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Drawings & Sketches

79,357 works

Grey wash drawing of two draped women clasping hands before a lettered pedestal with flame, in an oval frame.

Allegorische voorstelling van de Vrijheid

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff with a stone arch, buildings, dense trees, and a wooden boathouse by water.

Italian Landscape

Alexander Lauréus, 1820

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical woman with scales and a staff, standing on clouds with radiating light.

Zittende allegorische vrouwenfiguur op de wolken

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat, set in a gold brooch, with reverse inscription.

Sir Guy Carelton

Guy Carleton, 1770

Drawing of a collage of printed cards and pages with a central pastoral scene of cattle and a herdsman above Dutch verse.

Boerenbedrieger

C. van Zuyderhoudt, 1765

Grey wash drawing of a crowned maiden seated on a platform receiving a kneeling man, with a helmeted soldier and ships beyond

De Nederlandsche Maagd wordt bericht over de zeeslag bij Doggersbank

Jacobus Buys, 1782

Sheet of ten head studies in black chalk on tan paper, showing profiles of men with curly hair and beards.

Studieblad met tien koppen

Isaac Walraven, 1744

Grey wash drawing of a man greeting a helmeted allegorical woman with a spear, shield and lion, with ships behind.

Prins Willem V biedt de Nederlandsche Maagd zijn diensten aan

Jacobus Buys, 1782

Ink wash drawing of a woman's head bent forward with eyes lowered and voluminous curly hair, within a thin border.

Vrouwenhoofd met krullend haar, driekwart naar rechts en voorovergebogen

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey wash drawing of Christ and the apostles at the Last Supper beneath a draped canopy and hanging chandelier.

Het Heilig Avondmaal

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Watercolor of a Virginia stewartia branch with white open flowers, buds, and green leaves on a cream background.

Virginia Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a cow lying down, head turned toward viewer, with hatched shading on a pale sheet.

Liegendes Rind nach rechts

Ink and wash drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a walled city as a crowd waves palm branches.

De intocht in Jerusalem

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman offering food to a plumed warrior, with servants, a donkey and soldiers in a rocky land

David en Abigaïl

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Red chalk drawing of a naked standing boy with curly hair, one arm extended outward, on pale paper.

Naakt jongetje

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Watercolor painting of a deep cobalt blue glass vase with a flared mouth and reflective highlights on a cream background.

Cobalt Vase

Henry Moran, c. 1940

Watercolor of a small clump of pygmy plants with slender stems, tiny white flowers and reddish-green leaves on dark soil.

Pygmy Androsace (Androsace subumbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered grey hair in a purple coat and white cravat, in a metal frame.

Le Duc de Liancourt

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Ink drawing of a tangled, hatched figure on peach paper with pencil notes below.

Karkuun lähtö

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Watercolor of a wooden waterfront building with drying skins on its wall, canoes on the shore, and masts behind.

Drying Skins, Sitka

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a green swirled glass pitcher with a twisted handle, with a small sketch of its construction in the corner.

Water Pitcher

John Dana, c. 1936

Watercolor of a pine branch with green needles and two large dark purple cones against a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Stiegel Perfume Vial

John Jordan, c. 1936

Abstract watercolor landscape with layered green, tan, and gray hills, a pale central form, and a soft blue sky.

Untitled (Landscape)

Arthur Dove, 1930

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship at a wooden jetty, with two people in a rowing boat and rocky shore under cloudy sky.

Rantamaisema Barön salmesta

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm

Watercolor of a purple cut-glass footed sugar bowl with a diamond pattern, against a pale background.

Sugar Bowl

John Dana, c. 1937

Watercolor botanical study of a willow sprig with green leaves and pink and yellow catkins on a cream background.

Rock Willow (Salix petrophila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar with pale markings and a red tip, on a narrow paper strip with a hexagonal border.

White Birch Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Charcoal and white chalk portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, turned to the right, on tan paper.

Miehen muotokuva

Severin Falkman, 1870

Watercolor study of a purple glass flask with a narrow neck and hexagonal pattern on its shoulder, signed John Dana.

Flask

John Dana, c. 1936

Watercolor of red columbine flowers with yellow centers, buds and green leaves on thin stems against a pale background.

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of a green diamond-patterned glass cream pitcher with a twisted handle and pedestal foot on cream paper.

Cream Pitcher

John Dana, c. 1938