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Drawings & Sketches

77,595 works

Pencil drawing of a standing cow with curved horns, facing left, with light grass strokes beneath its hooves.

Staande koe, naar links

Jean Bernard, 1828

Pencil drawing of a church tower with a domed cupola beside a nave, a small hut and two figures in front, and sailboats on th

De kerk van Katwijk

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1834

Pencil design of a stork flying beside a vertical Dutch inscription, with an open book and crossed swords at right.

Ontwerp voor wandschildering in de Beurs van Berlage: embleem met spreuk van P. C. Hooft

Antoon Derkinderen, 1869

Charcoal sketch on grey paper of a seated older man with crossed arms against a dark hatched background.

Portret van Frederik W. van Eeden

Pencil sketch of women, girls and a small child in loose studies, one seated woman in a red bodice at upper right.

Schetsen van vrouwen en meisjes op het strand

Johan Antoni de Jonge, 1874

Portret van P. Visser, profiel naar rechts (afgesneden)

Pencil design for a title page showing a lion surrounded by animals, lettering reading Dit is het boek van den Vos Reinaerde,

Ontwerp voor Titelblad van: Van den Vos Reinaerde, De bijeenkomst der dieren voor Koning Nobel

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Grey wash sketches of Ceylonese figures: a seated musician with a stringed instrument, a crouching beggar, and a standing wom

Volkstypen op Ceylon

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman with bare feet, leaning forward, with light blue pencil strokes behind her.

Schets van een zittende vrouw

August Allebé, 1848

Charcoal drawing of a field bordered by trees, a wooden fence, and a distant shoreline under a streaky sky.

Field Bordered by Trees

Grey pencil drawing of a curled chrysanthemum bloom on a loose stem, with faint shaded leaves below on pale paper.

Drawing of a Chrysantheme in a bottle by Piet Mondrian

Pencil sketch of ruined Gothic arches and stone walls of a chapel overgrown with ivy and trees.

Chapel of St. Nicholas, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of three Venetian fishing boats with netted sails moored before a domed city skyline under clouds.

Venice Fishing Boats

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a woodland edge with tall trees, a fallen log in a grassy field, and clouds over a flat horizon.

Landscape, Woodland Scene

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Charcoal sketch of an arched bridge over a river, framed by bare trees, with a city skyline and church tower behind.

Untitled (River Landscape with Bridge)

Pencil sketch of steep rocky mountain cliffs, a valley with pine trees, and boulders in the foreground.

Landscape, Steckelberg, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketch of distant hills and a small steamboat on water, with handwritten colour notes in the sky and shadows.

Steamboat on the Hudson River, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a South American volcano rising above a hazy horizon, with shaded slopes and a faint distant ridge.

South American Volcano

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of Niagara waterfall with handwritten colour notes on pale paper.

Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian Side, Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite and white chalk sketch of a cloudy sky over a wooded ridge on tan paper, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Cloudy Sky over a Wooded Ridge, Niagara Falls

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a snow-capped alpine peak above layered brown mountain slopes and a golden meadow in the foreground.

The Hoher Göll and Schönfeldspitze, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a tall, layered sea rock pillar and jagged boulders on a shoreline, on tan paper.

The Old Bishop, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk study of a hooded, draped standing figure holding an object, on grey paper.

study of a costumed figure

Elihu Vedder, 1900

Pencil sketch of conifers along a lake shore with a distant mountain at right, on cream paper.

Lake Millinocket and Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Landscape study of a pink-lit cumulus cloud above dark trees, a rail fence, and a distant town on the horizon.

Landscape with a Town

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of rolling mountains and hills fading into haze, with the handwritten note 'Feb (68) near Beirut' at upper righ

Mountains near Beirut, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of an island and small sailboat on calm water beneath hatched clouds, with 'Aurora 1860' written in the corner.

Aurora over Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a sky and hills with handwritten colour notes like 'milky blue' and 'red orange', dated July 1, 1870.

Sunset from Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a hazy landscape with shaded clouds and a low horizon, with handwritten colour notes in the corner.

Sunset over Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a dominant mountain peak above layered ridges, with handwritten color notes and cloud studies on tan paper.

Chimborazo Rising over Mountain Ridges, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted night view of the Parthenon temple in Athens, its columns glowing red and yellow against a dark sky.

Parthenon at Night, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of mountain ridges and a rocky valley with handwritten notes on a cream sheet.

Landscape near Sion, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860