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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Chalk study on blue paper showing several hands in different poses, heightened with white and warm brown chalk.

Studies for the Hands of the Virgin Mary for the Annunciation

Federico Barocci, 1583

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree, with hunting dogs, spears, and cherubs among clouds above.

Venus en Adonis

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Apollo with a lyre and Pan with pipes before a crowned Midas and attendants in a cloudy landscape.

Apollo en Pan en het oordeel van Midas

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing woman pointing to clouds, with two seated sea figures beside rocks and a waterfall.

Juno beklaagt zich bij Thetis en Oceanus

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a path, distant hills, and a fountain with a figure on the right.

Landschap met bomen en fontein

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a nude woman riding a bull through water while figures on a rocky shore gesture toward her.

Europa en de stier

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and ink sketch of a family group with a seated woman, children, and a bearded man at left on pale paper.

Saterfamilie

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a winged old man drawing back a curtain to reveal four small scenes of figures in landscapes.

Tijd laat vier schilderijen zien achter een gordijn

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of nymphs and mythological figures in a flood scene, with a boat, a putto and a classical niche at right.

Overstroming met nimfen, Neptunus en een riviergod

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated mother holding a child and raising a flower in her right hand.

Moeder met kind en bloem

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a nude hero wrestling a bull with lowered horns, with a lion skin on the ground nearby.

Hercules en de Kretenzische stier

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pencil study sheet with sketches of long-necked wading birds, including heads, necks and body fragments.

Studieblad met steltlopers

Willem Vaarzon Morel, 1898

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with dancing and reclining figures, tall trees on the left and a rocky cliff on the ri

Rivierlandschap met bacchanaal

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of two men holding up a third figure who leans forward, all partly draped.

Twee mannen houden een dronken man overeind

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and brown wash sketch of a martyrdom scene with a rearing white horse, nude figures and a billowing drape.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1620/1621

Watercolor of a torchlight procession crossing a bridge at night, with spectators on the riverbank and city buildings behind.

Fackelzug zur Schillerfeier am 8. November 1859

Emil Hütter, 1859

Design drawing of a Viennese citizens' banner with portrait medallion, coat of arms and inscription panels, 1908.

Fahne der Wiener Bürgervereinigung, Ansicht

Otto Wagner, 1908

Colored design drawing of a flag for the Viennese Bürgervereinigung with double-headed eagles and inscriptions, by Otto Wagne

Fahne der Wiener Bürgervereinigung, Ansichten

Otto Wagner, 1908

Design drawing for a banner with lettered names, stylized flowers and red-white-red bands, pencil and watercolor on paper.

Fahne der Wiener Bürgervereinigung, Fahnenband

Otto Wagner, 1908

Pencil sketch of a covered wagon and travelers on a dirt road beside a tree, with village houses and a fence at right.

Fahrendes Volk

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1927

Watercolour of mounted officers, soldiers and carriages with spectators in a field, with a town and hills behind.

Fahrt der Alliierten zu einem Manöver (während des Wiener Kongresses 1814/15)

Josef Zeller von Zellenberg, 1814

Family portrait of four people with a man standing behind, two women in lace bonnets and a seated boy with a book, 1846.

Familienbildnis, vermutlich des Magistratsrats Josef Grabner in Wr. Neustadt

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1846

Pencil sketch of acrobatic theatre performers in costume, with a masked figure, a woman in a ruffled dress, and a plumed figu

Théâtre Italien (Gioacchino Rossini, 1792-1868)

Eugène Delacroix, 1821

Drawing of a ballerina in a tutu beside a goat in a gothic stone arcade, with a hunched figure in the shadows.

Fanny Elssler als "Esmeralda" mit Ziege und Quasimodo in Notre Dame nach Victor Hugo

Paul Bürde, 1849

Pen and grey wash drawing of farmhouses below a dike with a tree at left and open sky above.

Boerenhuizen onderaan een dijk

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Pencil and wash sketch of a rustic inn with a tall signpost beside a grassy embankment and hedge.

Herberg met uithangbord

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Pencil sketch of farmhouses with thatched roofs by a waterside, with trees and small boats in the foreground.

Boerenhuizen aan het water

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a gnarled bare tree and shrubs beside a sketched road, with an empty sky on the left.

Bare Trees by a Road

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Pencil sketch of houses along a dike beside a bare tree under a pale sky.

Huizen aan een dijk bij Houtwael

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Pencil sketch of a wooden hoisting crane beside masted boats on a river, with small figures in the foreground.

Rivieroever met een hijskraan en enkele boten

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Pencil sketch of a turreted tower and gabled houses along a waterfront with boats in the foreground.

Gezicht op de Zwanenburg te Kleve

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Pencil sketch of Amsterdam harbor with a tall clock tower, a smaller spire, moored boats and masts reflected in water.

View of the Montelbaanstoren and the Tower of the Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam

Jan van Goyen, 1650