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Drawings & Sketches

79,403 works

Pencil portrait of a bald, mustached man in a jacket and cravat, with a handwritten inscription and date at top.

Portrait of a Man (Souvenir d'un Passage à Paris)

Albert Besnard, 1898

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a cluster of chrysanthemum blooms on grey paper.

Chrysanthemums

Émile Schuffenecker, 1890

Pencil perspective sketch of a city street with a lamppost, cobblestones, and tall buildings on both sides.

Study for Paris Street; Rainy Day

Gustave Caillebotte, 1877

Two cobalt blue drinking glasses drawn on a cream background, one above the other, with soft shadows.

Whiskey Glasses (Cobalt)

Edward White, c. 1937

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head turned left, with curly hair and sketched shoulder and drapery.

Kopf einer jungen Frau nach links gewandt

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a Gothic vaulted church ceiling with pointed arches, floral motifs and two arched windows.

Orb-weaver Spider, Sketch for Tampere Cathedral

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical scroll and cloud-motif ornamental design inside a rectangular frame on graph paper.

Decoratieontwerp in grijs en wit

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Painting of a pilgrim in red walking toward two glowing angels beneath a radiant cross in a stormy sky over rocky terrain.

The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey (study for series, The Cross and the World)

Thomas Cole, 1840

Two brown wash rug designs on squared graph paper, with scrolling borders and handwritten dimensions below.

Twee ontwerpen voor kleden voor de Java-China-Japan-Lijn

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Three ornamental bookplate designs on graph paper: a yellow lattice pattern and two grey scrolling foliate panels.

Drie ontwerpen voor een ex libris

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1940

Design sheet on grid paper with watercolor ornamental borders, pixel-patterned band, pencil scrolls and a black and grey carp

Ontwerpen voor een kleed met ornamentale randen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Three decorative design studies on grid paper: a patterned band with blue crosses, a central symmetrical wave motif, and a re

Drie decoratieve ontwerpen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Grey wash design drawing of a symmetrical foliage pattern with scrolls and acanthus leaves on graph paper, with a small sketc

Ontwerp voor een kleed (?) met bladmotief

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Dark, fiery landscape with a lone pilgrim among fallen stone blocks, facing a distant horizon and snow-capped mountain.

The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World)

Thomas Cole, 1840

Pencil and watercolor design studies on grid paper with geometric spirals, stylized foliage and a pink repeating pattern.

Enkele ontwerpen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Charcoal drawing of a young boy resting his chin on his hand at a table, signed Axel Gallen, dated 1884.

Boy

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1884

Pen and wash drawing of three allegorical women and three putti among clouds in an oval composition.

Allegorische Figuren dreier Frauen und dreier Putten

Black ink drawing of ten stylized doves in a symmetrical pattern, designed for a tapestry, on cream paper.

Ontwerp voor wandtapijt met tien duiven

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Brown ink drawing of five cows drinking at a ditch edge, with a woman in a bonnet among them on a flat meadow.

Vijf koeien drinkende aan een slootkant

Willem Maris, 1854

Brown wash drawing of a forest path with grazing cows, figures, two riders and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Boslandschap met figuren en vee

Jacob Maris, 1847

Monochrome wash drawing of a young couple standing close together, one leaning head toward the other, in soft grey tones.

Jeugdig paar

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Engraved neoclassical frontispiece with columns, pediment and inscriptions, with a harbor scene of ships in the central panel

Kalligrafie ter ere van de veertigste verjaardag van koningin Wilhelmina van Pruisen, 1814

Pieter Toornenburgh, 1814

Pencil sketch of a café interior with a standing woman in a long dress and seated figures, dated 1887.

Kapstok in een café

George Hendrik Breitner, 1887

Watercolor drawing of a red and cream striped powder horn with a metal ring and curved tapering form.

Powder Horn

Edward White, 1935/1942

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining bearded man beside an anvil, with smiths working at a forge in an arched workshop.

In Vulcan's smithy

Watercolor of a round glass bottle with a narrow neck decorated with twisted red, blue, green and white glass threads.

Bottle

John Dana, c. 1937

Der Heilige Hieronymus und ein Mönch

Anton Möller, 1593

Comic strip of a driver whose car bucks and spins through city streets, ending with him relieved beside the car.

Dream of the Rarebit Fiend: Bucking Automobile

Winsor McCay, 1907

Brown wash drawing of net-carrying fishermen, seated figures in conversation, and draped women in interior studies.

Netze tragende Fischer sowie meist sitzende, in einer Unterhaltung begriffene Figuren

Hans von Marées, 1873

Ink drawing of a man swinging a wooden pole at a snarling bear, with a second figure raising a stick behind him.

Karhun kanssa ottelussa

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Pencil drawing of a man with long curly hair and a direct gaze, on grey paper with cut corners.

Portret van een man

Gérard ter Borch, 1645

Grey chalk drawing of a man with wavy shoulder-length hair and mustache, on blue-grey paper with cut corners.

Portret van een man

Gérard ter Borch, 1648