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Drawings & Sketches

76,474 works

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse with a windblown mane and a plumed rider extending one arm forward.

Rearing Horse and Rider

Antonio Tempesta, c. 1600?

Ink drawing of a standing man in a fur-trimmed ceremonial coat with embroidered braiding, with ornament and cap studies besid

Treasury. Jan III Sobieski, standing, full-length

Jan Matejko, 1850

Pencil landscape drawing of a stone arch bridge over a river, a church tower behind it, and a large tree on the right.

River Landscape with a Bridge and a Church

Thomas Gainsborough, 1781

Ink and wash drawing of a city square with stone buildings, crowds, two dogs, and women in 18th-century dress at right.

Exhibition of the youth, Dauphine square, the day of the small Fête-Dieu

Gaspard Duché de Vancy, 1780

Narrow sheet with pencil and yellow crayon design of oak-like leaves and branches, with faint arched outlines above.

Design for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil design sheet with side, rear and front views of a wooden armchair, with dimensions and a red-shaded upholstered panel.

Design of an armchair for the Żeleński family

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Wide three-panel drawing of a chaotic cavalry battle with cuirassiers, fallen horses, flags and swirling smoke.

The cuirassiers of Waterloo

James Ensor, 1891

Watercolor of a Norwegian fjord under a grey sky, with wooded hills on the left and blue mountains beyond the water.

Storm Ending, Norwegian Fijord

Muirhead Bone, c. 1896-1953

Painted study of a seated woman knitting in a red skirt beside a barefoot boy in a hat sitting on a rock.

Figur Studies from Mora in Sweden

Adolph Tidemand, 1852

Pencil sketch of a studio scene with a nude statue on a pedestal, a seated man at left and a figure drawing at right.

The model

Pencil sketch of an octagonal baptismal font with carved cross panels and a plan view with measurements.

Baptismal font from the parish church of St. Hyacinth and St. Catherine in Odrowąż

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Oil study of a leaning birch tree and dense green undergrowth beneath an overcast sky in a forest.

Forest Study from Numedal

Adolph Tidemand, 1848

Dim interior with a kneeling woman in blue beside a laundry basket, watched by men in dark coats and hats, lit by a candle.

The Discovery of Volkert in the Laundry Basket by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 179

Cornelis Troost, 1739

Charcoal drawing of a seated woman with closed eyes, dark dress and hair pinned up, by Rodolphe Wytsman, 1882.

Woman sleeping

Rodolphe Wytsman, 1882

Pencil vignette of a putto with a torch on a book, a quill and inkwell, and a ribbon reading Dla ukochanej Cioci.

Decorative vignette with a putto and a ribbon bearing a dedication

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1880

Four figures in dark dress seated in a whitewashed room with a clock, birdcage and blue plates, by Cornelis Troost.

Saartje Jans is Asked for her Hand in Marriage by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 180

Cornelis Troost, 1738

Pen and ink sketch of a man with curly hair, pointed beard and a lace ruff collar, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Gentleman

Drawing of a woman holding a candle beside a man in a tall black hat at an open doorway, with a small dog at their feet.

Reinier Adriaansz's Declaration of Love by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 181

Cornelis Troost, 1737

Genre scene of figures in a Dutch interior, with a seated woman in white, attendants, a man gesturing, and a spilled bucket.

The Discovery of Jan Claasz. by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 182

Cornelis Troost, 1738

Pen and ink sketch of a woman with head bowed, balancing a large jug on her head, in loose hatched lines.

Algerian woman with a jug

Watercolour of an elegant couple on a stoop as a street vendor with a sheep's head in a bucket gestures beside them.

Pefroen and the Sheep's Head by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 185

Cornelis Troost, 1739

Figures of saints. Treatments from the paintings of Fra Angelico

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Painted forest interior with tall pine trunks, shaded ferns and a sunlit rocky path through the undergrowth.

Forest Study

Adolph Tidemand, 1871

Drawing of an elegant 18th-century interior with men conversing and smoking by a fireplace, and a woman in a gown at left.

No one was speaking by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 186

Cornelis Troost, 1740

Torn cream paper fragment with soft vertical bands of graphite shading and faint horizontal creases.

Creeping thistle, leaves. Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pastel-style interior scene of men in dark cloaks gesturing in a room with a woman at a door and two dogs.

The Dispute between Doctors Raasbollius and Urinaal by Cornelis Troost Mauritshuis 191

Cornelis Troost, 1741

Drawing of carolers with a glowing star lantern at a house, a woman in orange holding a child at the doorway.

Singing Round the Star on Twelfth Night

Cornelis Troost, 1740

Pastel oval portrait of a young woman with curled blonde hair, wearing a green dress with a lace collar.

Portrait of Frederika Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1785

Two women and a theologian

Study of an elderly man with a beard, in profile

Julian Fałat, 1901

Oil study of a man with bowed head, wearing a red garment and white collar, against a dark background.

Farmer. Study for Low Church Devotion

Adolph Tidemand, 1847

Portrait of a Lady attributed to Johannes Anspach Mauritshuis 387

Johannes Anspach, 1767