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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Pencil sketch of a seated figure on a bed beside a wall, with the name SUSANNA written at upper right.

Lappenpop Susanna zittend op een stoel

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of two rabbits holding paws beside clover, a potted plant, a crescent moon and a small rabbit at right.

Twee konijnen die elkaars poot vasthouden

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of three ice skaters on cream paper, one extending a leg and one seen from behind.

Drie schaatsende mannen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a kangaroo standing and smoking a pipe, with a small young kangaroo running beside it.

Kangoeroe die een eikelpijpje rookt

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Giraffe

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Grey wash drawing of children playing in a room, one holding a stick, with seated and standing adults in an interior.

Children Playing Horse and Carriage

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Twelve numbered fish in varied colors swim in blue water inside a gold oval border, with Latin text above.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXV

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Pencil sketch of foxes on a bank above water, with ducks swimming and a frog on the shore.

Roedel vossen aan een waterkant

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of monkeys climbing and perched in slender bare trees on pale paper.

Apen in bomen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of three ostriches on a bank above water with several ducklings swimming below.

Struisvogels aan een waterkant

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of two pigs, a dog, and a girl in a hat beside a bicycle on a rough ground line.

Varkens en een meisje met een hoed en hond

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Ooievaars

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Watercolor and ink drawing of top-hatted men and crinoline-gowned women meeting in a park, with a carriage behind.

Meeting in the Park

Constantin Guys, ca. 1860

Watercolor plate of ten numbered fish in pink, brown, blue and green swimming over pale blue water within an oval border.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVI

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of numbered fish species swimming in pale blue water inside a gold oval border, with a Latin inscription abo

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Gray wash drawing of a crowded civic celebration seen from ramparts, with a large building, carriages, soldiers, and annotati

The Visit of Napoléon III to Boulogne-sur-Mer

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Four vertical stucco design panels in grey, pink, green and blue with empty cartouches, scrollwork, garlands and a crowned mo

Design for stucco decoration in the corridor of the audience hall, Frederiksborg

Jan Wilckens van Verelt, 1652

Grey wash drawing of mounted guards escorting an ornate carriage past a wall with flags, by Constantin Guys.

The Senator Returning from the Vatican

Constantin Guys, ca. 1865

Watercolor of colorful fish swimming in blue water inside a gold oval border, with a Latin caption above.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVIII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of a whale, sturgeon, shark and smaller fish swimming in an oval frame over rippling blue water.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate II

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue paper of the Baptism of Christ, with a standing figure, a kneeling figure, and angel

The Baptism of Christ

Noël Hallé, 18th century

Watercolor plate of six stingrays and skates swimming over a blue sea, drawn from above, with Roman numeral XXIX.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXIX

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of four rays and flatfish swimming on blue water inside a gold oval border, numbered XXX.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXX

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Five flatfish swim over blue waves above a sandy seabed with shells, painted in watercolor on a numbered page.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXI

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor landscape of leaning trees with yellow and green foliage, a small building on a hill, and sea at right.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1900

Watercolor drawing of flatfish, a ray and shells on a sandy seafloor within an oval border, from a 1575 natural history plate

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor of weathered Roman ruins with stone blocks and a tall broken wall, with a distant town and bell tower under a pale

View of the Colosseum from the Basilica of Domitian and the Flavian Palace, Rome

Henri Harpignies, 1864

Watercolor plate of twelve numbered fish, mostly flatfish, swimming over blue water inside a gold oval border.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXIII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor of stone ramparts with rooftops and large green trees under a pale blue sky, by Harpignies, 1893.

View from the Ramparts at Chartres

Henri Harpignies, 1893

Grey wash drawing of Saint Peter's dome silhouetted over Rome's rooftops beneath stormy clouds and slanting rain.

Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome

Henri Harpignies, 1856

Pencil drawing of a forest interior with leaning tree trunks, branches and undergrowth shaded softly on pale paper.

Forest Interior

Henri Harpignies, 1835-1916

Monochrome circular portrait drawing of a young man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, set against a landscape.

Portrait of a Young Man

Fulchran Jean Harriet, 1802