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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Standing Woman

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pencil drawing of a river estuary with thatched cottages, figures on the bank, sailboats and distant windmills.

A River Estuary

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with a ruined building, trees, three figures in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with River and Three Figures

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pencil drawing of cows and figures on a riverbank, with sailboats, a windmill, and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

River Scene with Cows

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Painting of a sleeping youth in an orange robe leaning against a willow tree, with a gold sky and decorative blue border.

Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript

Riza-yi 'Abbasi, early 1600s

Pencil sketch of a seated shaggy dog with green wash patches and a partial animal study on a cut paper layout.

Zittende hond

Cornelis Brouwer, 1777

Brown ink book cover design with Art Nouveau linework and lettering reading Thérèse Hoven and Guldens Serie, by R.W.P. de Vri

Bandontwerp voor: Thérèse Hoven, Vrouwen lief en leed onder de tropen, 1896

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1896

Pencil drawing of winter river scene with skaters, horse-drawn sleds, a tent, and a windmill on the horizon.

River Landscape in Winter with Figures Skating and Sleds

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a young woman with curled hair playing a lute, signed by Cornelis Brouwer, 1781.

Luitspeelster

Cornelis Brouwer, 1781

Design sheet with art nouveau book cover drafts, decorative lettering, and a periodical masthead for women's dress reform.

Bandontwerpen voor: Thérèse Hoven, Vrouwen lief en leed onder de tropen (1896) en Uit vrije beweging (1894)

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1894

Grey board with pasted paper strips showing book title lettering, ornamental borders, a monogram and a Verjaardag Album cover

Bandontwerpen en een ornament

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1896

Grey wash drawing of figures resting near tents and a covered cart in an open landscape under cloudy sky.

Landscape with Figures and Camp Site

Josua de Grave, n.d.

Pen and wash title page design with a haloed central figure, Moses with tablets, a saint with keys, and angels.

Title Page for a Bible

Pale blue wash drawing of a river landscape with tall trees, a statue, a bridge, a church tower and a rider on horseback.

Italian Lanscape

Pieter de Groot, 1769

Pencil sketch of a woman bathing a toddler in a large tub, drawn on tan paper.

The Bath [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1890-1891

Brown ink drawing of Death with a scythe approaching a kneeling man beside ruins and trees in a landscape.

Death and the Woodman in a Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Ercole Bazzicaluva

Pen and brown ink drawing of men playing boccie beside a village, with a large tree on the right and hills in the distance.

Men Playing Boccie in a Village

Ercole Bazzicaluva

Brown ink and wash drawing of trees and shrubs at the edge of a wood, with a path in the foreground.

The Edge of a Wood

Anthony van Dyck, 1630

Pencil sketch of women and a child in an omnibus interior, with a window and hats at the right.

In the Omnibus [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1890-1891

Black and red chalk drawing of a standing man in a ruff collar and cloak, holding a hat at his side.

Portrait of a Man Standing

Anthony van Dyck

Chalk drawing of a bust-length man in a wide-brimmed feathered hat and lace collar on blue-grey paper.

Portetbuste van een (Spaanse?) heer met een grote hoed

Gérard ter Borch, 1645

Pencil drawing of a crowd with raised arms and a banner reading Hoch das allgemeine Wahlrecht before a columned parliament bu

"Hoch das allgemeine Wahlrecht!" (Kundgebung vor dem Parlament)

Wilhelm Gause, 1905

Pen and ink sketch of two seated male figures with loose, overlapping contour lines on grey-brown paper.

Two Seated Male Figures

Anthony van Dyck

Schets van Moses ter Borch, in profiel naar links

Gérard ter Borch, 1627

Studie van een lachende Moses ter Borch, in profiel naar links

Gérard ter Borch, 1627

Chalk drawing of three figures: a woman with lowered eyes, a man whispering beside her, and another man looking out.

Feeding the Dog

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Pencil drawing of a sledge shaped like a winged dragon with a curved runner and a dragon head at one end.

Slede in de vorm van een gevleugelde draak

Gérard ter Borch, 1654

Pencil sketch of a couple seated in a sledge, the man wearing a feathered hat and holding a whip.

Paartje op een slede

Gérard ter Borch, 1654

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Christ child with a kneeling saint and studies of bearded heads.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Pen and ink drawing of two women in an interior with a young boy carrying a tray holding a jug.

Dame bezig met haar toilet

Gérard ter Borch, 1659

Pencil drawing of a kneeling man before a seated woman with a fan, a cupid with bow and a deer in a landscape.

Heer knielend voor een dame

Gérard ter Borch, 1654

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17