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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of three women in mid-nineteenth-century dresses and bonnets, shown from behind on a pale sheet.

Drie kostuumstudies

Willem de Famars Testas, 1844

Kostuumstudies

Willem de Famars Testas, 1844

Pencil sketch of a tournament on Brussels' Grand Place, with decorated guild facades, flags and a crowd of spectators.

Steekspel op de Grote Markt te Brussel

Willem de Famars Testas, 1891

Pencil and watercolor sketch of horses and riders on a race track with a grandstand and spectators behind.

Harddraverij te 's-Gravenhage

Willem de Famars Testas, 1851

Pencil sketch of a stone gate tower with an arched passage, pedestrians on a bridge, a large tree and rooftops beside it.

Das Böhmertor in Freistadt

Josef Engelhart, 1930

Pen sketch of a horse pulling a small carriage with a driver holding a long whip, drawn on ruled paper.

Wachtend rijtuigje, van boven gezien

Willem de Famars Testas, 1844

Brown wash drawing of a steam locomotive pulling carriages across a flat rural landscape under a cloudy sky.

Landschap met trein

Willem de Famars Testas, 1844

Pen and wash design drawing of three rococo ribband back chairs with carved ribbon splats and cabriole legs.

Ribband Back Chairs

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Watercolor of a woman in traditional dress with black headscarf and red bodice, leaning on a pale surface, with a faint sketc

Hessian farmwoman

The Artist's Five Children in a garden. Study

The Artist's Five Children in a garden. Study

Jens Juel, 1801

Watercolor of three girls in traditional peasant dress, one seated and two standing close together against a grey background.

Eine Gruppe Bauernmädchen

Pencil sketch of an elderly seated woman in a bonnet and a standing man in a coat holding a top hat.

Das Ehepaar "vom Grund"

Josef Engelhart, 1900

Watercolor of a farm girl in headscarf and grey dress standing beside a wicker basket, with a pencil sketch of her at right.

Farm girl with basket

Watercolor drawing of a wooden footbridge on stone arches beside a city wall with a gate, buildings and trees behind.

Das Franzenstor mit der Brücke über den Stadtgraben

Fide, 1820

Watercolor of a village with half-timbered houses, green trees, and a church spire on the right under a pale sky.

Village with church

Jakob Becker, 1838

Watercolor of a horse-drawn stagecoach on a snowy village road, with a driver in yellow, a dog, and cottages.

Stagecoach in Winter

Wilhelm von Kobell, 1798

Watercolor of an Alpine gorge with a river, stone arch bridge, cliffs, and travelers with horses in the foreground.

Vue de l'Entrée de Cluse, du Mont Vergi, & de l'Aiguille de Varens

Jean Antoine Linck, 1806

Black silhouette of a horse pulling a cart with women passengers, one raising an umbrella, on a cream background.

Ruziënde vrouwen in een paardenkar

Arjam, 1880

Pen and blue watercolor drawing of a girl reaching for a doll handed over by a clerk at a Gevonden Voorwerpen window.

Meisje haalt pop op bij loket Gevonden Voorwerpen

Mira, 1852

Portret van Hendricus Petrus Bremmer

Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1891

Portret van een onbekende man

Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1891

Watercolor of a stone church with a red conical roof, trees, a rider on a white horse and a farmhouse at right.

Gezicht op New Utrecht, Long Island, Amerika

Cornelis Apostool, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a man embracing a distressed girl beside a small boy in a room with two chairs.

Afscheidstafereel

Joseph Ludovic Scheidel, 1852

Sepia drawing of a seated man and a young girl under a leafy tree, with a straw hat and book on the ground beside them.

Oom Tom en Eva

Joseph Ludovic Scheidel, 1852

Alpine valley with snowy peaks, stone houses, trees, and figures on a dirt path beside a stream.

Vue de St. Gervais, de l'Aiguille blance, & du bon homme

Jean Antoine Linck, 1805

Rural farmstead with cattle, a well and cart on a road, backed by forested mountains under a warm sunset sky.

Vue du Brezon, pris près de Bonneville

Jean Antoine Linck, 1806

Hand-colored print of a man with a cane surrounded by women in period dresses on a town street with an archway.

Das grüne Männchen, von Meisl, Vorlage zum Druck in: Gallerie drolliger Scenen zur Theaterzeitung, 1. Jg., Nr. 15

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1827

Watercolor of a valley village beneath steep cliffs, with a woman, cows and a goat on a dirt road at dusk.

Vue de la ville de St. J[e]oire à 5. lieus de Genève, et des Montagnes de Machily, et Fausigny

Jean Antoine Linck, 1802

Pen drawing of a harp-like instrument in a circular medallion with ribbons and acanthus ornament, titled Nablium des Hebreux.

Nablium des Hebreux

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing in a circle of a symmetrical emblem with ribbons, crossed rods and hanging tassels, labelled 'instrumens negres'.

Instrumens negres

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pencil drawing of an ornate lyre inside a circle, with decorative rosettes and ribbons, titled Lyre des Hebreux.

Lyre des Hebreux

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828

Pen drawing of a royal drum with ribbons and drumsticks arranged inside a circle, with a handwritten title above.

Tambour Royal, et pincettes sonores des Nègres de la côte de Guinée

Pierre Félix van Doren, 1828