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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Grey wash drawing of a church with a tall tower, farmers ploughing with horses in a field, and hills beyond.

Gezicht op de kerk van Beek, bij Nijmegen

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Pencil sketch of a bent nude male figure with one arm raised and the other extended, on cream paper.

Study of two figures, one lunging at the other

Félicien Rops, ca. 1870

Watercolor of a brick church with a tall tower beside a tree-lined street with strollers and a carriage.

Gezicht op de kerk van Bloemendaal

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Watercolor of a village street with a wooden clock tower, brick houses, trees, chickens and people chatting.

Gezicht op het Klokhuis te Overveen

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Grey ink drawing of a church tower beyond a canal, with trees, a footbridge and figures in a landscape.

Gezicht op de kerk van Leerbroek

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Pen and watercolor drawing of Venlo town hall with twin towers, a crowded square and gabled houses on both sides.

Het stadhuis van Venlo

Jan de Beijer, 1741

Grey wash drawing of a church with a tall spire, large trees, a stone wall, two figures and a dog.

De kerk van Steinkirchen

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Watercolour of Judith and Holofernes as costumed theatre figures in an ornate blue and gold interior, 1849.

"Judith und Holofernes./ Hr. Scholz Nestroy und Mad. Schmidt

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1849

Sheet with figures, details of hands and feet

Félicien Rops, ca. 1870

Watercolor of a banana plant with broad green leaves and a hanging bud, beside a figure in checked cloth, on a manuscript pag

Pisangboom

Jan Brandes, 1779

Watercolor of tall areca palms with a man climbing one trunk, beside a hedge, garden path and iron gate.

Pinangbomen bij landgoed

Jan Brandes, 1779

Watercolor page of betel leaves, a fruiting sprig, and a halved nut with Dutch handwritten notes, by Jan Brandes, 1783.

Methodes voor het maken van sirih

Jan Brandes, 1783

Watercolor of a speckled cuckoo with a barred tail perched on a branch against a pale blue sky, in an album page.

Hollandse koekoek

Jan Brandes, 1770

Hand-coloured drawing of a Ceylon slow loris with large eyes and long limbs, with Dutch handwritten notes above on a sketchbo

Ceylonse luiaard

Jan Brandes, 1786

Pen and ink drawing of a stylized standing woman with a sword, beside a factory chimney and city skyline.

"Jugend", aus: Zyklus "Vom Gestern zum Morgen" ("Grotesken")

Karl Wiener, 1942

Brown wash drawing of a country chapel with a bell tower among trees, with a distant town at the left.

Landscape with a Country Chapel

Jacques Callot, 1605-35

Watercolor of a sunlit farmyard corner with thatched roof, open door and whitewashed walls, framed by pencil sketches of a co

Sunlit Corner of a Farmyard

Christen Dalsgaard, 1853

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers in a camp with tents, a cart and a large tree under a hazy sky.

A Bivouac

Jacques Callot, n.d.

Four quick pen and ink studies of horses in varied poses on a pale sheet of paper.

Four Studies of Horses

Jacques Callot, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a hat leaning forward to push a plow across a field with diagonal hatching behind him.

Study of a man pushing a plow

Félicien Rops, ca. 1870

Brown and white wash drawing of cavalry in a skirmish, with a fallen drummer and rearing horses in the foreground.

Cavalry Skirmish with a Fallen Drummer at Left

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 1763

Grey wash drawing of mounted cavalry in a smoky skirmish, with a fallen soldier in the foreground right.

Cavalry Skirmish with a Fallen Soldier at Right

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of the château de Kerjean with a conical tower, a gateway and small figures in the courtyard.

Le château de Kerjean

Louis-François Cassas, 1777

Pen and grey wash drawing of Psyche bathing, with attendants and flying cherubs in an oval composition.

The Bath of Psyche

Pierre Jacques Cazes, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a young Saint John and two adoring angels.

Madonna and Child with Saint John, Saint Anne, and Two Angels in Adoration

Francesco Stringa, 1635-1709

Pen and ink sketch of two standing male figures in draped garments, one with an arm raised, on tan paper.

Two Standing Male Figures

Jacopo Zucchi, 1540-96

Red chalk and ink drawing of a kneeling bearded old man seen from behind, arm outstretched, head turned upward.

Kneeling Bearded Old Man (recto); Section of a Draped Limb and Sketches (verso)

Nosadella, 1500-1571

Three navy ships with Danish flags. Oar-powered

Christian August Lorentzen, 1746-1828

Pen and ink drawing of a standing winged angel with one arm raised and a draped cloth in the other hand.

Standing Figure of an Angel

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing male figure in a flowing robe, gazing upward with one arm extended.

Standing Male Saint (an Apostle?)

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women embracing in an interior, with loosely drawn figures and drapery behind them.

Visitation

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1716-18

Ink and wash drawing of the Flight into Egypt: Mary on a donkey holding the infant Christ, with Joseph walking ahead in an ar

The Flight into Egypt

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50