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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil sketch of clock designs with a round dial, an ornate fan-shaped ornament, and a smaller base study below.

Ontwerpen voor twee pendules

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Two ex libris bookplate designs: a blue dragonfly on a leaf and a green thistle with red wash, on tinted paper.

Twee ontwerpen voor ex libris

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Expressive angular painting of a crowded interior with figures in blue and rose tones, one woman holding her face.

Study for The Fight III

Tyko Sallinen, 1920

Watercolor of five kitchen utensils with engraved 1861 handles, including ladles, a perforated skimmer, and a fork.

Kitchen Utensils

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Pen drawing of an ornamental header with scrolling foliage framing the word PECTUS in capitals.

Ontwerp voor de decoratie van het hoofd van een prospectus

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1881

Pencil sketch of a seated child in a dress with a loosely drawn adult figure behind, on aged paper.

Portrait of an unidentified mother and child

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor drawing of a perforated metal skimmer with a long dark handle, with a smaller pencil sketch and a six-inch scale b

Skimmer

Herbert Marsh, c. 1937

Charcoal drawing of two bearded men, one in a cap, with strong light and shadow on their faces against a dark background.

Miners

Joseph Stella, 1908

Pencil sketch of two girls walking arm in arm seen from behind, with handwritten notes on tan paper.

Twee studies van twee gearmde meisjes, op de rug gezien

George Hendrik Breitner, 1895

Watercolor of a black velvet vest with shawl collar and red stylized leaf embroidery, signed Majel G. Claflin.

Embroidered Velvet Vest

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Pastel beach scene at low tide with tidal pools, a beached sailboat, and small figures under a pale blue sky.

Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River)

Edgar Degas, 1869

Grey wash drawing of a mounted warrior raising a sword in battle, with fallen soldiers and a tree in an octagonal frame.

Krijgsscène

Gabriël François Louis Debrie, 1747

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical woman with two putti beside an empty rocaille cartouche.

Allegorische vrouwenfiguur met twee putti boven een rocaille cartouche

Jacob de Wit, 1731

Drawing of an old woman gesturing beside a child peering into a glowing brazier in a dark room.

Oude vrouw met kind en vuurtest

Jacob de Wit, 1734

Runderkop

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Chalk drawing of a standing deer, a resting deer, and two head studies, with a faint tree sketched behind.

Studies van een hert

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Graphite sketch of hounds: one sniffing the floor, one curled asleep, and a separate head study, in an arched interior.

Studies van een hond

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a figure group at a table in a rustic interior with dogs and a basket, by Jacob Jordaens.

Jacob and Esau

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1655

Pen and watercolour drawing of three classical figures beside a sleeping Cupid on a draped bed, with a column and red curtain

Ceres, Venus, Bacchus en slapende Amor

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Watercolor of two tall trees with textured trunks beside a grassy clearing, with misty woodland receding behind them.

Boslandschap

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Watercolor and wash study of tall tree trunks and foliage in a forest, with a low building visible at the right edge.

Boomstudie

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Pencil drawing of a horned bull grazing with its head lowered on a path, with shrubs and fields in the background.

Grazende stier

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Pencil drawing of a grazing horse with its head lowered in an open grassy field under a pale sky.

Grazend paard

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Pencil drawing of a cow lying down on the ground, head turned right, with curved horns and sparse grass beneath.

Liggende koe

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Drawing of Saint John the Evangelist holding a chalice, rendered in white heightening on a brown ground.

Saint John the Evangelist

the Elder Hans Franckenberger, 1519

Staande hond

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Spaniel staande in een landschap

Jan Dasveldt, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of a friar joining hands of a young woman in a striped gown while a cloaked young man watches.

Friar Laurence: "Till holy church incorporate two as one" - Act II, Scene VI, Romeo and Juliet

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Small ink sketch of a man in a long coat and hat seen from behind, centered on a large empty cream sheet.

Study of a man's back

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of soldiers escorting two top-hatted men past a sentry box, with children and a flag, 1848.

Die Herren Eisele und Beisele werden als verkleidete Liguorianer eingeführt

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1848

Pencil and wash drawing of a woman in a medieval-style embroidered gown and red cloak wearing a crown.

Die Sängerin Karoline Hetzenecker in der Oper "Hans Heiling"

Moritz von Schwind

Grayscale drawing of three engraved silver serving utensils with monogrammed handles on a cream background.

Silver Serving Set

Ellen Duncan, c. 1936