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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen drawing of dunes and a lone tree under cloudy sky with birds, signed Th. de Bock, dated 26 Mei 1900.

Waterlandschap

Théophile de Bock, 1900

Brown wash drawing of sailing boats on water under a cloudy sky, signed J.H. Weissenbruch, with a monogram in the corner.

Water met zeilschepen

Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1894

Ink design drawing of a decorative binding layout with a central panel, ornamental borders and red letter markings.

Bandontwerp

Theo Neuhuys, 1888

Ink design for a book title strip reading HET LATE LEVEN with ornamental black border and handwritten note at lower right.

Bandontwerp voor: Louis Couperus, Het late leven, 1902

Theo Neuhuys, 1902

Pencil drawing of an elderly man in a wig and long coat seated in an armchair, holding a walking stick.

Uncle Toby, from Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1852

Black and white art nouveau book cover design with ornamental scrolls and lettering for Johanna van Woude's Van hart tot hart

Bandontwerp voor: Johanna van Woude, Van hart tot hart, 1900

Theo Neuhuys, 1900

Three cut-out sheets with black and white ornamental patterns of looping tendrils and heart-shaped motifs.

Ornamenten

Theo Neuhuys, 1888

Design drawing of Dutch poem lines in bold capitals with an ornate decorative initial B.

Ontwerp voor het gedicht 'Jonge roeping' van P.A. de Génestet

Theo Neuhuys, 1892

Ink design sheet with art nouveau section headings and floral borders for a magazine, signed by Theo Neuhuys.

Ontwerp voor: De Hollandsche Lelie, Weekblad voor jonge dames, c. 1892-1919

Theo Neuhuys, 1892

Black lettering design on cream paper for the masthead of the magazine De Hollandsche Lelie, with editor and publisher credit

Ontwerp voor: De Hollandsche Lelie, Weekblad voor jonge dames, c. 1901-1915

Theo Neuhuys, 1901

Sepia drawing of an elderly man with a cane reaching toward a window while a family sits at a dining table behind him.

Uncle Toby and the Fly, from Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1847

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a standing woman with raised arm and several seated figures in headscarves.

Sketch of a group of male and female figures . From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Black ink cover design for Het jaar 1904 with ornamental border, spiral scrolls and author names, by Theo Neuhuys.

Omslagontwerp voor: Het jaar 1904

Theo Neuhuys, 1904

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a standing woman in a frilled bonnet and layered shawl, holding a paper, on grey paper.

Königin Luise von Preußen

Ludwig Buchhorn

Brown ink drawing of an elderly man in a wide hat and ruffled collar holding a paper, beside a stone wall.

Portrait of Jan Hus

Christoffel van Sichem, mid-16th-early 17th century

Pencil and chalk portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a high collar on pale green paper.

Barthélemy Vieillevoye

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Graphite portrait drawing of a man in a dark-collared coat and cravat, with handwritten inscription naming Cocchi.

Francesco Ermenegildo Baldassare Cocchi

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Pencil and chalk portrait of an older man with wavy hair and an open collar, on tan paper with handwritten inscription.

Johann Baptist von Lampi

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Pencil portrait of a man with curly hair, high collar and cravat, with an inscription naming the sitter below.

Friedrich Wilhelm Basilius von Ramdohr

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Painted study of a large oak tree trunk and branches with leafy canopy, with blue hills visible in the background.

Studie eines Eichbaums

Georg Wilhelm Issel

Grey wash drawing of misty mountains above a harbour with several masted boats at anchor on calm water.

Port Chalmers

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Madame Erhard

Johann Adam Klein, 1839

Charcoal sketch of an elderly bald man with a mustache, leaning on a chair, with a handwritten inscription below.

Selbstbildnis

Watercolor landscape of a stone arch bridge over a river, framed by trees, with a mountain rising behind.

Landscape with bridge

William Muller, 1841

Red chalk drawing of four Old Testament scenes framed by rococo scrollwork, including Adam and Eve and Moses with tablets.

Four Scenes from the Old Testament

Paul Decker the Younger, early 18th century

Chalk drawing on brown paper of a standing man in a frock coat leaning on draped cloth beside a small statue.

Der Bildhauer Gottfried Schadow

Ludwig Buchhorn

Watercolor landscape of cattle grazing on a hillside above a hazy plain with distant mountains, signed John Gully 1881.

Landscape [Waimea Plains, Nelson?]

John Gully, 1881

Grey wash drawing of a fallen rider beneath a vision of Christ on clouds with angels holding a cross, watched by soldiers.

The Conversion of St. Paul (recto); The Execution of the Prisoner (verso)

Dominik Kindermann, 18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a birth scene with attending women, an infant, and angels with flowering branches among clouds.

Birth of St. John the Baptist

Valentin Lefèbvre, 17th century

Charcoal study of an elderly woman in a draped shawl, gazing upward, with soft shading on her face and garments.

Study of an Old Woman

August von Pettenkofen, 1886

Chalk portrait of a man with tousled hair and white cravat on tan paper, inscribed J. M. Satler.

Johann Michael Satler

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Oval drawing of a bearded satyr playing pipes beside nude nymphs, with white highlights on a tan ground.

Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Galle…

Joseph Heintz the Elder, ca. 1599