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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Ink and colored pencil sketch of a bearded man in a checked jacket with pink boots, with Dutch handwriting on a tan postcard.

Briefkaart aan Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten

Leo Gestel, 1911

Watercolor of a striped hot air balloon rising over a crowd, carriages, and houses at Lord's Cricket Ground, ca. 1839.

Balloon Ascending Near the Entrance to Lord's Cricket Ground, 1839

Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie, ca. 1839

Watercolor of birds gathered around a pink Easter egg on grass, with a red title 'het Paaschei' and handwritten letter below.

Brief aan Harmina Catharina Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1918

Watercolor and ink drawing of a stylized dog head with a curling ear and peach washes on cream paper.

Briefkaart aan Harmina Catharina Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1934

Pastel drawing of a wooden bridge over a water channel with green meadows and a farm building under a pale sky.

Gezicht op een landschap met brug en schuur te Schagen

Jacob Olie jr., 1942

Pastel drawing of a heathland with a pond, heather, pine trees and a forest edge under a pale sky.

Heidelandschap met ven en bosrand, waarschijnlijk bij Loenen

Jacob Olie jr., 1953

Pastel drawing of a heath pond with grasses, heather and pine trees beneath a pale sky.

Heidelandschap met ven bij Loenen

Jacob Olie jr., 1953

Ink and grey wash drawing of a blacksmith with tongs at an anvil while an assistant raises a hammer in a smoky forge.

A Blacksmith

Thomas Rowlandson, 18th-19th century

Proposed Monument to John L. Carey of Baltimore

Samuel B. Wetherald, 1852-54

Grey wash drawing of a classical triumphal procession with bulls, a chariot, a dolphin, putti and satyrs in a frieze.

Ancient Triumphal Procession

Daniel Lindtmayer

Pen and gray ink drawing of Abraham with a raised knife, an angel descending, and Isaac kneeling on wood beside a ram.

The Sacrifice of Abraham

Daniel Lindtmayer, 1586

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped goddess reaching toward an owl-like bird in clouds, with a child figure at right.

Ceres Changing Ascalaphus into a Bird of Evil Omen

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man in a draped cloak holding a scroll, set in an arched niche, dated 1565.

The Emperor Aulus Vitellius

Paolo Farinati, 1565

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flaying scene beneath a tree, with a nude figure, a standing man and onlookers.

The Flaying of Marsyas

Paolo Farinati, 1570

Brown ink and wash drawing of a workshop with craftsmen, hanging scale pans, copper pots and a kneeling man at a brazier.

The Maker of Scales

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1763

Ink book cover design by Karel Sluijterman for Louis Couperus, with black border ornament, acanthus scrolls and a central fle

Bandontwerp voor: Louis Couperus, Uit blanke steden onder blauwe lucht, 1912-1913

Karel Sluijterman, 1912

Brown ink drawing of the Nativity with kneeling saints and a veiled woman adoring the Christ Child in a manger.

The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes

Ludovico Carracci, c. 1605

Ink design for a book spine with fleur-de-lis ornaments, arcade band and the title Couperus Uit Blanke Steden Onder Blauwe Lu

Ontwerp voor een boekrug voor: Louis Couperus, Uit blanke steden onder blauwe lucht, 1912-1913

Karel Sluijterman, 1912

Book cover design drawing for Couperus's Fidessa with a unicorn roundel, sword motif, and blank back cover, 1899.

Bandontwerp voor: Louis Couperus, Fidessa, 1899

Karel Sluijterman, 1899

Pen and ink design drawing of stylized flax flowers in a black-outlined border, with pencil layout lines and handwritten note

Vlasbloemen

Emmanuel Viérin, 1907

Book cover and spine design for De vlaschaard by Stijn Streuvels, with a green field landscape in a framed panel.

Bandontwerp voor: Stijn Streuvels, De vlaschaard, 1907

Emmanuel Viérin, 1907

Book cover design of a ruined gothic church tower under a starry blue night sky, with title lettering below.

Bandontwerp voor: Caesar Gezelle, De dood van Yper, 1916

Emmanuel Viérin, 1916

Stylized landscape drawing with a dark windmill, dirt road, green hills and cream clouds under a blue sky.

Landschap met een molen langs een weg

Emmanuel Viérin, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing with red chalk of a Madonna and child, a standing man, sheep and angels in clouds.

Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto]

Antonio da Correggio, 1523

Brown ink and white heightening sketch on red-ground paper showing a seated Holy Family study and clusters of nude putti.

Studies of a Holy Family

Prince shooting a bow and princess on horseback hunting blackbuck antelope across a green hillside.

Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck

Unknown artist, Mid-18th century

Pen drawing of a man with a walking stick speaking to a woman in a bonnet at an arched doorway in a paneled hall.

Christiaan Andriessen vraagt of hij een man kan spreken

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of a man with a racket entering through an open door while another man holds the handle.

Christiaan Andriessen laat een man met raket binnen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and ink sketch of an interior with windows, a staircase, and two figures, one lying on the floor and one seated.

Christiaan Andriessen gaat op bezoek

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a man in a long coat and a woman in a gown exchanging a letter in an interior room.

Christiaan Andriessen ontvangt een brief uit Weesp

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Brown wash drawing of figures in period dress at an open door, one man holding a handkerchief to his mouth.

Christiaan Andriessen loopt een ruimte binnen met een zakdoek tegen zijn mond

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen sketch of a man in a top hat and a cloaked figure greeting two women in bonnets beside a candlelit table.

Christiaan Andriessen begroet twee dames

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805