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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Pencil sketch of three women in traditional Russian headdresses, veils and long skirts, with a handwritten caption below.

Romany Women from Nizhny Novgorod in Old Russian Costumes

Albert Edelfelt

Grey wash landscape of a road passing a pale rock cliff, wooded hills, a gnarled tree and two travelers under cloudy sky.

Road between cliffs and wooded slopes

Maximilian Neustück, 1756-1834

Watercolor of a mountain goldenrod plant with two stems of yellow flowers above green basal leaves on cream paper.

Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago oreophila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a slender stem with small pale blue Veronica flowers at the top and paired green leaves.

Veronica serpyllifolia

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a cap leaning on a wooden railing beside a dog.

Mies kaivolla

Eero Järnefelt

Watercolor painting of a purple glass vase with a flared rim and pedestal foot on a pale background.

Vase

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Watercolor of a whitewashed building with brown roof, autumn poplar trees, and a rocky foreground beside a stone arch.

Between Lausanne and Vevey, Above the Highway

Templeton Strong, 1910

Pencil sketch of Gothic ribbed vaults, pointed arches and columns in a church interior, on tan paper.

Pohjoislehteri ja osa holvia nähtynä etelälehteriltä, luonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon maalauksia varten

Black chalk drawing of a downcast head with curly hair and a gathered ruff collar, with red chalk accents.

Herabblickender Kopf mit Halskrause

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Watercolor botanical study of a honeysuckle branch with orange flower clusters, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Douglas Honeysuckle (Lonicera glaucescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long dress at a spinet in an interior, with handwritten Dutch notes below.

Vrouw aan spinet in interieur

jonkheer Victor Eugène Louis de Stuers, 1883

Staande vrouw

jonkheer Victor Eugène Louis de Stuers, 1878

Watercolor of a double white hyacinth with pink centers on a green stem, with arching leaves, signed by Jan Augustini.

De rozewitte hyacint Kroon van Groot Brittanien

Jan Augustini, 1751

Watercolor botanical study of a white double hyacinth with pink centers and long green leaves, dated 1735.

De rozewitte hyacint Gloria Florum Suprema

Jan Augustini, 1735

Watercolor of a white double hyacinth with a dense spike of frilled blossoms and long green leaves on a cream background.

De rozewitte hyacint Staaten Generaal

Abraham Hendrik van Beesten, 1734

Pen and grey wash drawing of a festive triumphal gate with garlands, coat of arms, and figures in the street.

Erepoort op het Buitenhof voor de intrede van Willem V en Wilhelmina van Pruisen, 1767

Dirk van der Aa, 1768

Grey wash drawing of a busy street with carriages, pedestrians, gabled houses, a canal bridge and a distant church tower.

Straatgezicht te Den Haag

Nicolaes Aartman, 1754

Watercolor of a star solomonplume plant with narrow green leaves and small white star-shaped flowers on pale stems.

Star Solomonplume (Vagnera stellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

John Borden, Father of Thomas Wix Borden

John Borden, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic tomb with two recumbent stone effigies, a knight in armor and a woman, beneath an arched niche.

Graftombe met portretfiguren in een kerk te Geervliet

Joan Carel van Alderwerelt, 1773

Grey wash drawing of soldiers working a cannon under trees, with artillery firing and a windmill across a canal in the distan

Aanval van de Pruisische troepen op Weesp, 30 september 1787

Maas van Altena, 1789

Ink and wash drawing of soldiers, cannon and horsemen attacking along a canal lined with poplars, with a windmill.

Aanval op Muiden door generaal Kalckreuth, 1787

Maas van Altena, 1790

Watercolour of a Dutch interior with a seated seamstress, a maid with a basket, a boy with a hoop and a sleeping dog.

Interieur met naaiende vrouw, dienstmeid en spelende jongen

Hendrik Jan van Amerom, 1797

Oil sketch of an elderly man with a grey moustache, brown cap and blue shirt, against a brown background.

Sketch for the Painting Poverty

Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a herdsman and cattle crossing a footbridge over a stream near a farmhouse.

Bergachtig landschap in Spanje

Cornelis Apostool, 1772

Watercolor of a brick inn with a gabled facade, sheep and figures in front, trees on both sides, and a flat landscape beyond.

De herberg Holland op 't Smalst

Cornelis Apostool, 1772

Chalk drawing of a smiling man with curled hair and a cravat, shown in bust length against a dark background.

Portret van een onbekende man

Jacob Appel, 1690

Grey wash drawing of a gabled townhouse under cannon fire, smoke rising, a man with a sword at the doorway, 1787.

Beschieting van het huis van Lucas van Steveninck, 1787

Jan Arends, 1787

Watercolor of a dogbane plant with pink bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Dogbane (Apocyum androsaemfolium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Italian Peasant Woman

Giuseppe Signorini, 1930

Watercolor of purple wisteria flower clusters hanging from a branch with green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

American Wisteria (Kraunhia frutescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a seated couple below and a nymph pursued by two satyrs among trees above, on pale paper.

Liebespaar sowie ein Nymphe, die sich den Nachstellungen zweier Satyrn zu entziehen sucht