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Drawings & Sketches

75,482 works

Botanical study sheet with sunflowers, snowberries, blackthorn, crocus and coltsfoot rendered in watercolour and pencil.

Studieblad met zonnebloemen, sneeuwbes en sleedoorn

Theo Nieuwenhuis, 1895

Grey ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with small figures on a rocky hilltop and a distant mountain.

View of the Fort of Peteter

William Hodges, 1781

Dark grey silhouette drawing of an ox, a standing human figure with outstretched arms, and a smaller animal on pale paper.

Copies after San rock-paintings of an ox, a baboon, and a man

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pencil sketch of a church interior with a pulpit, pews, hanging banners and an arched doorway on the right.

Interieur van de Geertekerk te Utrecht

Johannes Bosboom, 1827

Diverse schetsen van een zittende figuur

August Allebé, 1848

Vrouwenhoofd met meeuwen, paarden en bloemen

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a landscape with hills, a village of low buildings, trees, and distant mountains.

Landschap bij Algiers

Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, 1876

Grey wash drawing of a fort's east end with arched gateway, domed towers, a stone bridge, and figures on grassy slopes.

The East End of the Fort of Mongheer

William Hodges, 1732

Pencil drawing of a spotted cat curled on a cushion on a stool, head turned to the right.

Liggende kat, op een kussen, naar links

Jean Bernard, 1828

Pencil study sheet with women carrying vessels, a donkey, a temple, horse heads and a horse with rider.

Studieblad met vrouwen en een ezel bij een tempel en vier paarden

Leo Gestel, 1891

Loose watercolor of a dark figure above a large blue fish head with an eye, on a warm brown and red ground.

Vis en plant

Willem Witsen, 1870

Pencil drawing of an interior wall design with pilasters, a putto head, garlands and an oval medallion with a landscape.

Ontwerp voor kamerversiering met een paneel met een medaillon met een gebouw

Abraham Meertens, 1767

Pencil sketch of a draped female figure pouring water from a jug into a bowl, with a halo and framing lines.

Ontwerp voor wandschildering in de Beurs van Berlage: De Matigheid

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Sunset view of a calm bay with two men in a canoe, sailboats, green hills and distant mountain islands.

William Hodges, View of the Province of Oparree (Pare), Island of Otaheite, with part of the Island of Eimeo (Moorea)

Painting of a wooded rocky headland above calm harbour water, with small canoes and hazy mountains under a cloudy sky.

William Hodges, View of part of Owharre (Fare) Harbour, Island of Huahine, 1773

William Hodges, 1773

Pencil drawing of a standing young bull facing left, with a chain around its neck, on a plain background.

Staande jonge stier, naar links

Jean Bernard, 1775

Ink line drawing of two horses, two women and a man among stylized plants and wavy water, on beige paper.

Landschap met een man, twee vrouwen en paarden

Leo Gestel, 1891

Watercolor of a seated woman in a headwrap and green skirt holding a clay jug on stone steps.

Vrouw in koto misi

Jacob Marius Adriaan Martini van Geffen, 1850

Schetsen van een meisje

Pencil and brown wash portrait drawing of a stern man wearing a cap and high collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

De Hengstenleider

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878

Symmetrical ochre and grey decorative carpet design with stepped zigzags and stylized foliage on gridded paper.

Decoratief ornament met vier leeuwen met twee koppen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pen drawing divided into two panels showing chickens, a rooster, a flying bird and chicks in landscapes with trees and a farm

Ontwerp voor een kamerversiering: twee panelen met vogels

Abraham Meertens, 1767

Watercolor design of a double heraldic alliance coat of arms with dog and unicorn supporters and motto banner.

Ontwerp (3) voor alliantiewapen

Jan Brandes, 1743

Charcoal sketch of two ducks, one in front and one partly behind, resting on a loosely drawn ground.

Twee eenden

Theo van Hoytema, 1873

Pencil design of a standing young man in a belted tunic holding a curling banderol, by Antoon Derkinderen.

Ontwerp voor wandschildering in de Beurs van Berlage: staande jonge man met banderol

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Watercolor of children and adults around a beached fishing boat on a wet beach, with sailing ships on the sea.

Vissersschuit, omgeven door kinderen, op het strand van Scheveningen

Johan Antoni de Jonge, 1874

Pencil drawing of Christ carrying the cross with a helmeted soldier, Christ's head marked by an orange halo and crown of thor

Kruisdraging

Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1891

Pen drawing of a Haarlem courtyard with brick houses, a large tree, a stone pump and a figure at a doorway.

Hofje van Loo in Haarlem

Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp, 1898

Watercolor of a huge overhanging boulder above a small shelter with seated figures, stone steps, trees and hills.

Fort of Krishnaghirry

Pale watercolor of Chinese junks and rowboats in a misty river harbor, with a tree-covered fort island at right.

Boats Dutch Folly Fort-ca1785-Thomas Daniell

Thomas Daniell, 1785

Ink silhouette sketch of a reclining figure on a sofa beside a teapot with rising steam, on pale paper.

Ontwerp voor illustratie voor In Holland staat een huis: silhouet van de familie en de meid die vertrekt

Nelly Bodenheim, 1884

Pencil sketch of several bent peasant figures working in a field among grass, drawn in loose contour lines.

Boeren werken op het land

Leo Gestel, 1891