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Drawings & Sketches

75,832 works

Charcoal and white chalk portrait of a balding man with lowered eyes, turned to the right, on tan paper.

Portret van een onbekende man

Leo Gestel, 1929

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in a knit cap and long coat, holding a white sack on a wooden bench.

Zittende man met een zak

Pieter van Loon, 1811

Pen sketch of a group of standing figures in long robes beside a rough landscape with hills and swirling clouds.

Studie van een groep mensen

August Allebé, 1848

Pencil design sketch of a mirror, bench and armchair with handwritten measurements on tracing paper.

Ontwerp voor een meubel met spiegel, een bank en een stoel

Gust van de Wall Perné, 1887

Pastel drawing of a rocky headland with orange highlights beside a turquoise sea, framed by pale light on a dark grey ground.

High Point

Arthur Bowen Davies

Watercolor bookplate design with a central shield reading Ex Libris J. Kouwer Bussum, surrounded by wavy colored bands and go

Ontwerp voor ex libris van ingenieur J. Kouwer te Bussum

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Brown ink drawing of a ruined building with a tower and a large tree in a flat landscape under a sky with birds.

Landschap met ruïne

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Portret van dr. W.J. Leyds

Monochrome drawing of a winding road lined with trees through rolling countryside, with a large building on the distant hill.

A Road in France

Arthur Bowen Davies

Eight black panels with white animal figures: a hedgehog, ducks, rabbits and a pig, on a tan mount.

Twee jonge eenden

Julie de Graag, 1887

Pastel drawing of a sailboat near a rocky island with a lighthouse, set in choppy blue-grey water.

Bear Island Light

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pencil study sheet with reclining and standing nudes, satyrs, and sketches of birds, deer, a peacock, and monkeys.

Studieblad met satyrs, naakten en diverse dieren

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pastel drawing of a dense blue-green thicket of trees under a grey sky with scattered white clouds.

Blue Thicket

Arthur Bowen Davies

Grey wash drawing of a bird on a branch by a tree, with a helmet, spear and scrolls below in a framed panel.

Ontwerp voor een kamerversiering: een paneel met vogels

Abraham Meertens, 1767

Charcoal drawing of a sailboat tilting in rough waves beside dark rocks under a cloudy sky.

Boat in Distress

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pen drawing of a manor house across a canal, with a rowboat of figures in front and trees and a garden at right.

Huis Britrust te Alphen aan den Rijn

Cornelis Pronk, 1701

Faint charcoal drawing of a sailboat with a tall sail on misty water, with a smaller boat in the distance at right.

Boats at Evening

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pastel drawing of dark boats on a blue-green sea at dusk, with a sailboat and steamship silhouetted near the horizon.

Boats at Night

Arthur Bowen Davies

Design drawings for a decorative plate with a crown and monogram, pencil sketches above and a finished black-and-gold roundel

Ontwerp voor een bord met kroon en monogram

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Monochrome sketch of a leafy tree on the left and a flat, open landscape with a distant shoreline on the right.

Chinese Landscape

Arthur Bowen Davies

Charcoal drawing of dark cliffs with white waves breaking against rocks under a pale sky.

Cliffs and Waves

Arthur Bowen Davies

Watercolor of about eleven nude women in loose groups, some reclining on yellow-green ground, others seated or standing in pr

Eleven Nudes

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pencil study sheet with sketches of a winged horse, a mare and foal, a fish, a leaping stag, and a bird with spread wings.

Pegasus, paard met veulen, vis, hert en een meeuw

Leo Gestel, 1891

Monochrome sketch of tents, horses and figures on an open field beside trees under a cloudy sky.

Fair Grounds

Arthur Bowen Davies

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with curly hair and one arm raised, on grey paper.

Girl

Arthur Bowen Davies

Loose graphite sketch of a seated woman with flowing hair, surrounded by faint figures and sweeping lines.

Schets van een vrouw met vlinders

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Charcoal sketch of a dark hill topped with trees and faint buildings, under a swirling cloudy sky.

Hill Town

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pastel landscape of a house on a hillside under a dark sky with pale clouds and a band of blue water.

House on Hillside

Arthur Bowen Davies

Monochrome sketch of two dark island forms in water under a pale sky, with a hill at the left edge.

Islands of Victories

Arthur Bowen Davies

Monochrome watercolor landscape of trees framing a misty clearing above rocky shoreline with dark foliage in the foreground.

Landscape

Arthur Bowen Davies

Grey toned drawing of a large white cumulus cloud above a dark treeline and open field.

Landscape with Clouds

Arthur Bowen Davies

Watercolor of white cows grazing in a green meadow under a lavender sky with clouds and a tree at right.

Landscape with Cows

Arthur Bowen Davies