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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a man in a feathered hat and long coat posed before faint arched architecture, with handwritten notes.

Johann Nestroy als "Sansquartier"

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a seated scholar in a study with a globe, clock, books and cherubs above.

An Oriental Astronomer in His Study

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Watercolor and pencil study of a reclining nude figure with an extended arm, in soft brown washes on cream paper.

Sunset

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Johann Nestroy als "Sansquartier"

Anton Zampis, 1855

Red chalk sketch of Mary Magdalen rising on clouds with angels above, gazing upward.

The Assumption of the Saint Mary Magdalen

Cosmas Damian Asam, 1700-1739

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a seated nude figure with arm outstretched against faint radiating lines.

Leaving the Earth

Auguste Rodin, 1900/05

Pen drawing of children playing violin, trumpet, flute and drum in a garden while a dog watches.

Kinderorkest in een tuin

Nelly Spoor, 1912

Ink drawing of a girl riding a rearing white horse on a church spire against a night sky with stars and a moon.

Meisje berijdt een paard op een torenspits

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a seated man in a blue coat and tricorn hat reading an open book.

Johann Nestroy als "Sansquartier" in "Zwölf Mädchen in Uniform"

Georg Fischer, 1840

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged figure with cherubs among clouds, a chalice, and rays of light in an oval composition.

The Adoration of the Holy Lamb

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1724-96

Ink drawing of a boy looking up at a man in a striped turban and robe, beside palm trees in a desert under a starry sky.

Jongen en man met tulband in een woestijnlandschap

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Ink drawing of an elderly woman in a chair with a child leaning on her, another child playing with blocks by a rainy window.

Twee kinderen en een oude vrouw in een interieur

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Pen drawing of a woman handing a girl a folded item, with shelves of stacked linens behind them.

Vrouw reikt een meisje een stapel lakens aan

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Pen and ink drawing of a standing barefoot boy in a loincloth and a crouching child in light clothes beside palm trees.

Twee jongens in een woestijnlandschap

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Pen drawing of a girl in a bonnet leaning on an elderly seated woman beside a table with a box and window curtains.

Meisje leunt tegen een oude vrouw in een interieur

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Watercolor sketch of a standing man in a red cap, brown coat and orange trousers, with a handwritten caption below.

Johann Nestroy als "Tratschmiedl " in "Tritschtratsch"

Georg Fischer, 1835

Grey wash drawing of Flora and Zephyr: a draped woman with a cornucopia beside a winged nude man lifting a cloth, with a putt

Flora and Zephyr

Josef Klieber, late 18th-19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a coat chasing his windblown hat across a grassy landscape with trees.

Jongen rent zijn hoed achterna in een landschap

Nelly Spoor, 1914

Pen drawing of two girls bathing a doll in a small tub in a room with a patterned bed canopy and window.

Twee meisjes doen een pop in bad

Nelly Spoor, 1916

Pen drawing of a girl leaning into wind and rain on a flat field, with bare trees and a distant windmill.

Meisje lopend in de regen en wind

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Pen drawing of a girl and boy in sailor hats running and rolling hoops with sticks, one hoop left empty on the right.

Hoepelende broer en zus

Nelly Spoor, 1918

Grey wash drawing of merchant ships and small sailboats in rough seas, with dolphins leaping among the waves.

Merchant Ships and Smaller Sailing Boats in a Strong Breeze, Dolphins in the Waves

Hendrick Rietschoof, ca. 1700

Pen drawing of a boy with a hoop and a girl hugging a doll on a park bench beside a wicker pram.

Meisje knuffelt een pop op een bank

Nelly Spoor, 1918

Watercolor of a Dutch city square with a white theatre, a canal bridge, a boat, strolling figures and a large tree.

Gezicht op het Leidseplein en de schouwburg

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1922

Red chalk drawing of a standing workman in a hat leaning on a plank of wood, looking down.

A Carpenter at Work

Jan Josef Horemans the Elder, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of skaters and horse-drawn sledges on a frozen canal, with a snowy village and bare trees beyond.

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Horse-Drawn Sledges on the Ice, a Village Below

Andries Vermeulen, n.d.

Red chalk design for a triangular frontispiece with two seated allegorical women, a crown, and a winged figure in an oval car

Design for a Frontispiece with Figures of Faith and Hope

Martin Tyroff, 1704-59

Ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman watched by two bearded elders leaning over a stone balustrade.

Susanna and the Elders

Gerard van Honthorst, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pencil sketch of an arbor and pathway beneath cliffs and trees, with a building on the ridge and two small figures.

Italian View: A Pathway and Arbor at the Base of Cliffs

Friedrich Salathé, 1815-21

Watercolor of a man in purple and yellow uniform with tricorn hat and sash, standing before a brick wall and chair.

Johann Nestroy als Sansquartier in "Zwölf Mädchen in Uniform"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1844

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned woman distributing gold from a chest to kneeling figures, with a raised sword and medieval

Kriemhild, in Mourning over Siegfried, Handing Out Treasures from the Nibelungen Hoard

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1854

Hand-colored drawing of a woman in a white dress and a man in a brown coat in a striped blue interior, dated 1845.

Johann Nestroy als Schnoferl und Marie Weiler als Rosalie in "Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1845