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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Pen and wash drawing of a woman offering water to a kneeling man beside camels and a stone arch.

Rebekka gibt Abrahams Knecht Eliezer zu trinken

Salomon de Bray

Pencil sketch of two seated figures and a standing man with a glass beside a table and a white cat in an interior.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: twee zittende figuren en een staande man met een beker Kwast (23 Novembe…

Johan Braakensiek, 1918

Pencil and wash drawing of a river with sailboats and rowing boats, forested banks, wooden huts and snowy mountains beyond.

Kanieri, near Hokitika

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pen drawing of a crowd outside the Gem. Warenhuis department store with arched entrances labelled for milk, vegetables, fish

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: drommen mensen voor het Gem. Warenhuis (26 Juni 1920)

Johan Braakensiek, 1920

Pencil sketch of a conductor with raised arms facing a concert audience, with additional figure studies on tan paper.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: dirigent voor een concertzaal (op de verso een staande naakte figuur) (7…

Johan Braakensiek, 1918

Pencil and crayon study of a yellow quatrefoil ornamental border with red dots on a pale sheet.

Study of an ornament for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pen drawing of caricatured men building labelled sand castles on a beach, with a clergyman seated at the right.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: politieke partijen bouwen zandkastelen op het strand (15 Juni 1918)

Johan Braakensiek, 1918

Ink caricature of a uniformed man in a cauldron over fire, tended by a hooded stoker, with two officers watching.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: een man in een ketel met stoker en toekijkers (1 Juni 1918)

Johan Braakensiek, 1918

Charcoal sketch of a crowd of figures in hats walking along a street, seen from behind, with loose dark strokes.

Crowd of People

Pencil sketch of a school entrance with children and uniformed men in a street scene, by Johan Braakensiek, 1896.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: Uit een school komen zowel jongens als volwassenen (26 Juli 1896)

Johan Braakensiek, 1896

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel guiding a kneeling bearded man past classical columns and a domed city building.

Lot und seine Familie werden von den Engeln aus Sodom geführt

Salomon de Bray

Watercolor of a white arched bell tower above red roof tiles, framed by green vines and a narrow shadowed lane.

Bell Tower, Hotel San Dominico (Old Monastery, Taormina, Sicily)

Cass Gilbert, 1930

Pencil drawing of two gnarled ancient trees with spreading branches above rocks beside a lake, on toned paper.

The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

Richard Wilson, 1754

Brustbild eines älteren Mannes (Apostel?) nach rechts

Gaspar de Crayer

Tall colored design drawing in a grid of panels showing stylized irises, lilies, and wavy blue water lines, a cartoon for sta

Part of the drawing for a floral stained glass (motif of flame lily, so-called smolinosa)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man raising a staff toward a winged spirit descending above him, with a crouching figure at

Prospero Summoning Ariel

William Young Ottley, 1800

Watercolor of the Temple of Nike Apteros with Ionic columns, a seated figure in red at left, and sea beyond.

Temple of Nike Apteros

Henry Bacon, 1910

Red chalk sketch of the Madonna and Child with two saints and a kneeling donor, with a handwritten inscription at upper left.

The Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Anthony Abbot and a Donor

Girolamo Romanino, 1515

Costume design of a Mock Turtle standing upright with a calf-like head and segmented yellow shell on brown paper.

Mock Turtle (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Watercolor of a tall clock tower and church facade in Assisi, with arcades and small figures in a sunlit courtyard.

Church of St. Francis, Assisi

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a man seen from behind, wearing a turban and draped cloth, with muscular legs and back.

A Man Seen from Behind [recto]

Taddeo Zuccari, 1555

Watercolor caricature of a couple: a woman with a yellow bonnet and parasol beside a man in an orange coat and green cap.

Caricatured farmer couple

Hieronymus Hess

Pen drawing of a pastoral landscape with Apollo playing lyre among shepherds, cattle by a stream, and trees.

Landschaft mit Apoll unter den Hirten

Joseph Anton Koch, 1832

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude male figure with curly hair, turned to one side, on pale paper.

Saint Sebastian

possibly Jacopo Confortini, n.d.

Watercolor of a large tree in a sunlit meadow with small figures beneath it and a pale lavender sky.

(Summer Scene)

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude mythological figures and putti in an oval composition, with a sea creature below.

Mythological Figures

Taddeo Zuccari, 1561

Drawing of a seated nude man resting his head on his hand, rendered in red and white chalk on blue-grey paper.

Zittende naakte man, zijn hoofd met zijn hand ondersteunend

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, 1756

Grey wash drawing of a robed man, allegorical women and cherubs before a monument commemorating Coster and printing, 1823.

Gedenkzuil bij 400-jarig jubileum uitvinding boekdrukkunst door Coster, 1823

Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis, 1823

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly bearded man with curly hair and a furrowed brow, turned to the left.

Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti

Daniele da Volterra, 1548

Watercolor portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark blue coat holding an open book in a study with bookshelves.

Rev. George Heaton, M.A.

n.d Edward Heaton, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of a sword-wielding figure, a kneeling man, a seated ruler and onlookers in a columned hall.

Damon and Pythias

called Il Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1632

Brown ink and wash drawing of an embrace between two men at left, with a kneeling crowd and arcaded buildings at right.

Joseph Greeting his Brothers

Pier Francesco Mola, c. 1656