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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate palace interior with arched vaults, classical columns, and decorative scrollwork.

Design for a Stage Set: Highly Decorated Interior of a Palace

Giuseppe Valeriani, 1740-70

Pen drawing of ornamental scrollwork with a central putto and two figures riding dolphins over waves below.

Designs for Ornamental Motifs with Figures, Real and Imaginary Animals, and Coats of Arms of the Medici Grand Dukes

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Pen drawing of a tomb design with an oval portrait bust, scrolling ornament, skull mask and stepped pedestal base.

Design for a Tomb of Epitaph (recto); An Unfinished Variation of a Tomb or Epitaph (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a female head in an ornate scrolled helmet topped by a winged sphinx and plumes.

Design for a Helmet with a Sphinx presented in 3/4 View

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Two Studies for Helmet Designs Presented En Profil

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Monochrome drawing of a man with curly hair in a dark double-breasted coat and white cravat, seated against a shaded backgrou

Portret van F. Mispelblom Beyer

Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, 1842

Staande naakte man, de rechterhand op een voetstuk

Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, 1824

Pencil sketch of seated men in wide-brimmed hats around a table in an interior, drawn on squared paper.

De waardijns van het Amsterdamse lakenbereidersgilde, bekend als ‘De Staalmeesters’

Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, 1834

Pencil portrait sketch of a seated man in clerical dress with a cross, resting his hand on a book beside a curtain.

Portret van C.L. Wijckersloot

Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, 1824

Pencil portrait of a seated man in a frock coat holding a top hat and cane, with name inscribed below.

Portret van Adrien Baron de Constant Rebecque

Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet, 1838

Design for a Helmet with an Elaborate Plume

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown wash drawing of a dim attic interior with exposed rafters, a small window, a stool, a barrel and stacked planks.

Interieur van een hoog zoldervertrek

Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet, 1825

Geknielde jongen in wijde mantel met een schaal

Thomas Simon Cool, 1841

Watercolor of a snowy winter woodland path with bare trees, a frozen stream, and a small cottage in the distance.

Winterlandschap

Jan Daniël Cornelis Carel Willem baron de Constant Rebecque, 1888

Hand-coloured drawing of a seated woman in black velvet with a river town and castle ruins behind her.

Portret van Maria Elisabeth Adolphine Waller-Schill

Louis Chantal, 1866

Pen and watercolour drawing of a bare winter landscape with gnarled trees, a stone bridge and a gateway beside a stream.

Winterlandschap met poort tussen bomen

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1835

Watercolor of a winter forest path lined with bare trees, with a figure carrying a bundle of firewood walking in the distance

Winterlandschap met houtsprokkelaar op bospad

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1813

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with scrolled handles, oval bands, and a pedestal foot on a mounted sheet.

Outline of Design for a Vase with Two Handles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Watercolor of a festival under tall trees with a crowd, a performance stage, an inn with a Dutch flag, and dancers.

Festival in de Haarlemmer hout

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1832

Grey wash drawing of a path through trees beside a thatched cottage, with a sailing boat on a waterway and a distant church t

Landschap met een weg langs een water

Johannes Franciscus Christ, 1800

Manshoofd, neerziend naar rechts

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1796

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a rural dirt road lined with bare trees, a canal, and a farmhouse under blue sky.

Gezicht op een pad naast een huis aan de Schagerlaan

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Brown ink drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with scrolled handles, decorated cartouche, and footed base.

Outline of Design for a Two-Handled Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and blue wash drawing of a lidded ewer with scrolled handles and bull head masks on a footed base.

Design for a Ewer with Bull Heads under the Handles and Spout

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental frame with scrolling foliage, winged cherubs, and an empty central panel.

Design for a Carved or Openworked Frame with a Variant

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman and children watching a standing woman with a small dog in a garden.

The Education of a Dog

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate epitaph design with a pediment, urns, a medallion of two figures, and a blank tablet.

Design for an Epitaph

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design for an architectural frame with a pediment, scrolled cartouche, and empty central panel.

Design for a Frame or Epitaph (recto); Caryatid Supporting a Frame (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen sketch sheet of several Victorian-style villa facades with turrets, gables, and window details by George Hendrik Breitner

Studieblad met villa's

George Hendrik Breitner, 1873

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a sledge beside a worker, with tall poles and distant domed buildings on a flat site.

Sleperspaard en arbeiders op een bouwterrein

George Hendrik Breitner, 1897

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate footed chalice with acanthus scrollwork on the cup and a lobed stem.

Design for a Chalice (recto); Design for the Base of a Vase (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen drawing of three horses among flowers and leaves, one rearing at upper right, two walking below.

Drie paarden tussen bloemen

Leo Gestel, 1891