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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil sketch of a woman's head bowed downward, with loose hatched hair and a draped veil on cream paper.

Hoofd van een vrouw met een sluier

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Profielportret van Mr. Carel Vosmaer

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a standing young girl in a headscarf, long dress and clogs, with a shawl over one arm.

Staand meisje, met een hoed (?)

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a girl in a bonnet seated on grass outdoors, drawn with loose hatching and sketchy grass strokes.

Twee zittende meisjes, buiten

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil drawing of a boy seen from behind, standing with one arm raised and holding a cane, on pale blue paper.

Stehender Knabe in Rückenansicht

Josef Kriehuber, 1852

Watercolor of a blue-grey mole-rat with pale claws and pink nose on a green ground, with handwritten caption below.

Cryptomys hottentotus (Common mole-rat)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Watercolor drawing of a springhare upright on grassy ground holding a green sprig, with handwritten notes below.

Pedetes cafer (South African springhare)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Drawing of a grey mole-rat with dark face and long claws resting on a wooden board, in a ruled border.

Georychus capensis (Cape mole-rat)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Lepus saxatilis (?)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pencil drawing on brown paper of a standing nude boy with one hand on his hip, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Stehender Knabenakt

Gustav Klimt, 1879

Watercolor of an elephant shrew with a long snout and tail on grass, with a handwritten Dutch caption below.

Macroscelides proboscideus (Round-eared elephant shrew)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1779

Watercolor drawing of a leaping hare with brown back, pale belly and long ears, above a strip of green grass.

Pronolagus sp. (Karoo hare)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Three watercolor studies of a golden mole in different poses on wooden boards, with a Dutch caption below.

Chrysochloris asiatica (Cape golden mole)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of an aardvark beside a termite mound in a dry landscape, with handwritten Dutch measurements above.

Orycteropus afer (Aardvark)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pencil and chalk sketch of a standing nude boy on brown paper, frontal view with arms at sides.

Stehender Knabenakt

Gustav Klimt, 1901

Red chalk sketch of a standing nude girl with bowed head and long hair on tan paper.

Stehender Mädchenakt

Gustav Klimt, 1902

Graphite sketch of a standing nude young woman seen from behind, head bowed, hair loose, on brown paper.

Stehender Mädchenakt

Gustav Klimt, 1901

Watercolor drawing of soldiers and a chariot procession through a classical colonnaded hall, with robed figures raising their

Allegory of Victory of Russians over Napoleon's Army, from a poem by Cremes

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, ca. 1814

Stehender Mädchenakt mit langen Haaren im Profil nach links

Gustav Klimt, 1895

Pencil sketch of a standing nude woman with head tilted and arms raised, drawn on tan paper.

Stehender Mädchenakt mit nach links geneigtem Kopf

Gustav Klimt, 1902

Colored drawing of a crowned king on a throne with a bearded man and a young man in white gesturing before him.

Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 1815-83

Brown chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, on cream paper.

Stehender männlicher Akt

Karl Wiener, 1930

Drawing of two figures on rocky ledges in a shadowed cave, one in armor holding a spear, the other with an arm raised.

Soldiers in a Cave Receiving Blessings from Heaven

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketches of cows, donkeys, goats, horses, chickens and human profiles pasted on a cardboard sheet, dated 1825.

Karton waarop 25 kindertekeningen van dieren en mensen geplakt zijn

Augustus Knip, 1825

Sheet of pencil and watercolor studies of cows, bulls, donkeys, goats and sheep arranged in a grid by Augustus Knip.

Karton waarop 21 kindertekeningen van dieren geplakt zijn

Augustus Knip, 1827

Cardboard mount with dozens of pencil sketches of animals, carts and figures in hats, arranged in a grid.

Karton waarop 43 kindertekeningen van dieren en mensen zijn geplakt

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, 1826

Card with many pencil sketches by a child showing horses, birds, figures, a carriage and a landscape, with an inscription at

Karton waarop 6 kindertekeningen van dieren, een mens en een landschap geplakt zijn

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, 1827

Grey wash drawing of a priest before a radiant sun raising arms over a chained couple, with plumed guards and drapery.

Sun King Anointing a Bound Couple, from August von Kotzebue's Die Sonnenjungfrau

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a woman in a white bonnet leaning over a washtub, wringing laundry.

Wasvrouw

George Gillis Haanen, 1827

Sepia watercolor of a cow on a riverbank, with a windmill and farm buildings across the water under a misty sky.

Rivierlandschap met koe

Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas, 1854

Schaapskop

Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas, 1842

Pencil drawing of two donkeys with bridles leaning over a wooden fence, a third donkey visible behind them.

Drie ezels achter een schutting

Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas, 1842