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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Pen and ink drawing of a coastal village with ruined walls, rowing boats on the beach, a sailing ship and figures.

View of an Italian Coastal Village with Boats Landing on a Beach

Casper van Eyck, mid-17th century

Herr von Schleimig

Karl Wiener, 1926

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a basket among poultry and birds, with a shed, haystack and town in the distance.

Landscape with Three Figures and Birds

Albert Flamen, mid-late 17th century

Illuminated manuscript page with a haloed saint writing at a desk in an arched frame, surrounded by colorful floral borders.

Saint John

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

A Woman Asleep (recto); Landscape Composition with Well-Sweep (verso)

Govert Flinck, 1633-36

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Luke writing at a desk beside an ox, framed by blue and red floral borders.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Mark writing beside a lion, framed by colorful flowers, leaves and birds.

Saint Mark

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Miniature of Saint Matthew writing at a desk with an angel beside him, framed by ornate red, blue and gold foliage.

Saint Matthew

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Saint in green patterned robe holding a gridiron, painted on gold leaf within a red and blue decorated initial border.

Saint Lawrence

Master of the Murano Gradual, 1440/1450

Pen and wash drawing of a musical performance in a lit interior, with musicians beside a candle-lit music stand seen through

Huisconcert bij de koopman Pieter de Haan

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Illuminated manuscript page showing the Crucifixion with Christ flanked by two haloed figures in blue robes, above Latin text

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, late 12th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of children and men in a room with an open doorway, a violin, and a music stand.

Voorbereidingen voor een concert aan huis bij de koopman Pieter de Haan

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Watercolour interior with four women in long dresses and a man playing a fortepiano beside a table and windows.

Christiaan Andriessen begeleidt vier vrouwen op de fortepiano

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of men singing around a piano in a candlelit room, with two men in coats in the foreground.

Groep mensen speelt een Joodse dienst na

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Sepia wash drawing of a man at a candlelit tabletop piano as a woman in a white cap pours wine over his shoulder.

P.A. Croese zit achter de tafelpiano terwijl een vrouw wijn in zijn mond giet

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man in a coat talking with two women in a townhouse doorway, 1806.

Christiaan Andriessen in gesprek met twee dames in de deuropening van hun huis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen drawing of men playing checkers in a coffee house, with a standing observer and a man reading by candlelight.

Twee heren aan het dammen in een koffiehuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Brown wash drawing of two men playing checkers at a table in a room with a bookshelf and chairs.

Twee heren dammen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Brown wash drawing of men in period dress in conversation near a post, with two boys watching from the right.

Christiaan Andriessen en Pieter de Haan hebben een meningsverschil over de beloning van Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and grey wash drawing of two men talking at a coffeehouse table by a window, one smoking a long pipe.

Aangeschoten koffiehuisbezoeker praat over de mislukte expeditie van de Engelsen naar Lissabon, 1805

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and brown ink drawing of witches tending a cauldron over a fire, with a winged figure rising from smoke and a cat nearby.

Witches' Sabbath

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man in a top hat reading a newspaper by a window, captioned Bataafsche Staats-Courant.

Christiaan Andriessen leest het allereerste nummer van de Bataafsche Staats-Courant in een koffiehuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of two men at a candlelit table, one holding a printed sheet and looking up, the other leaning forward.

Duitser in het koffiehuis terwijl hij leest over de Slag bij Austerlitz van 2 december 1805

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a kitchen interior with a gesturing young man, a caped man in a top hat, and a seated writer.

Christiaan Andriessen heeft een gesprek in een koffiehuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Two-panel brown wash drawing of men talking in a coffee house and a woman in a bonnet with a teapot at a table.

Bespreking in een koffiehuis en Christiaan Andriessen bekijkt tekeningen voor een kunstbeschouwing

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Brown wash drawing of men in a coffeehouse, one in a top hat reading a newspaper at a table while another reclines on a bench

Bericht in de Bataafsche Staats Courant over Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck wordt gelezen in het koffiehuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pencil drawing of an angular witch-like figure with raised arm, a city skyline, skulls and bones, and handwritten notes below

"Hexe" (2. Fassung)

Karl Wiener, 1943

Pen and ink sketch of a youth with head turned left, leaning on his elbow, with a partial figure at the right edge.

Study of a Youth with his Head Turned to the Left and Leaning on his Right Elbow

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

The Soldier Carrying His Pike at the Slope

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Illuminated manuscript page with the Annunciation in a large initial D, angel and Virgin in blue, gold floral borders.

The Annunciation to the Virgin

Belbello da Pavia, 1450/1460

Ink and watercolor portrait of a mustached man in a blue jacket and red fez against a green background.

The Zouave

Vincent van Gogh, ca. June 20, 1888

Pencil sketch of a shadowed stone stairway between buildings, with the words 'Hier wohnt der Tod' written on the wall.

Hier wohnt der Tod

Karl Wiener, 1943