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Drawings & Sketches

79,493 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of a man and woman embracing, with loose drapery and small face studies above.

A Man and a Woman Embracing

Antoine-Jean Gros

Charcoal drawing of a woman among cows and a goat, with birds flying above, in a stylized dark, angular style.

Boerenfamilie

Leo Gestel, 1926

Watercolor of a green barge on a canal with trees, a windmill, a water wheel and a walking figure under cloudy skies.

Gezicht op molens De Otter en Het Luipaard vanaf de Middenweg

Albert Martin, 1837

Pencil and wash drawing of a farmhouse row and a windmill behind it, with timber logs lying on the grass in front.

Gezicht op molen De Dommekracht vanaf de Voorweg

Albert Martin, 1837

Mrs. B as Peace, Study for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch on tan paper of mountain ridges and trees with handwritten colour notes like green light and green blue.

Mountains above the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Fika von Wright, the Artist's Sister

Wilhelm von Wright, 1844

Pen and wash drawing of a robed figure driving money changers from a columned temple, with overturned tables and scattered co

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Matthias Scheits, ca. 1665-70

Watercolor of a Dutch village with gabled houses, a windmill, a wooden bridge, and a man with a cart on a dirt road.

Gezicht op de Diamantslijperij De Palmboom aan de Middenweg met molen Het Luipaard

Albert Martin, 1837

Brown ink and wash sketches of gateways with arched doorways, pediments, and an inscription, by Giuseppe Barberi.

Sketches for a Gateway for a Prison Erected by Pope Pius VI

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor drawing of a windmill and village houses, with a man leading a horse across a dusty field.

Gezicht op molen De Windhond vanaf de Voorweg

Albert Martin, 1892

Watercolor of a village street with whitewashed houses, a picket fence, a walking man and a windmill in the distance.

Gezicht op molen De Eenhoorn gezien vanaf de Achterweg

Albert Martin, 1892

Watercolor of a windmill and red-roofed houses along a canal, with boats and bathers on a wooden jetty in the foreground.

Gezicht langs de Kostverlorenvaart

Albert Martin, 1892

Brown ink and wash drawing in lunette shape: a helmeted figure points at a seated woman and a draftsman at a table.

Lunette with Allegory of Architecture

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal sketch of a woman in cap and apron kneeling and scrubbing a floor, on grey paper.

Vrouw op haar knieën, bezig met schoonmaken

August Allebé, 1848

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a gabled wooden house beside a dirt road, with a man in a hat and a picket fence at right.

Gezicht op de Wolfsweg

Albert Martin, 1837

Mina von Wright, the Artist's Sister

Wilhelm von Wright, 1844

Pencil and brown wash studies of three peasant women in white headdresses, one kneeling and two standing, on a pale sheet.

Studies van een knielende en staande boerin

August Allebé, 1868

Pencil study of a standing woman in a white bonnet carrying a wooden basket, with extra hand and foot sketches.

Studie van een staande boerin met een mand

August Allebé, 1848

Watercolor and pen drawing of a vine-covered building facade with a tree trunk and garden shrubs in the foreground.

Herberg de Roskam te Dongen

August Allebé, 1848

Brown wash drawing of a thatched wooden shelter and farm houses in a courtyard, with trees at left.

Huizen te Dongen

August Allebé, 1848

Profile of a Woman with a Braided Knot

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen and ink sheet with studies of decorative ceiling designs, coffered panels, friezes and handwritten colour notes.

Four Decorative Studies of Ceilings; Verso: Anatomical Studies

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil portrait of an older man in a buttoned military coat with a medal, reading a newspaper while reclining on cushions.

Magnus (Henrik) von Wright, the artist's father

Wilhelm von Wright, 1844

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated woman in draped robes with an elderly bearded man at the right edge.

Susanna

Peter Paul Rubens

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a draped woman with bowed head leaning on a pedestal, with white highlights on her cloak.

Study of a Draped Woman Leaning on a Pedestal

François Boucher, 1759/61

Rosalie von Wright, the Artist's Sister

Wilhelm von Wright, 1843

Grey wash drawing of ruined brick arches and a tall tower on a steep overgrown slope, with cypress trees.

Ruins on the Palatine in Rome

Johann Anton Eismann, ca. 1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourners gathered around a dead body in a rocky landscape, with small figures in the background.

The Lamentation of Christ (recto and verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1527/35

Pencil sketch of fishermen hauling a seine net on a beach with a boat and cart, signed E. Hampton.

Fishermen by the Sea, East Hampton, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch with white highlights of boulders beneath a cascading waterfall on tan paper.

Boulders beneath Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and gray wash drawing of a heraldic shield with scrolls, flanked by female figures and putti in architectural niches.

Design for Stained Glass

Hans Jakob Plepp, ca. 1590