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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Graphite study of a bearded standing man in draped robes holding keys, with bare feet and an outstretched arm.

Study for the Figure of Saint Peter

Daniele da Volterra, ca. 1545

Male Nude

Giovanni Battista Lombardi, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a walled river town with a castle, a sailing boat in the foreground, and rowboats on the water.

View of Lahnstein on the River Rhine

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1636

Pen and wash drawing of a sleeping duck beside a broken wheel and clay pot in a farmyard, with a chicken on a fence.

A Duck Sleeping near a Broken Wheel in a Farmyard, a Chicken beyond

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

Watercolor of a crested cockscomb plant with feathery purple flower heads and green leaves on a pale background.

Study of a Crested Cockscomb (Celosia argentea cristata)

Alida Withoos, late 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a canal street with tall townhouses, a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians and a large tree.

Gezicht op de Herengracht, gezien vanuit de Leidsestraat naar de Vijzelstraat

Jan van Call, 1666

Grey wash drawing of a farmstead with a tall chimney, wooden shed, picket fence, and a seated man in the foreground.

Gezicht bij Molen de Haan

Johannes Hendrik Knoop, 1779

Pencil and watercolor costume sketch of a man in a feathered helmet, green doublet and orange breeches holding a staff.

Johann Nestroy in "Wilhelm Tell"

Georg Fischer, 1833

Brown wash drawing of Diana embracing reclining Endymion in a forest, with a cupid, two dogs, and a glowing moon.

Diana and Endymion

Johann Heinrich Keller, 1700-1765

Johann Nestroy, Rollenbild als "Carl Maria Tiburtius Hecht" in "Der Affe und der Bräutigam"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1836

Pen and wash drawing of moored sailing boats on a calm river with distant hills and small animals on the left shore.

Tropical Coastal Landscape

Frans Post, 17th century

Johann Novopacky (1821-1908), Maler

Carl Anton Goebel, 1845

Drawing of a spotted hyena's head seen from below, with grey fur, large ears and dark muzzle, inside a thin ink border.

Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena), from below

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Kneeling Monk

Denys Calvaert, mid-16th-early 17th century

Johann Peter Krafft (1780-1856), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1818

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a striped hyena standing in a rocky landscape with shrubs, dated 1777.

Proteles cristatus (probably) (Aardwolf)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pen and watercolour drawing of a cheetah standing in a grassy landscape with rocks and mountains, with Dutch caption below.

Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Galerella pulverulenta or Herpestes pulverulentus (Cape gray mongoose)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a spotted Cape genet with a ringed tail beside a tree stump and shrubs, with a scale bar.

Genetta tigrina (Cape genet)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Icotnyx striatus (Striped polecat or Zorille)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1773

Hand-coloured drawing of two meerkats, one walking and one upright, on sandy ground with plants and rocks.

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Hand-colored drawing of three meerkats standing upright on sandy ground, with a Dutch caption and scale bar below.

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1773

Watercolor of a grey dormouse with a black-banded tail and dark eye patches standing on green ground, with Dutch caption.

Graphiurus ocularis (Spectacled dormouse)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor cover design with a winged woman holding a sketchbook, a Capricornus medallion, and a snowy city view under an arc

Ontwerp voor het omslag van het winternummer van De Portefeuille, 1888

Nicolaas van der Waay, 1888

Hugo Capet en Hendrik I, koningen van Frankrijk

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Chalk drawing of a seated nude man with one arm raised to his head, resting on a block, on toned paper.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Male Nude Walking (verso)

Anselm Feuerbach, 1860-69

Pen drawing of five medieval figures in armor and robes, with handwritten notes on costume above and below.

Middeleeuwse kostuums

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pen sketch page of medieval helmets, armour details, and a crossbow archer with handwritten French annotations.

Studies van middeleeuwse helmen en een boogschutter

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pen drawing of medieval armoured knights, a horse with trappings, helmet and sword details, with French annotations.

Studies van middeleeuwse wapenuitrusting

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil sketch of loose architectural forms with a handwritten note and date, 11 June 1849, on cream paper.

Schets

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1849

Full-length tonal drawing of a man in a long coat and cravat holding a top hat in a rocky landscape with a cloudy sky.

Johann Stephan Decker (franz. Jean Étienne Decker, 1783-1844), Maler, in einer Landschaft

Andreas Staub, 1830

Middeleeuwse helmen

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812