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Drawings & Sketches

77,643 works

Symmetrical black and grey ink decorative design with arched forms, cartouche motifs and a dark central shape in a black bord

Decorative design with four coats of arms

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Ink and wash design for a symmetrical ornamental bookplate with a central vase form and scrolling borders.

Design for ex libris of D.J. Goedkoop

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil sketch of three vertical decorative panel designs with scroll and stepped geometric ornament on graph paper.

Three decorative designs

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

A Flowered Gown

Thomas Anshutz, 1900

Oil study of a dark-haired man in a white shirt and yellow neckcloth against an ochre background.

Study for Portrait of Frans Pippingsköld

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1850

Red and cream woven coverlet with two eagles on urns, stars, cannons, and geometric borders.

Commemorative Coverlet

John Wilkes, c. 1939

Watercolor of three pink Arethusa bulbosa orchid flowers on slender green stems with bulb and roots below.

Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Sketch of a standing figure in a hat and long coat beside a white dog, with a faint horizon line behind them.

Figure and Dog

Albert Marquet, 1898

Watercolor of white and lavender flowers with yellow centers and green stems on a grey-green background.

On the Road to Monument

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Pencil sketch of putti riding and leading a goat beside a rocky outcrop, with a staff and a seated child in the foreground.

Tracing from the painting

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1880

Watercolor of a flowering Flame Azalea branch with orange-yellow blossoms, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Flame Azalea (Azalea lutea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a False Indigo branch with pale yellow flower spikes, green leaves and purple stems on a cream background.

False Indigo (Baptista bructeata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a chair attended by a standing figure in a long coat, with faint studies below.

The sick woman

Pen and ink tracing of the Transfiguration of Christ with apostles, after a Perugino fresco, with a head study above.

"The Transfiguration". Tracing from a fresco by Perugino in the Collegio del Cambio in Perugia

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Charcoal sketch of a standing dancer holding out her tutu skirt with both hands, by Edgar Degas.

Standing Dancer Holding Tutu Skirt

Edgar Degas, 1870

Watercolor drawing of a pale yellow bustle dress from behind, decorated with red roses and yellow bows.

Dress

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Watercolor of California pitcherplants with green and maroon hooded pitchers and a nodding red flower on a tall stem.

California Pitcherplant (Chrysamphora californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Study sheet with heads

Two shirtless young archers draw bows toward the right against a turquoise background with stylized swirling waves.

Archers - Fragment of the Composition „Fallen Angels”

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Watercolor of a crossvine branch with red trumpet flowers fading to yellow and orange, surrounded by green leaves.

Crossvine (Anisostichus capreolatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil drawing of a nude man running over mountains, carrying a torch whose flame streams toward a city below at night.

Torch-Prometheus

Karl Wiener, 1942

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white lace collar and dark shawl, gazing to the side.

Emilia Field Brewer

John Alexander McDougall, 1870

Woman - man and horse

James Ensor, 1880

Watercolor botanical study of an alpine plant with pale yellow hooded flowers on slender stems and feathery green leaves.

Alpine Fernlife (Pedicularis contorta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolour of a green dragon on a rock beside a Chinol jar, watched by a bearded man holding a brush, with a rainbow over th

Artist with dragon by a jar of Chinol

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Charcoal drawing of a man holding a horse before the ABATTOIR gate, with lamps and buildings behind.

Man with horse in front of the entrance to the abattoir

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Charcoal drawing of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat arm in arm with a young woman in a pale gown.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: H.M. King Willem III and his youthful spouse Queen Emma, 1879

Johan Braakensiek, 1904

Charcoal drawing of a robed woman raising a torch beside a cap-wearing figure and uniformed men in shadow.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The defeat of Russia at Sea, June 4, 1905

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

Charcoal drawing of a robed king on a dais as a kneeling man offers a glowing diamond; a bearded man stands in shadow.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The gift of the Transvaalers for King Edward

Johan Braakensiek, 1907

Charcoal drawing by Johan Braakensiek of a helmeted woman with a box camera beside shadowy figures, a cash box and coins.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Speech from the Throne, Sept. 24, 1905

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

Watercolor of a moss gentian sprig with blue star-shaped flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Moss Gentian (Gentiana prostrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen sketch of passengers crowding a steamship deck, with rigging lines and a lifebuoy marked Amsterdam against the sea.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The 2000th issue. Aboard De Amsterdammer

Johan Braakensiek, 1915