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Drawings & Sketches

77,595 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded interior with figures in conversation, a dog, and an ornate doorway.

d'Hollandsc Fransman

Romeyn de Hooghe

Drawing of a flying bird of paradise with red breast, brown spread wings and long wire tail plumes ending in green curls.

Flying bird of paradise

Herman Henstenburgh

Pen and brown ink drawing of an arched gateway with allegorical figures, a crowd, and a prostrate figure in the foreground.

Dichtkunst en Schouburg

Romeyn de Hooghe

Watercolor drawing of a yellow caterpillar with black bands and bristly hairs, shown in side view within a ruled border.

A yellow caterpillar

Herman Henstenburgh

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a fur cap with an open print album, skull and framed prints in an arched interior.

Bildnis des Kunsthändlers Jacob Moelaert

Arnold Houbraken

Watercolor landscape with a gnarled tree, farmhouse by a river, and a rider in red crossing a stone bridge.

Bauernhof bei einer steinernen Brücke, über welche ein Reiter in rotem Mantel begleitet von einem Hund reiten will

Aernout ter Himpel

Watercolor drawing of a grey caterpillar with red spots, black head, and yellow tufts on its back, set within a pencil border

Eine schwarze und rote Raupe mit gelben Büscheln

Herman Henstenburgh

Brown wash drawing of women in a garden under trees, with a helmeted man behind a pedestal holding an urn.

Odysseus entdeckt den als Mädchen verkleideten Achilles am Hofe des Lykomedes

Arnold Houbraken

Watercolor of a blue pigeon with green and brown wings and red legs standing on grass against a pale background.

Eine blaue Taube mit grünen und schwarzen Flügeln

Herman Henstenburgh

Watercolor of Mercury pointing to a hilltop temple, guiding allegorical women beside a statue, with a reclining figure and cu

Merkur zeigt den Künsten den Weg zu einem auf einer steilen Anhöhe stehenden Heiligtum

Arnold Houbraken

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a white collar, wearing a buttoned dark doublet.

Brustbild eines jüngeren bärtigen Mannes

Pieter Holsteyn II

Grey wash drawing of a ruined tower by a river with fishing boats, a large tree in the foreground and billowing clouds.

Ruine eines alten Turmes an einem Wasser, auf welchem mehrere Fischerkäne sind

Aernout ter Himpel

Pen and brown wash drawing of an elderly bearded man with curly hair in an oval frame, by Pieter Holsteyn II.

Brustbild eines alten bärtigen Mannes

Pieter Holsteyn II

Hand painted entomology plate with nine numbered beetles and weevils in green, black, brown, red and blue, labelled Plate XI.

Original hand painted plate for Fragments of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XI]

George Hudson, 1946

Hand-coloured entomology plate showing an adult crane fly, a segmented larva, and a pupa with branching structures.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Frontispiece]

George Hudson, 1886

Etched drawing of a stone city gate with an arched passage, medieval buildings and church towers behind, and figures in the f

Arnoud Schaepkens, OLV-Poort, Maastricht, ca 1860

Alexander Schaepkens, 1860

Watercolor drawing of a stone archway in a pale city wall, with figures in a dark passage and a blue sky above.

Boschpoort, Maastricht (A Schaepkens, voor 1869)

Alexander Schaepkens, 1869

Pen-and-ink drawing of a small stone chapel with a cross on its gable, set on a grassy mound beside shrubs.

Maastricht, vm St-Lambertuskapel (A Schaepkens, 1847)

Alexander Schaepkens, 1847

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a brick city gate in Maastricht with an arched passage, a wooden wheel, and a standing figur

St-Maartenspoort, Maastricht (toeschrijving A Schaepkens, voor 1868)

Alexander Schaepkens, 1868

Loose painted sketch of a vaulted palace hall with women in gowns and a gold-robed figure on a raised throne.

Konstantin Makovsky - The Bride-Show of Tsar Alexis of Russia (sketch, 1887)

Konstantin Makovsky, 1887

Loose painted interior of a palace hall with women in pale robes before a robed ruler seated on a throne under a canopy.

The Bride-show of tsar Alexey Michailovich

Konstantin Makovsky, 1887

Ink sketch of dark evergreen trees on open ground under a swirling pale sky.

Sketch for Uggleviken

Karl Nordström

Pencil sketch of dark rolling hills beneath a turbulent, cloud-filled sky with a water band in the foreground.

Sketch for Midsummer Bonfires in Stormy Weather

Karl Nordström

Six men in matching red coats with gold trim, seen from behind, stand in a formal garden with a fountain and a small dog.

Les gentilshommes du duc d’Orléans dans l’habit de Saint-Cloud

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle

Madame la Marquise de Coëtlogon

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1975

Monochrome drawing of two women in period dress outdoors, one seated reading sheet music, the other standing beside her.

Madame la Comtesse de Boufflers and Thérèse

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1975

Pen and watercolor drawing of women in 18th-century dress in a stone room with two men at a table, one holding a folded paper

Louis CARROGIS dit Louis de CARMONTELLE, La Malheureuse famille Calas, dessin, 1765 (Louvre)

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1765