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Drawings & Sketches

79,659 works

Staande man met pijp en dweil

Hillebrand Dirk Loeff, 1784

Pencil drawing of a standing young man with folded arms, wearing a neckerchief, loose trousers and boots, on pale paper.

Staande man

Hillebrand Dirk Loeff, 1784

Staande man op de rug gezien

Hillebrand Dirk Loeff, 1784

Ink and wash drawing of the Assumption of Mary with angels above two standing saints in an arched frame.

Himmelfahrt Mariens mit zwei Heiligen

Gaspare Diziani

Grey wash drawing of a sailing ship and rowing boat in a harbor with masted vessels, a tower and quayside buildings under clo

Gezicht op de Nieuwe Stadsherberg vanaf het IJ

Hendrik Vettewinkel, 1825

Pen and grey wash drawing of robed figures in an oval interior with curtains and small winged figures above.

Ferdinand II van Toscane sticht de Accademia del Cimento

Lazzaro Baldi, 1698

Pencil sketch of a seated street vendor beside a canopied cart with a large wheel, with a parasol at right.

Street vendor's stall

Petrus van der Velden

Pencil drawing of a tree-lined city street with bare trees, brick houses, and an archway in the distance.

Gezicht op de Utrechtsestraat vanaf het Frederiksplein

Jan Baureis, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a young woman with red curled hair wearing a wide black hat and dark blue dress.

Head Study of a Girl in a Hat

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1901

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing male nude leaning on a pedestal, shaded on toned paper, 1797.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude

Joseph Charles de Meulemeester, 1797

Graphite sketch of the Virgin in clouds above Saint Christopher with the Christ Child and a kneeling female saint with a palm

Maria auf Wolken mit dem Heiligen Christophorus und einer Heiligen

Gaspare Diziani

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with a distant town skyline, church towers, a windmill, and grassy water ditch in the foreg

Gezicht op Volewijk

Everhardus Koster, 1827

Pencil drawing of a masted ship, sailboats and a rowboat on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op het IJ met schepen

Everhardus Koster, 1851

Watercolor of warships and small boats on the IJ before a city skyline with church towers and windmills under clouds.

Oorlogsschepen op het IJ en gezicht op de stad

Abraham Storck, 1654

Grey wash drawing of a harbor with many masted sailing ships and small boats with figures on calm water.

Gezicht op het IJ met schepen voor de Haringpakkerstoren

Abraham Storck, 1654

Watercolour of a monk reading in an arched doorway, framed by religious paintings, overlooking a bay and mountain.

From the Caminidole Convent, near Naples

William Brockedon

Sepia drawing of a man and woman with a harp in a paneled room, a seated man by the window, and a dog.

Perfect Harmony

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1776

Pen and brown wash drawing of a ceremonial hall with a central figure before a throne and a crowd of courtiers.

The Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz being offered the crown of Armenia

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1713

Grey chalk drawing of a classical marble-style bust with curled hair and headband, after a sculpture of Dionysus, 1793.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Dionysus

Joseph Charles de Meulemeester, 1793

Brown wash drawing of two women on a balcony watching a man holding up a dead bird while dogs leap nearby.

The Wager Won

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1778

Head Study of a Man

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1890

Grey chalk drawing of a classical nude male statue with raised arm beside a quiver of arrows, on a plinth.

Academic study after a sculpture: Medici Apollo

Joseph Charles de Meulemeester, 1793

Brown wash drawing of Iphigenia kneeling at an altar as a priest raises a knife, with Diana and a deer above.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1810

Pen sketch of a crowned standing man in a long robe holding a scepter, with faint seated figures at left.

Gekroonde staande man

Jan Luyken, 1659

Head Study of a Woman

Ľudovít Pitthordt, 1890

Red chalk drawing of three women tending a small child in a domestic interior with a door and jug.

Drei Frauen bei einem Kinde beschäftigt

Charles Parrocel

Watercolor of a woman in a straw hat holding a blue parasol, seated near a bench in a park with green trees.

A Woman Seated at a Bench on the Avenue du Bois

Berthe Morisot, 1885

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ Child appearing in clouds above Saint Christopher with a staff.

Maria erscheint dem Heiligen Christophorus

Gaspare Diziani

Watercolor of purple larkspur flowers beside a boy in a pointed hat pulling a toy horse, with German caption.

"Feld-Rittersporn"

Adolf Schrödter

Pen and brown wash drawing of a vaulted arcade with columns leading to a staircase, with a seated figure at lower right.

Staircase in the Palazzo Barberini, Palestrina

Charles-Joseph Natoire, mid-18th century

Grey-toned academic drawing of a standing male nude beside a globe, books, a pedestal reading SCIENTIA and a plaster head.

Academic life drawing study: standing male nude, personification of science (Scientia)

Augustin van den Berghe, 1776

Charcoal sketch of a man in a hat bent over reading, drawn loosely on a tan sketchbook page, numbered 41.

Sketch of man reading in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893