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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and watercolor drawing of winter skaters on a frozen river beside a tower and church spires, by Hendrik Meijer, 1772.

January

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of a windmill, workers with wheelbarrows, a rowboat on a canal, and a church tower under a grey sky.

February

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen drawing of men reading newspapers and smoking in a coffee house around a round table, with top hats on the wall.

Zeitungsleser im Kaffeehaus, Karikatur

Hans Schließmann, 1900

Pen and watercolor landscape with thatched cottages, resting cows, peasants at work, and a distant church spire under a cloud

March

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of Salome holding a platter with the head of Saint John the Baptist, with a bearded man behind her.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1825/1835

Silhouetportret van Petrus Franciscus Greive

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Pencil sketch of an interior with a staircase at centre, framed by loose brown wash strokes on a blue-grey sheet.

Interieur met trap

Marius Bauer, 1890

Silhouetportret van Jan Hendrik van Grootvelt

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Adriana Johanna Haanen

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Faint pencil sketch of the Taj Mahal's central dome and arched entrance on a pale blue-grey sheet.

Taj Mahal

Marius Bauer, 1890

Pen and watercolor drawing of a church tower by a river with cows, a boat ferrying men and a cow, and a windmill.

April

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of a village street with a ruined brick tower, tiled houses, a church tower, and tall trees.

Village Landscape

Herman Saftleven, c. 1648

Zelfportret in silhouet

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a building complex with two floor plans and several architectural elevations.

Gebouwencomplex met plattegronden

Marius Bauer, 1890

Silhouetportret van George Gilles Haanen

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Two blue pencil sketches on paper: a landscape with buildings and shrubs, and an arched stone doorway.

Gebouwen in een landschap

Marius Bauer, 1890

Pencil sketches with light watercolor touches on paper showing a domed building, a landscape, and architectural study forms.

Stadsgezichten en landschappen

Marius Bauer, 1890

Loose pencil sketch of a boat hull with rigging lines on a pale sheet of paper.

Kromzwaard

Marius Bauer, 1890

Watercolor village street with a church spire, thatched cottages, market vendors, children, a dog and chickens.

May

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Drawing of a wide flat landscape with a church tower and village, seen from under trees in the foreground.

Extensive Landscape Seen from the Edge of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen, 1666

Pencil drawing of a bombed building with a torn facade, exposed interior walls, debris, and a collapsed roof.

Zerbombtes Haus (Am Hof)

Karl Wiener, 1944

Pen and watercolor drawing of a thatched farmstead with shepherds tending and shearing sheep under trees.

June

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pencil drawing of a bombed house with a collapsed roof, jutting rafters and broken windows.

Zerbombtes Haus (Ballhausplatz)

Karl Wiener, 1944

Watercolor of haymakers on a river with a haystack raft, windmill, sailing boats and a distant church tower.

The Twelve Months

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pencil drawing of a bombed house interior with collapsed wall, rubble, a wall clock and a chair, signed and dated 1944.

Zerbombtes Haus (Teil des George Washington-Hofes, 10. Bez.)

Karl Wiener, 1944

Pen and watercolor drawing of a windmill, harvest workers, sheaves of grain and a castle under a cloudy sky.

August

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of figures harvesting fruit beside a river, with a rowboat and sailing boat nearby.

September

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor landscape of a grape harvest with figures resting by a barrel, a river, sailboat, and distant town.

October

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor village scene with a church steeple, thatched cottages, butchered pigs and villagers in the foreground.

November

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of a windmill, church tower, and villagers with a horse cart and firewood.

December

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Brown ink drawing of a seated mother holding a child, a man behind her, and a grazing horse in a landscape.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Watercolor of a village in rolling countryside under a gilded coat of arms, framed by painted tulips and bulbs.

Le Villaige de Monceaulx

Adrien Montigny, c. 1597