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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolour of a canal with a stone bridge, a tall church tower, brick warehouses and a moored sailing ship with rigging.

The Boston stump

Black chalk drawing of nude putti and a young Bacchus with companions beside a tree in a landscape.

Young Bacchus and Companions

After Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Colored drawing of a huntsman in red coat on a galloping chestnut horse with a hound running beside him.

Huntsman

Samuel Alken Senior, 1789

Red chalk drawing of a draped female figure with raised arms holding a scroll-like yoke above her head.

Caryatid with Yoke and Scroll

after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, and his workshop, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of two nude putti balancing on a classical urn with a potted plant between them.

Two Putti with Potted Plant

After Guido Reni, after 1611/12

Pencil sketch of a horse grazing on a sloping hillside, with a tree branch and rough ground lines around it.

Pencil sketch of horses grazing in A Wellington sketchbook c 1908-12

Petrus van der Velden, 1908

Brown ink drawing of four allegorical figures labeled Asie, Afrique, Europe, and Amerique, each with symbolic objects.

Four Continents

Attributed to Gerard de Lairesse, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of winged putti in clouds around a shield with a crowned eagle, one blowing a trumpet.

Putti and Coat of Arms

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Sketches of Five Busts

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed man in a classical hall, with a group of figures gathered at right.

Joseph Recognized by His Brothers

Attributed to or possibly after Gerard de Lairesse, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Buren town hall with a stepped gable, turrets and figures walking in the street.

Het stadhuis van Buren

Hendrik Spilman, 1757

Grey wash drawing of a Dutch town with a Gothic church, windmills, grazing cattle and children flying a kite.

Gezicht op Haarlem vanuit het noordwesten

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a city gate with a curved wall, a rider on horseback, pedestrians and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

De Leidse Poort te Haarlem

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a gate tower beside a canal, with a boat, figures on a bridge, and a rider.

De Spaarnwouder Poort te Haarlem

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a windmill on a dike with figures, a church on the left, boats on water and a cloudy sky.

Brand in een molen aan de Muiderdijk, ca. 1710

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Pen drawing of a ruined brick church tower beside a church on sandy dunes, with houses and a man with a staff.

De ruïne van de toren van de kerk te Egmond

Hendrik Spilman, 1741

Grey wash drawing of a river with a tall church tower, thatched cottages, trees, and boats on the water.

Rivierlandschap met een grote stompe kerktoren

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse and haystack beside a large tree, with a cart and ducks in the foreground.

Boerderij en een hooiberg

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Loose charcoal sketch of a hooded seated figure beside dark hatched shading and vertical strokes on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of figure in an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Watercolor river landscape with sailing boats, a thatched cottage with figures by the water, and trees under a pale sky.

Rivierlandschap met zeilende boten

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Pen and watercolour drawing of a ruined tower beside a church with a spire across a flat meadow with a fence.

De ruïne van het Huis te Kleef bij Haarlem

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Brown and grey wash drawing of a gabled manor house with a central tower and low garden wall under a cloudy sky.

Huis Marsch te Zutphen

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Pen drawing of the brick castle Grote Ruwenberg with an onion-domed tower, a moat and trees, by Hendrik Spilman, 1733.

Het kasteel de Grote Ruwenberg bij St. Michielsgestel

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Red chalk drawing of a shepherd carrying a swaddled infant beside seated women and a child under a tree.

Infant Oedipus Brought Home by Shepherd

Possibly Gerard de Lairesse, 1675/99

Grey wash drawing of a village canal with a raised bridge, church spire, trees, a rowing boat and figures on the quay.

Een dorp bij een trekvaart met een opgehaalde brug

Hendrik Spilman, 1733

Grey wash drawing of a harbor with a round clock tower, moored sailing boats, gabled houses and distant ships.

De haven te Hoorn

Johan Antonie Kaldenbach, 1770

Grey wash drawing of a vase of flowers in an arched niche, with loose blossoms on a stone ledge below.

Een vaas met bloemen in een nis

Gérard van Spaendonck, 1756

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd asleep under a tree in a wooded landscape, with a sheep and rocky banks behind.

Landscape with Shepherd Sleeping under Tree

Attributed to or a follower of Jan Andrea Lievens, n.d.

Wash drawing of Christ among elderly doctors in a colonnaded hall, with a standing boy and onlookers in robes.

Christ Among the Doctors

School of Lambert Lombard, n.d.

Pastel portrait of an elderly woman in a blue-striped shawl and fur-trimmed garment, looking upward against a grey background

An Elderly Woman in a Striped Shawl

Giuseppe Nogari, c. 1743

Pencil and chalk sketch on tan paper of a curly-haired man in a dark coat, turned toward the viewer.

Mr Nasmyth

John Linnell the Elder

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin and Child in a colonnaded hall and a kneeling king o

Adoration of the Magi

Lambert van Noort, 1559