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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pen and brown ink drawing over red chalk of a crouching, long-haired male figure holding a skull.

Saint Jerome

Alessandro Vittoria, 1565

Pen and brown wash sheet with studies of glass jars, bowls, a muscular man, a nude figure, a horse head and sketched heads.

Studies of Glass Jars and Figures (recto)

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, 1586

Pen and ink sketch sheet of many nude male figures in action poses, with a rearing horse and a reclining figure.

Studies of Figures (verso)

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, 1586

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling friar with a rosary, gazing at angels in clouds, beside a cherub and a column.

St. Paschal Baylon Adoring the Blessed Sacrament

Claude François, 17th century

Charcoal and chalk sketch of mounted riders in robes charging with raised spears across hilly desert ground.

Arab Skirmish

Eugène Fromentin, 19th century

Drawing of a seated woman in an orange sleeve holding a child, with grey draped fabric and white chalk highlights.

Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Child

Louis Galloche, ca. 1747

Red and white chalk drawing of a standing man in classical armor with a billowing orange cloak, one arm outstretched.

Coriolanus Standing

Louis Galloche, ca. 1747

Pencil drawing of anchored sailing boats and a rowboat with two figures on a choppy sea under a cloudy sky.

Schepen voor anker met op de voorgrond een roeiboot

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil sketch of two sailing boats with tall sails moored at a wooden quay, figures on deck and pier, flat horizon.

Twee botters aan de steiger

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil sketch of a fishing boat and rowboat at a harbor entrance with a lighthouse on the right and birds overhead.

Vissersboot en roeiboot bij de haveningang met rechts een vuurtoren

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Charcoal drawing of gnarled, leafless trees and tangled branches over a shadowy woodland floor on tan paper.

Bomenstudie

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil sketch of a shipyard with moored wooden boats, a figure on the quay, buildings, chimney smoke and trees.

Scheepswerf

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Charcoal sketch of a horse pulling a covered wagon on a street, with a lamp post and fence at the left.

Paard en wagen

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Jongenskop

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Charcoal sketch of a young girl with long dark hair and downcast eyes, head turned to the side, white collar at the neck.

Portret van een meisje

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil study on brown paper of a child leaning at a table, with separate sketches of hands and a second head.

Studies van een kind aan een tafel

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Charcoal study of a hand and forearm with a shirt cuff on brown paper, by Willem Bastiaan Tholen.

Studies van een hand

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil sketch of rooftops, chimneys and leafy gardens in a town, drawn on lined paper.

Daken en tuinen in Enkhuizen

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil study sheet with many sketched figures of spectators seen from behind, including women, men and a child.

Studieblad met diverse toeschouwers op de rug gezien

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Charcoal sketch of a bearded carpenter working under a timber roof frame in a shed, with planks and tools around him.

Timmerman bezig met het maken van een geraamte voor een schuur

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Charcoal sketch of a child with dark hair resting head on crossed arm, eyes lowered, loose hatched shading.

Liesbeth of Dora Arntzenius als kind, op een arm geleund

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Charcoal drawing of a young girl with long dark hair and a lace collar, seen from the front, by Willem Bastiaan Tholen.

Péronne Arntzenius als jong meisje, van voren gezien

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Brown wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves, mourners at the base and soldiers on horseback.

The Crucifixion of Christ

Hans Speckaert, before 1577

Head of a Bearded Man

Hans Hoffmann, 1579

Grey wash drawing in a long horizontal frieze of soldiers and struggling women in a crowded scene.

The Rape of the Sabines

Jacques Gamelin, n.d.

Pencil sketch sheet of candlesticks, a goblet, a vase and other objects, with Rijksmuseum stamps and handwritten inventory nu

Kandelaars en andere objecten

Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881

Bust of a Man in Profile to Left

Jacques Gamelin, n.d.

Pen drawing of a street vendor in a hat holding out a copy of Gil Blas, with the caption Voilà le Gil Blas, fifty centimes.

Straatverkoper verkoopt het tijdschrift Gil Blas

Monogrammist EK, 1900

Pen drawing of a runaway horse and carriage, a child fallen on the path, and a man and women running toward them in a garden.

Jongen en meisje vallen uit een wagen

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen drawing of five girls running toward a man in a cap beside a flowering tree, with petals falling through the air.

Vijf meisjes begroeten een man met hoed

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen drawing of a woman in a hat and two girls at a café table on a terrace beside trees and a railing.

Vrouw en twee meisjes op een terras

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892

Pen drawing of a girl in a straw hat beside a black and white cow in a meadow, with windmills and a farmhouse behind.

Meisje bij een koe in de wei

Gijsbertus Johannes van Overbeek, 1892