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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Ink caricature drawing of marching warriors with shields and spears, fallen bodies, boats, and a line of soldiers approaching

Claudius Civilis en de Bataafse Opstand, 70

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Ink drawing of a seated man carried aloft on a shield by running men, surrounded by cheering onlookers with raised arms.

Brinno wordt gedragen op een schild en aangemoedigd door omstanders, 70

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Pen drawing of five caricatured clergymen in robes and flat hats, some holding books, on a tan album page.

Vijf geestelijken met een boek onder de arm, 777

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Gouache design of stylized flowers and scrolling vines in red, pink, yellow and green on cream paper, with a floral border.

Embroidery from Bedspread

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Ink drawing of a crowned king on a throne reading a book, with rows of schoolchildren seated before him.

Karel de Grote en leerlingen, 800

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Pen drawing of a stylized castle interior with sprawled bodies on the floor and a figure peering from a doorway at right.

Moord op Dirk IV, graaf van Holland, 1049

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Ink drawing of a dagger attack in a bedchamber, with a candle-bearing woman beside the bed and a man lying in it.

Moord op Floris I, graaf van Holland, 1061

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Pen drawing of a sword attack between two men beside a tree, a bird, an open book, and figures on a scaffold at right.

Moord op Koenraad van Zwaben, bisschop van Utrecht, 1099

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Ink drawing of stylized figures beside a sailing ship and a doorway labeled TEXEL, on ochre paper.

Ada, gravin van Holland, wordt gevangengenomen en naar Texel gestuurd, 1201

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Pen drawing of a crowned ruler on a dais with kneeling men, and armed men with raised swords beside a fallen figure.

Kroning en dood van Willem II, graaf van Holland, 1256

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Colorful stylized floral design sheet with bouquets and a border strip, annotated with numbered dots and handwritten notes.

Spanish Colonial Bedspread

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Pen drawing of farm labourers ploughing, mowing and riding horses in fields, with a figure in a cloak in front.

Floris V, graaf van Holland, voor een akker met landbewerkers, 1290

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Pen drawing of angular figures with raised swords surrounding a fallen man in a ditch, with a village behind, labeled Floris

Floris V, graaf van Holland, vermoord door Gerard van Velsen en anderen, 1296

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Ink drawing of four stylized medieval figures, two clasping hands in the centre, labelled Vlaanderen on a tan ground.

Willem III, graaf van Holland, sluit vrede met Vlaanderen, 1329

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Portret van Reinout, hertog van Gelre

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Ink drawing of two seated figures in medieval headwear, with dogs and a hanging fish beside them.

Begin van de Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten, 1349

Pieter van Loon, 1853

Pen and brown ink sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat resting under trees with a backpack beside him.

Lepäävä mies selkäreppuineen

Alexander Lauréus, 1800

Violin

Edward Jewett, c. 1940

Watercolor of a green wooden shelf topped with two facing stylized birds and carved geometric decoration.

"Bird" Shelf

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1940

Watercolor study of a rustic wooden ladle with a long handle and deep bowl, showing wood grain and a knot.

Wooden Ladle

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Pen and ink sketch of a hillside with trees and shrubs overlooking a lake and rolling hills under a hatched sky.

Windemere from Millerground Hill (?) - [landscape]

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil drawing of a nude man lying prone on his stomach, head turned, one arm extended, shaded background.

Makaava alaston mies

Alexander Lauréus

Painted watercolor of a stylized green and yellow bird with spread wings on a decorated wooden sconce base.

Painted Wooden Sconce

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Pen and ink sketch of two standing men in 17th-century dress, one plumed and armed, the other in a ruffled collar.

Don Quijote und Sancho Pansa

John Vanderbank, 1729

Watercolor of a carved wooden hanging wall shelf with two birds, a triangular top, and a decorative bracket beneath.

Hanging Wall Shelf

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a cap and loose gown, hands clasped at her waist, on pale paper.

Study of a woman (recto); Study of a crouching man (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Manuscript page of a garden with robed attendants, a cooking pot, flowering tree and blue tiled wall, partly unpainted.

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto)

Bihzad, c. 1485

Pen and wash drawing of cows and sheep in a meadow with two shepherds resting beside a ruined arch and trees.

Cow herd with shepherds

Dirck van der Bergen, 1690

Pencil and crayon sketch of a lion over a lifeless cub in a circle, with orange clouds and a red initial A.

Leijona kuolleen pentunsa vierellä ; Alfa. Luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon pyöreään lasimaalaukseen.Toteuttamaton suun…

Grey wash drawing of cattle and sheep resting under a tree, with a shepherd, a woman with a basket, and a dog.

Herd with shepherds

Dirck van der Bergen

Watercolor of a green painted wooden well head with a peaked roof, rope, and tilted pole resting on stones.

Well Head

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a wooden ledge with planters and scrubby plants, with faint hills in the distance.

Sketch of a ledge with planters

Edwin Austin Abbey