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Drawings & Sketches

79,473 works

Pencil drawing of a seated child with a large dog and puppies in front of wooden fence boards and a shed.

Kind met honden

Otto Eerelman, 1865

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic church and monastery with a spire, a large tree, a gatehouse and a seated man sketching.

Gezicht bij het klooster Ter Apel

P.A. Huidekooper, 1819

Black and gold ink decorative frame with whiplash curves and stylized scrolls around an empty central field.

Kader

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Grey wash drawing of a castle gatehouse with arched entrance and balcony beside two spired towers.

Gezicht op de poort en twee torens van Slot Zuylen

David van der Kellen, 1837

Oval miniature of a sleeping woman with dark curly hair, one arm raised, wearing a white chemise and blue drapery on red cush

Sleeping Beauty

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1850

Symmetrical art nouveau ornamental design in blue wash with curling motifs and black rosettes on beige paper.

Blanco handtekeningenblad met ornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1901

Drawing of a winged figure with raised arms in a fantasy costume, rendered in yellow and gray wash within a decorative border

Figuur met opgeheven armen in fantasiekostuum

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Ochre and white design drawing of a decorative frame with flanking griffins, scales and sword on grid paper.

Kader voor een opdrachtblad voor een album voor Prof. Mr. L. den Hartog

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1902

Lady in a Bonnet

Paul Sandby, 1760

Trompe l'oeil drawing of old animal and putti prints with an envelope, horn-rimmed glasses, and a fly on a pale ground.

Trompe l'Oeil: Old Prints, a Torn Envelope with Horn-rimmed Glasses, and a Housefly

Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld, 1763

Pen and wash drawing of a man with a rifle and a dog walking through a wooded thicket.

Stalking with a Dog in the Forest

Hans Smidth, 1839-1917

Painted design study of a child's plaid dress with green trim and buttons, with a pencil back view at upper right.

Child's Dress

George Robin, 1935/1942

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a standing woman in an 18th-century dress holding up her skirt, by Paul Sandby.

Lady Maynard

Paul Sandby, 1757

Pencil drawing of Nottingham Castle on a hill above trees, fences, and houses across an open field.

Nottingham Castle

Paul Sandby, 1759

Black chalk head study of a young woman with lowered eyes, upswept hair and frilled lace collar on grey paper.

Bildnis einer jungen Frau

Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, 1781

Drawing of a seated nude male holding a spear, with a round shield beside him, in brown chalk and white highlights.

Academic life drawing study: seated male nude with shield

Franciscus Joseph Octave van der Donckt, 1802

Nude Study, Standing Boy

Maria Wiik, 1903

Loose watercolor landscape of dark trees, blue distant hills and a pale sky, with brown and green washes in the foreground.

Landscape Sketch

J. Frank Currier, 1880

Four panels of grey-wash drawings showing fossil fern fronds on rock slabs, labelled in pencil.

Fossil plant specimens, Upper Jurassic, Mataura

John Buchanan, 1864

Sepia drawing of an Italian landscape with a muleteer and donkey, a leaning pine, and a hilltop town in the distance.

Italienische Landschaft mit einem Eseltreiber und einer Frau mit Spinnrocken

R. F. Taunay, 1770

Red chalk drawing of two standing men in tricorn hats and long coats, one holding a whip, by Paul Sandby.

Two Men, One Holding a Whip

Paul Sandby, 1754

Pencil sketch of two Renaissance-style male portraits labeled Andrea del Sarto and Masaccio on cream paper.

Copies of Engravings Depicting a Portrait of Baccio Bandinelli by Andrea del Sarto and a Self-Portrait of Masaccio

Stanisław Wyspiański

Watercolor interior design of a neoclassical room with marble walls, columns, laurel-garland ceiling and double doors.

Helsingin vanhan teatteritalon kulissipiirustus

Carl Ludvig Engel, 1816

Pencil and white chalk drawing of wicker baskets, a sack, a pot and a broom on stone steps.

Still Life with Broom

Brustbild eines alten bärtigen Mannes im Profil nach rechts

Étienne Théolon

Pencil sketch of a large rounded rock formation on rocky ground with a pale cloud at left, by John Lewis.

On Mount Sinai

John Lewis, 1843

Pencil sketch of a seated market vendor weighing produce on a scale, with standing shoppers in headscarves around her.

Market scene

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketch of men resting, women in loose dress, and horses in an open landscape, by Paul Sandby.

Figure with Lute and Tambourine, with Other Figures: Men Resting, Country Women, Horses, etc.

Grey wash drawing of cottages above a shore with beached boats, sailing ships on calm water, and a distant headland.

West Cowes, Isle of Wight

Watercolor of a thatched village along a calm shoreline with palm trees and two boats with figures on the water.

Indian Village, Cozumel Island, Yucatan

William Henry Holmes

Pencil and watercolor sketch of mounted light dragoons in blue jackets and fur caps on horses in an open landscape.

The Light Dragoons

Black ink design for an address label reading Hilversum, Otto's Laan 20, with scrollwork border and pencil notes.

Ontwerp voor een adresvignet Otto's Laan 20 te Hilversum

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884