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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with a clock tower, arched stone bridge, gabled houses and small boats.

Gezicht op het Singel gezien naar de Munt

Jan ten Compe, 1723

Watercolor of a canal with a sailing boat, a church tower, brick houses and trees along the quay.

Gezicht op de Oudeschans, de Snoekjessteeg en de Zuiderkerkstoren

Adrianus Eversen, 1855

Graphite sketch of a little girl with hair ribbon leaning on a railing, skirt loosely hatched, signed upper right.

Little Girl

Félicien Rops, 1873

Pen and wash drawing of a Dutch canal scene with a wooden bridge, a spired historic building, gabled houses and boats.

Gezicht op Rokin

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1861

Watercolor and pen drawing of the Munt tower in Amsterdam with gabled houses, a bridge, and handwritten notes on the sheet.

Gezicht op het Muntplein gezien vanaf de Vijzelstraat

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1861

Watercolor of a canal with a tall clock tower, brick houses, trees and a small boat under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op het Singel gezien naar de Munt

Anna Mortier Ramus, 1850

Pencil sketch of gabled canal houses with moored boats and barrels along a quay, and a church spire on the right.

Gezicht op een markt aan het Singel

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1861

Watercolor of an Amsterdam street with the Westertoren tower, children playing on a cobbled bridge and gabled houses.

Gezicht op een straat in Amsterdam, gezien naar de Westertoren

Tinus de Jongh, 1895

Pencil drawing of gabled canal houses along the Lindengracht in Amsterdam, with moored boats on the water in front.

Gezicht op de Lindengracht

Frédéric François Slager, 1934

Pencil drawing of a canal bridge with pedestrians and tall gabled houses along the water, trees and a church tower behind.

Gezicht op de Brouwersgracht, hoek Prinsengracht

Tinus de Jongh, 1895

Pencil sketch of a reclining man beside an older man in a hat, with handwritten notes in the upper right corner.

Study for Uylenspiegel

Pencil sketch of a crowded beach with bathing huts, tents, strollers in period dress, and people playing on the sand.

The Beach at Blankenberghe

Félicien Rops, 1863

Pencil sketch of two soldiers in helmets and long cloaks on an open plain, one with a lion emblem on his cloak.

Two Belgian Soldiers

Charcoal drawing of a standing man holding two mugs in a dim tavern interior, with a seated figure in the background.

Standing man with beer mugs

Ground plan drawing of a church design with nave, apse, altar and organ gallery, colored in green wash on paper.

Kirchenprojekt für Bruck-Kiralyhida

Ludwig Baumann, 1917

Pen and ink sketch sheet with studies of heads in hats, a bearded soldier, a draped figure and flower sprigs.

Sketch Sheet

Félicien Rops, 1878

Pen-and-ink letter to Théo with a sketch of a seated figure against a bare tree trunk.

Letter to Theo Hanon, from Rops, signed Fély

Pencil sketch of a bearded older man wearing a checked turban and dark coat, shown in bust length on pale paper.

Man with a Turban

Vertical drawing with three circular panels labeled Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, showing a couple, a ballot box, and a nurse

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

Pen and ink drawing of a man in dark clothes rushing up stone steps toward a glowing light in a hatched interior.

Kirchenräuber

Karl Wiener, 1920

Notebook with sketches and notes

Pencil drawing of a dark-clad figure sneaking up stone steps toward a glowing light in a church interior.

Kirchenräuber

Karl Wiener, 1921

Brown wash drawing of the risen Christ with the Virgin and St. Joseph above, and apostles gesturing below.

The Risen Christ between the Virgin and St. Joseph, Appearing to St. Peter and other Apostles

Jean Daret, ca. 1630-68

Graphite sketch of a robed bearded figure with arms outstretched, seated on clouds and gazing upward.

Study for Christ as Mediator

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with attendant women and cherubs in clouds above a classical landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Adrien Dassier, 1666

Loose pencil sketch of a bowed, bearded man in a long robe leaning on a staff, with a faint second head at upper right.

Standing Figure of a Man with a Staff

Honoré Daumier, 1825-79

Pen and wash drawing of Apollo with a lyre beside a nude woman, with Neptune and nymphs on a sea creature and a city behind.

Apollo and Galatea in a Landscape with Neptune and Three Nymphs

Orazio Samacchini, 1550-60

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman playing a flute beside a seated man, with faint sketched heads at left.

A Frieze Portraying a Music Party

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1512-71

Pen and ink drawing of women chatting in a cobbled courtyard under a stone archway, with a wooden tub and broom.

Klatsch

Karl Wiener, 1925

Pen and watercolor drawing of two horsemen firing pistols at each other on a wooded road beneath a large tree.

Twee ruiters, elkaar op een bosweg ontmoetend en op elkaar vurend

Cornelis Troost, 1740

Pencil sketch of baroque ornamental decoration with putti, an urn and a coat of arms, with Dutch handwritten notes below.

Decoraties in de Lutherse kerk te Batavia

Jan Brandes, 1779

Oval bust portrait drawing of a man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat with epaulettes, inscribed Corn. Redelijkheid.

Portret van de werktuigkundige Cornelis Redelijkheid

Johannes Cornelis Mertens, 1752