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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Charcoal sketch of a horse with its head turned left, carrying a rider seen from behind.

Horse and Rider

Edgar Degas, c. 1878

Self-Portrait

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928

Watercolor street scene of a large multi-storey theater building with carriages, pedestrians and trees in the foreground.

Theater an der Wien

Jakob Alt, 1816

Loose ink and crayon drawing of a seated nude figure in a bath, with bright yellow, orange, green and blue strokes.

Erna Bathing in a Tub

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913/1914

Pen drawing of an imagined city with a classical stone bridge, columned palaces, a loggia, and a ship's masts behind.

A Capriccio of Palaces and a Loggia Facing a Classical Bridge

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1765

Pencil sketch of the god Apollo standing on a rock, holding a lyre and gazing upward, with a draped cloth.

Theatervorhangentwurf - Apollo mit der Leier

Heinrich Füger, 1791

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical feast with a nude woman, satyrs, putti and a fountain in an arched niche.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Freezes

Johann Matthias Kager, 1590s

Brown wash drawing of the Flagellation of Christ with scourgers, demons, and angels above in an arched frame.

The Flagellation of Christ

Claudio Ridolfi, 1619

Watercolor and pencil landscape of a twin-peaked volcano with smoke rising, under cloudy sky, with sketched town and trees be

Panoramic Views of Vesuvius and Monte Pellegrino

Carl Rottmann, 1827

Watercolor trompe l'oeil of folded papers, playing cards, drawing tools, a garden plan, and a flower urn on a ruled ground.

Trompe l'oeil

Giuseppe Voltolini, 1846

Pen and ink drawing of a vertical grotesque panel with an urn, acanthus scrolls, and a satyr figure at the base.

Grotesque with a Satyr

Unknown artist

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dense forest with gnarled trees and undergrowth, signed Dick Ket 1927.

Boslandschap

Watercolor drawing of a brick Gothic church beside a tree-lined cobbled street, with two figures walking toward houses under

De kerk te Rhenen

Daniël Kerkhoff, 1813

Brown wash drawing of mourners around a draped body in a classical mausoleum with arches, columns and torches.

Antieke begrafenisscène in een mausoleum

Luigi Ademollo, 1795

Watercolor of a sunlit Amsterdam courtyard with a tree, wooden gate, and a woman washing at a basin.

Binnenplaats van een hofje te Amsterdam

Daniël Kerkhoff, 1814

Watercolor of farmhouses beside a canal with a rowing boat, trees and a cloudy sky behind.

Huizen aan een vaart

Daniël Kerkhoff, 1776

Watercolor caricature of ragged musicians playing on a stormy shore while a uniformed figure with a bundle of sticks walks pa

Spotprent op de terugtocht van Napoleon I Bonaparte uit Rusland

Jacob Smies, 1812

Watercolor of Paramaribo with a colonial building, wooden houses, cattle at the riverbank, and small boats on the water.

Gezicht op Paramaribo

Johan Antonie Kaldenbach, 1770

Grey wash battle scene of mounted officers and firing infantry in smoke, with fallen soldiers on the ground, dated 1815.

Kroonprins Willem Frederik George Lodewijk bij de Slag bij Waterloo en Fleurus

Jan Kamphuijsen, 1815

Grey wash drawing of cows, a horseman and a woman with buckets in a flat meadow beneath cumulus clouds.

Landschap met koeien, een man te paard en een vrouw

Gillis Smak Gregoor, 1780

Watercolor design of Neptune on a shell chariot with tritons, cherubs and sea creatures above a painted blue paneled wall.

Design for a Wall Decoration with Neptune and His Retinue

Rienk Keyert, 1751

Pen and grey wash drawing of a fortified gate with towers, a low house and a stone bridge under a cloudy sky.

De poort aan de Lek te Vianen in 1607

Jacobus Stellingwerff, 1670

Study sheet of ducks above brambles, thistles, ferns and wild plants, in pencil and watercolor on cream paper.

Studieblad met planten en watervogels

Joseph August Knip, 1806

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Groenewoude manor house with gabled roofs, a moat, a footbridge and framing trees.

Het kasteel Groenewoude bij Woudenberg, in 1382

Jacobus Stellingwerff, 1670

Sheet of pen and ink studies showing a rearing horse, a male torso, several heads, and a draped standing figure.

Sheet of Studies

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Watercolor of a rugged Italian mountain landscape with terraced fields, farm buildings, and a white tower on a hillside.

Italiaans landschap bij Subiaco

Joseph August Knip, 1787

Grey wash drawing of a hillside landscape with terraced fields and a hilltop building above stone houses near Tivoli.

Landschap en enkele huizen bij Tivoli

Joseph August Knip, 1787

Pen and grey wash drawing of a moated manor house with stepped gables, a footbridge and trees framing the scene.

Het kasteel Groenewoude bij Woudenberg (?)

Jacobus Stellingwerff, 1670

Watercolor design for a book binding with a gilded crucifix in an oval frame on a red ground.

Ontwerp voor het beslag van een boekband, met Christus aan het kruis

François-Isaac Bertrand, 1815

Pencil sketch of a columned temple with pediment seen through trees, with people sitting on benches in a park.

Theseustempel

Rudolf von Alt, 1850

Red chalk drawing of a walled town with a tower and cypress trees beside a winding path under a cloudy sky.

An Italian Walled Town Seen through Trees

François Lemoyne, c. 1724

Pen drawing of robed men beneath arches, one bending to offer a coin, with a figure looking from a window at right.

Peter Paying the Temple Tax

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1820/1821