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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pastel drawing of a woman in a white bonnet reading a letter by a window with a potted plant.

Cornelia Aletta van Hulst leest een brief

Christiaan Andriessen, 1800

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with stone steps, a wooden bucket, and a figure standing in a doorway.

Courtyard with fountain

Red chalk drawing of a standing bearded elderly man in draped robes holding a book, identified as Saint Andrew.

Saint Andrew

Girolamo Muziano

Pencil sketch of a vase of flowers with loose, tangled blooms and vertical hatching suggesting an interior behind it.

Vase of Flowers

Edouard Vuillard, 1900

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure holding a lyre, with an animal skin draped behind him.

Apollo

Unknown artist, c. 1510/1540

Head of a Bearded Man

Edouard Vuillard, 1889

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed standing woman holding a jar, with an angel and a seated figure beside a

Mary Magdalene [recto]

Biagio Pupini, in or after 1524

Pen sketches of several chair designs with ornamental carved backs and seats, one central chair decorated with a circular mot

Ontwerpen voor een stoel

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil sketches of several table designs with slender curved legs and decorative details on one sheet.

Tafelontwerpen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Drawing with three medal designs: a portrait bust, a sketched crowned coat of arms with lions, and a shaded crowned shield me

Ontwerpen voor een penning

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Watercolor of a brick house under construction with scaffolding, a horse cart and a worker on a street.

Gezicht op een huis in aanbouw op de Willemsparkweg

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1892

Pen drawing of a rainy cobbled street with pedestrians, a carriage, a street lamp and brick townhouses.

Gezicht op de Vijgendam met rechts het Beurspoortje

Tinus de Jongh, 1912

Pencil sketch of a wooden shed with a sloping roof beside trees and a stone wall, by Jakob Becker.

Shed

Watercolor street view of gabled brick houses and figures on a cobbled street under a cloudy sky, 1827.

Gezicht op de Willemsstraat, gezien vanaf de Brouwersgracht

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1827

Red chalk drawing of a seated male, a standing nude woman, and a winged cherub with sketched studies.

Paris Awarding the Apple to Venus

Francesco Albani

Pencil drawing of a canal with a wooden footbridge, rooftops, and a large domed palace building rising in the background.

Gezicht op de Zaagmolensloot bij de houtkoperij van Van Gleder met het Paleis voor Volksvlijt op de achtergrond

Frederik Willem Zürcher, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a busy square with a tall clock tower, arcaded town hall, gabled houses, carriages and pedestrians.

Gezicht op de Dam met het oude stadhuis, met links de ingang van de Kalverstraat

Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten, 1632

Brown wash frieze with three putti, a rooster, a laurel garland and a beehive in a decorative border.

Compositie met drie putti en een haan, rechts een lauwerkrans en een bijenkorf

Hendrik Pothoven, 1735

Grisaille frieze drawing of four putti with a bow and arrow, laurel garland, and clock at right.

Compositie met vier putti en een pijl en boog, rechts een lauwerkrans en een klok

Hendrik Pothoven, 1735

Grey wash drawing of four putti playing with a sieve, a laurel garland and a beehive in a decorative frieze.

Compositie met vier putti en een zeef, links een lauwerkrans en een bijenkorf

Hendrik Pothoven, 1735

Grey wash drawing of a rural road with tall trees, farmhouses, figures, a cart and a distant ship under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de Zeeburgerdijk met herberg Zeeburg

Gerard van Rossum, 1761

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned with Saint John the Baptist kneeling and Saint Andrew beside an X-shaped

The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Andrew

Bernardino India

Brown wash drawing of three putti with laurel garlands and a clock fragment along a horizontal decorative frieze.

Compositie met drie putti en een leidsel, rechts een lauwerkrans en een klok

Hendrik Pothoven, 1735

Pen drawing of a crowded 1870s Viennese people's kitchen with diners, queuing customers, and signs for full and half portions

Die erste Volksküche in Wien (4., Hechtengasse 7)

Josef Eugen Hörwarter, 1873

Kneeling Woman Lifting Her Hand to Her Head

Parmigianino, in or after 1531

Red chalk drawing of a bearded standing man in a flowing cloak, pointing and reaching toward the left.

Standing Bearded Man Pointing Toward the Left

Unknown artist, mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a robe beside an ox and donkey in a stable arch with a fruit garland above.

Study for One of Two Stained Glass Paintings Representing the Nativity

Hans von Kulmbach, probably c. 1510

Pencil sketch of a bent figure working, with a head study and loose preliminary outlines on yellowed paper.

Man werkt met een spade

Leo Gestel, 1928

Pen and pencil drawing of many birds perched among leafy branches, with faint lettering of a book cover below.

Omslagontwerp voor: De Gemeenschap, 1935

Leo Gestel, 1935

Studies of Major von Washington

Wilhelm von Kobell

Pencil sketch of clouds over rocky mountains and rolling hills, drawn in light graphite lines on cream paper.

Wolken über einer Berglandschaft

Grey wash drawing of putti dancing around a herm pedestal inside an oval frame, with a garland above.

Putti dansend rond een herme

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752