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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of a cavalry battle with sabers, a cannon, fallen soldiers and horses, and smoke over a distant town.

Cavalry and Artillery Battle

Style of Jacques Courtois, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of anguished nude figures crowded under a dark arch, with a pale veiled figure in a niche above.

One Cycle of Hell

Circle of Henry Fuseli, 1750/1850

Pen and ink drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child in a basket, angels and shepherds under c

Adoration of the Shepherds

after Girolamo da Treviso the Younger, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a massacre in a vaulted hall, with an armed figure raising a sword above fallen bodies and women with chi

Massacre

Possibly Paul Falconer Poole, n.d.

Pencil sketch on tan paper of several women in long coats and hats, with small head studies above.

Figure Studies [recto]

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Pencil figure studies on tan paper: standing men and women, a hatted woman, and several small head sketches.

Figure Studies [verso]

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Pencil and red chalk drawing of classical figures before a seated judge, with a flaming altar and an ox at left.

Condemnation of Saint Cecilia

After Domenichino, after 1616

Pen and wash drawing of a large tree over a meadow with a resting shepherd, two cows, and birds in a hatched sky.

Meadow with a Shepherd and Cows

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1617

Handwritten 1799 Dutch monthly military report of a Batavian citizen militia battalion, in ruled columns of ink.

Maandelijks rapport van het Battaillon Bataafsche Gewapende Burgermacht. 1799

Hendrik van der Poth, 1799

Handwritten 1799 military roster in brown ink, a ruled table of companies and present and absent personnel counts.

Wekelijks rapport van het Battaillon Bataafsche Gewapende Burgermacht. 1799

Hendrik van der Poth, 1799

Pen line drawing of a woman with bobbed hair and bare shoulder, angular geometric style, beside a color checker strip.

Frauenporträt

Karl Wiener, 1933

Drawing of a reclining nude male figure resting his head on his arm, with soft shading and a trident sketched below.

Reclining Male Nude, with Trident

Pietro Faccini, 1593/1602

Ruled ledger sheet with calligraphic headings and ornate border listing battalion staff, companies and personnel counts.

Jaarlijks rapport van het Battaillon Gewapende Burgermacht. 1803

Hendrik van der Poth, 1803

Annual report chart of the second battalion of armed citizens, 1802, with ruled tables of ranks, counts and decorative banner

Jaarlijks rapport van het Battaillon Gewapende Burgermacht. 1802

Hendrik van der Poth, 1802

Hand-colored military plan showing troop positions and parade route for captured flags, 1799, with Dutch inscriptions in deco

Plattegrond met de opstelling troepen bij de optocht met de veroverde vaandels, 1799

Hendrik van der Poth, 1799

Colored ground plan with red street blocks, blue and red military unit markers in rows, and street labels in Gothic lettering

Plattegrond met manoeuvres op het Schuttersveld te Delft, ca. 1799-1803

Hendrik van der Poth, 1799

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man holding a tablet, with a draped cloth over his lap, after Michelangelo.

Moses

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1700s

Symmetrical geometric parterre pattern with green star and roundels on an aged album page, numbered 35.

Album containing 75 Drawings for Garden Trellises & Parterres

Jörg Rurfinger, ca. 1610-40

Trompe-l'oeil drawing of overlapping printed pages with music, diagrams and verse on a striped background.

Boerenbedrieger met bladen met manoeuvres, ca. 1799-1803

Hendrik van der Poth, 1799

Colored military plan drawing of a fortified gate in Delft with four rotated diagrams around a central inscribed panel.

Boerenbedrieger met bladen met manoeuvres, 1798

Hendrik van der Poth, 1798

Overlapping sheets of blue and red fleet formation diagrams with handwritten Dutch headings inside a brown striped border.

Boerenbedrieger met bladen met manoeuvres, ca. 1798-1803

Hendrik van der Poth, 1798

Red chalk drawing of a smiling figure with long wavy hair crowned by a laurel wreath, shoulders draped in cloth.

Man and Woman Crowned with Laurel

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Hand-colored drawing of four rotated street plans and a central plan showing troop maneuvers, on a brown striped ground.

Boerenbedrieger met bladen met manoeuvres, 1799

Hendrik van der Poth, 1799

Charcoal sketch of a horse head in a bridle, with a fainter second horse head at the upper left.

Trampaarden

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Charcoal sketch of a boat with a figure standing beside it on calm water, with a distant shoreline behind.

Schepen

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Charcoal drawing of a woman's face beside a stylized skull with angular shading, set against a dark hatched background.

Frauenporträt mit Totenkopf

Karl Wiener, 1943

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Judgement of Paris: a seated shepherd, three goddesses, cupids, and a sheep.

Judgement of Paris

Possibly François Lemoyne, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a shipyard with boat hulls and wooden frames, signed G.H. Breitner.

Werf

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Loose pencil sketch of seated figures and chairs around a table on aged paper.

Schets met huizen

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Schetsen van hoofden

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Loose charcoal sketch of a canal bridge with figures, buildings and lampposts, by George Hendrik Breitner.

Brug over de Elandsgracht

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Twee dienstmeisjes

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867