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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pen drawing of a mother and small daughter in a garden by a house with an awning, a doll lying in the grass.

Moeder en dochter zoeken een pop in een tuin

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen and brown wash drawing of a muscular bearded nude man holding a club, with a lion skin draped over his arm.

Hercules, Standing with a Club

Domenico Beccafumi, 1530-40

Pen drawing of a tram in the rain with passengers, a woman with an umbrella, and a running child on the street.

Vrouw houdt een tram aan in de regen

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen drawing of a boy kneeling to pet a dog in a basket in a tiled kitchen with a stove and laundry basket.

Jongen knielt bij een hond in een mand

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen drawing of a large spotted dog seated on a rug, reaching toward two playful puppies on the floor.

Hond met twee puppy's

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen drawing of a boy with buckets approaching a woman at a gate beside a house labelled Zeemansrust, with a picket fence and

Jongen met emmers bij Huize Zeemansrust

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen drawing of a family at a round table: a girl pouring tea, a standing moustached man, and a woman holding a toddler.

Gezin rondom een tafel

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Ink and wash drawing with an architectural elevation above and classical ruins, urn and draped figures below.

A Reconstruction of the Castellum Aquiae Martiae (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen drawing of a smiling woman in a kitchen as a child tumbles headfirst into a cooking pot beside the stove.

Vrouw lacht om een jongen in een kookpot

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Watercolor of a woman bending near a snowy farmhouse among bare trees in a winter forest.

Vrouw voor een huis in een besneeuwd bos

Willem Witsen, 1870

Pen drawing of a harnessed work horse on a street, a man in clogs holding its reins, and a woman lifting a child to pet it.

Jongen aait een werkpaard

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Watercolor of red-roofed houses and a figure on a sunlit dirt street, with a balcony of potted plants on the right.

Benedenstad Batavia

Willem Witsen, 1870

Watercolor of a blacksmith working at a bench in a workshop with an anvil, hanging tools and a large window.

Smid aan het werk in zijn smidse

Willem Witsen, 1870

Charcoal drawing of children among bare trees in a snowy park, with a tower in the distance.

Kinderen tussen bomen in de sneeuw

Willem Witsen, 1870

Brown ink drawing of a reconstructed circular mausoleum with obelisks above, and its ruins below beside a seated female figur

A Reconstruction of the Mausoleum of Augustus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Soft-toned drawing of a nude woman seated on a bed beside a lamp in a dim room.

Naakte vrouw, zittend op de rand van het bed

Willem Witsen, 1870

Pencil portrait drawing of a seated woman with hair pulled back, in a high-necked blouse, gazing to the side.

Portret van Saar de Swart

Pencil portrait of a woman with hair in an updo, wearing a square-necked dress and a small pendant necklace.

Portret van Emilie van Kerckhoff

Charcoal and chalk portrait of an elderly bald man with a grey moustache in a dark suit, on grey paper.

Portret van F.J. Spakler

Pencil and chalk portrait of a balding man with a moustache, wearing a jacket, white collar and tie, looking toward the viewe

Portret van een heer, waarschijnlijk Walter Cohen

Charcoal portrait drawing of an elderly woman with hair in a bun and a round brooch, on grey paper.

Portret van mevrouw M. Heering-Spakler

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman bath complex above and ruins of the Thermae of Nero with an arch below.

A Reconstruction of the Thermae of Nero (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Graphite portrait drawing of a seated elderly man in a dark coat, with grey wash background and red grid lines.

Portret van ds. A.J.P. Oort

Portret van een eierboer uit Broek

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a bearded man in pince-nez glasses and a suit jacket, drawn on tan paper.

Portret van Samuel Muller

Drawing of a mustached man in a dark suit with clasped hands, gazing at the viewer against a gray background.

Portret van R.P.J. Tutein Nolthenius

Pencil and wash portrait of an elderly man with gray hair, mustache, bow tie and frock coat, drawn on cream paper.

Portret van prof. dr. H.A. Kooyker

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman temple above and ruins with arcades below, flanked by two Roman coin portraits.

A Reconstruction of the Aurelian Temple of the Sun (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and wash drawing reconstructing the Arch of Gallienus, with two figures below gesturing at a framed view of the ruins.

A Reconstruction of the Arch of Gallienus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman temple above and a street view of ruins and a church facade below.

A Reconstruction of the Aerarium (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of the Temple of Divus Claudius, with a reconstructed circular view above and a ruin view below, plus a

A Reconstruction of the Temple of Divus Claudius in Monte Coelio (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Two pencil sketches on one sheet: a hatched city view above and a kneeling figure among angular forms below.

Stadsgezicht en een knielende figuur

George Hendrik Breitner, 1885