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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Black ink botanical drawing of a tall yarrow-like plant with fine branches and small white flowers at the top, on cream paper

Duizendblad

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Ink drawing of a clematis branch with star-shaped white flowers, stamens, buds and two dark leaves on cream paper.

Clematis

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Pen and ink drawing of several cattails with dark cross-hatched heads and slender leaves on pale paper.

Lisdodden

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Pen drawing of a branching geranium plant with lobed leaves, closed buds and one open five-petaled flower.

Ooievaarsbek

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Pen drawing of a comfrey-like plant with drooping bell-shaped flowers and broad, veined leaves on branching stems.

Smeerwortel

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Pen and ink botanical drawing of a marsh marigold with a yellow-petaled flower and round veined leaves on stems above grass.

Speenkruid

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Ink drawing of a dandelion with a bloom, seed head with drifting down, bud, and toothed leaves on cream paper.

Paardenbloem

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Pencil sketch of a seated reader with a bird on the shoulder, with standing figures and a table in an interior.

Sitzender Mann mit einem Vogel auf der Schulter

Watercolor of an Italian lakeside harbor with a crenellated tower, sailboats, figures on steps, and mountains beyond.

Upper Italian port

Philipp Rumpf, 1850

Watercolor drawing of a church wall with a carved memorial plaque, a stained glass window, a wooden chest and a flagstone flo

Monument voor Nicolaas Witsen

Gerrit Lamberts, 1838

Engraved commemorative plate with portrait medallion of Henrik Hooft, inscribed verses, and a country house vignette.

Eerbetoon aan Henrik Danielsz. Hooft

Pieter Toornenburgh, 1794

Pencil sketch of sailing ships with masts and rigging moored in a harbour, with a quay and distant rooftops.

Gezicht op schepen in het Westerdok

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1847

Pencil drawing of tall sailing ships moored in a calm harbour with a rowing boat in the foreground.

Gezicht op schepen bij het Oosterdok

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1850

Pencil drawing of a canal with a church tower, gabled houses, moored boats and masted ships.

Gezicht op de Posthoornkerk vanaf het Westerdok

Johan Conrad Greive, 1868

Pencil drawing of masted sailing ships and rowing boats on a harbor, with figures on the quay and a tower in the distance.

Gezicht op het Oosterdok

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1857

Hand-painted entomology plate IV showing numbered flies, larvae, pupae and a moth with scale bars, in watercolor.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate IV]

George Hudson, 1886

Watercolor interior of a dark attic with an open wooden door, a small paned window, and diagonal roof beams.

Gezicht in de zolder van het Tuchthuis aan de Heiligeweg

Albert Martin, 1837

Watercolor of a brick warehouse with gabled roofs beside a large tree, with people, a dog and a horse on the quay.

Gezicht op 's Lands Zeemagazijn aan het Kattenburgerplein

Jan Spaan, 1752

Pen and ink drawing of a seated bearded man with a companion, a dog, ivy and a bird in an ornamental cartouche.

Graf Eberhard mit dem Bart

Ferdinand Fellner

Watercolor drawing of the Haarlemmerpoort gate in Amsterdam with a brick gateway, windmills and canal.

Gezicht op de Haarlemmerpoort

Jan van Call, 1666

Pen and wash drawing of a courtyard with a columned arcade, brick building, and small figures crossing the paved yard.

Gezicht op de binnenplaats van het spinhuis

Jan de Beijer, 1759

Pen and wash drawing of the Sint Anthoniespoort gatehouse with an arched passage, gabled roof and trees at the sides.

Gezicht op de Sint Anthoniespoort

Antonina Houbraken, 1706

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Haarlemmerpoort with a church tower, windmill, arched bridge and canal.

Gezicht op de Haarlemmerpoort

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, 1648

Pen and wash drawing of an armoured man with a spear beside a rose heraldic shield and mitre, within an ornate arch.

Design for an heraldic panel of stained glass

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1522

Watercolor of the old Muiderpoort city gate with drawbridge, moat, city wall and a windmill behind it.

Gezicht op de oude Muiderpoort

Jan van Call, 1666

Charcoal sketch of a young woman with curly hair, wearing a feathered hat with flowers and a lace collar.

Study( head of Edwardian woman)

Charles Nuttall

Red chalk drawing of a deathbed scene with a reclining figure, draped bed, and surrounding mourners in an interior.

A Deathbed Scene [recto]

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1521

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf and shawl, with bare feet, on lined sketchbook paper.

Bleistiftskizze

Karl Wiener, 1940

Oval engraving of a young woman in a wide-brimmed hat holding a lamb, shaded with fine hatching lines.

Herderin met lam in ovaal

Françoise Jeanne Ridderbosch, 1764

Grey wash drawing of a mounted rider in a plumed hat with two horses and a figure in a cloak beside them.

Twee ruiters met hun paarden

Jan Frans van Bloemen, 1672

Drawing of a saddled horse facing right, in dark chalk with white highlights on blue paper.

Getoomd en gezadeld paard, naar rechts

Pieter van Bloemen, 1667

Pen and wash design drawing of a pulpit with a winged female support figure, ornate scrolled canopy and decorative stair rail

Ontwerp voor een preekstoel

Jan Claudius de Cock, 1678