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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pastel watercolor of women and children working pasta dough at a long table in a workshop, with a clay jug on the floor.

Bereiden van de macaroni te Trapani

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pen and watercolour drawing of a salt mill worked by a mule, with two men in blue clothing beside an open doorway.

Zoutmolen bij het havenhoofd van Trapani

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pen and wash drawing of several women in traditional dark headscarves and long skirts, standing together in conversation.

Klederdrachten van het eiland Ghozo

Louis Ducros, 1778

Watercolor of a musician playing a lute beside a kneeling man leaning on a ship railing over the sea.

Personen aan boord van het schip l'Heureuse Marianne

Louis Ducros, 1778

Watercolor of barefoot men in white shirts and caps, two dancing with raised arms while others sit and watch on a bench.

Dansende maltezer matrozen

Louis Ducros, 1778

Zoon van kapitein Erié met viool

Louis Ducros, 1778

Watercolor drawing of a standing woman in traditional dress with yellow headdress, white gown and purple coat, one arm outstr

Dame in klederdracht uit Smyrna gezien door het reisgezelschap op Malta

Louis Ducros, 1778

Circular ink and wash drawing of a ruined thatched farmhouse, a bare tree, and two men with a dog in a rural landscape.

Vervallen boerenwoning met een tekenaar

Aarnout ter Himpel, 1644

Pen sketch of clouds, putti, a sun chariot and seated gods arranged across a celestial composition on pale paper.

Tierkreis mit Jupiter und Merkur, vor denen ein Fürst sitzt, rechts unten Phoebus auf dem Sonnenwagen, links oben der…

Brown wash drawing of ruined towers and an arched gateway in an open field, with bare trees and small figures in the foregrou

Ruïne van Brederode

Aarnout ter Himpel, 1644

Grey ink and wash drawing of a brick church with a steeple, trees, and a stone archway under stormy clouds.

Kerk te Materborn

Aarnout ter Himpel, 1654

Brown ink landscape drawing of large trees above a thatched cottage, two figures on a path, and a distant church tower.

Landschap met een huis tussen bomen

Aarnout ter Himpel, 1644

Grey wash drawing of a flat landscape with a thatched inn under large trees, figures, a ditch, and a distant village.

Landschap met een herberg bij een slootje

Aarnout ter Himpel, 1644

Watercolor of a white hen with four chicks on the ground and two swallows flying above, dated 1646.

Twee zwaluwen en een hen met vier kuikens

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1646

Pencil sketch of a bird in flight with spread wings, with a faint second bird sketched in the upper left corner.

Vliegende vogel

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1646

Watercolor of a hawfinch with a large pale bill perched on a mossy branch beside a small leafy twig.

Appelvink

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600

Watercolor study of six beetles labeled a to f, including a large black long-horned beetle and iridescent green and purple be

Blad met zes kevers

Pieter Holsteyn, 1620

Grey wash drawing of a white mute swan with a raised wing and neck curved back, with a red bill and dark legs.

Witte tamme zwaan

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1646

Brown ink and wash drawing of several studies of nude male figures in dynamic poses, with sketched angels above.

Studien zu einem sitzenden Propheten oder Evangelisten und zu Engeln

Taddeo Zuccari, 1550

Pen and brown wash sketch of a seated bearded prophet, an angel, a reclining figure and a foot study on one sheet.

Studien zu einem sitzenden Propheten oder Evangelisten mit aufgeschlagenem Buch, zu einem Engel und Fußstudie

Taddeo Zuccari, 1550

Watercolor of a yellow and olive songbird perched on a branch beside a leafy twig, above a grassy ground.

Wilde kanarie

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600

Watercolor of a bullfinch with black cap and rosy breast perched on a branch beside green leaves.

Goudvink

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600

Watercolor drawing of a small duck with chestnut head and white eye stripe standing on mossy ground.

Zomertaling

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600

Watercolor of a lapwing bird with a black crest and green back standing on a grassy mound.

Kievit

Pieter Holsteyn, 1600

Black and red chalk drawing of a seated veiled woman in flowing robes holding a small shrine aloft.

The religion

Giuseppe Cesari, 1585

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman on a cloud holding an oval canvas, with a winged putto painting beside her.

Titelblatt: Frauengestalt auf einer Wolke mit einem malenden Amor

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1754

Red chalk sketch of a man in loose clothing leaning forward to pull an oar, seated on rocky ground.

Rower

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

Red chalk sketch of a reclining woman in a headscarf and drapery, resting her arm on a rectangular pedestal.

Resting lady

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1766

Pen and grey wash drawing of figures gesturing upward in a classical city with columns and a sun breaking through clouds.

Sitzende Heilige, mit ausgebreiteten Armen zum Himmel blickend, in den Mauern einer Stadt

Christian Winck

Pencil sketch of a veiled Madonna gently embracing the infant Christ, who rests his head against her cheek.

Madonna with child

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing woman in flowing robes holding a staff, on gray paper, with sketches at left.

Juno (?)

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Pencil drawing of a grave monument with a cross bearing a central monogram medallion on a stepped pedestal.

Grave Monument with Cross, No. 731

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80