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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch on cream paper with converging perspective lines meeting at vanishing points and a faint curved form.

Schets

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pen drawing of numbered ancient helmets, shields, swords, axes and standards with a bearded head and horse head.

Wapenuitrusting van de Daciërs

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil drawing of a helmet with a crest, scroll-patterned band and figurative ornament on cream paper.

Helm

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pen drawing sheet of Egyptian headdresses, weapons, obelisk, pyramid, sphinx and mummy with Dutch text below.

Kleding, werktuigen en architectuur van de Egyptenaren

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil sketch sheet with Assyrian-style figures, bearded heads, footwear, a kneeling warrior with shield, and a lion.

Voorbeelden van Assyrische kunst

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pen and ink study of four standing male figures in classical tunics, one holding a staff, by Van den Berg, 1812.

Studies van mannen in toga

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Romeinse helmen, een strijdwagen en een schild

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Romeinse helmen

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Pencil and coloured chalk drawing of Hagar and her son in a diamond frame, with blue shapes and a grid, dated 1878.

Hagar laaft haar zoon

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878

Ink and pencil study on cream paper with four rectangular panels: grids, zigzag forms, black masses and a crouching figure.

Compositie-studies

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878

Ink and crayon drawing of a bearded rider on a horse beside a standing figure raising an arm, in an architectural setting.

Triomf van Mordechai

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878

Pencil study sheet with sheep and goats, reclining animals above and sheep heads below, dated 1826.

Studies van schapen en geiten

James de Rijk, 1826

Grey wash drawing of a herdsman in a wide-brimmed hat leading a horned bull on a rope.

Herder met stier

James de Rijk, 1816

Red chalk drawing with multiple studies of sheep and rams, some reclining and some standing, on a cream sheet.

Studies van schapen

James de Rijk, 1816

Brown and grey wash drawing of cattle, sheep and figures resting before a thatched barn in a hilly landscape.

Vee en figuren voor een boerenschuur

James de Rijk, 1816

Ink drawing of a statue of a military commander with laurel wreath and cloak on a tall pedestal.

Ontwerp voor een standbeeld van een krijgsbevelhebber

Louis Royer, 1803

Pencil drawing of a robed, bearded male statue with raised hand on a stepped pedestal, a design for a Christ statue.

Ontwerp voor een standbeeld van Christus

Louis Royer, 1803

Pencil drawing of a standing pilgrim figure with a staff and scroll, cloak draped over the shoulder, on a stone base.

Ontwerp voor een standbeeld van een pelgrim of Jakobus Major

Louis Royer, 1803

Pencil drawing of a draped bearded male statue on a stepped pedestal, head tilted upward, one hand raised to the head.

Ontwerp voor een standbeeld van Lazarus

Louis Royer, 1803

Charcoal drawing of a standing man in a waistcoat talking with a seated man gesturing, a top hat on his knee.

Twee heren in gesprek

Cornelis Stephanus Roos, 1855

Sheet of pen and charcoal studies showing seven male heads, several wearing caps or hats, one with a pipe.

Studieblad met koppen

Jan de Waardt, 1875

Grey wash drawing of a chaotic crowd attacking a carriage in a courtyard beside an arcaded building and church, with mounted

Aanslag op de Gedeputeerden van Dordrecht als zij door de Stadhouderspoort het Binnenhof op rijden, 1786

Willem Kok, 1786

Trompe l'oeil drawing of two oval portraits and a printed page pinned to a woodgrain board, with a fly and red tacks.

Portret van Willem IV, prins van Oranje-Nassau

G. Kolderman, 1760

Pencil design for a book cover with a nude woman between two stylized faces, lettered Paul Fierens and Peintre Contemporain.

Ontwerp boekomslag

Leo Gestel, 1933

Charcoal drawing of two overlapping profiles with hand-lettered title Le art Hollandais contemporain, a 1933 book cover desig

Ontwerp boekomslag met twee gezichten

Leo Gestel, 1933

Twee gezichten

Leo Gestel, 1933

Josef Anton Koch (1768-1839), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Pencil sketch of a seated figure resting its head on a hand, with a faint standing figure with bowed head beside it.

Study for a Monument

Two-page handwritten manuscript spread in gothic script, with columns of chronicle text about King John.

King John [right side]

Unknown artist, 16th century

Pencil drawing sheet with several loose sketches of draped figures in groups, one framed at upper left.

Sheet of Studies

John Flaxman, in or after 1798

Watercolor landscape of a thatched farmhouse under large trees, with cows, sheep, a fence and a small pond in front.

Landscape with a Farmhouse

Adrianus de Visser, 1757-1837

Josef Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (1774-1856), Diplomat, Orientalist

Thomas Lawrence, 1819