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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pencil drawing of a woman reading aloud to a listening boy and a small girl seated beside a wooden chair.

Vrouw leest voor aan een jongen en een meisje

August Allebé, 1855

Watercolor of grieving figures on stone steps before a walled city, with armed warriors and archers in the background.

Priam and his Family Mourning the Death of Hector

Étienne Barthélemy Garnier, n.d.

Watercolor of a showman pointing at a peep box while a curly-haired man leans in to look, 1799.

Man met een kijkkast

Monogrammist JA, 1799

Drawing of a haloed bearded saint in flowing robes writing on a tablet, graphite and white chalk on tan paper.

Saint Matthew

Camille-Auguste Gastine, 1835-67

Grey-toned drawing of a veiled standing woman with a halo, one hand on her chest and a sprig in the other hand.

Mater Dolorosa

Camille-Auguste Gastine, 1835-67

Circular medal design in brown wash showing five crowned men in robes around a pedestal, with Latin inscriptions and the date

Design for a Medal Commemorating the Treaty of Paris, 1814

Jacques Edouard Gatteaux, ca. 1814

Painting of ruined stone arches receding into a vaulted tunnel, framed by green trees and a blue sky with clouds.

Ruins of a Roman Bath or Reservoir

Louis Gauffier, n.d.

Drawing of a woman in a long dress carrying a child on her shoulders, with figures and trees in a brown landscape behind.

Hail Mary (Ia Orana Maria)

Paul Gauguin, ca. 1893-95

A Tahitian Woman with a Flower in Her Hair

Paul Gauguin, 1891-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grotto fountain with a shell niche, a reclining figure, and trophies of arms and books.

A Fountain in a Grotto

Giovanni Guerra, ca. 1598

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, hair pinned up, draped garment over her lap.

Woman Seated, Seen from Back

Paul Gavarni, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a charioteer and horseman with horses and a dog on grey paper.

Charioteer and Horseman

Théodore Géricault, early 19th century

Pencil sketch of a bearded nude man standing beside a chair and holding a walking stick, dated 1940.

"Letzte Novemberrose"; aus: "Die 150 Blätter"

Karl Wiener, 1940

Pen and ink sketch of six figure studies, including seated mother and child, reclining figure and standing nude.

Six Figure Studies, including four for "The Poor Italian Family"

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Watercolor of lily of the valley with white bell flowers and green leaves beside printed Danish botanical text.

Liljekonval

Niels Larsen Stevns, 1882-1940

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat riding a horse, with a study of a horse's head in the upper left.

Man on Horseback, and Study of Horse's Head

Théodore Géricault, 19th century

Stylized drawing of a bald, green-faced man in a dark coat before smokestacks and small figures in an industrial landscape.

Leute

Karl Wiener, 1935

Grey wash panoramic drawing of troop formations, cannons and mounted officers across fields in the Battle of Ramillies.

Slag bij Ramillies (linkerhelft), 1706

Nicolaes Aartman, 1723

Pen drawing of mounted officers and massed infantry lines across a plain before a town, with a caption naming the 1706 battle

Slag bij Ramillies (rechterhelft), 1706

Nicolaes Aartman, 1723

Grey wash drawing of a ruined city staged as a theatre, with collapsed houses, a canal, and allegorical figures in the foregr

Leidens Jammer Toneel

Christiaan van Waardt, 1807

Pencil drawing of a tree-lined path to an ornate iron gate between stone pillars, with a domed pavilion behind.

Gezicht langs de Amsteldijk, gezien naar het hek van buitenplaats Slotzigt

Tinus de Jongh, 1914

Engraving of a kneeling cleric clasping a woman's hand beside an angel and a column, with Latin inscription below.

St. Joseph

Witte van der Hagen, 1680

Pen and wash drawing of an apotheosis: gods and muses on clouds above a central poet and kneeling figures.

Apotheose van een dichter

Giovanni Battista Maderna, 1673

Grey wash drawing of a winged angel blowing a trumpet atop a dark dome, with battlefield wreckage and clouds below.

De morgenster van de overwinning op de verslagen overblijfselen van het leger van Napoleon

George Kockers, 1814

Academiestudie naar gips van antieke buste van een man met baard

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Watercolor of two fishermen on a rocky ledge framed by a ruined arch, looking over a bay toward a volcano and sailboats.

View from a ruin over a bay with a volcano

L. Chipart, 1744-1807

Hoofd van een jongen, naar rechts

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Graphite drawing of a woman's head and shoulders, eyes closed, with flowers and leaves in her curled hair.

Buste van vrouw met bloemen in het haar

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Hoofd van een jongen met muts, naar rechts

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Hoofd van een bacchant, naar rechts

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Hoofd van een man met lang krullend haar, naar rechts

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

Pencil drawing of a bearded man with curly shoulder-length hair and a draped cloak, gazing toward the viewer.

Buste van een man met baard (Christus?)

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819