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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil landscape drawing of tall trees before a steep rock cliff, with small figures at lower right.

Landscape, Silberhorn, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Grayscale painting of mounted soldiers raising swords and singing in a grassy field, with a dark horse in the foreground.

Cromwell and His Men Singing the 117th Psalm at the Battle of Dunbar

Frank Craig, 1890

Ink drawing of a stout man in a long military coat and feathered hat, lifting a torn coat hem and frowning.

"Lievettä nostaa, toista myös - no voi, on reikä molemmissa, lempo soi"

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

"Ein aus der leeren Caserne / eroberter Artillerie-Hut." (Vorzeichnung für die Serie "Chronologie der Kopfbedeckungen")

Anton Zampis, 1848

Oval pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman with putti and a musical instrument among clouds.

Allegory of Music

François Boucher, 1764

Grey wash panoramic drawing of a walled town with castle towers beside a wide river with boats.

Gezicht op Nijmegen en de Waal

Jan de Beijer, 1752

Pen drawing of a village church with a tall spire, framed by large trees and houses along a road.

De kerk van het dorp Ingen

Jan de Beijer, 1750

Grey wash drawing of a riverside village with a windmill, church tower, sailboats and large trees in the foreground.

Het dorp Krimpen

Jan de Beijer, 1750

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing nude male figure with arms outstretched, looking upward, on gray paper.

Apollo

François Boucher, 1752

Grey wash drawing of a baroque convent facade with a curved gable, flanked by gabled houses and pedestrians on a cobbled stre

Ursuline Klooster te Roermond

Jan de Beijer, 1753

Grey wash drawing of a canal in a Dutch town with sailing boats, a domed pavilion, houses and figures on a riverside path.

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

Jan de Beijer, 1756

Pen drawing of the St. Peter's church in Utrecht with a tree-lined street, townhouses and a distant church tower, 1752.

De Pieterskerk te Utrecht

Jan de Beijer, 1752

Grey wash drawing of a large château with chimneys, carriages, pedestrians and framing trees under a cloudy sky.

Het kasteel van St. Germain

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Grey wash drawing of a stepped-gable house beside a canal with a wooden bridge and trees, dated 1751.

Huis Wijnestein bij Jutphaas

Jan de Beijer, 1751

Pen and grey wash drawing of a village church with a tall spire, a wooden fence and trees in the foreground.

De kerk van Maartensdijk

Jan de Beijer, 1752

Pencil and wash sketch of a causeway over a lake leading to wooded hills, with a figure walking and a wooden railing.

Porrassalmi, luonnos

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf

Pen drawing of a castle with a tall turreted tower, a gabled gatehouse, a long wall and trees, dated 1751.

Batestijn, bij Vianen

Jan de Beijer, 1751

Watercolor page of a climbing plant with red and yellow spotted orchid flowers and green buds, with Dutch caption, 1784.

Javaanse bloem 'cambang matjang

Jan Brandes, 1784

Brown ink drawing of allegorical women with scales, a staff and olive branch beneath classical columns, with playing children

The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Watercolor sketch of a yellow-green fruit cluster on a brown stem with a cut fruit beside it, on an old sketchbook page.

Lanssat, een Javaanse vrucht

Jan Brandes, 1785

Hand-coloured drawing of a slender lizard with a long tail and yellow flank, with Dutch annotations on a sketchbook page.

Land- en waterhagedis

Jan Brandes, 1785

Watercolor drawing of a dark green lizard with a crested back and long curling tail, on a bound album page.

Boomhagedis

Jan Brandes, 1785

Watercolor of a standing bird with brown back, black breast and white throat on sand, beside handwritten Dutch notes.

Schapevogel of Kaapse nachtegaal

Jan Brandes, 1786

Brown wash drawing of a woman making crêpes in a cluttered kitchen while children and a dog gather nearby.

Crêpes

François Boucher, 1761

Drawing of a nude woman reaching right over draped cloth, rendered in black and white chalk on tan paper.

A Nude Woman Reaching to the Right

François Boucher, 1769

Pen-and-ink drawing of a rustic farmhouse with a porch and stone chimney behind a picket fence, framed by trees.

Farmhouse of H. P. Bottom Near Rousseau's Position

Harry Fenn, 1880

Watercolor of rugged cliffs, breaking waves, and a sea stack along a pebbled shore under a pale sky.

Study for "Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey"

William Trost Richards, 1890

Pencil sketch of two conical haystacks in an open field with small figures walking near a post under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Haystacks

Constant Troyon, n.d.

Drawing of a rustic stone arch bridge over a stream, with trees, a cottage, and an overturned boat in the foreground.

Landscape with a Rustic Bridge

François Boucher, 1740

Red chalk sketch of a seated hooded figure holding a staff and a tablet, with hatched shading behind.

Seated figure with tablet

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Portrait of the painter Christine Swane, née Larsen, as a young woman

Peter Hansen, 1896

Chalk drawing of a reclining nude Venus on drapery and waves, with two doves and a dolphin, on tan paper.

Venus Reclining on a Dolphin

François Boucher, 1745