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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Panoramic drawing of a flat coastal plain with sandy tracks, distant mountains and cumulus clouds under a pale sky.

Weids gezicht op de Tafelberg, Valsbaai en de Hottentots-Hollandkloof (rechterblad)

Johannes Schumacher, 1777

Watercolour landscape of a winding path through a valley below blue mountains, with rocky slopes and clouds above.

De Hottentots-Hollandskloof in de richting van de Palmiet Rivier

Johannes Schumacher, 1777

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Utrecht gate with a canal, bridge, windmills, church tower and a rowing boat.

Gezicht op de Utrechtsepoort

Dirk Verrijk, 1744

Grey wash drawing of the Weesperpoort gate and city wall, with a canal, bridge, strolling figures and a rowing boat.

Gezicht op de Weesperpoort

Dirk Verrijk, 1744

Watercolor drawing of the Swellendam Drostdy with farm buildings, orchards, a winding road and distant mountains under cloudy

Drostdij van Swellendam

Johannes Schumacher, 1776

Sketch of the Virgin and Christ child with sheep and angels, and a sleeping shepherd in the foreground.

Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 18th century

Red and black chalk drawing of a bowed, nude male torso leaning forward on grey paper.

Half Figure of a Man, Nude to the Waist

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic cathedral tower and arched passage, with a festival procession and crowds in the street belo

View of the Portal and Principal Entrance of the Cathedral of Palermo during the Festival of Sta. Rosalia

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a winged angel gesturing to a seated woman beside a stone wall and a water jug.

Engel en een vrouw, mogelijk Hagar

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilly landscape with two small figures and a round tower at the right edge.

Vergezicht met twee figuren

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a seated man, a woman holding an infant, and a draped canopy among tree trunks.

Sater met vrouw en kind

Matthijs Balen, 1722

Drawing of a seated man and a standing woman beside a stone well under a large tree, with a jug and distant town.

Christus en de Samaritaanse vrouw

Matthijs Balen, 1706

Grey wash drawing of a woman reading a book by lamplight in a dark rocky niche.

Vrouw leest bij kaarslicht

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a young man pulling away from a reclining nude woman who holds his cloak, with draped curtains behind.

Jozef en de vrouw van Potifar

Matthijs Balen, 1728

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded soldier in a plumed helmet with a lion-head shoulder ornament.

A Helmeted Soldier

Domenico Peruzzini, 1660

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop town with a tall tower and stone walls above rocky slopes, with a mountain behind.

A View of Savelli near Albano

Jan de Bisschop

Brown wash drawing of Apollo with the Muses on a rocky height, a winged horse drinking at a spring below.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of a classical scene with a kneeling figure, seated woman, and crowd on stone steps.

The Generosity of Empress Pulcheria

Johann Christoph Storer, 1644

Brown wash drawing with four studies of a draped female torso and flowing cloth arranged across the sheet.

Four Studies of a Draped Torso

Jan de Bisschop

Brown wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, surrounded by soldiers, mounted riders and a crowd in a hilly l

Korsfästelsen

Jan de Bisschop

Watercolour album page with three cyclamen plants in pink and white and a sprig of blue forget-me-not flowers.

drawing, album, print

Hans Simon Holtzbecker, 1660

Brown wash drawing of two allegorical figures with a crocodile, dog, lion, spear, parasol and fallen urn in a landscape.

Allegories of Africa and America

Claude Louis Desrais, n.d.

Botanical watercolor study of yellow, purple and white crocus flowers with green leaves arranged on a pale sheet.

Krokusse

Hans Simon Holtzbecker

Watercolor botanical study of pink and white dog's-tooth violet flowers with mottled leaves on a cream background.

Hundszahn (Erythronium deus - caninus L.)

Hans Simon Holtzbecker, 1664

Sheet of ink and graphite sketches of draped figures and village scenes with French captions along the margins.

Studies for a figure composition

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Pencil sketches of women and a child among tree trunks, two compositional studies on one sheet of paper.

Two studies for a figure composition, including three women and a child

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Lächeln

Karl Wiener, 1925

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a woman holding a child, beside a bending female figure.

Mother and Child and a Female Figure

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 19th century

Brown ink figure studies on blue paper showing draped standing figures and reclining figures in quick sketch lines.

Sheet of figure studies

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 19th century

Pencil study of a swan with one wing raised and its neck bent downward, drawn on pale paper.

Studie van een zwaan

Aert Schouman, 1720

Loose pencil sketch of a figure composition with printed text reading Maison en Chine & au Japon on the left.

Figure composition

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Pencil sketch study of fighting roosters and hens in several poses, with faint trees and a fence in the background.

Studies van vechtende hanen en kippen

Aert Schouman, 1720