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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and pencil collage of twelve ornamental designs: heraldic shields, capitals, initials, arabesques, and a Madonna and Chil

Twelve ornamental designs for the decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Design drawing of two painted panels, one red with cross and fleur-de-lis medallions, one blue with a gold lattice pattern.

Design for the painted decoration of panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Tamping His Caliver

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1597

Pen and wash drawing of mourners gesturing in the foreground and Christ carrying the cross up a hill in the distance.

The Virgin, the Holy Women, and Saints John, James and Joseph of Arimathea, with Christ on the Way to Calvary

Antonio Carracci, n.d.

Architectural elevation drawing of a decorated wall with a dove and cross medallion, arched doorway, and draped curtains.

Elevation of a wall decorated with the dove of the holy ghost

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen drawing of an architectural wall elevation with a decorated arch, columns, drapery swags and a patterned frieze.

Elevation of a wall design, possibly for a chapel

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor of two people in a small sailboat on a misty river beside autumn trees and a grassy bank.

Beverly N.J.

Thomas Moran, 1880/89

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-arched altar with painted walls, star-patterned blue panels and a Sancta Caecilia inscriptio

Elevation of a design for an altar and painted wall decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorated interior wall with wood panels, arched bays, painted pilasters and gilded stars.

Design for the decoration of wall with wood panels and arched bays

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a young woman hurrying past a pedestal with a Cupid statue in a garden with trees.

Sacrifice to Love

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1766

Pencil sketch of two seated women in hats and a faint third figure, with guide lines, on tan paper.

Madame Lisle and Madame Loubens

Edgar Degas, 1869/72

Pencil sketch sheet with a standing satyr-like figure on the left and a crouching shaggy animal on the right.

Studieblad met twee saters

Moses ter Borch, 1656

Pencil sketch of a robed standing saint with a star emblem holding a lily branch, on pale paper.

Heilige Dominicus Guzman

Moses ter Borch, 1656

Zittende boer met flambard op, in profiel

Moses ter Borch, 1656

Black and white chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a young woman in a headscarf looking directly at the viewer.

Hoofd van een jonge vrouw met een hoofddoek

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Pen and red chalk sheet of figure studies, including a seated draped man, a standing nude, and foreshortened figures.

Figures from the Farnese Palace and from Life

Gaspar van Wittel after Annibale Carracci, c. 1710

Chalk drawing of a young woman's head with curly hair and downcast eyes, by Moses ter Borch, 1660.

Hoofd van een jonge vrouw met krullend haar

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a woman in a headscarf, her eyes lowered, shown in a head and shoulders view.

Hoofd van een vrouw met een hoofddoek, naar beneden kijkend

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Charcoal head study on blue paper of a young boy wearing a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar, by Moses ter Borch.

Hoofd van een jongen met een grote hoed op

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Hoofd van een oude man, in profiel

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Zittende oude vrouw, in profiel

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Grey wash drawing of a man in a hat standing beside a saddled horse, with a cow's head and jug in the foreground.

Man staand naast twee paarden

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Grey wash drawing of a shepherd with goats, sheep and a pig, while an angel appears in clouds above.

Verkondiging aan de herders

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Faint pencil sketch of shepherds and sheep in a landscape with trees, with handwritten inscriptions in blue ink.

Schets voor Verkondiging aan de herders

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Grey wash drawing of a soldier in armor placing a crown of thorns on a seated robed man, with a staff-holding onlooker.

Christus met doornen gekroond

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Pencil drawing of an ornate scrolled border framing a Dutch dedication text and coat of arms, dated 1924.

Ontwerp voor een tekstkader voor het Gedenkboek Hilversum 1424-1924

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1924

Pencil drawing of a heraldic shield with four leaf motifs framed by curling floral scrollwork on tan paper.

Wapen van Hilversum met bloemornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1924

Pencil design study of two corner ornaments with curling tendrils and stylized floral scrolls on tan paper.

Bloemornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Painted initial showing the Annunciation: an angel with a lily and Mary at a lectern under a dove, in a gold and red border.

The Annunciation in a Historiated Initial "M" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 15th century

Sepia sketch of a domed mosque with slender minarets rising above wooden houses and a cobbled street in Constantinople.

View of Constantinople

Possibly David Roberts, 1840/45

Pencil drawing of a woman handing bread to a crowd and a beggar on a cobbled town street, with a Dutch inscription below.

Het kleden van de naakten

Bernardus Gerardus ten Berge, 1845

Watercolor of a canal with a large sailing barge, smaller boats, a factory chimney with smoke, and a windmill beyond.

Gracht met schepen

Charles Dankmeijer, 1871