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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of many small figures at a market beneath a tent, with a dog in the foreground and stalls at right.

Figuren op een markt

Adrianus Eversen, 1828

Brown wash landscape of a tent, three figures on a sandy path, dense bushes, and a distant sea under a cloudy sky.

Landschap

Willem Roelofs, 1846

Seated Scottish shepherd in kilt playing bagpipes on rocks, with goats in a rocky landscape, pen and watercolor drawing.

Schottischer Hirte mit seiner Ziegenherde vor einer Felswand sitzend, Dudelsack blasend

Franz Joseph Manskirsch

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young warrior carrying a giant's head, followed by dancing women, children, and soldiers.

Truimph of David Over Goliath

Andrea Passanini, n.d.

Watercolor of harvesters resting by a wagon while a girl dances to a flute player, with a dog and horses nearby.

Schnitter und Schnitterin bei einem Erntewagen rastend, vor ihnen ein junges Mädchen, das zum Flötenspiel des Schnitt…

Franz Joseph Manskirsch

Pencil sketch of three children in hoods or bonnets, shown in half-length portraits side by side on pale paper.

Three hooded children

Marie Ellenrieder

Pencil sketch of rural figures, women and a man in a cap, near a wooden fence and trees in an open landscape.

Reaper returning home

Jakob Becker, 1847

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining bearded man beneath processions of figures, dragons, and a radiant sun.

The Dream of Mordecai

Giovanni Guerra

Watercolor of a misty woodland with bare beech trees, mossy rocks, and fallen leaves under a pale sky.

A Winter Morning, Hoar Frost Melting

James Thomas Watts, 1892

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a Havana street market with donkeys, fruit stalls, an umbrella, and figures in hats.

Havana

Jules Pascin, 1915

Watercolor sketch of two women and a child seated on grass beneath a tree, one in blue and one in pink dress.

Nannies with a Child

Jules Pascin, 1917

Graphite study sheet with several studies of infant heads, a seated child, and a sketched figural composition on the left.

Studienblatt: Kleinkind; die Weinlese

Jakob Becker, 1856

Watercolor and ink drawing of a barber tending a seated man in a striped shirt beside an arched doorway and column.

The Handsome Barber

Jules Pascin, 1914

Pencil study sheet with a seated woman beside a basket, a draped figure above, and a small interior sketch at left.

Studienblatt: Sitzende Frau und stehender Mann in einem Zimmer; die Weinleserin

Jakob Becker, 1856

Pen and wash drawing of a grieving woman held by an older woman, with soldiers marching in the background under an arched fra

Lenore trauert um Wilhelm

Watercolor drawing of several nude bathers in a pool beneath trees, with rolling green hills in the background.

Bathers

Samuel Halpert, 1905

Ink drawing of four men in a loose group, two seated in front and two standing behind, rendered in fluid black strokes.

Four Men

Jules Pascin, 1926

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining woman asleep on a sofa beside a wine glass, by Jules Pascin.

Americaine Endormie

Line drawing of a seated woman with wavy hair, legs crossed, in a wooden chair against a plain background.

Dorothy Burgers

Charcoal sketch of a standing woman with bobbed dark hair, hands on hips, in a loose dress against a sketched interior.

Maria Lani

Portret van Julien Benda

Marthe Antoine Gérardin, 1930

Ink and gouache book cover design showing a man reading in an oval frame, with lettering and scrollwork in ochre and black.

Bandontwerp voor: Het boek in 1905-1906, 1905

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1905

Book cover design in olive ink with stylized Art Nouveau ornament and the title Femmes d'Artistes in capital letters.

Bandontwerp voor: Alphonse Daudet, Femmes d'artistes, zonder jaar

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pen drawing of a woman with a jug beside a fountain in a courtyard with trees and arches, with sketches below.

Vrouw met kruik op het hoofd bij een stadspoort

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Book cover design with ornate border, title Amsterdam in de 17e eeuw, and Amsterdam coat of arms with crown in red and white.

Bandontwerp voor: Amsterdam in de 17e eeuw, zonder jaar

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Watercolor drawing of a symmetrical geometric pattern of hexagons, triangles and diamonds in red, black, blue and gold.

Vlakversiering met lijnen, driehoeken en ruiten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1889

Design for a certificate with floral watercolor border, a bowed seated nude figure at top, and a text panel headed OORKONDE.

Ontwerp voor een oorkonde ter gelegenheid van de onthulling van het verzetsmonument van Hilversum

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1949

Drawing of three geometric ornaments in red, cream and black: two hexagonal designs and a looping border band.

Drie geometrische vlakornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Symmetrical trapezoid ornament design with a crown motif, stylized tendrils in blue and cream, and a red border.

Ontwerp voor een vierhoekig ornament met hoofdletter W en kroon

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1898

Pencil sketch of a man holding an oar beside a boat, with a cathedral with spires in the background.

Ein Mann an einem zu Wasser gelassenen Boot, das Ruder in der Hand haltend, im Hintergrund der Wormser oder Speyerer…

Ink and wash drawing of a peasant boy and girl embracing beside a tree and rocks in a landscape.

Bauernjunge und Bauernmädchen

Red chalk drawing of a wooden smithy beside trees, with small figures on a dirt path and a building at right.

Die Schmiede im Prater

Johann Christian Brand, 1775