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Drawings & Sketches

76,778 works

Brown wash drawing of a bust on an ornate pedestal with cherubs, laurel wreath, and Dutch dedication inscription, 1747.

Allegory on the elevation of William IV to stadtholder, 1747

Jacob Folkema, 1747

Brown ink and wash drawing of several winged cherubs flying among clouds across a pale sheet.

Flying Cherubs

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Nude Boy, Torso and Head

Howard Russell Butler

Charcoal and white chalk sketch on tan paper of a reclining male figure with arm and torso outlined and shaded.

Sketch of a man's arm

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and crayon drawing of a feathered figure roasting food over a fire by the sea, with a large tree at right.

Historical Painting #368494912413

Grey wash drawing of Corinthian ruins with figures resting among fallen stones in the foreground, within an arched frame.

Figures Near the Ruins of a Corinthian Temple (recto)

Andrea Locatelli, 1700-1741

Grey wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse, figures and a dog on a road, meadows and a distant church spire.

The village of Warnsveld in Gelderland

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Grey wash drawing of a rural road with two walking men, a church tower and windmill on the horizon, under a cloudy sky.

The village of Huissen (?) in Gelderland

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Ink drawing of a decorative letter G enclosing a small child figure, set against hatched shading and a fur-like frame.

Vänrikin markkinamuisto -runon alkukirjain G

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman in a teal shawl, turned to the side against a brown background.

Marianne Girard

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of two lidded tankards with decorative relief and handles, plus small ornament studies and handwritten notes.

Sketches of applied arts: tableware

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Expressive painting of a man's head and shoulders with red face, green hair accents and swirling blue background.

Study of a Young Man's Head

Edvard Munch, 1908

The pipe smoker, profile and hands

James Ensor, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and checked scarf, head bowed, with a wine glass below him.

Kahvila Domen asiakas

Ester Helenius, 1927

Pastel portrait of a young figure wearing a green leaf wreath, with a bare shoulder and draped garment, on a mottled backgrou

Jeune Faune

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel drawing of a woman in a dark dress holding a crying swaddled baby in a white bonnet, with a crucifix on the wall.

Mother and Crying Baby

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolour of Wellington harbour with two anchored ships, rolling golden hills, a carriage on a road, and distant snowy moun

Wellington

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1871

Pencil sketch sheet showing several chimneys and rooftop structures drawn from different angles with hatched shading.

Isola Bella

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with a golden headband and flowing hair, surrounded by orange fruit against a dark background.

Ceres

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Black decorative book cover design with Dutch lettering and a small arched vignette of two figures in bed under a lantern.

Binding design for: Oom Ben, Pim's Poppetjes: een kijksprookje voor zijn vriendinnetjes en vriendjes, 1913

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1913

Pen drawing of gnarled trees and shrubs on a dune landscape under an open pale sky.

Dune Landscape with Gnarled Trees

Claes van Beresteyn, 1670

Black and white design drawing of a figure in a wide hat with a crown and shield of three crosses, framed by a zigzag border.

Binding design for: Oom Ben, Jan Klaassen, 1913

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1913

Black and cream decorative initial L with dotted border on a card, with handwritten notes and a signature below.

Initial L

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1909

Black and white design drawing for a book spine with geometric borders and the lettered title Reinaert de Vos by Stijn Streuv

Design for a book spine for: Stijn Streuvels, Reinaert de Vos, 1910

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910

Pen and ink landscape drawing of tall trees along a dirt road with two small figures and a handwritten French inscription.

Landscape

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Pencil sketch of a beach tent with a flag and several figures in long dresses and hats on a pale sheet.

Beach tent and silhouettes

Pen drawing of a book cover with a sinking ship, a sailing raft with figures, and rough sea waves beneath the title lettering

Binding design for: P.J. Andriessen, De Hollandsche Robinson Crusoë, 1895

Willem Wenckebach, 1895

Head of a Cockatoo

Aert Schouman, 1725

Pen drawing of a group travelling a path beside a large tree, with a donkey, a dog and a distant mountain.

Company travels through a landscape

Willem Wenckebach, 1895

Head of a Macaw

Aert Schouman, 1725

Pencil sketch of two leafless trees with gnarled trunks, with handwritten colour notes in the upper right corner.

Roche Vaud

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil and colored pencil sketch of a seated young girl in a wide-brimmed hat and shawl, on a chair.

Untitled (Seated Young Girl)

Louise Cox, 1900