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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil sketches of a man in a hat seen from behind and a standing woman, with handwritten color notes above.

A Head of Man with Hat, Seen from Behind; A Standing Woman [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Red chalk drawing of putti dancing around a garlanded maypole beside a classical garden terrace.

Allegory of Spring, or the Young Gardeners

Jean-Antoine Watteau, n.d.

Pencil and chalk poster design of a house with the word WOHNBAU above a cloud, by Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1929.

Plakatentwurf "Wohnbau"

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1929

Ink and blue wash side-elevation drawing of a caleche carriage with large spoked wheels, labeled No. 745 a.

Caleche #745a

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man in a ruff collar resting his hand on a ledge beside a window.

Adam de Coster

After Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pencil sketch of flat-roofed modernist buildings on a hillside with the words Neues Bauen lettered across the top.

Plakatentwurf (?): Neues Bauen

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1929

Studies of Jugs and Vases; A Man with Moustache and a Boy with a Hat [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pen drawing in side view of a horse-drawn caleche carriage with large spoked wheels and a front lamp, numbered 757.

Caleche # 757

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a ruff collar and draped cloak, one hand resting on a ledge.

Theodoor van Loon

After Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Watercolor design drawing of a blue and black horse-drawn vis-à-vis carriage shown in side elevation with spoked wheels.

Design for Vis-à-vis, no. 814

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pencil sketches on two sheets: studies of soldiers' heads in caps, a woman's face, and a standing figure with hands.

Five Studies of Soldiers and a Woman's Face; Two Figures [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Brown ink sketch of horsemen, dogs and beggars, with a kneeling figure offering alms on an open ground.

Hunters Giving Alms to Beggars

Attributed to Carel van Falens, n.d.

Side-elevation colored drawing of a caleche carriage with brown body, blue spoked wheels and folding hood, numbered 855.

Caleche #855

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and wash drawing of Judith leaving a tent with a servant and a severed head, with a burning military camp behind.

Judith and Holofernes

After Antonio Tempesta, After 1613

Soldiers; Four Soldiers and a Seated Figure [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Side-view drawing of a black and blue caleche carriage with red spoked wheels and a folding hood, numbered 816.

Caleche #816

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pencil sketches on beige paper: a church tower with spire on the left, and a loose figure study with a dome outline on the ri

Church Tower; A Sketch of a Fan [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Hand-colored side elevation drawing of a numbered caleche carriage with red wheels, blue body and black hood.

Caleche # 824

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Two sketch pages: a brown ink boy's face on the left and pencil studies of a sheep head and lines on the right.

Boy's Face; Two Sheep [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Ink and wash drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat on a rearing horse beside a wooden fence.

Unidentified illustration [Man on horseback]

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pale watercolor of a neoclassical station building with columns, a windmill, and pedestrians on an open dirt road.

Gezicht op de Haarlemmerweg gezien naar het Station Willemspoort

Willem Hekking jr., 1842

Side view drawing of a black and blue caleche carriage with large spoked wheels and a raised coachman's seat.

Caleche #838

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Watercolor of a drawbridge with iron railings and brick gabled houses along a canal, with a street lamp and stacked barrels.

Gezicht op de Bullebaksluis

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1886

Watercolor drawing of a small brick corner building with a picket fence and garden, flanked by tall city buildings and trees.

Gezicht op bewaarschool Het Smallepad

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1884

Pencil sketch of a canal with moored boats, a columned building, trees and a factory chimney, dated 1883.

Gezicht op de Singelgracht gezien naar de Willemspoort

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1883

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded friar in a habit holding a nude infant seated on a ledge, with hatched shading.

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, n.d.

A Profile and Four Shapes; Sketch of a Man's Head [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with tree-lined bank, fishermen, brick wall and two windmills under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de Singelgracht

Dirk Verrijk, 1761

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a windmill, rowing boats, and a rider beside a tree-lined path.

Gezicht op de Singelgracht

Dirk Verrijk, 1744

Grey wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat approaching a woman in white beside a garden arbor with hedges.

Heer met steek spreekt een dame aan voor een tuinprieël

Sigmund von Perger, 1788

Small grey wash drawing of a man in period dress bowing forward, mounted on a cream card with a museum stamp.

Buigend heertje

Sigmund von Perger, 1788

Pen-and-ink elevation drawing of a horse-drawn calèche carriage with a folding hood and spoked wheels, numbered 838a.

Caleche #838a

Brewster & Co., 1850-70