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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with a medieval tower and ruins in the foreground.

The Arch of Septimius Severus Seen from the East

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1594

Pencil sketch of a valley with trees, a thatched cottage, a wooden fence, and distant mountains and church.

Landscape with a View in a Valley

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded martyrdom scene with a central standing figure and sketched clouds above.

Martyrdom of Saint Gereon

Cornelis Schut, early 17th-mid 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of God pointing to Noah's family entering the ark, with angels and birds above a landscape.

God Summons Noah and His Family into the Ark

Joseph von Führich, 1827 (?)

Pencil study of a classical theater facade with arched windows, trees, pedestrians, and handwritten colour notes on paper.

Study of the Nationaltheater, Berlin

Eduard Gaertner, mid-19th century

Pencil portrait of a man in a cap and suspenders smoking a long pipe, with handwritten inscription below.

Portrait of Johann Anton Koch

Hieronymus Hess, ca. 1823

Graphite and white chalk study of a reclining nude man with a sketched kneeling woman above him, on tan paper.

A Nude Woman Kneeling at the side of a Reclining Man (Study for Mary Magdalen Lamenting Christ)

Julius Hübner, 1857

Pen and wash drawing of a woman at a spinning wheel with a hooded figure leaning in, in a timber-beamed interior.

Rumpelstiltskin Appearing to the Miller's Daughter

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, early 19th century

Drawing of the Entombment in a lunette shape, showing Christ on a shroud with mourners and a kneeling figure at the feet.

The Entombment

Philipp Veit, 1830

Pencil sketch studies of horses and a farrier bending to shoe a horse's hoof, on tan paper.

Studies for "Shoeing Calvary Horses at the Front" [recto]

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a rocky waterfall cascading into a pool, with trees and a mountain behind.

Swiftwater

Daniel Huntington, 1854

Watercolor sketch of a bronze faun statue from Pompeii, with a wreath in its hair, and pencil notes naming the Museo at Naple

Drunken Faun, Museo at Naples

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, 1892

Watercolor landscape of a river with rocky shoals, wooded hills, and a cluster of buildings on the far bank under soft clouds

Harpers Ferry from Below

Thomas Doughty, 1825-1827

Ink and wash design for a wall frieze with allegorical figures, scales and a sword, and a Latin inscription.

Derde ontwerp voor marmerdecoratie in de Hoge Raad te Den Haag

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1868

Silhouetportret van Abraham Hulk

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Joseph Jacops

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Christiaan Immerzeel

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Design drawing of a decorative frieze with robed figures, scales of justice, and a sword above a courtroom bench, with Dutch

Vierde ontwerp voor marmerdecoratie in de Hoge Raad te Den Haag

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1868

Silhouetportret van Kasparus Karsen

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Jean Joseph Jaquet

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van David van der Kellen

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Nicaise De Keyser

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Jan Kieft

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Petrus Kiers

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Christiaan Willem Marinus Klijn

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Hermanus I Koekkoek

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Silhouetportret van Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek

Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1819

Pen and ink caricature of a scowling man in a hat behind a tall glass labeled Petroleum, with Dutch caption text.

Minister De Graaff en de petroleum

Patricq Kroon, 1919

Caricature drawing of a man in a hat squeezing giant pincers beside a church tower, with a caption about the tax office squee

Fiscus met nijptang

Patricq Kroon, 1923

Caricature of a man in black whipping a grey donkey with an A-R Kiezer sash beside a green poster.

Colijn met de anti-revolutionaire kiezer als ezel

Patricq Kroon, 1900

Ink caricature of a ceremonial guard with halberd barring a press man with quill, in front of a city with a tall tower.

Pers niet toegelaten tot het Vredespaleis

Patricq Kroon, 1913