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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Drawing of a man in a military uniform with epaulettes and medals, turned to the side, with handwritten inscription below.

Gustav von Alvensleben

Angular 1923 street scene with a stout man with a cane, a woman in a doorway, a uniformed figure, and strong cast shadows.

Nächtliche Straßenszene

Georg Scholz, 1923

Watercolor of skaters on a frozen canal under a brick bridge, with a snowy thatched cottage and windblown tree beneath stormy

Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen Canal

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.

Watercolour of a lake outlet and valley with grassy hills, conifers and layered mountains under a pale sky.

Outlet of Rotoiti and Valley of the Upper Buller looking N.W.

James Crowe Richmond, 1863

Pencil sketch of a ruined thatched cottage beside a road, with a bare tree and distant church spire.

Verwoest huis, 1809

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1809

Pencil sketch of a chapel interior with arched windows and two figures, above an exterior view of a small thatched chapel.

Kapel in Babyloniënbroek, 1809

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1809

Pencil sketch of a village with rooftops and a church steeple behind a dike, with handwritten Dutch notes in the margins.

Watersnood bij Millingen, 1809

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1809

Pencil sketches of cattle and a distant church skyline with handwritten Dutch notes on aged laid paper.

Schetsen van de watersnood, 1809

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1809

Pencil drawing of an elderly bearded man with long hair and a draped cloak, shown in a circular vignette.

Brustbild eines alten Mannes von vorn (im Rund)

Jan de Bray, 1659

Watercolor drawing of a rainbow over a farmhouse, grazing cows and a distant village under a stormy sky.

Landscape with a Rainbow over a Farmhouse and Distant Village

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a crowded street with gabled townhouses and people struggling near a wooden fence under a cloudy sky.

Bezwijken van de bekisting te Gorinchem, 1809

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1809

Grey wash drawing of soldiers firing cannons on a fortification, with a smoky city skyline with church towers in the backgrou

Bombardement van Vlissingen door de Britten, 1809

Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1809

Ornate drawing with a bearded portrait medallion, coats of arms, putti, allegorical figures and a central architectural scene

Thomas Erpenius als Metellus

Cornelis de Jonker, 1791

Graphite portrait of a woman with smooth dark hair, a multi-strand necklace and a white puffed sleeve, against shaded backgro

Fenna Mastenbroek Jean Augustin Daiwaille

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1796

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a colliery winding wheel at a town edge, with a castle on a hill and a bare tree.

View of a colliery at the edge of a town

George Price Boyce, 1865-75

Red chalk drawing of an officer standing beside a seated woman in a pale gown, with an older woman and onlookers in an interi

Oberst Morden besucht die kranke Clarissa

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1777

Pencil drawing of a standing peasant woman in a head covering holding a broom and looking upward.

Italian Peasant Woman with a Broom

Johann Caspar Weidenmann

Loose pencil sketch of a cow with dark hatched shading on a cream sketchbook page numbered 9.

Pencil sketch of cows from A wellington sketchbook, c1908-12

Petrus van der Velden, 1908

Pencil landscape drawing with a tall tree, a small pine, rolling hills, and a manor house on the right.

Bei Atzkersdorf

Viktor Gross, 1861

Pencil drawing of a bay with a sailing boat, a hilltop fortress, a ruined arched building and a figure on a rocky path.

Landschaft am Golf von Pozzuoli

Friedrich Preller, 1879

Watercolor landscape of a whitewashed farmhouse among trees beside a rocky stream, with a figure walking at right.

Farmhouse

David Cox the elder

Pastel drawing of a standing man in a pink turban and blue robe holding a long staff against a cloudy sky.

A Turk

Jules Robert Auguste, 1815

Watercolor of a costumed couple in historical dress: a woman in a teal gown with a fan beside a man in striped breeches.

Kostümiertes Paar ("Dame Kuss" und der "Junker")

Adolf Schrödter, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a columned palace hall with a seated ruler, musicians, dancers and soldiers around a stepped platform

Timotheus Playing the Lyre before Alexander and Thaïs in the Hall of the Palace at Persepolis

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Pencil sketch of workmen demolishing a city bastion beside a tall building with a tower and an arched street passage.

Beim Abbruch der Löwelbastei

Emil Hütter, 1874

Watercolor botanical study of striped serrated leaves and a flower spike with handwritten Dutch notes on an album page.

Poedak, Javaanse bloem

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil sketch of two women dancing with flowing drapery and raised arms, with faint studies of extra figures in the margins.

Women Dancing

Pietro Fancelli, 1820

Pen and watercolour drawing of two Javanese birds on a branch, one with a red head and dark wings, from a 1784 album page.

Javaanse vogels

Jan Brandes, 1784

Pen and wash drawing of a river town with a castle tower, church spires, boats and swans in the foreground.

Gezicht op Kleve

Jan de Beijer, 1745

Watercolor of a brick manor house with a central tower, framed by trees, with a man and dog on the path in front.

Het Huis Hunderen bij Twello

Jan de Beijer, 1744

Watercolor drawing of a brick manor house with a tower, hedges, trees and small figures on a lawn under a cloudy sky.

Het Huis Rooderloo bij Ruurlo

Jan de Beijer, 1743

Pencil and wash drawing of a Gothic church with a tall tower, framed by large trees and small figures on the road.

De kerk te Asperden, Duitsland

Jan de Beijer, 1744