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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a white ruff collar and dark doublet, facing left with a serious expression.

Portrait of a Man

after Sir Anthony van Dyck Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, c. 1770

Blue wash cover design with stylized border and title lettering for a Dutch book and library journal, 1903.

Omslagontwerp voor: Tijdschrift voor boek- en bibliotheekwezen, 1903

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1903

Brown ink cover design showing a man operating a printing press, framed by decorative borders and the title Het boek in 1903.

Omslagontwerp voor: Het boek in 1903, 1903

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1903

Rijtje koppen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Brown wash drawing of women finding an infant in a basket on a riverbank, with classical buildings and clouds in the distance

The Finding of Moses

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, c. 1685/1690

Drawing of an ornate opera stage set with receding colonnades and arches, with five costumed actors standing in front.

A Stage Design for an Opera with Actors

Workshop of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 18th century

Red chalk design of a vertical panel with two sirens holding up a garlanded urn among scrolling foliage.

Design for a Decorative Panel with Two Sirens Holding a Vase Embellished with Dolphins and other Decorative Motifs

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1777

Watercolor design of an ornate neoclassical salon with coffered gilded ceiling, columns, and gilded statues holding candelabr

Décoration de sallon pour Brunoy (Design for the Interior of the Château de Brunoy)

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1781

Brown ink and wash drawing of the god Jupiter reclining on clouds with a scepter and eagle, by Ubaldo Gandolfi.

Jupiter

Ubaldo Gandolfi, c. 1758/1760

Brown chalk drawing of a reclining male nude with head tilted back and legs stretched out across the page.

An Academy Study of a Reclining Male Nude

Antoine-Joseph Guibert, c. 1850

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85

Brown wash drawing of a winged figure descending above falling, contorted bodies among clouds, on an octagonal sheet.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Palma il Giovane, c. 1585

Pastoral drawing of a shepherd and shepherdess resting under trees with sheep, a dog, and a stone ruin nearby.

A Shepherd and a Shepherdess Resting

Jean Baptiste Huet, late 18th century

Ink and wash design of a classical wall with two doors, fluted pilasters, and a central statue in a niche.

Design for a Wall with Two Doors and a Sculpture

Henri Pietre, c. 1785

Pen and wash drawing of a busy piazza with a church facade, carriages, pedestrians and dogs under a pale sky.

A View of the Piazza San Marco in Florence

Giuseppe Zocchi, c. 1740s

Pen and brown ink sketch of two seated figures at a table, one writing with a quill beside an inkwell.

Self-Portrait Writing with a Companion

Felice Giani, 1780/1786

Red chalk drawing of children and goats in a procession through trees, with a bust on a pedestal at right.

Children Parodying a Triumph of Bacchus

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1708/1709

Grey wash drawing of two mounted warriors fighting near a large tree, with a running figure in the foreground.

Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene V: The Fight Between Hector and Ajax II

George Romney, late 1780s/early 1790s

Drawing of a woman holding a lamp over a sleeping nude figure on a draped canopy bed, with a golden ewer nearby.

Cupid and Psyche

Santino Tagliafichi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a windmill with a wooden outbuilding in a flat landscape under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de Zaagmolensloot met molen Bouwlust

Frederik Willem Zürcher, 1845

Watercolor of two windmills behind wooden sheds with red roofs and a grassy bank, with a third mill in the distance.

Gezicht op de Zaagmolensloot met molens De Ruiter en Bouwlust

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1869

Grey wash drawing of a canal with rowboats, leafless trees, low houses and a bridge under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de Boerenwetering

A. Goedkoop, 1850

Pencil sketch of a corner townhouse with a mansard roof, a bare tree, and pedestrians on a receding street.

Gezicht op de Gerard Doustraat, hoek Tweede Jacob van Campenstraat

R.J. Wiersma, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a canal village with wooden houses, a chimney, paddle wheels, and rowing boats on the water.

Gezicht op de omgeving rond het Polderhuis

Johan Diderik Cornelis Veltens, 1865

Red chalk sheet with a standing trumpeter in a feathered hat and studies of hands, arms and a head.

Studies van een staande trompetter en studies van handen en armen

Abraham Bloemaert, 1624

Calligraphic Dutch manuscript page in black ink on cream paper describing a castle's halls, tapestries and armory.

Als de dood nadert, baat geen rijkdom

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1508

Pen and wash drawing of a seated nude woman with a mirror among two women, a peacock, and a garden terrace with fountain.

Allegorie op de IJdelheid

Franz Aspruck, 1606

Circular drawing in brown ink and blue wash of nude and draped allegorical figures among clouds, one pouring water.

De vier elementen

Hendrick van Balen the Elder, 1600

Pen and wash drawing of overgrown ancient brick ruins with an arched opening, trees and a dirt path.

Antieke ruïnes

Paul Bril, 1600

Grey wash drawing with red chalk of a young boy in a hat seated on a bank beneath a tree, with distant hills at left.

A Young Boy Seated Beneath a Tree

John Hoppner, c. 1790s/1810

Pencil sketch of a nun's head with closed eyes and veil, with faint watercolor washes on the garment below.

Head of a Nun

Tito Lessi, c. 1895/1896

Red chalk and black chalk sketch of a hooded friar seen from behind, with a rope belt, on a reddish-orange ground.

A Kneeling Friar in Prayer

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1620/1630