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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil sketch of cavalry officers on horseback, one raising a sword, with infantry and riders in a battle scene.

Detail uit het schilderij De Slag bij Waterloo

Jan Willem Pieneman, 1789

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with closed eyes and head tilted, hands resting in her lap, on tan paper.

Seated Tahitian Woman (related to the painting Te faaturuma [Reverie])

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Pencil study of a chaotic cavalry battle with mounted soldiers, rearing horses, and fallen figures.

Studie voor De Slag bij Waterloo

Jan Willem Pieneman, 1824

Watercolor landscape of herders, sheep and goats at a stone trough beneath a large tree, with wooded hills behind.

Landschap met herders bij een waterplaats

Jan Willem Pieneman, 1789

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a straining nude figure carrying a huge dotted die on a rocky shore.

The Die, also called the Weight of Passions

Odilon Redon, 1878/82

Pencil drawing of a flooded dike breach under stormy skies, with bent trees, leaning poles and distant farmhouses.

Doorbraak van de Westervoortsche dijk in den nacht van 5-6 maart 1855 Arnhem, uit het Felpsbroek te zien

Jacobus Pelgrom, 1821

Watercolor of willow trees leaning over a pond with reeds and water lilies under a hazy sky.

Wilgen aan de oever van een plas

Geo Poggenbeek, 1863

Watercolor of sheep grazing in snow near bare trees and a fence, with a distant town and windmill under a grey sky.

Schapen in de sneeuw

Geo Poggenbeek, 1878

Brown stoneware pot with applied medallions and handles, drawn in brown wash against a pale tan background.

Keuls potje tegen lichte achtergrond

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Watercolor of women fishing by a stream under a tree, with children and a stone well, in a hazy hilly landscape.

Groepje hengelende Italiaanse vrouwen

Karel Frans Philippeau, 1835

Pencil drawing of a veiled woman kneeling by a rocky hill under a leaning bare tree, with a distant town and birds.

Woman Kneeling

Odilon Redon, c. 1868

Architectural elevation drawing of a classical facade with pediment, columns and tall windows, titled Lyceum of Natural Histo

Lyceum of Natural History, New York (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Black chalk sketch of a mother with two small children in a cluttered domestic interior with a dog and hanging pots.

Domestic Scene: Mother with Two Small Children before a Mantelpiece

François Boucher, n.d.

Loose oil sketch of two robed figures on a tan background, one in white veil and one in dark blue robe.

Study of Two Bedouins

John Singer Sargent, 1905-6

Graphite drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders, gazing directly forward, on grey-toned paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, ca. 1820-25

Miniature painting of a woman raising a stick toward a blue child beside spilled pots and butter, with a palace pavilion at l

Yashoda Chastises Her Foster Son, the Youthful Krishna, page from a manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Pencil sketch of a butterfly with shaded wings and curled antennae on cream paper, with a short curved line above.

Butterfly

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1890

Pen and brown ink sketch of a girl's head framed by dark hatched strokes on a pale sheet.

Head of a Girl

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1882

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, leaning on a ledge, with an 1784 prize inscription.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (3e prijs 1784)

Mijnderd Doornbosch, 1784

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude viewed from behind, leaning on a stone block, with inscriptions at upper left.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (1e prijs 1785)

Jan Bulthuis, 1785

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, on a stone block.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (2e prijs 1785)

Hendrik Voogd, 1785

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude resting on a stone block, head bowed, one knee drawn up.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (1e prijs 1786)

Willem de Jong, 1786

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, resting on a stone block, by Hendrik de Flines, 1785.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (3e prijs 1785)

Hendrik de Flines, 1785

Pencil drawing of a standing male nude seen from the front, head tilted, arms behind his back, with an inscription at upper l

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (2e prijs 1786)

Thomas van der Beek, 1786

Drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, turning his head, with a draped cloth beneath him on grey paper.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (2e prijs 1786)

Geerlig Grijpmoed, 1786

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a pedestal, seen from the side, with handwritten inscription above.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van opzij gezien

Mijnderd Doornbosch, 1786

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, leaning on a fluted pedestal, with a handwritten inscription.

Staand mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (3e prijs 1786)

Bartholomeus Ziesenis, 1786

Pencil drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, leaning forward with one foot on a low block, by Hendrik Voogd, 1787

Staand mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (1e prijs 1787)

Hendrik Voogd, 1787

Drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, resting on a stone pedestal, by Hendrik de Flines.

Zittend mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien (2e prijs 1787)

Hendrik de Flines, 1787

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude, one leg raised on a stone block, arm extended outward.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien

Bartholomeus Ziesenis, 1787

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a ledge, head resting on one hand, by Johannes Ziesenis, 1787.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (3e prijs 1787)

Johannes Ziesenis, 1787

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from the side, hand raised to his face, with a handwritten inscription at upper

Zittend mannelijk naakt, van opzij gezien (1e prijs 1788)

Bartholomeus Ziesenis, 1788