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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a girl in a wide-brimmed hat holding a hoop, with a small dog beside her.

Meisje met een hoepel en hond

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Pencil sketch of a walking couple with a young girl and a dog on a leash, on tan paper with scalloped edges.

Wandelend paar met hun dochter

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1904

Watercolor design of an ornate Gothic clock with an enameled dial, gilded figures and painted saint panels.

Design for Enameled Clock

Lucien Falize, ca. 1882

Pen drawing of interlaced calligraphic flourishes and loops on aged paper, a writing model by Jan van de Velde.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Vive la plume

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pencil sketch of a bookseller and customer standing before a book stall, with a caption below the scene.

Boekverkoper met klant voor een boekenkraam

Pieter van Loon, 1811

Two pen-and-ink calligraphy exemplars on paper, showing ornate alphabets with flourished letters and writing samples.

Twee ontwerpen van schrijfvoorbeelden: een Engelse hand en een Hoogduitse lopende letter

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen and wash floor plan of Paleis Honselaarsdijk with a central courtyard, corner pavilions and a scale bar.

Plattegrond van Paleis Honselaarsdijk

A.N. Godefroy, 1890

Three panels of ink-drawn decorative capital letters with flourishes and swashes, showing writing exemplars of the alphabet.

Drie ontwerpen van schrijfvoorbeelden: het alfabet in kapitalen

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Red chalk drawing of a man's head and shoulders in three-quarter view, with direct gaze and loosely shaded hair.

Zelfportret

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil caricature self-portrait of a man with shaded eyes, nose and mouth on cream paper, signed at lower right.

Karikaturaal zelfportret

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil line drawing of a man in a cap and high collar, face turned three-quarters, eyes glancing sideways.

Zelfportret met pet in lineaire stijl

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil portrait of a man seen frontally with short swept hair, faint smile, and a pipe at lower left.

Zelfportret en face: B-1-1

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil drawing of a man's face and shoulders, looking directly forward with light hatching in the hair and neck.

Zelfportret: B-1-1

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil drawing of a small child standing on a giant hand with fingers rising behind and radiating lines above.

Oog en hand, waarin een kindje met een pakje in de handen

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Pencil drawing of a young child's head with wide eyes and an upright tuft of hair, on cream paper.

Kinderkopje met een rechtopstaand plukje haar

Cor van Teeseling, 1941

Colored caricature of Napoleon crawling under a red cloth and net while a Prussian officer holds a whip at a door.

Napoleon in de Jacobijnenmuts, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor caricature of a uniformed man blowing a bubble containing a skeleton, with a monkey, a horned devil and a river to

Napoleon als bellenblazer, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Red chalk drawing of a woman with curled hair and a veil, gazing upward, signed and dated 1782.

Head of a Woman with a Veil

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1782

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude man resting on a stick, looking upward, with hatched shading.

Seated Male Nude Resting on a Stick

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Ink drawing of a symmetrical wall elevation with a central statue in a niche, a sun medallion above, and two doorways.

Facade proposal

Red chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair and a cravat, turned to look right, signed Schmutzer 1774.

Head of a Young Man Looking Right

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1774

Pencil sketch of an elderly bearded man in a cap and robe, looking upward with hands clasped near his chest.

Untitled. [Study of an elderly man at prayer]

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Pencil sketch of a standing cavalier in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat, with a gloved hand gripping a sword at lower right.

Two studies of a cavalier: 1. Seated, leaning against a table. 2. Standing with sword drawn

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Red chalk drawing of a twisting reclining male nude with raised arms and crossed legs, signed Schmutzer.

Reclining Male Nude

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a seated figure in a headscarf beside a small group of standing figures.

Sketch of a group of figures. From: A Marken sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1871

Watercolor of Amsterdam's Dam square with the town hall, a church, gabled houses, horse carts, and people at work.

Amsterdam, de Dam met het Stadhuis en de Waag

Reinier Vinkeles, 1764

Pen and watercolour drawing of an old farmhouse and tall tree beside a river, with sailing boats and windmills in the distanc

Oude boerderij aan een rivier

Jacob van Strij, 1790

Watercolor winter scene of skaters, a sleigh, a flag-topped tent and cottages beside a frozen canal, 1748.

IJsvermaak op een bevroren vaart

Cornelis Pronk, 1748

Ink and wash ceiling design by Jacob de Wit showing a huntress with a spear among clouds, putti, and seated figures.

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering met Diana en Endymion

Jacob de Wit, 1726

Design drawing of a room wall with a rococo fireplace, mirror above, and two landscape panels of a river and a wooded scene.

Ontwerp voor een kamerwand met schouw

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor oval portrait of a man with powdered hair, blue coat and ruffled cravat, holding an orange cloth.

Portret van een heer in een ovaal kader

Aert Schouman, 1788

Design drawing of a ceiling with ornate grey architectural framing and a central scene of a spear-bearing figure among clouds

Ontwerp voor een architecturaal kader rond een plafondschildering van Jacob de Wit

Isaac de Moucheron, 1726