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Drawings & Sketches

79,488 works

Pencil sketch of an audience seated in theatre balconies and boxes, with figures in loose outline.

Publiek in de Koninklijke Schouwburg te Den Haag

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated man in a headwrap resting on a barrel labeled Contraband, titled Dixie.

Dixie

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of sailing vessels and a rowboat by a shore, with a windmill on the right under a hazy sky.

Zeilschepen voor een kust

Christiaan Lodewijk Willem Dreibholtz, 1809

Staand meisje op klompen

David Bles, 1831

Kop van Christus

Cornelis Kruseman, 1808

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a glowing cross in the sky over cliffs, a sea, and a lone figure on a path.

Vision of the Cross

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Watercolor of peasant women, children and a man with a fish in traditional regional costumes against a hazy landscape.

Costumes of Sorrento, Ischia, Procida, and Gaëta

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Chalk study on grey paper of allegorical figures, cherubs and clouds in a sky, planned for a ceiling composition.

Study for a ceiling

Charles Joshua Chaplin, 1840-91

Pencil sketch of a winged angel lifting a radiant monstrance upward, with soft shading on pale paper.

Angel Carrying a Monstrance

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Watercolor sketch of several nude bathers in blue outline, with a seated figure at center against green and blue landscape wa

Bathers (recto); Still Life (verso)

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890 (recto) - 1900 (verso)

Ink and wash design with a seated allegorical woman, a putto and columns in a central panel, flanked by two round medallions

Vaulted Panel Design, Allegory of Justice, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome, Italy

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of an Indian encampment on a rocky shore with canoes, a campfire, a tent, and tall cliffs.

Indian Encampment on the Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Man Dreaming

Honoré Daumier, 1825-80

Pencil and chalk sketch of snow-capped volcanic peaks with smoke rising over hills and a lake, with handwritten notes.

Puracé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on cream paper of fern fronds and leaf studies, with the handwritten word 'fern' above the center.

Botanical Sketch of a Fern, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor and graphite sketch of a seated woman in a patterned robe and headwrap, with handwritten notes at right.

Jewish Woman of Algiers Seated on the Ground

Théodore Chassériau, ca. 1846

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing woman gesturing at a cockatoo in a cage beside a seated woman holding a small dog.

Twee vrouwen met een kaketoe en een hondje die ruziën

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Graphite drawing of two nude children sleeping together on a bed with pillows and a curtain behind them.

Two Sleeping Children

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of two draped female figures, one seated holding a cross, with a radiant light behind them.

Geloof en Hoop

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and ink design drawing of a quarter ceiling with curved bands, scrolls and floral ornament on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a manor house with turrets, a church tower, resting cows and a meadow under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op het kasteel van Oosterwijk

Johan Johansz. Balen, 1764

Watercolor townscape with a brick gatehouse, a church tower with spire, trees and low houses under a pale blue sky.

Stadsgezicht, mogelijk Oosterwijk

Johan Johansz. Balen, 1700

Colored design drawing of a gilded candelabra with five candles, Egyptian sphinx and hieroglyph motifs, and winged horse head

Een kandelaber van verguld en gepatineerd brons, met Egyptische motieven en paardenhoofden

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1810

Ontwerp voor een fauteuil met armsteunen in de vorm van sfinxen

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1784

Sketch of a red wooden house with a chimney in a field, with blue mountains rising behind it.

House in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Two black chalk studies of hands holding a book, with white highlights on a grey-brown sheet.

Twee studies van handen die een boek vasthouden

Jan Anton Garemyn, 1722

Black chalk drawing of a seated clergyman in a cassock, facing forward, with a red chalk grid over the paper.

Portret van een zittende geestelijke, bijna ten voeten uit, en face

Jan Anton Garemyn, 1722

Pencil sketch of a small stone church with a bell tower on a grassy slope, with mountains in the distance.

Small Church in Sion, Switzerland

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of a thatched cottage, a woman and child in the foreground, and a distant church spire under cloudy skies.

Schets van moeder met kind voor boerderij

Eugène François de Block, 1840

Brown ink drawing of figures in procession offering garlands to a nude statue before a classical temple and rotunda.

Worship of Venus in a Classical Landscape

Felice Giani, 1810

Hoofd van een oude man, en profil naar rechts

Jan Anton Garemyn, 1722

Drawing of a canal with two windmills, wooden sheds and a sailing boat under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de Kostverlorenvaart, gezien naar molens De Eenhoorn en Het Luipaard

Hobbe Smith, 1908