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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Horizontal watercolor study of draped figures in a procession near classical columns, with a kneeling woman in the foreground

Study for a Procession, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, with a white lace collar, hand on his chest.

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, ca. 1645-50

Brown wash architectural drawing of a doorcase with pilasters, a frieze of putti and an arched niche above the door.

Design for a Doorcase

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of several trees with handwritten notes on bark, leaves and branches, on pale paper.

Trees and Plants, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a skeleton-flanked funerary monument with a column, urn and classical statues in an arched niche.

The Castellan Tomb in Saint Germain-des-Prés

Jean Chafourier, 1724 (before)

Watercolor study of a brown and white ox head with long curved horns, facing forward on a gray background.

Head of a Cow or Ox

Samuel Colman, 1870

Hand-drawn 1830 ground plan of Vienna and its suburbs, with numbered districts, fortified walls and the Danube.

Grundriss der Haupt und Residenz Stadt Wien, sammt ihren Vorstädten, gezeichnet v. J. L. Blahetka

Johann Joseph Leopold Blahetka, 1830

Pen drawing of a formal parterre garden before a palace, with a crowd of figures in the foreground and a colonnade at left.

Parterre du Palais de Nancy / The Garden Palace of Nancy

Jacques Callot, early 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate cartouche with two putti, scrolling acanthus and a foliage garland around a blank pane

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of thirteen vertical panels

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Pen drawing of a photographer with a tripod camera watching dancing animals including a rabbit, rooster and cat above a ridge

Fotograaf fotografeert dansende dieren

Alfred Ronner, 1880

Brown ink drawing of a domed pavilion beside a round basin in a tree-lined park, with strollers and riders in the foreground.

Basin with a pavilion in a park

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pastel portrait of a girl with a white hair bow and a boy in a white-collared jacket reading a book together.

Portret van Mies en Co Merkelbach

Jacob Merkelbach, 1914

Staande jongen, naar links

Jacob Maris, 1847

Pencil sketch of a marsh pond with reeds and shrubs, a distant shoreline, cloudy sky and a flock of birds.

Gezicht op een ven

Edzard Koning, 1879

Loose drawing of a heath landscape with dark trees and colored chalk bands, over pale sandy ground in the foreground.

Heidelandschap

Edzard Koning, 1879

Ink and wash drawing of tree roots, mushrooms and undergrowth on a forest floor, by Edzard Koning, 1879.

Voet van een boom met paddestoelen

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pencil and watercolour sketch of figures in a garden overlooking a city with church towers and a river.

Allegorische voorstelling met figuren in een tuin

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen sketch of a divided landscape with trees, a distant city and hills, and a faint panel on the right.

Allegorische voorstelling

Edzard Koning, 1879

Oil sketch of a sunset over a lake and mountains, with dark clouds, glowing orange light and a small sailboat.

Sunset across the Hudson Valley, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a nude man, a sword and cross, and a skeleton under a bridge in a landscape.

Laatste oordeel (?)

Edzard Koning, 1879

Red chalk drawing of a young girl in a draped dress with a boy and a dog beside her.

Young Girl with a Boy and a Dog

François Boucher, 18th century

Pencil sketch fragment on pale paper showing draped fabric, an ornamental arc, a foliate column and loose architectural lines

Fragment van een schets

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen and brown wash drawing of four architectural overdoor designs with central oval cartouches and carved pediments.

Designs for an overdoor with a papal escutcheon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink caricature of a top-hatted man facing a rearing heraldic lion holding a sword, inside an arched frame, signed P. Kroon.

Colijn en de vlootwet van 1912

Patricq Kroon, 1912

Ink drawing of men emptying coins from a wheelbarrow into a crate labeled SCHATKIST, with a bridge and city behind.

Spotprent op het vasthouden aan de gouden standaard

Patricq Kroon, 1936

Pencil sketch of a rustic cottage with a tall chimney and bushes beside a dirt road, with distant hills at left.

A Peasant's House at a Lake

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Ink caricature of two top-hatted men walking past a figure holding a Zacherlin Pulver bottle, with smoke clouds around them.

Troelstra en Marchant

Patricq Kroon, 1900

Ink caricature of Refat Pasha with a sword striding over a map of the Dardanelles, with a John Bull top hat and cannon smoke.

Refat Pacha en John Bull aan de Bosporus

Patricq Kroon, 1915

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with cypress trees and a stone wall, titled Jerusalem by Moonlight.

Jerusalem by Moonlight

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey ink and wash drawing of a sailing ship with billowing sails in rough sea, with a small distant ship on the horizon.

A Ship at Sea

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1650-1708

Pen caricature of two men on a city street: a tall man in fur collar labeled S.D.A.P. and a seated man labeled Communism.

Wijnkoop en Troelstra

Patricq Kroon, 1919

Ink caricature of a stout man in bowler hat and overcoat smoking a cigar and holding an umbrella on a pedestal.

Standbeeld van de Hollandse Fascist

Patricq Kroon, 1920