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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a crested cockatoo with spread wings on a page in a bound album.

Ambonse kaketoe

Jan Brandes, 1784

Pencil drawing of a woman's head with lowered eyes and a folded headwrap, shown in three-quarter view.

Hoofd van een vrouw

Jean Bernard, 1775

Brown ink and wash sketch of a river with bare trees, distant buildings, and hills under a pale sky.

Arno above Florence

David Young Cameron, September 3, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of a canal with moored boats, wooden buildings, and trees reflected in the water.

Landscape with a Canal in the Foreground

Johannes Leupenius, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of travelers on a windy road by a river, with a horseman, a dog, and a boat carrying passengers.

Landschap met figuren in storm

Jean Bernard, 1775

Watercolour sketchbook page with four green long-tailed parakeets perched on branches, shown in several views.

Dwergpapagaaien

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil landscape with trees, hills, two figures, a small dog and a distant church tower under cloudy sky.

Landschap met twee mannen

Jean Bernard, 1775

Pencil drawing of a horizontal tree branch with a slender offshoot rising to small leafy twigs on pale paper.

Studie van een boom

Jean Bernard, 1816

Grey wash drawing of a fantastical ruin with columns beside an arched stone bridge, framed by tall trees and distant hills.

Landschap met fantastische ruïne

Jean Bernard, 1775

Graphite anatomical sketch of a human pelvis and upper femur on brown paper, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Anatomische Zeichnung: Becken

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Brown wash drawing of a dense tree-lined forest with a wooden fence and a pale path opening under a cloudy sky.

Large Forest (recto); A tree-lined lane with figure (verso)

Johannes Leupenius, 17th century

Watercolor page of red, green and white parrots and a cockatoo on branches, with Dutch handwritten labels, dated 1784.

Birds from Ambon

Jan Brandes, 1784

Pencil and blue crayon studies of vertebrae from several angles on brown paper, signed Peschka.

Anatomische Zeichnung: Wirbel

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Circular brown wash drawing with white highlights showing robed men in an arched interior with a tower beyond.

The Greatness of Mordecai

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Pencil anatomical study of three skull and head views on tan paper, by Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907.

Anatomisches Studienblatt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Grey wash drawing of a crowned rider on horseback led past a kneeling robed figure, with onlookers and architecture.

Mordecai rides through the Streets in the Apparel the King has sent him

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Grey wash drawing of a bearded king reaching toward a kneeling veiled woman in an arcaded palace, with attendants and a balco

Queen Esther hears of the Decree against the Jews

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Grey wash drawing of a crowned king on a dais with scepter, surrounded by robed courtiers and armed men under a canopy.

King Ahasuerus in Council

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Grey wash drawing of two seated bearded men conversing in a classical colonnaded interior, with a third man leaning over a ba

Mordecai overhears the two Conspirators plotting against the King

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Portrait of Charles Kinnaird Sheridan

Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel D'Orsay, 1844

Grey wash drawing of a crowned king and seated woman at a banquet table, with a kneeling man, standing attendant and dog.

The King and Haman at Esther's Banquet of Wine

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Pink-washed drawing of shepherds approaching the infant Christ in a manger, with angels and ruined architecture behind.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Master of Liechtenstein, 1540-60

Pencil sketch of a bespectacled, moustached man with bowed head and clasped hands, drawn on tan paper.

Andreas Thom (Pseud. f. Rudolf Csmarich), Schriftsteller

Egon Schiele, 1912

Brown ink drawing of a wide landscape with a tree, figures, and a donkey on a path, with trees receding to the horizon.

Landscape with figures

Jan Lievens, 1620-74

Brown ink drawing of a milkmaid milking a cow in a forest clearing, with resting cattle and a farmhouse.

Landscape with Milkmaid

Jan Lievens, 1622-74

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd with sheep beside willow trees, with a small church on a distant hill.

Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock

Jan Lievens, 1622-74

Pen and wash drawing of Dutch and English warships in line on rough sea, with printed ship list captions below.

The Action off Dogger Bank (5 August 1781)

J. Weuyster, 1783

Pencil sketch of a country road with a farmer, a wooden chair, a seated figure and two cow head studies.

Schets van een landweg met een boer en koeienkoppen

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Loose pencil sketch of wooden planks, a fence and small figures in an outdoor work scene, signed G.H. Breitner.

Heiwerkzaamheden

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Loose pencil sketch of old house facades and rooftops on cream paper, with handwritten notes at right.

Schets van oude huizen

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Twee bezoekers van een café

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil drawing of a classical interior corner with columns, a sculpted figure, and an arched doorway with ornate relief.

Corner of a Drawing Room

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin