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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress carrying a wicker basket on her arm, with her head left unfinished.

Woman with basket

Pencil sketch of a veiled woman seated on the ground, knees drawn up, wrapped in loose drapery on yellowed paper.

Auf dem Boden sitzende Frau

Brown wash drawing of soldiers tending a wounded comrade on a battlefield, with fallen men and a rifle in the foreground.

The wounded comrade

Nicholas Shiels, 1884-89

Sketch of a horse and cart beside a bare tree on a snowy street, with boats and city buildings behind.

Gezicht aan de Amsteldijk

Hobbe Smith, 1872

Pencil sketch of children in sun hats walking along a wooden fence rail with tall grasses behind them.

Children Sitting on a Fence

Winslow Homer, 1874

Ink drawing of a samurai raising a sword above a kneeling woman in a kimono, with a folding screen and garden behind.

Man die op het punt staat een vrouw te onthoofden

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1850

Ink drawing of a mountain, a mounted rider with attendants, a waterfall, and trees, with Japanese inscriptions.

Ruiter met gevolg en de begroeting van daimyo

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Ink study sheet of conifers, a ginkgo tree, and branches with Japanese labels, attributed to Katsushika Hokusai.

Landschap met bomen

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Ink line sketches of many small figures in a grid, including musicians, travelers, a child, and running men, by Hokusai.

Elf verschillende voorstellingen van mensen

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Hoofd van een samoerai onder kersenbloesem

Katsushika Hokusai, 1799

White skeletal skull and ribcage with long bones drawn on a grey background, in a linear print style.

Schedel en een ribbenkast

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf with a small child standing beside her, on a folded sheet of paper.

Study of a child

Pencil portrait of an older man with a mustache, with a handwritten musical staff and signature below, on cream paper.

Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922)

Josef Engelhart, 1916

Pen sketches of five Japanese figure scenes, including seated women with a candle stand and a bald man attended by a woman.

Vijf voorstellingen van mensen in verschillende situaties

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Pencil sketch of a sleeping child's head with closed eyes, signed C. Rahl, beside a color separation guide.

Carl Rahl, der Sohn des Künstlers, als Kind mit geschlossenen Augen

Carl Heinrich Rahl, 1813

Pencil study of three draped garment figures in kneeling poses, with shaded folds of cloth on a pale sheet.

Studienblatt: Kniende Gewandfiguren

Pencil portrait of a young boy with short wavy hair and a collared shirt, turned to the side, on pale paper.

Carl Rahl, der Sohn des Künstlers, mit ca. 5 Jahren

Carl Heinrich Rahl, 1820

Pastel drawing of a pale head with closed eyes on a hanging block, chain above, glowing halo, deep blue background.

The Beacon

Odilon Redon, 1883, reworked c. 1893

Carl Rahl, Sohn des Künstlers

Carl Heinrich Rahl, 1812

Brown wash drawing of a stone arched bridge with pinnacles, houses and a distant town beneath a cloudy sky.

Bridge at Croyland

John Ruskin, c. 1860-69

Pencil portrait of a smiling man with tousled hair in a double-breasted coat and cravat, dated 1826.

Carl Schadetzky, Ballett- und Pantomimenmeister

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1826

Carl Vogel von Vogelstein (1788-1868), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with long hair, head turned three-quarters, signed A. Legros, 1877.

Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1877

Studie van een trekpaard

Johannes Tavenraat, 1841

Brown and grey wash drawing of a ruin rising among pine trees under a dark overcast sky.

Ruïne tussen bomen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1841

Pale grey wash drawing of a thin fox with open mouth standing on rocky ground beside shrubs.

Vos

Johannes Tavenraat, 1841

Brown wash drawing of a windswept tree with bare branches over a flat landscape at sunset.

Boom bij zonsondergang

Johannes Tavenraat, 1835

Watercolor of a ruined tower on rocky cliffs under a grey sky, with two deer in the foreground.

Ruïne in de Ardennen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1841

Carl Witte (Dr. jur. et phil., 1800-1883), Dichter

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Paarden en karikaturale koppen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1835

Ink design for a 1910 Amsterdam publishers' congress membership certificate with lions, a shield, and blank name fields.

Ontwerp voor een lidmaatschapsbewijs voor het Internationaal Uitgevers-congres in 1910

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1910

Hoofd van een oude vrouw

Philip Zilcken, 1917