schets van een vrouw

Vicomte Arthur-Jean Le Bailly d'Inghuem, 1875

Pen and grey wash sketch of the Wittevrouwenpoort gate in Utrecht with an octagonal tower, bridge and rooftops.

Wittevrouwenpoort te Utrecht

Abraham de Haen, 1731

Hand-drawn blackletter title card reading 'Waal - Waal!' by Margarete Boie, on a cream background.

Letterontwerp voor: Margarete Boie, Waal - Waal! Das leben eines Sylter Grönlandfährers, 1942

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1942

Pencil sketch of a vignette design with the lettering R.W.P. de Vries Jr. between ruled guide lines and corner marks.

Ontwerp voor een vignet van R.W.P. de Vries Jr.

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Ink and pencil cover design with floral ornament and lettering reading Jacques Perk, Gedichten.

Omslagontwerp voor: Jacques Perk, Gedichten, c. 1896

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1896

Black ink vignette drawing of a symmetrical stylized bird with outspread wings and radiating lines on cream paper.

Vignet

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall between trees, with a shepherd leading sheep across a hill in the distance.

Berglandschap met waterval tussen bomen, waarlangs een schaapherder zijn kudde voert

Gerard van Nijmegen, 1781

Brown wash drawing of a horse and several men pulling a log from a puddle on a wooded forest path.

Op een bospad trekt een paard een boom uit een plas, onder aanvoering van een viertal mannen

Gerard van Nijmegen, 1781

Drawing of a stone arched bridge in a stormy landscape with bent trees, a horse rider, and a seated figure.

Stenen boogbrug over stroomversnelling

Gerard van Nijmegen, 1745

Watercolor drawing of a manor house beside a canal with a wooden footbridge, tree-lined road and walking figure.

Huis Barbistein in Heinkensand

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1821

Grey wash drawing of a manor house with stepped gables, a moat, and a wooden bridge, with two figures in the foreground.

De havezathe Warmelo bij Diepenheim, Overijssel

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1761

Watercolor drawing of a moated manor house with a tiled roof, a couple at the water's edge and a garden to the right.

Kasteel 't Weldam bij Goor

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1761

Watercolor drawing of Kasteel Beverweerd with towers and moat, two figures and a swan in the foreground.

Kasteel Beverweerd

Joseph Adolf Schmetterling, 1761

Grey wash drawing of a beguinage courtyard with a chapel, brick houses, a windmill and women in white habits.

Het begijnklooster De Berg Zion op Schouwen

Cornelis Pronk, 1731

Sepia drawing of a village church with a tall spire, surrounded by houses, trees and figures on a road.

Nieuwerkerk te Duiveland

Cornelis Pronk, 1735

Grey wash drawing of a village square with a church tower, a well, small figures, houses and large trees under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op Renesse

Cornelis Pronk, 1746

Grey wash drawing of a harbour with moored sailing boats, a quay with figures, houses and a church tower behind.

Gezicht op het haventje van Bruinisse

Cornelis Pronk, 1701

Pen and grey wash drawing of a village street with a church tower, gabled houses, large trees and figures.

Gezicht te Oudelande

Cornelis Pronk, 1746

Pen and wash drawing of a moated castle with a tall spired tower, a carriage and figures on the road, dated 1746.

Kasteel St.-Aldegonde te West-Souburg

Cornelis Pronk, 1746

Grey wash drawing of a church with a small tower and ruined arches, shepherd and sheep in front, trees on the right.

Kerk van West-Souburg

Cornelis Pronk, 1746

Pen and red chalk design sketch of a two-door wall cabinet with scrolled ornament, panels and brackets.

Ontwerp voor een muurkastje

Baldassare Franceschini, 1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of three bands of swirling scroll ornament with red chalk frame guidelines on paper.

Ontwerpen voor lijsten

Baldassare Franceschini, 1650

Sheet with red chalk and brown ink studies of ornamental scrolled hanging lamp designs with tassels.

Ontwerp voor een hangende kerklamp

Baldassare Franceschini, 1650

Design drawing of a table with lyre-shaped legs, showing front, side and pedestal views in pink wash.

