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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of an Amsterdam street with tall buildings, a tram and small pedestrians on lined paper.

Rokin te Amsterdam, gezien vanuit kunstenaarsvereniging Arti et Amicitiae

George Hendrik Breitner, 1898

Ink and wash drawing of a heron standing with its neck turned back, its long beak and feathers rendered in loose strokes.

Reiger met zijn kop naar achter gedraaid

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman with head resting on her arm, signed Breitner, on aged paper.

Liggende naakte vrouw

George Hendrik Breitner, 1898

Pencil sketch of a cow and three horses, one lying down, standing among grass on a pale paper ground.

Koe en drie paarden

Leo Gestel, 1891

Caricature drawing of a mustached man in a pinstriped suit playing a grand piano, seated on a wooden stool.

Alfred Grünfeld (1852-1924), Pianist, am Klavier (Karikatur)

Carl Josef Pollak, 1910

Pen and ink sketch of two flower bouquets in vases, one on a plain base and one on a draped table.

Twee bloemenvazen op tafels

Leo Gestel, 1891

Charcoal portrait of an elderly man in a dark cap with large staring eyes and an angular, deeply shaded face.

Kop van een boer

Jo Bezaan, 1922

Ink and pencil drawing of two vases of flowers, one bold black ink bouquet on the left and a faint pencil study on the right.

Twee vazen met bloemen

Leo Gestel, 1891

Brown wash drawing of cows grazing by a winding canal, with a windmill and farm buildings on a dike under a cloudy sky.

Koeien langs de dijk

Jo Bezaan, 1931

Pen and pencil sketch sheet with a grape cluster, a tall flower vase on a pedestal, and two sketched goats.

Studieblad met vaas met bloemen, druiventros en twee geiten

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil drawing of a meadow framed by a large tree trunk and overhanging branches, with poplars and a pavilion in the distance

Elswout te Overveen

Roelf Gerbrands, 1901

Pen and brown ink design sketch of an ornate lidded vessel with scrolling foliage on a footed base.

Design for a Vessel

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Paard

Leo Gestel, 1891

Loose ink sketch of a heron with its head turned back and one leg raised, drawn with sweeping strokes on cream paper.

Reiger met zijn kop naar achter gedraaid en zijn poot opgetild

Leo Gestel, 1891

Painted scene of woodcutters felling and carrying logs in a forest clearing, with a grey horse and pine trees.

Houthakkers in het bos

Frans Huysmans, 1995

Woodcutters in a forest with felled logs, a horse and cart, and tools, drawn in ink and watercolour.

Houthakkers in het bos

Frans Huysmans, 1895

Pen drawing of a tree-lined allée in a park with strolling figures, dogs, and an arched canopy of trees.

Allee im Augarten

Johann Christian Brand, 1775

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate vessel with two tritons blowing horns and a winged putto atop a pedestal.

Design for a Vessel with Two Tritons Blowing Horns and a Winged Putto on Top

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pencil and brown wash drawing of an ornate scrolling cartouche framing a faint sketched figure.

Design for a Cartouche

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of a rococo cartouche with an Annunciation scene above and a robed figure with a staff below.

Design for a Cartouche with an Annunication above and a Kneeling Figure with Staff Below

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a pilaster ornament and a rococo cartouche with scrolling foliage on aged paper.

Designs for a Pilaster Ornament and Cartouche (recto); Design for a Window or a Wall Plaque (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of a blank oval cartouche framed by palm fronds and curling scrolls.

Two Variants for a Cartouche with Palm Leave Decoration

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Graphite sketch of symmetrical rocaille scrollwork forming an ornamental cartouche on torn tan paper.

Design for a Rocaille Cartouche

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate rococo scrolled frame with foliage and a carved mask, on pale paper.

Design for the Frame of a Mirror or Fire Screen (recto); Various Sketches (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown wash drawing of a satyr and satyress lifting a tall vase on a scrolled pedestal.

Design for a Statue consisting of a Satyr and Satyress Lifting a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Ink and wash ceiling design with a central open field, winged putti, and Rococo framing filled with figures, ships and ruins.

Allegorie der vier Fakultäten, Entwurf für das Deckengemälde der Aula der Alten Universität (heute Akademie der Wisse…

Gregorio Guglielmi, 1755

Pen and ink design sheet with a rococo shell frieze above two angled corner ornaments of scrolls and foliage.

Designs for the Decoration of a Frieze and Corner Motifs (recto); Design for Two Frames Decorated with Volutes, Garla…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen drawing of a draped female figure in foliage scrolls with a grotesque mask above and an eagle on a pedestal below.

Allegorie mit Grotesken (Studie zum Vorhang für das Wiener Stadttheater)

Hans Makart, 1872

Pen and ink sketch of an ornamental frieze with scrolling acanthus leaves and a fan-shaped palmette on paper.

Design for a Frieze Decorated With a Palmette and Tendrils (recto); Two Designs for a Rosette (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pencil drawing of a woman with a wreath in flowing robes, surrounded by autumn harvest gourds and leaves, labelled Herbst.

Allegorische Darstellung (Herbst)

Josef Engelhart, 1881

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate two-handled urn with acanthus scrolls, egg-and-tongue band, and fluted body on a pedestal.

Design for a Two-Handled Urn with Acanthus, Shell, and Egg-and-Tongue Motif

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of Baroque scrollwork ornament with urn and baluster details on a sheet with construction lines.

Design for the Crowning Decorations of a Gate (recto); Sketches of Stone Blocks with Measurements (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725