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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse and barn along a shaded dirt path, with tall trees and a small figure walking.

Gezicht op een boerderij

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1841

Watercolor of a heraldic coat of arms with a red lion on gold, a knight's helmet, crown, swan and scroll reading van Haamsted

Wapenschild van de familie Van Haamstede

Johannes Matthijs Lion, 1866

Moonlit landscape drawing with a river, rocky banks, windblown trees, a hilltop castle and a distant town under a pale moon.

Moonlit Landscape with a River and Castle

Simon Mathurin Lantara, c. 1770/1778

Head of a Sheep

Francesco Paolo Michetti, c. 1881

Brown ink and wash drawing of a cavalry battle with soldiers on horseback, fallen figures, and a wind-blown tree at left.

The Battle of Munda

Francesco Allegrini

Red chalk drawing of a robed friar levitating in ecstasy beneath a monstrance, with two kneeling figures below.

Saint Paschal Baylon in Ecstasy

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1700

Grey wash drawing of the hilltop palace of Castel Gandolfo above terraced slopes, umbrella pines and a lake to the left.

Castel Gandolfo met links het Meer van Albano

Joseph August Knip, 1810

Watercolor drawing of the Santi Giovanni e Paolo basilica in Rome with its bell tower, apse and monastery buildings.

Basilica and Monastery of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome

Joseph August Knip, 1809

Watercolor drawing of the basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome with a bell tower, plus two leafy plant studies below.

De basiliek van Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome, met twee studies van planten

Joseph August Knip, 1809

Watercolor drawing of Roman aqueduct ruins with arches, a tiled-roof building, a stone tower and rocky foreground.

De Aqua Claudia in Rome

Joseph August Knip, 1809

Grey watercolor of the ruined Baths of Caracalla in Rome, with a hilltop tower and low buildings in the foreground.

De Thermen van Caracalla in Rome

Joseph August Knip, 1809

Pen and brown ink drawing of four overlapping bearded male heads with curly hair and draped shoulders.

Four Male Heads

Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1534

Brown ink drawing of allegorical figures crowning a bust with garlands beside classical columns and a temple.

Virtues Crowning the Bust of Canova

Michele Sangiorgi, 1812

Smelleken (Falco columbarius)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolor drawing of a brown Western Marsh Harrier with pale head perched on a branch, signed Anselmus de Boodt.

Western Marsh Harrier

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolor of an owl with ear tufts and orange eyes perched on a branch, framed on a manuscript page.

Long-eared Owl

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolor drawing of a grey owl with barred wings perched on a branch before a sketched ruined wall, from a 1596 album.

Ural owl

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Graphite and chalk drawing of a seated male nude with one arm raised overhead, gripping a chair back, on grey paper.

Seated Male Nude with Raised Right Hand

William Linnell, c. 1845/1850

Watercolor of a canal in Rotterdam lined with stepped-gable townhouses, a barge, pedestrians, and an arched bridge under a gr

Rotterdam

Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg, 1875

Watercolor fashion drawing of two women in 1880s dresses and feathered hats on a city street beside a jewelry shop window.

Two Women in Day Dresses: Preparatory drawing for a fashion plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, October 19, 1886

Waves crash against layered rocky cliffs under a hazy sky, with gulls flying over the churning sea.

South-West Point, Conanicut

William Trost Richards, 1878 / 1879

Watercolor of two women in 1875 day dresses, one in a striped gold coat and red skirt, one in blue plaid with a train, in an

Two Women in Day Dresses

Jules David, 1875

Watercolor of a colonnaded courtyard with a seated reader, a figure feeding pigeons in sunlight, and a tiled wall.

A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople

John Frederick Lewis, 1863

Pencil sketch of two women in hats watching pheasants and birds behind a wire fence in a garden with trees.

Au Jardin d'Acclimatation (In the Zoological Garden)

Félix Bracquemond, 1870s

Pencil and wash drawing of a stone staircase, arched doorway, lattice window and carved niche with figures.

Gezicht op de ingang van het Sint Elisabethsgasthuis

Jan ter Gouw, 1865

Pencil drawing of a man with a sketchbook seated before a barred window with a bird outside, by Cor van Teeseling.

Zelfportret met zijn schetsboek in de dodencel: B-1-1, 10 januari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with short hair, looking downward, with diagonal hatched background and a dated inscription.

Zelfportret: B-1-1, 30 januari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a man's head and shoulders with short swept-back hair, by Cor van Teeseling, 1942.

Zelfportret: B-1-1, 31 januari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil drawing of a young man's face seen frontally, with short combed hair, on tan paper.

Zelfportret en face: B-1-1, 10 januari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil drawing of a man's face seen frontally, with swept-back hair and a high collar, signed Cor van Teeseling, 1942.

Zelfportret en face: B-1-1, 31 januari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil sketch of a smiling man with swept-back hair on a tan sheet, signed and dated 1 February 1942.

Zelfportret: B-1-1, 1 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil drawing of a man's face and shoulders, seen frontally with a faint smile, on grey paper.

Zelfportret en face: B-1-1, 1 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942