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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of a man with a raised sword fighting an ostrich, with a rider and hills in the background.

Sancho Panza vechtend met een struisvogel

Caspar Luyken, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of two riders on a horse and a donkey passing a hillside village with a fence.

Sancho Panza wordt meegevoerd

Caspar Luyken, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man on horseback and a companion on a donkey with a dog, under dark clouds.

Don Quichotte en Sancho Panza rijden langs een smederij

Caspar Luyken, 1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman, a mounted rider, two men and a reclining figure in a wooded landscape.

Don Quichotte bevrijdt Eugenia

Caspar Luyken, 1694

Watercolor and graphite study of a leafy plant with large lobed leaves and flowering stems, with grasses at its base.

Study of a Plant

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1712-74

Watercolor of a rocky arch framing a valley, with sheep and a sleeping shepherd on a grassy path below.

Rocky Landscape with Sleeping Shepherd

Philip Heinrich Dunker, 1817

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound, seated bearded man mocked by an armored soldier and a man drinking from a goblet.

Mocking of Christ

Johann Heintz, late 16th-early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a carriage procession past an equestrian statue, with mounted soldiers and a crowd in a city square.

Lodewijk XIV in een rijtuig te Parijs

Barent Gael, 1645

Red chalk drawing of an Arcadian landscape with trees, figures, a statue and a distant obelisk.

Arcadian Landscape with Figures near an Obelisk

Johannes Glauber, 1674

Brown ink drawing of a rocky mountain landscape with a bridge over a waterfall, trees, and resting figures.

Mountain Landscape with a Bridge over a Waterfall

Johannes Glauber, 1674

Handwritten Dutch letter with a watercolor anatomical diagram labeled with letters, dated 1733.

Brief met een kleine anatomische schets van het menselijke heupgewricht en bekken

Jan l' Admiral, 1733

Drawn trompe-l'oeil of scattered printed title pages, engravings of ships and figures, and a musical score on a pale sheet.

Schijnbedrieger met het Kaartspel en de Rattenvanger van Jan Gillisz. de Vliet

Barthelomy la Rocque, 1758

Watercolor still life of scattered playing cards, an engraving of David and Goliath, a floral print and sketches on grey grou

Schijnbedrieger met de prent David doodt Goliath, speelkaarten en tekeningen

de Wit, 1821

Trompe l'oeil drawing of a quill, world map, letter, psalm music sheet and an old woman's portrait on overlapping paper.

Schijnbedrieger met veer, wereldkaart en een tekening van een oude vrouw

Barthelomy la Rocque, 1758

Painting of a young man in a red cap reading a book by a window in a dim study with a bed in the background.

Standing Young Man at the Window in his Study Reading, known as"The Student"

Willem Drost, 1651-1654

Brown wash drawing of a canal town with a stone tower, arched bridge, moored boats and three small robed figures at right.

Christ on the Road to Emmaus

Style of Jan van de Velde I, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a village street with gabled houses, a church tower, a large tree and two figures.

Village Street Scene with a Church

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1777

Pen and brown wash drawing of a reclining figure, a skull, and a ruined monument with a standing figure and a distant city.

Allegory of the Transience of Life

Christian Richter, 1618

Pen and wash drawing of a woman addressing a crowd in a classical city square with an obelisk and statue.

Disputation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Federico Zuccaro, probably c. 1570

Pen and brown ink sketch of two ragged beggars walking with a small shaggy dog at their feet.

Two Beggars with Their Dog

Paul Troger, c. 1728

Grey wash drawing of figures on a wooden bridge by willows, a rowboat on a canal, and a farmhouse under cloudy sky.

View of a Bridge in the Dutch Countryside with Figures

Nicolaas Wicart, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor of a great tit with black cap and yellow breast perched on a bare branch against a pale background.

A Great Titmouse (Parus major) Perched on a Branch

Pieter Withoos, late 17th century

Brown ink drawing of youths and maidens at country pursuits in a wooded landscape with birds, cages and grazing animals.

Youths and Maidens Engaged in Country Pursuits

Antoine Caron, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a gentleman seen from behind in a plumed hat, ruffled collar, cape and frilled boots, leaning on a cane.

Gentleman Seen from Behind

Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1638

Pencil drawing of a large tree beside a villa with a balcony, with a rocky cliff and distant mountains on the right.

Landscape with a Tree in front of a Villa

Eduard Gaertner, 1801-77

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff, trees, grazing sheep and a seated figure on a path under a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Hillside

Claude Lorrain, 1635/1636

Pencil drawing of a standing woman seen from behind, in a long gown with puffed sleeves and curled hair.

Lady Seen from Behind

Pieter Jansz. Quast

Pencil portrait of a young woman in a lace headscarf and white blouse, turned to the left with a calm gaze.

Swiss Girl

August Ferdinand Hopfgarten, 1833

Grey wash drawing of a man and women with a cudgel striking a cat as a fox crouches nearby, with a sword on the ground.

Illustration for Reinecke Fuchs: Tomcat Hinz being hit instead of Reinecke

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805-74

Pen and grey wash sketch of actors preparing in a theatre dressing room with a curtain and arched windows.

The Actors Making Ready (recto); Studies of the Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Claude Gillot, 1705/10

Bust of a Man in Profile to the Left

Charles-Nicholas Cochin the younger, 1767

Portrait of O. Rietschel

J. H. Schulz, ca. 1854