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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Colored pencil drawing of a hilltop fortress with a tower, bare autumn trees and a small pavilion on a grassy slope.

Herbststudie

Karl Wiener, 1924

Chalk drawing of Christ on the cross with arms raised, head bowed, and a draped cloth at the hips, on tan paper.

Christ on the Cross; verso: St. Jerome Reading by Candlelight, and Sketch of Male Torso (?)

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a bare pistachio tree above a stone terrace wall, with a building and green shrubs behind.

Pistachio Tree at Château Noir

Paul Cézanne, c. 1900

Pen and wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with a ruined classical building, a large tree and small travelers on a road.

Italiaans gezicht met ruïne

Hendrik Carré, 1706

Portret van Jan Tersteegh

Hendrik Willem Caspari, 1780

Grey wash portrait of a man with curly hair and a white cravat, in an oval vignette on a pale sheet.

Portret van F.D. Changuion

Hendrik Willem Caspari, 1780

Grey wash drawing of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, facing forward against a plain background.

Zelfportret van Hendrik Willem Caspari

Hendrik Willem Caspari, 1780

Grey wash drawing of a winter scene with figures on a frozen waterway, sledges, horses, a tower and houses under clouds.

Winterlandschap

Jacob Cats, 1779

Chalk study on tan paper of a standing woman in a draped robe and headscarf, with studies of hands beside her.

Study for a Portrait of a Lady

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a curly-haired standing male figure, partly draped, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Study of the Christ Child and the Hand of the Madonna. Verso; Profile of a Man

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch with wash of robed bearded men and a figure with raised arm, possibly Christ confronting Pharisees.

Christ and the Pharisees (recto); Christ and a Pharisee (verso)

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a gnarled tree in the foreground and a farmhouse on the right under open sky.

Landscape with a Gnarled Tree and a Farm

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Drawing of a seated turbaned king beside a canopy bed, with a kneeling veiled woman and a standing attendant in an interior.

David's Promise to Bathsheba

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1642-43

Pencil sketch of a woman in a full gown standing in an elegant interior with a sofa, console table and doorway.

Study for "The Just Resentment," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Pencil sketch of dancing couples and onlookers in an outdoor garden, with a musician at left and trees framing the scene.

Study for "The Mutual Agreement," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Pen and grey wash drawing of two figures clasping hands in an arched colonnaded hall with a tiled floor.

Design for a Scene in Pierre de Laujon's "L'Amoureux de quinze ans, ou la Double-Fête..."

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1771

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a ruined stone wall, arched opening, small travelers, and birds in the sky.

Landscape with Ruins

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650

Brown wash drawing of a young man in a broad-brimmed hat resting his chin on his hand, with a cane beside him.

Young Man in Broad-Brimmed Hat, Resting His Chin on His Left Hand

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, ca. 1655

Pencil and chalk drawing of a forest floor with tall tree trunks, shrubs and cast shadows on sandy ground.

Zonder titel

Herman Kruyder, 1913

Pencil sketch of an interior with female servants, a seated woman at a round table, and sketched drapery on the right.

Interieur met dienstmeiden

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Grey wash drawing of fishermen with boats on a wide river, a grazing cow and trees on the bank, under a cloudy sky.

Coast Scene

Jacob Esselens, 1626-87

Pencil sketch by Hendrik Valkenburg showing a seated man, a hanging sign reading Nijverheid, an anvil, tools and an animal.

Nijverheid

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Watercolor landscape of a tall rocky cliff beside a river, with figures and a small boat on the sandy bank and blue hills bey

Landscape

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pencil sketch of an interior with a canopied bed, a seated man and a standing woman in a long gown.

Study for a frontispiece for "Histoire de Miss Jenny"

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Gray wash drapery study of a veiled standing figure with deep folds of cloth falling across the body.

Drapery Study of a Standing Figure Facing Right, in Profile

Andrea del Verrocchio, late 1460s-early 1470s

Herr Schreiner beim Klavier in der Bärenmühle

Carl Anton Goebel, 1840

Watercolor street scene of gabled brick buildings and pedestrians on a hazy Amsterdam-style street, 1889.

Gezicht op de Texelsche Kade, hoek Damrak

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1889

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man at a table with attendant musicians and servants in a curtained interior.

David Playing his Harp before Saul, with a Servant and Other Musicians

Willem Drost, 1650

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with a barge, rowing boat, raised drawbridge, domed church and figures on a quay under clouds.

Gezicht op de Haarlemmersluis en de Ronde Lutherse Kerk

Everhardus Koster, 1827

Panoramic watercolor of a hazy rocky coastline with headlands, a calm sea and billowing clouds, dated 1778.

Gezicht op westkust Golf van Napels

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pen and watercolor drawing of rocky cliffs and surf on a sandy shore with small figures, mountains in the distance.

Kaap Grosso tussen Messina en Taormina

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pencil sketch of a man in a jacket and a woman with bobbed hair standing side by side on cream paper.

"Herr und Mädchen" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1935