Ontwerp voor de zijkant en de voorzijde van een tafel met liervormige voeten

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1829

Pen and ink design drawing of a writing chest with small upper drawers, three long lower drawers, and a cross-section above.

Ontwerp voor een schrijfmeubel

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1831

Ontwerp voor twee secretaires

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1829

Pen and watercolor design drawing of a pink commode with front and side section views, dated 1831.

Ontwerp voor een commode

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1831

Pen and wash design drawing of three console table elevations and a plan, with scrolled legs and a scale bar.

Ontwerpen voor consoletafels

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1831

Pen and pink wash design drawings of a bed with scrolled ends, shown in side and front elevation with a scale bar.

Ontwerpen voor bedden

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1831

Pen and wash design drawing of a round tripod table, pedestal table, two side tables and a plan view, with a scale bar.

Ontwerpen voor een ronde tafel op een drievoet

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1831

Pen and wash drawing of a niche with a laurel-crowned bust and playful putti on a pedestal below.

Nis met putti die een buste lauweren

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pencil drawing of a flood relief camp with tents, aid distribution, steamboats on water, and a decorative garland frame with

Watersnood te Gorinchem, 1876

Jan Kuijpers, 1876

Pen and watercolor design drawing of a chair in side view with a scroll front leg, plus a top view of its frame.

Ontwerp voor een stoel

Joachim-Pierre Blank, 1831

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman polishing silver at a table beneath a shelf of bottles and jugs.

Ecureuse, a Servant Girl Polishing at a Table

Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, 1871

Pen drawing of an elderly woman knitting in a chair beside a basket of yarn, with a side table and candlesticks behind her.

Interieur paisible: Knitting Old Lady

Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, 1871

Ink drawing of an elderly woman in a bonnet reading in an armchair beside a table with a coffee pot and mirror.

Lecture du matin: Old Lady Reading

Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff, 1871

Brown wash drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a kneeling figure at a smoking altar beside a bust, trees and ruins.

Arcadian Landscape with a Scene of Sacrifice

Johannes Glauber

Drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, leaning on one arm over a draped cloth, on toned grey paper.

Zittend vrouwelijk naakt, op de rug gezien

Govert Flinck, 1643

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a draped cloak resting his arm on a table, on grey paper.

Staande man bij een tafel

Govert Flinck, 1644

Pencil drawing of a 1648 militia company with officers, a flag bearer, and armed men in feathered hats gathered around a drum

Schutters van de compagnie van kapitein Joan Huydecoper en luitenant Frans van Waveren, 1648

Pieter Jansz, 1648

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude male body with a small winged child supporting his head, on tan paper.

Het lichaam van Christus

Barend Graat, 1693

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family with a young child, a lamb, and a winged figure in an interior.

Heilige Familie met Johannes de Doper als kind

Pieter de Grebber, 1605

Pen and watercolour drawing of a town skyline with church towers and a windmill over a meadow with haymaking figures.

Gezicht op Zwolle

Gerrit Grasdorp, 1600

Pencil drawing of gabled houses, chimneys and a tree along a canal, with a small boat in the water.

Gezicht op bebouwing langs een vaart aan de rand van de stad

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil sketch of a town street with gabled buildings, arched windows, a tower, trees, and small figures.

Schets van een stadsgezicht

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Grey wash drawing of gabled houses, a large tree and figures on a street beside a canal, by Adrianus Eversen, 1828.

Gezicht op huizen aan de rand van Delft, rechts een vaart

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil sketch of gabled houses with dormer windows and trees beside water, drawn in light grey lines on cream paper.

Schets van huizen aan het water

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Watercolor of a small town with a tall church tower seen across a river, with a rowing boat and trees in the foreground.

Gezicht op een stadje, gezien van over een rivier

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Watercolor of a barge on a calm river with a figure aboard, backed by dense trees under a cloudy sky.

Boot met gestreken mast aan wal liggend

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Pencil sketch of a tall church tower above houses and boats along a quay.

Stadsgezicht met toren bij huizen aan de kade

Adrianus Eversen, 1828