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Drawings & Sketches

79,656 works

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a young boy with wavy hair and a white collar, within an oval vignette on tan paper.

Portrait of a Boy

Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert, June 1870

Watercolor battle scene of nude and armored warriors with swords, spears and shields clashing before hazy mountains.

Battle Scene

François Joseph Heim, 19th century

Loose oil sketch of a martyrdom scene with a nude figure, rearing white horse, soldiers and red drapery.

The Martyrdom of Saint Hippolytus

François Joseph Heim, 19th century

Ink drawing of a fox and a sheep drinking at a stream on a cliff, with two sheep on a flowered hillside behind.

How Reynard asks the king for a respite and makes his general confession in front of all the people, ca. 1908

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1908

Chalk drawing of a bearded shirtless man leaning on a crutch with one arm raised high, on grey paper.

Man Leaning on a Crutch with Left Arm Raised

Alexandre Hesse, 19th century

Ink drawing of an anthropomorphic fox hanging by a rope from a branch, with handwritten notes in the margins.

How Reynard tells the discovery of the hidden treasure and how he foiled the conspiracy

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, looking toward the viewer with a slight smile.

Head of a Man

Claude Jean-Baptiste Hoin, n.d.

Watercolor of robed figures and beggars on a grand staircase leading to the Campidoglio in Rome, with statues and a bell towe

The Campidoglio seen from the Staircase of the Church of the Aracoeli, Rome, at Sunset

Charles-François Houel, 1846

Ink drawing of a bound bear standing upright beside a fox lying tied on hatched grass, with handwritten notes on the paper.

How Reinaert devises a new trick to get free and exterminate his enemies

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Ink and wash drawing of a vaulted hall with Corinthian columns, figures in period dress and torchlight near a smoky opening.

Visitors with Torches Inside a Circular Building

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, ca. 1769

Woodcut of a rocky landscape with a badger emerging from a burrow under a tree and a fox seated on rocks at lower right.

How Brown is sent with the message to Reynard and how he addresses him

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1908

Black and White Dog, Head Turned to the Left

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1794-95

Ink drawing of a curly-horned ram and a hare on grass, with a fox's head and paw facing them from the right.

How Reynard prepares for a great pilgrimage and is read by Belijn, and how he bids farewell to the court

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Watercolor of a rocky mountain valley with cliffs in the foreground and hazy peaks receding under a pale sky.

Mountain View at Oisans (Isère)

Paul Huet, 1858

Ink drawing of a curly-fleeced ram with a spiral horn and human-like face, lying among grass tufts against a dark shape.

How Reynard gives two letters to Belijn and how the ram gets them to the court

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Ink drawing of a roaring lion with a flowing mane beside an ornate jeweled crown.

How the travelling bag is opened and the deception is revealed and the king's great grief

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Watercolor landscape of brown hills and blue mountains under stormy clouds, with small figures walking beside a stream.

Mountains of Auvergne

Paul Huet, 1831-33

Black-and-white stylized drawing of a fox, a bear, workers, a river and trees in a rural scene.

How Reynard reconsiders and then receives Brown kindly and tells him about the honey

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1908

Ink drawing of figures struggling in water beside a bear, with trees and shrubs on a grassy bank.

How Brown went out with Reynard where he thought he was eating honey and how he was caught by head and feet and suffe…

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1908

Ink drawing of a hillside with sun, crescent moon, trees, stone lions and foxes, signed G. v. d. W.

How Brown expresses his complaint about Reynard and what is decided next

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Grey wash drawing of a robed saint raising a cross toward a demon, with winged figures and an open book nearby.

St. Anthony of Egypt Driving Away Devils

Grégoire Huret, 17th century

Black ink silhouette of a seated lion wearing a crown, facing left, with its tail curled forward on a cream page.

King Lion

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Grey wash drawing of an interior court with a seated judge under an arch, guards with staves, and a crowd around a bare-chest

Geseling van Christus voor Pontius Pilatus

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a robed figure pointing to kneeling men beside rocks, with a large tree on the left.

Christus wekt de discipelen op de Olijfberg

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Orpheus with a lyre at a tree trunk, threatened by raised-staff female figures in a forest.

Dood van Orpheus

Matthijs Balen, 1730

Grey wash drawing of goddess Diana on clouds, a cupid above, sleeping Endymion below with a globe and a cupid with bow.

Diana en Endymion

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pencil drawing of a crowned lion reclining and facing a standing fox, with a handwritten inscription at the top.

How Reynard comes to court, his apology to the king and the denunciation of many animals

Gustave Van de Woestijne, 1907

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bearded old man with a staff speaking to a kneeling woman beside a jug in a wooded landscape.

Elia en de weduwe van Sarefat

Matthijs Balen, 1729

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman with a bowl, a pointing child, an elderly woman with cane, and a thatched hut.

Bespotting van Ceres

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Christ seated by a well speaking with a Samaritan woman holding a jug, with a city behind.

Christus en de Samaritaanse vrouw

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of Christ crucified between two thieves, with men on ladders and a horseman in the scene.

Kruisiging van Christus en de twee dieven

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of mourners lowering a body onto a stone slab in a cave, with a kneeling woman and an urn in the foreground

Graflegging

Matthijs Balen, 1729