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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen drawing of a policeman and priest as marionettes above a crowd of men with raised hands.

Politieman en pastoor als marionetten

Jan de Waardt, 1875

Charcoal drawing of an older man in a coat and scarf walking with a young boy across a flat field under a cloudy sky.

Buiten Amsterdam

Jan de Waardt, 1898

Charcoal sketch of four figures gathered under a market stall awning on a cobblestone street, with a broom on the canopy.

Figuren voor een stalletje

Jan de Waardt, 1875

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in a cap and coat seated on a chair, with a second figure and framed pictures behind him.

Man op stoel

Jan de Waardt, 1875

Mansfiguur

Jan de Waardt, 1875

Loose watercolor and pencil sketch of several men in period costume, one in a green doublet and cap, one bending forward.

Probable study for "The Bowling Green," illustration to poems from: New Amsterdam, 1655

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a young girl in a short dress standing with one hand on her hip and one arm raised.

Study for Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1893

Grey ink drawing of a cloaked figure of Liberty raising a sword on a globe as an eagle flies toward her.

Figure of Liberty Standing on Globe with Eagle (recto); Conestoga Wagon in Landscape (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a man in cap and striped trousers sawing a log on a sawhorse beside stacked logs and a street grate.

The Wood Sawer

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and ink sketch of three figures in a dim room, an older bearded man leaning over two seated younger men beside a basket.

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and the Baker

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Pen and ink drawing of Christ reaching toward a kneeling leper while two onlookers stand at right.

Christ Healing a Leper

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Pen and ink drawing of figures in a courtyard, a man embracing a younger figure while women in headscarves look on.

Tobias and the Angel Taking Leave of Raguel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of a shepherd with a staff beside cattle and sheep, with a faint angel sketched in the sky above.

De verkondiging aan de herders

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Pen and ink wash drawing of a woman raising a hammer over a sleeping man beside a tent peg and couch.

Jael Killing Sisera

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Pen and brown ink sketch of five studies of a man's head wearing a turban, drawn on pale paper.

Five Studies of Haman’s Head

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Lopende man met hoge muts

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Pencil sketch of a canal with gabled houses on the left, an arched bridge, and trees on the right, with reflections in the wa

Gezicht op de Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1647

Pen and wash sketch of a woman in a cap holding a small child, with a horse's head sketched at the left.

Vrouw met een plassend kind

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Pen and brown ink sketch of a tree-lined road receding across flat countryside with wooden posts in the foreground.

Gezicht op de Amstelveenseweg buiten Amsterdam

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman reclining against a large pillow, head resting on her arm.

Naakte vrouw liggend tegen een kussen

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661

Liggende leeuw

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660

Pen and wash drawing of a nude woman with a head wrap seated on a stool against a shadowed wall.

Nude Woman Seated by a Stove

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing nude woman with arms raised behind her head, with a smaller sketch beside her.

Study for the Figure of Venus

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Painting of the gray battleship USS Indiana at sea under a pastel sunset, smoke rising from two funnels, American flag at ste

U.S.S. Indiana off Santiago, Cuba, 1898, Spanish American War, 1898

Oil study of a seated male nude with one arm raised, resting on a green drape against a dark background.

Male Nude Study

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1877

Watercolor of four numbered soldiers in 18th-century uniforms with muskets, beside a handwritten list of their regiments.

Uniformen van Mecklenburg en Waldeck

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of a mounted hussar in black braided jacket and plumed shako riding a grey horse, with handwritten caption on faci

Uniform van een huzaar van Van Eeker

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of five soldiers in blue coats, red sashes and plumed shakos beside a handwritten list of uniform types.

Verschillende uniformen

S.G. Casten, 1795

Six soldiers in colourful 1795 uniforms with plumed hats, painted in watercolor on a numbered sketchbook page with handwritte

Zes verschillende uniformen

S.G. Casten, 1795

Six numbered soldiers in blue uniforms with red plumed shakos, beside a handwritten Dutch list identifying each figure.

Verschillende uniformen van Engelse Rangers

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor sketch of four British grenadiers and musketeers in red coats and white breeches holding muskets.

Uniformen van Engelse grenadiers en musketiers

S.G. Casten, 1795

Watercolor of a mounted Dutch carabinier in blue and white uniform holding a carbine, with a handwritten caption on the left

Uniform van een Hollandse karabinier

S.G. Casten, 1795