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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil study sheet with foreshortened figures, small head studies and animal forms, with brown wash on the right.

Studies van figuren in het verkort

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pencil sketch of a seated figure with an outstretched arm, drawn loosely on pale paper.

Zittende persoon

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pencil sketch of figures in a columned interior with a carved panel, titled Ecce Homo by Jurriaan Andriessen, 1799.

Ecce Homo

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1799

Pencil portrait of a young man with short wavy hair, dark coat and knotted cravat, gazing toward the viewer.

Portret van Jacob Jacobs

Jacob Jacobs, 1840

Small watercolor sketch of a seated woman in pink and blue holding a child, with clouds and angels above, handwritten note ab

Heilige familie

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1814

Pencil sketch of a carriage passing a stone archway as a bearded man approaches a uniformed guard, with a head study at right

Graf Hoyos überbringt die Nachricht vom Tod des Kronprinzen Rudolf in die Burg

Theodor Breidwiser, 1889

Brown wash drawing of a bust-length woman in an arched frame, with handwritten inscription below dated 1805.

Portret van een vrouw

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a three-masted ship with rigging and sails on water, with handwritten note below.

Driemaster

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1778

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures with a harp and musical instruments in an oval, with an inscription below.

Zangkunst en Schilderkunst

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1794

Grey wash drawing of an older man in a powdered wig holding a board, with drawing instruments on a table before him.

Portret van Jacobus Houbraken

Hendrik Pothoven, 1769

Grey wash drawing of a family at a table in a domed tea pavilion with open doors, servants standing left, and a notes sketch

Gezin bij tafel in theekoepel

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and watercolor drawing with two panels of classical figures around a bust, columns, and a flying putto.

De Deugd en de Tempel der Wijsheid

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Brown wash drawing of three figures in an interior with curtains and a chair, one standing between two seated women.

Afscheid van Tobias

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1798

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing woman with a bowl beside a seated man and a dog near a stone wall.

Staande vrouw bij zittende man met hond

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and wash sketch divided into four panels of 18th-century figures in interiors, with handwritten notes below.

Schets van vier schilderijen

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1777

Grey wash drawing of a standing allegorical woman with a winged putto offering a wreath and two attendants, Dutch text below.

Allegorie op Vrijheid en Vrede

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Chalk drawing of a curly-haired boy in a striped jacket holding a lute, looking upward.

A Boy with a Lute

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1740

Twee koppen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1869

Pen and brown ink sketch of two caricatured men in hats on a torn yellowed sheet, with handwritten numbers.

Koppen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Profielen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Drie koppen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Pencil portrait of a woman with curled hair, hand on cheek, wearing an off-shoulder dress with puffed sleeves.

Gräfin Henriette Rossi, geb. Sontag (1809-1854)

Pierre Roch Vigneron, 1827

Reddish-brown ink drawing of a symmetrical scrolled ornamental border with central and end urns and leaf motifs.

Design for Panel Decoration

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Pen drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with a charioteer and two horses in a central panel, framed by scrolling foliate or

Design for a Vase

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Pencil drawing of a night city with scattered lights under dark clouds and a pale sky, by Karl Wiener, 1943.

Graz bei Nacht

Karl Wiener, 1943

Pencil sketch of a nude child seen from behind, standing with arms outstretched, on cream paper with a colour checker above.

Greifenstein Strand

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and wash drawing of peasants harvesting hay under a sunburst, with a cart, farmhouse and castle in the background.

The Hay Harvest (June)

Jörg Breu the Elder, in or before 1521

Watercolor of a hilltop castle above wooded slopes, a riverside path with railing, a house and boat on the Danube.

Greifenstein vom linken Donauufer aus

Fide, 1822

Circular drawing of figures harvesting grapes and pressing wine, with barrels and a hillside vineyard behind them.

The Wine Harvest (September)

Jörg Breu the Elder, in or before 1521

Pencil and watercolor sketch of three women seen from behind in swimwear, with a handwritten date of 1942 below.

Greifenstein, Strand (Drei Frauen in Badekostümen)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and watercolour drawing of a castle on a wooded hill above a village, with fields and hills in the distance.

Greifenstein, vom rechten Donauufer aus

Fide, 1822

Watercolor of a vaulted corridor with heavy wooden cell doors, iron hinges and barred windows, by Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke

Gezicht op celdeuren in het Tucht- of Rasphuis aan de Heiligeweg

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1895