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Drawings & Sketches

79,494 works

Watercolor street scene of a brick gabled house, church spire, wooden fence, two women and a seated reader.

Gezicht op de Gasthuiskerk te Amsterdam

Reinier Vinkeles, 1768

Pen and ink allegorical design: a seated woman offers a laurel wreath to a nude male figure with a torch, amid classical arch

Design for an Allegorical Print

Louis Lafitte, ca.1800-02

Grey wash drawing of a clustered column, patterned floor panel and garland-decorated walls in a church interior.

Gezicht op de grafsteen van Jan van Baerle in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Grey wash drawing of the Schreierstoren tower beside an Amsterdam canal, with rowing boats and moored sailing ships.

Gezicht op de Schreierstoren te Amsterdam, gezien naar de Geldersekade

J.C. Rehbock, 1850

Watercolor of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam seen across a canal with boats, a bridge, figures and a carriage.

Gezicht op de Oude Kerk te Amsterdam vanaf de Oudezijds Voorburgwal

Johannes Schouten, 1726

Watercolor interior of a church with a pipe organ on a gallery, stone columns, wooden pews and a figure in green.

Interieur van de Oosterkerk te Amsterdam, gezien naar het orgel

Gerrit Lamberts, 1817

Grey wash drawing of a round crenellated tower on an Amsterdam waterfront with rowing boats and figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op de Schreierstoren te Amsterdam

Abraham Storck, 1654

Pen and wash drawing of a heaped pile of armor, banners, a trumpet, chains and books under a cloudy sky.

The House of York

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1796

Pencil sketch of a man with raised arms and clenched fists against swirling diagonal lines and radiating light.

Im Feuer

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pencil sketch of a tall church epitaph with a skull ornament and handwritten verse notes beside it.

Epitaaf van Jacob van Heemskerck in de Oude Kerk te Amsterdam

Johan Conrad Greive, 1882

Watercolor and pencil study of blue harebells, ferns, leaves and rocks on a pale sheet of paper.

Bloemen en planten

Fik Abbing, 1911

Pencil drawing of a cobbled street with bare trees, gabled houses, a canal and a lone pedestrian, inscribed Dordrecht.

Gezicht op een oude straat te Dordrecht

Jan Paul Valkema Blouw, 1924

Brown ink and wash drawing of two classical urns with serpent handles, relief figures, and a lion mask detail.

Designs for Two Urns

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Red chalk sketch of a seated man resting his head on his hands, looking to the side, with a dark shawl.

Zittende man met het hoofd in de handen gesteund

Jan Paul Valkema Blouw, 1916

Portret van een onbekende man

Jan Paul Valkema Blouw, 1916

Ink and watercolor drawing of a man seated on a bench from behind, facing a blue sky over a grassy hill.

Im Freien

Karl Wiener, 1925

Portret van een onbekende man

Jan Paul Valkema Blouw, 1894

Twee naakte vrouwen met cape

Otto Verhagen, 1919

Stylized drawing of a woman in a black gown with lace ruff, finger to lips, before dark stylized trees, 1916.

Personificatie van de Nacht

Otto Verhagen, 1916

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a room wall with two windows, a central statue niche and garland relief, with a plan

Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1785-86

Ink drawing of a standing woman in an ornate gown with a long train, beside a lute player and a turbaned figure near a Gothic

Staande vrouw met tulband op haar hoofd

Otto Verhagen, 1925

Black and white ink drawing of a banquet in an ornate hall with jesters, a lute player and dancing nudes beside cypress trees

Paus Alexander VI aan een rijk gedekte tafel

Otto Verhagen, 1922

Black and white ink drawing of two women in long gowns embracing against a stylized dark background with spiky forms.

Vrouw kust een andere vrouw in haar nek

Otto Verhagen, 1912

Pen and wash design drawing of a wall with an ornate chimneypiece, caryatids, framed paintings, and two standing male figures

Design for a Wall Decoration with Chimneypiece and Two Figures

Antoine Le Pautre, ca. 1650-70

Decorative drawing of a telegraph office with interior hall scenes, operators at apparatus, a street facade and framing ornam

The main telegraph office newly built in St. Petersburg and opened 14 October 1862

Adolf Jossifowitsch Charlemagne, 1862

Colored pen drawing of a multi-storey building with lit windows and figures, under a striped dusk sky.

Im Hotel zur Nachtigall

Karl Wiener, 1921

Ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, with Joseph at a workbench and the child on the floor.

The Childhood of Christ, in the carpenter's shop

Hans Bol, 1534-93

Pencil sketch of a stout woman in a hat beside a doorway and a standing man in a suit, with German caption below.

"Im Interesse ihrer Gesundheit prüfen Sie oft ihr Gewicht" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1930

Pen and blue wash sketch of a seated man, standing couple and allegorical figures in an architectural interior.

Compositional Sketch for The Request for Admission into the Union, a Painting in the Town Hall of 's-Hertogenbosch. T…

Theodoor van Thulden, 1645?

Pencil drawing of a lone figure in a hat walking beside a stone wall into misty grey landscape.

"Im Nebel / Illustration zum "Narrenseil" von O.J."

Karl Wiener, 1921

Red chalk design of a bearded herm figure with four putti and garlands of fruit and foliage in an arched panel.

Design for a Panel with Four Putti Decorating a Herm (Terminal Figure) with Garlands of Fruit and Foliage

Jacob de Wit, ca. 1720-40

Pencil sketch of two seated women in headscarves with a young girl resting at their feet on draped cloth.

Sketch of Two Seated Women with Young Girl Sitting at Their Feet; Verso: Sketch of a Woman

Charles Baugniet, 1830-86