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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Embossed white valentine card with gold banner reading Gift of Friendship, pink roses, and blue and red flowers.

Gift of Friendship (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of God the Father pointing with an outstretched arm, surrounded by angels and putti.

God the Father in Glory

Attributed to Andrea Boscoli after Michelangelo

Brown wash drawing of a grieving bearded man seated in a dark stone tower beside a leaning figure and a sprawled body.

Ugolino and His Sons Starving to Death in the Tower

Henry Fuseli, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted Pallas flanked by two armored male statues on pedestals under classical arches.

Rudolf I and Albert I with Pallas

Peter Paul Rubens and Theodoor van Thulden, in or after 1635

Victorian valentine card with embossed border, painted pink rose in central oval, and blue handwritten verses.

Why Should I Blush (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Pen and ink sketch of two draftsmen sketching at a table under a parasol, with two seated figures beside them.

Draftsmen Outdoors

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1760

Valentine card with embossed border, painted pink rose in a gold oval, black bows and blue handwritten verse.

Why Should I Blush (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Pencil drawing of a skeleton in military cap with a grinning skull, before a ruined city with figures clearing rubble.

Kriegsgroteske

Karl Wiener, 1944

Watercolor of four flower sprays in pink, purple, blue and yellow on a white embossed border with a red edge.

Valentine envelope

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in a bonnet and ruffled dress, sewing with her head bent over her work.

Seated Woman Sewing

Louis Rolland Trinquesse, 1788

Cubist ink drawing of a city under air attack, with bombers, falling bombs, church towers and grotesque figures in the foregr

Kriegsgroteske mit Selbstbildnis

Karl Wiener, 1944

Pale drawing of white chalk cliffs along a shore with small figures on the sand and a distant sail on the sea.

Scene on the South Coast of England

Unknown artist, 19th century

Graphite and wash drawing of a large reclining nude with dark hair, flanked by smaller sketches of dancing figures.

Studies of Nude Dancers

Odilon Roche, 1918/1947

Woman in Court Dress

Watercolor of a snowy winter canal scene with a windmill, a bridge, skaters, and townhouses under an overcast sky.

Gezicht op de Buitensingel bij het Lange Blekerspad, gezien naar molen De Victor

George Andries Roth, 1819

Pen and grey wash drawing of a waterside village with moored boats, wooden houses and a tall tree beside a quay.

Gezicht op de Overtoom

Jacobus Kops, 1746

Watercolor drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched houses, haystacks and figures in a meadow by a pond.

Gezicht op Amstelveen

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1741

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man in a blue loincloth reclining on a grey table, arms behind his head.

Male Nude Lying on a Table

Monogrammist AW, 1567 (?)

Valentine card with embossed lace border, painted blue and white passion flower, green leaves, and handwritten 'I am thine on

I am Thine Only Thine (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Schetsen van hoofden en een vrouw met een kind

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Watercolor sketch of a crested bird with a pipe-smoking man and a shoreline, captioned with a Tennyson quotation.

In the Spring the Wanton Lapwing gets himself another Crest

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Grey wash drawing in a circle of an elderly bearded saint with a halo, holding an open book and a quill pen.

Saint Matthew

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1585/1590

Charcoal study of a standing half-naked man with bowed head and one hand on his shoulder.

Modelstudie van staande halfnaakte man, naar omlaag ziende

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf carrying a large bundle, with a separate head study at upper right.

Schetsen van een vrouw die een groot pak draagt

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil sketch of a seated nude figure with a cat and studies of a hand, drawn in loose lines and soft shading.

Zittend naakt

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Twee studies van een kat

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil sketch of two horses harnessed to a cannon carriage with spoked wheels, drawn in loose quick strokes.

Paarden met geschut

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil sketch of a group of armed men in historical dress on a path, with a pointing figure at right and trees behind.

Historische voorstelling

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pen and wash drawing of a musketeer in a plumed hat aiming a matchlock musket with a rest stick.

Artilleryman

Workshop of Jacob de Gheyn II, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and neck turned to the left, with a flowing mane and tail, on pale paper.

Paard

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Studies van een lopende vrouw

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil study of a laundrywoman in a long skirt carrying a large bundle of linen, by George Hendrik Breitner.

Wasvrouw

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867