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Drawings & Sketches

75,832 works

Watercolor of a stone gateway in a Dutch town with a horse, barrels, and townspeople in the street.

Doorkijkje door een poort te Dordrecht

Johannes van Lexmond, 1819

Graphite and chalk study of clasped hands with a shirt cuff, drawn on grey-green paper.

Studie van gevouwen handen, voor het portret van mevrouw Ragazzi-van den Wall Bake

Drawing of a lion seated at a table with a dog, a cat and a small dog, beneath Dutch text and ornamental foliage.

Courtois voor koning Nobel

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a half-timbered courtyard with wooden staircases, balconies, and a figure carrying a bucket.

Courtyard, Blois

David Young Cameron

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman turning toward the viewer in an armchair, with dense cross-hatched shading behind her.

Portret van Anna Dorothea Veth-Dirks, zittend naar rechts

Blue-ink drawing of Saint Nicholas on a white horse above a city, with moon, stars, hearts and the words Sinter Claes.

Isegrim voor koning Nobel

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Pen and ink drawing of a dirt road winding past trees toward a hilltop village in Tuscany, by David Young Cameron.

A Road in Tuscany

David Young Cameron

Watercolor of a dune landscape with grassy slopes, a winding path, and trees under a pale sky.

Duinlandschap

Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1784

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a thatched farmhouse with bare and leafy trees beside a dirt path.

Boerenhuis met bomen te Delden

Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a brick gatehouse with an arched passage, tiled roof, weathervane, and garden wall with stone finials.

De poort van het kasteel Heemstede

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Watercolor of villagers skating and sledding on a frozen waterway beside a church tower and thatched cottages.

Winterlandschap

Dirk Jan van der Laan, 1780

Knielende stichter met een broederschapskap

Domenico Fiasella, 1630

Charcoal portrait drawing of a woman's head and shoulders against a dark hatched background, by Jan Veth, 1874.

Portret van mejuffrouw C.J. Veth

Portret van mejuffrouw A.C.E. Veth, zuster van de tekenaar

Pencil portrait sketch on grey paper of a woman with short hair, head and shoulders turned to the side.

Portret van Johanna Veth

Pencil sketch of farmhouses with steep roofs behind trees and a wooden fence, framed by faint guidelines on tan paper.

Huizen

Pencil drawing of houses behind walls along a tree-lined avenue, with figures walking on the road.

Huizen aan een laan in Nederlands-Indië

Willem Witsen, 1920

Study sheet with a watercolor of a sleeping cat with a red collar above, and pencil sketches of curled and reclining cats bel

Liggende kat

Pencil sketch of an ibis standing on one leg, head turned, drawn on tan paper with light framing lines.

Opgezette ibis

Watercolor of a stone castle with turrets and formal garden, with figures in period dress and a carriage crossing a bridge.

Het kasteel te Anholtz

Jan de Beijer, 1737

Oval watercolor portrait of a young man with pale curled hair, blue coat, yellow waistcoat and black cravat.

Portret van een jonge man

Pieter Gerardus van Os, 1786

Pen and wash drawing of a forest landscape with tall trees, a river in the center, and a grassy bank on the right.

Boslandschap met rechts een heuvel en in het midden water

Elias van Nijmegen, 1677

Pen and watercolor drawing of a kneeling man offering water to a standing woman beside a well, with a city and palm tree behi

Rebekka en Eliëzer aan de bron

Elias van Nijmegen, 1677

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a draped loincloth holding a staff, set against a sparse horizon line.

Staande man in lendedoek, met staf

Marius Bauer, 1877

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining hero beside a crowned woman, with a draped figure pointing toward a distant column.

Hercules op de tweesprong

Elias van Nijmegen, 1677

Charcoal sketch of a seated nude youth with lowered head against a dark hatched background.

Zittende naakte jongen

Marius Bauer, 1877

Pencil sketch of a standing robed figure beside columns, with studies of reclining figures below on cream paper.

Schetsen van een meisje met hond en badende jongens

Marius Bauer, 1877

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headcloth and patterned apron reaching toward a pitcher, by Marius Bauer, 1877.

Zittend meisje met een kruik

Marius Bauer, 1877

Pencil sketch of a girl seated in a chair by a window, head bent over her handwork, dated 1900.

Handwerkend meisje in stoel bij het raam

Pencil sketches on paper showing a cat sleeping in several curled and stretched poses, with handwritten notes at the center.

Schetsen van een poes

Marius Bauer, 1877

Charcoal drawing of an older woman in dark dress looking down while handling sewing work on green paper.

Portret van mevrouw Van Deventer-Busken Huet, handwerkend

Portret van vrouw van den Brink