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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Colored sketch sheet of city types including two fishwives at a table with fish, a sleeping figure, and women in bonnets.

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder twee visverkoopsters

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pen and wash sketch sheet of street figures: a stooping shoe shiner, a market stall, crowds in hats, and small head studies o

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder een schoenpoetsers en koekkraam

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pen and watercolor sketch sheet on pink ground showing street types, an apple seller with baskets, dogs, and a boat.

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder Zaankanters en een appelverkoopster

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pink-ground sketch sheet of street musicians, a vendor with a basket, seated townspeople, a horse, and a table with an instru

Schetsblad met verschillende stadstypes, waaronder kermisfiguren en straatmuzikanten

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Pencil sketch of mounted soldiers charging with raised sabres across a hazy plain, with an ox cart at left.

Sketch for the painting "Independence or Death

Benedito Calixto

Red and black chalk landscape drawing of a small house among trees and shrubs beneath an open sky.

Landscape with House and Trees

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Watercolor study of a stained glass window with a red-robed figure holding a book and staff, plus two small sketched heads.

Study for an unidentified stained glass window picturing a cardinal(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil architectural drawing on pale paper showing a cornice, moulding and column elements with construction lines.

Architectonische ontwerptekening

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Design drawing of a pink room wall with a fireplace, gold-framed landscape panels, and a carved putti relief above.

Ontwerptekening voor een kamerwand met schouw

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Red and black chalk sketch of trees and a small house with a chimney, drawn within a double-ruled border.

Trees and Houses

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil and colored drawing of a man and woman seated on a park bench beneath trees, against an ochre background.

Man and Woman on Bench

Juan Gris, 1908

Watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a blue bodice and pink striped skirt holding a green parasol and white gloves.

The Negro Belle

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil drawing of three bottles and a bowl on a table, rendered in angular cubist-style planes.

Bottles and Bowl

Juan Gris, 1911

Red and black chalk drawing of ruined arches, a small house and trees in a rocky landscape.

Ruins and Trees

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink wash drawing of a loggia with arched openings, columns and a pediment roof, with trees visible through the arch.

Loggia

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt with corner towers, arched doorway and small pedestrians in the square.

Gezicht op de Waag op de Nieuwmarkt

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Pencil sketches of several monkeys in different poses on pale paper, with handwritten text along the left margin.

Apen

Jan Brandes, 1778

Architectural elevation drawing of the Karlskirche dome and flanking buildings linked by a colonnade, in ink and wash.

Silhouettierung der Bauwerke neben der Kalrskirche und Verbindung derselben durch eine Collonade

Otto Wagner, 1900

Watercolor design elevation of an ornate breakfront cabinet with a cherub, ceramic vases, floral panels and columns.

Design for Breakfront

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Pen and ink architectural design with a Corinthian column, ornate scrollwork, and an arched top on aged paper.

Design for an Altar

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Faint pencil sketch on aged paper showing a small standing child, tree foliage, and a sketchbook binding at left.

Kind voor een huis. Een pot

Jan Brandes, 1770

Pencil drawing of a ruined castle tower with arched windows, trees and shrubs at right, dated 1630 by Salomon van Ruysdael.

Ruïne van het Kasteel Egmond of Slot op den Hoef

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1630

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornamental spandrel with scrollwork, a seated woman in a central panel, and putti.

Design for an Ornamental Spandrel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman with a veil and wavy hair, eyes downcast, titled Sadness, with a handwritten caption below.

Sadness

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with a brick tower, ruined arches, and a figure-filled gateway below.

Roman Ruins: Tower and Gate

Jan Asselijn, 1640

Ink and wash drawing of a sleeping woman in a white dress on a bed, beside a flowered hat, vase and patterned drape.

Illustration for "Jestrab Kontra Hrdlicka, XXII" (Girl asleep on a bed)

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1890

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman looking upward, holding a small box, with a study of a hand at right.

Standing Nude Woman Holding a Box

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1896

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental niche with a cherub, floral garland, shell canopy and scrolled cartouche between pilast

Drawing Showing Two Alternate Designs for an Ornamental Niche or Panel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Scorn

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Pen and ink sketch of robed figures in medieval dress gathered beneath trees in an open outdoor scene.

People in medieval dress, outside - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil drawing of Zeus and Hera seated on clouds with three putti, enclosed in an oval on tan paper.

Zeus and Hera

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1895

Watercolor of fairies in a twilight forest by a pond, with a reclining winged woman and a distant castle under an orange sky.

Fairy Land

Gustave Doré, 1881