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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen drawing of a book cover design with bold lettering for Couperus's Psyche and decorative scroll borders.

Bandontwerp voor: Louis Couperus, Psyche, 1904

Hendrik Petrus Berlage, 1904

Grey wash drawing of an angel restraining a bearded man above a figure on an altar, with a landscape behind.

Sacrifice of Abraham

Attributed to Jan Andrea Lievens, n.d.

A Young Woman Sewing [recto]

Dominique Vivant Denon, c. 1790

Side-elevation design drawing of a blue landaulet carriage with red spoked wheels and a white folding top.

Design for Landaulet, no. 764

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen design for a book cover and spine showing an Amsterdam city gate, the city arms, and the title Amsterdamsch Jaarboekje, 1

Bandontwerp voor: Amsterdamsch Jaarboekje, 1897

Hendrik Petrus Berlage, 1897

Watercolor portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and cravat, with a pencil border and handwritten name below.

Peter von Nobile (1774-1854), Architekt

fraglich: Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1835

Pen and brown wash drawing of Moses with stone tablets, surrounded by angels and cherubs in clouds beneath a dove.

Moses and the Tables of Law

James Thornhill, n.d.

Pen and ink side-elevation drawing of a horse-drawn landaulet carriage with spoked wheels, numbered 865.

Landaulet #865

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a rider on a horse and a rearing horse being handled by two men, one wearing a plumed hat.

Riding School

Possibly after Pieter van Laer, n.d.

Watercolor study of a cowslip plant with yellow-orange flowers on tall stems above broad green leaves, dated 1526.

Tuft of Cowslips

Albrecht Dürer, 1526

Side view drawing of a green and black landaulet carriage with yellow spoked wheels, numbered 869.

Landaulet #869

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pencil floor plan of a building with a central circular room, corridors and stairs, on aged paper.

Pfarrhof der Votivkirche

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1877

Pen and wash drawing of a draped standing woman figure on a pedestal, study for a statue, with red chalk accents.

Project for a Statue: Woman Holding Book with Right Hand

John Michael Rysbrack, 1700s

Pen etching of a jester pointing at a doorway beside a bed where a man lies, with a second figure in a cap nearby.

Clown: "Come away, come away, death," illustration for Act II, Scene iv, Twelfth Night

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Side-view coachwork drawing of a green and black landaulet carriage with yellow spoked wheels, numbered 881.

Landaulet #881

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Architectural floor plans in ink and pencil showing room layouts, doors and an oval room, with dimension notes on aged paper.

Pfarrhof der Votivkirche, 9., Rooseveltplatz 8, Erdgeschoß, Obergeschoß

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1877

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures beside a ship's mast, with a banner reading Securitas Publica overhead.

Securitas Publica

James Thornhill, 1718/25

Pencil sketch of seated figures on a bench in front of a loosely drawn townscape with buildings and poles.

Figures on a bench, townscape behind

Edwin Austin Abbey

Side elevation drawing of a black horse-drawn landaulet carriage with spoked wheels and a folding hood.

Landaulet #891

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pencil elevation drawing of an ornate multi-storey building facade with towers, spires, and an arched ground floor.

Pfarrhof der Votivkirche, 9., Rooseveltplatz 8, Fassade gegen den Rooseveltplatz

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1877

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded sea god's face with flowing beard, wheat stalks and shells in an ornamental panel.

Head of Neptune

James Barry, 18th century

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude seen from behind, arms raised over the head, on pale paper.

Male Nude [recto]

Michelangelo, c. 1560

Side view drawing of a black landaulet carriage with gold spoked wheels and a folding hood on a cream sheet.

Landaulet #893

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pencil elevation drawing of an ornate Viennese church rectory facade with central tower and spires, with ink wash at top righ

Pfarrhof der Votivkirche, 9., Rooseveltplatz 8, Fassade gegen den Rooseveltplatz, verso Grundriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1877

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man with a globe, a seated woman, a child and a dog before classical columns and trees.

Portrait of a Geographer, Wife, and Child

James Thornhill, n.d.

Side-view coachwork drawing of a green and black landaulet carriage with yellow spoked wheels, numbered 895.

Landaulet #895

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pencil architectural drawing of a gable with scrolled volutes, obelisks, and a roundel showing a Madonna and child.

Pfarrhof der Votivkirche, 9., Rooseveltplatz 8, Hauptgiebel

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1877

Pen and ink sketch of a figure on a road beside a gabled house, willow tree, canal, rowboat and bridge.

Figure on Road by House and Canal

Imitator of Jacob Henricus Maris, n.d.

Side-view watercolor drawing of a red-wheeled landaulet carriage labeled No. 906, with maroon body and folding top.

Landaulet #906

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and brown wash drawing of two bearded prophets in robes with a winged putto pointing upward above them.

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah

Raphael, c. 1510

Pencil architectural drawing of a side gable with scrolls, pediment, shell niche and pilasters, dated 1879.

Pfarrhof der Votivkirche, 9., Rooseveltplatz 8, Seitengiebel, Ansicht und Schnitt

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1879

Red chalk sketch of bearded travelers in turbans with laden pack animals and a young boy in the foreground.

Joseph and His Brothers in Egypt

Pieter Pietersz Lasman, n.d.