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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Ink and gray wash drawing of a haloed rider on horseback sharing his cloak with a beggar at his knee.

Saint Martin and the Beggar

Vittore Carpaccio, 1493-1500

Sketch of a standing female nude in brown crayon with colored pencil background in pink, blue and yellow, 1913.

Stehender weiblicher Akt auf Teppich

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913

Pencil sketch of four HDB monogram vignettes: interlaced letters, a shield with a bishop, a rampant lion, and an ornate emble

Vier vignetten met de initialen HDB

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Ink sketch of a cloaked man with a tall hat and staff, with smaller figure studies and a handwritten Dante note beside him.

Studies for a Scene from Dante's "Inferno"

Design drawing for Vitamal children's food packaging with a red-framed infant portrait and bold product lettering.

Ontwerp voor een verpakking van Vitamal kindervoedsel

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pencil sketch of a bearded man's head and shoulders seen from behind, with wavy long hair and a loose collar.

Bärtiger Kopf mit langem Haar, von der Rückseite

Adolph Menzel, 1887

Colored crayon drawing of two men seated at a table in a room with yellow walls and a window, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Zwei Männer am Tisch

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Drawing of huntsmen and dogs retrieving ducks from a pond, with a company by a carriage and a distant town under a willow tre

Huntsmen and Company Observing Dogs Retrieving Ducks in a Pond (The Month of April)

Pieter Stevens, ca. 1610-20

Drawing of a blank panel framed by green curling scroll ornaments and small floral rosettes along the top edge.

Blanco handtekeningenblad met krulvormige ornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1919

Pencil design drawing of a decorative title panel with Dutch lettering honoring Prof. Hugo de Vries, framed by scrollwork.

Ontwerp voor een opdrachtblad van een album voor Prof. Hugo de Vries

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1918

Ink and wash drawing of a winged muscular man grappling with a serpent coiled around his body among clouds.

Saturn Wrestling with a Snake

Tommaso Minardi, 1800

Watercolor design with clasped hands in a teardrop cartouche, golden scrollwork, and blue dates 1877 and 1910 on pale paper.

Ontwerp voor een datum- en opdrachtblad van een oorkonde voor N.C. Smith

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1910

Pencil design for a dedicatory album page with a rooster, scrollwork border, the year 1919, and Dutch lettering.

Ontwerp voor een opdrachtblad voor een album voor dr. J. Peters Jr.

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1919

Watercolor and pencil design for a commemorative sheet with floral border, two coats of arms, monogram and lettered dedicatio

Ontwerp voor een opdrachtblad voor Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1948

Pencil drawing of a large tree in a landscape with small figures on a path, a cottage and hills in the distance.

Baumlandschaft mit Staffage

Franz Gabet, 1784

Hinterkopf eines alten Mannes mit langen Haaren und dessen obere linke Gesichtshälfte

Adolph Menzel, 1884

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a male nude seen from behind, gripping a bar and stepping to the left.

A Male Nude Moving to the Left

Tommaso Minardi

Pen and watercolor drawing of a black-robed saint with a torch and cross triumphing over fallen figures beneath an angel.

An Allegory of the Triumph over Heresy, with St. Domenic to the Fore

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1650-60

Colored crayon drawing of a mountain landscape with fir trees, meadows, chalets and a winding path by Kirchner.

Berglandschaft mit Tannen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Pencil study of a tree with a forked trunk, bare branches and sketched leaves on pale paper, dated 1857.

Baumstudie

Josef Kriehuber, 1857

Drawing of an elderly bearded man with flowing hair in brown wash and red chalk against a dark background.

Study for the figure of Moses

Jacob de Wit, 1730-37

Charcoal and coloured crayon drawing of a mountain lake with red cows grazing on hills under a blue sky.

Bergsee

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Colored crayon drawing of a flowering meadow on a hillside with houses, a fence and loose green, pink and blue strokes.

Blumenwiese mit Häusern

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Pen and wash drawing of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure on a balcony above a crowd, framed by a border of birds, flowers and urns

Ecce Homo

Maerten de Vos, 1584

Two Studies of a Man

Santi di Tito, ca. 1575

Crayon sketch of a horse pulling a sleigh with two men through a snowy mountain landscape, in blue and yellow tones.

Pferdeschlitten mit zwei Männern im Hochgebirge

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1922

Pencil sketch of a house, a horse cart and standing figures on open ground, drawn in a sketchbook.

Sketch of house, cart, figures in A wellington sketchbook c 1908-12

Petrus van der Velden, 1908

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, one hand resting on a table.

Portrait of George Graham

Thomas Hudson, ca. 1739

Colorful crayon drawing of a standing woman in a hatched green dress within an angular interior with a window.

Begegnung

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1929

Watercolor landscape with tall trees, workers in a field, a rider near a fence, and hills under a cloudy sky.

At Cheshunt

Pencil study of several trees with leafy branches and a thick trunk on tinted paper.

Baumstudie

Josef Kriehuber, 1862

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with cherubs and an angel holding a cross, heightened with white.

Virgin and Child, and Saint John the Baptist (recto); Summary sketches, possibly the Virgin and Child (verso)

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer