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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor landscape of a lake, wooded hills, a smoking volcano and two small figures on a grassy foreground.

Landscape

William Sawrey Gilpin

Graphite drawing of a seated curly-haired man in draped robes leaning on a ledge, looking down.

St. Johannes schreibend

Franz Pforr, 1810

White silhouette of a palm frond and serrated leaf on a dark background.

Palm lead

Philipp Otto Runge

Sketch of a painter at an easel in a field with blue trees, a crouching figure, and a hatched foreground.

Sketching, Berkshire

Raymond McIntyre, 1915

White cutout vine branch with serrated leaves and curling tendrils on a black background.

Vine leaves

Philipp Otto Runge

Watercolor landscape of a cottage with brick chimneys among tall trees, with a grassy field and cloudy sky.

Landscape with trees and cottage

David Cox the elder

Pencil sketch of a wooden footbridge over a canal, with old houses, trees and a moored boat along the bank.

Gezicht op het Kattengat naar de Kostverlorenvaart bij de Hoofdweg

Anthonie van Teijn, 1927

Grey wash drawing of farmhouses and garden plots behind a canal, under a cloudy sky, with a distant windmill on the right.

Gezicht op groentetuinen achter de Van Spilbergenstraat, gezien vanuit de Willem Schoutenstraat

Anthonie van Teijn, 1927

Portret van een jonge vrouw met muts

Jean Bernard, 1795

Sketch with cows head in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wrapped headdress with his hand raised to his face, drawn loosely on cream paper.

Oude zittende vrouw

August Allebé, 1848

Pencil and red chalk study of a bearded man with tousled hair, head tilted down, on grey paper.

Figuurstudie van een man

August Allebé, 1848

Pencil sketch of a standing woman seen from behind in a long dress, one arm raised, drawn on ruled paper.

Staande vrouw, van achteren gezien

August Allebé, 1848

Vrouw met gebruiksvoorwerp in de hand

August Allebé, 1848

White silhouette of a lily plant with buds, open bell-shaped flowers and pointed leaves on a dark blue background.

Lilly

Philipp Otto Runge

Charcoal drawing of a man with tousled hair and a dark collar, turned to the side, on a grey-toned sheet.

Friedrich August Stüler

Friedrich Jentzen, 1825

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with a town, church spires, a hilltop castle and trees, from a sketchbook page dated 1826.

Wernigerode mit dem Schloss und der Brocken vom Horstberg aus

Samuel Rösel, 1826

Black silhouette drawing of an urn on a stepped altar between trees, and a birdcage beside a tree on cream paper.

Altar mit antiker Vase und Vogelkäfig zwischen zwei Baumstümpfen

Philipp Otto Runge

Pencil sketch of a castle on a wooded hill with a church spire and rooftops in the trees below, from an 1826 sketchbook.

Schloss Wernigerode mit der St. Theobaldikirche im Vordergrund

Samuel Rösel, 1826

Pencil sketch of two lobed leaves with visible veins on pale paper, inscribed with Philipp Otto Runge's name at lower left.

Zwei flüchtige Studien eines Blattes

Philipp Otto Runge, 1808

Pencil sketch of a castle on a hill above dense trees and garden foliage, drawn in a sketchbook.

Schloss Wernigerode aus dem Blumengarten gesehen

Samuel Rösel, 1826

Pen and ink drawing of a blooming iris with buds and long leaves on a pale sheet, with faint pencil studies at left.

Iris

Philipp Otto Runge, 1808

Pencil sketch of a castle courtyard with a round tower, dormer-windowed buildings, half-timbered walls and trees, dated 1826.

Der innere Hof von Schloss Wernigerode

Samuel Rösel, 1826

Pencil and ink bookplate design with EX LIBRIS and G. TAKENS lettering and sketched mythical creatures in clouds.

Ontwerptekening voor ex libris van G. Takens

Otto Verhagen, 1932

Pencil design for a circular ex libris bookplate showing an elephant and a man with a sword, with lettering around the border

Ontwerptekening voor ex libris van Lucien Delatte

Otto Verhagen, 1933

Pencil sketch of vehicles and figures on a mountain road with hills behind, on a numbered sketchbook page.

Sketch of vehicles passing on mountain road in An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Ink design for a bookplate showing an otter on a bank above a pond with fish, water lilies and reeds, with Dutch lettering.

Ontwerptekening voor ex libris van Constant Ottevanger

Otto Verhagen, 1933

Pencil drawing of a maple leaf with faint guide lines on pale blue paper, signed by Philipp Otto Runge.

Maple leaf

Philipp Otto Runge, 1808

Pencil sketch of a forest with tall trees, a rocky hill, two figures and a cart on a path.

Der Ilsenstein

Samuel Rösel, 1826

Watercolour drawing of a stone church with a crenellated tower and gothic windows, framed by a tree under a cloudy sky.

Abbey Dore, Herefordshire

Pencil sketchbook page with ornamental initials, scrollwork designs and handwritten German notes, dated 1823.

Initialen im Gitter an der Treppe in Goethes väterlichem Haus in Frankfurt am Main, u.a

Samuel Rösel, 1823

Watercolour landscape of a river bend lined with willows and gum trees, a wooden fence, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Sketchbook no. 2

William Baker, 1900