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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Muted watercolor of icebergs rising above a calm sea under a pale, cloudy sky, with a dark shoreline at right.

Isbjerge

Jakob Danielsen, 1888-1938

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with figures on ladders lowering Christ among mourning women.

The Descent from the Cross

Maerten de Vos, 1585

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with angels, putti, a cross and chalice, allegorical figures of faith, hope and lo

Faith, Hope and Love.

Maerten de Vos, 1577

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumphal procession with a chariot, soldiers and crowds before a Colosseum-like arena.

A Roman Triumph

Drawing of a blank sphere framed by allegorical figures, a sun-rayed Apollo, and a winged Time with a scythe.

Apollo, Diana, and Time with the Cyclic Vicissitudes of Human Life

Maerten de Vos, 1561

Pen and brown wash drawing of a Renaissance-style interior with muscular men, a woman with a child, and a harbor view.

Saint Peter's Vision

Maerten de Vos, 1588

Red chalk drawing of a rustic interior with a woman spinning, a child, a man reading a newspaper, and a man at a half door.

Krantlezer in interieur

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1766

Red chalk drawing of a smiling young man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning over a half door in a stone archway.

Jongen leunend over een onderdeur

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1763

Drawing of a woman with pearl-adorned hair, pearl necklace and lace collar in pencil and red chalk.

Portrait of Louise of Lorraine, queen of France

Jean Rabel, 1575

Brown wash drawing of sailing ships moored in shallow water with figures working on the shore and in a rowboat.

Lossen van aangemeerde schepen

Bernhard Schreuder, 1767

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a cap and jacket with a jug beside him, on a small sheet.

Zittende boer met kruik

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1739

Figures pull sleds in a line across a snowy plain toward distant lavender mountains under an overcast sky.

Ubekendt titel

Jakob Danielsen, 1888-1938

Pencil drawing of a wide waterway with a row of trees on the left and windmills along the far bank.

Gezicht op de Amstel gezien van de Singelgracht

Jacob Cats, 1751

Grey wash drawing of Neptune and Amphitrite among clouds above sea figures, tritons and fish.

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite

Gabriel François Doyen, ca. 1773

Watercolor of a garden with a thatched cottage, figures, a wheelbarrow, iron railings, and a windmill under cloudy sky.

Figures in a Garden

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1784

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Champ de Mai, June 1, 1815

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, ca. 1815

Grey wash drawing of a domed circular grain market interior with arcades, columns, and small figures among stacked goods.

Interior of Halle aux Blés, Paris [The Corn Exchange]

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Handwritten Dutch calligraphy with colored hearts beside each line and an ink spiral below, dated 1659.

Lijst met kleursymbolen

Gesina ter Borch, 1659

Twee staande vrouwen in profiel

Gesina ter Borch, 1649

Watercolor of a flat meadow with a dirt road, ditch, and church tower on the horizon under billowing clouds.

Gezicht op Loenen

Gerrit Zegelaar, 1770

Watercolor sketch of three standing women in 17th-century dress with two children, one held and one holding a flower.

Drie staande vrouwen en twee kinderen

Gesina ter Borch, 1649

Sheet of small watercolour figure studies of seventeenth-century men and women in varied costume, some carrying baskets.

Figuurstudies

Gesina ter Borch, 1648

Watercolor drawing of a couple embracing on a grassy hill, with a distant fisherman and small figures in the landscape.

Geliefden bij een vijver

Gesina ter Borch, 1650

Watercolor of a young child in a blue dress and feathered hat playing a violin, with Dutch inscription above.

Vioolspelend kind

Gesina ter Borch, 1650

Watercolor sketch of a woman with a child beside a woman carrying baskets of greens on her head.

Noord-Hollandse vrouw met kind en vrouw met manden

Gesina ter Borch, 1648

Red chalk drawing of a bat with spread wings above two studies of human ears, with a motto written below.

Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Pen and ink sketch of a fallen giant, onlookers raising arms at right, and a levitating figure above.

Unidentified Scene: Figures Watching a Fallen Giant and Another Figure Levitating

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Hand-colored drawing of a comic scene in an apothecary with costumed figures, a reclining man, and a servant holding a bottle

Le diable boiteux

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1833

Pencil drawing of a cow lying in grass, head turned toward the viewer, with horns visible, dated 1815.

Liggende koe, van voren

Jean Bernard, 1815

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a tethered brown cow in a stable, with a study of a cow's head below.

Koe in de stal en de kop van een koe

Jean Bernard, 1808

Three pencil sketches of cows: two heads facing forward and one cow lying down on grass, on cream paper.

Drie schetsen van een liggende koe

Jean Bernard, 1816

Pencil sheet with four studies of cow heads and a reclining cow resting on grass.

Vier studies van de kop van een koe en een liggende koe

Jean Bernard, 1821