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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of a raised drawbridge over a canal with a horse and cart, townspeople, and city buildings.

Gezicht op het 's-Gravelandseveer gezien vanaf de Groenburgwal

Jacob Cats, 1751

Decorative gold initial A on blue ground with snails, strawberries and a pink flower painted within.

Snails, Strawberries and a Flower in a Decorated Initial "A" from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of the Nativity with the Holy Family in a stable, shepherds, kneeling angels, and God the Father above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Tommaso Minardi, 1837

Watercolor of a windblown woman in yellow beside a red-cloaked man leaning on a tree with a lyre, distant castle and mountain

Tasso Contemplating Beauty

Tommaso Minardi, 1823

Decorated manuscript initial with red flowers and green leaves on a patterned ground, beside black musical notation.

Decorated Initial "P" with Flowers from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a haloed child seated beside a reclining lamb, with lilies and a reed cross in a landscape.

Seated John the Baptist with a Lamb in a Landscape

Tommaso Minardi, 1787-1871

Sepia drawing in lunette shape of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist, a lamb, and a distant city.

The Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist and a Lamb in a Landscape

Tommaso Minardi, 1787-1871

Red chalk drawing of two allegorical figures flanking an inscribed stone pedestal, one helmeted and one bearded with a staff.

Allegorical Figures of Experience and Time

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1677

Brown ink wash drawing of an exaggerated elderly man in a cap leaning forward to read a small book.

Caricature of a Seated Man Reading

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Pen and brown wash sketch of artists drawing and painting in a studio, with a crowd of onlookers and a standing nude model.

Artists Drawing and Painting in a Studio

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Pencil sketch of a striding male figure with outstretched arms over a hilly landscape with distant buildings.

"Über Europa die Not" (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1940

Four Caricatured Heads

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown wash drawing of a youth in a turban seated beside a book, pointing with one hand, by Pier Francesco Mola.

Youth Reading

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe, standing and looking toward the viewer.

Figure of a Man

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a forest landscape with trees, a hunting party at left, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Forest Scene, a Halt at the Left, a Hunt at the Center

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Pen and grey wash drawing of caricatured men gathered around a table, one seated figure drawing at the lower center.

Group of Caricatured Figures with an Artist Drawing

Guercino, 1612-66

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of a preacher addressing a seated crowd under palms, with a boat on water at right.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown ink wash drawing of a fallen man on the ground with startled soldiers and spears on the right.

Conversion of Saint Paul

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a leaning tree with two figures at its base, a ruined building at right, and a distant landscap

Landscape with Two Men Under a Tree

Pier Francesco Mola, 1632-66

Ink page of dated handwritten Dutch entries above a pen drawing of a horseman, a sun over water and trees.

Blad met handgeschreven beschrijvingen van scènes uit 'Keur van gedenkwaardige tafereelen uit de vaderlandsche historiën

Johan Huizinga, 1893

Pen and ink sketch of mythological figures, a nude central figure and draped women among scribbled clouds.

The Pregnancy of Callisto Discovered by Diana

Antonio Molinari, 1612-66

Pencil sketch of Amsterdam rooftops, chimneys, gabled houses and hanging laundry, with a woman at a window at left.

Uitzicht op huizen in Amsterdam

Maxime Lalanne, 1880

Pen and brown wash landscape drawing with a ruined arched building, conversing figures, a bridge and distant hills.

Landschap met de verstoting van Hagar

Jacob Pynas, 1602

Watercolor of a stone cottage with chimneys on a grassy bank beside a pond, with a small figure and billowing clouds above.

Cottage in Dulwich

J. Hamble, 1812

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman and children pleading before a standing man in a Gothic hall, with a clerk and guards

Sabina van Beieren smeekt de hertog van Alva om het leven van haar echtgenoot, de graaf van Egmond

Samuel de Vletter, 1841

Pen and ink drawing in an oval frame of a woman holding an infant, a reclining figure, and a man reaching into a tree.

Rust op de vlucht naar Egypte

Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1600

Pencil sketch of a robed monk gazing upward at a vision of a hand and sphere in clouds, with a cross and red grid lines.

Visioen van de Heilige Bruno

Eustache Lesueur, 1626

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling man lifting a beam, with robed figures on each side in an interior setting.

The Discovery of the True Cross

Moncalvo, 1568-1625

Brown wash drawing of a seated king receiving offerings from attendants in a columned hall with soldiers.

Interieur met een getroonde koning die geschenken ontvangt

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1606

Pen and wash drawing of a preacher on a platform addressing a crowd, with a nude man and a woman with child in the foreground

Prediking van Johannes de Doper

Karel van Mander, 1500

Night fair in an Amsterdam square with crowds, lanterns, market stalls, tall trees and gabled houses in watercolor.

Kermis op de Botermarkt te Amsterdam, het huidige Rembrandtplein, bij avond

Simon Fokke, 1722

Man with curly hair and a red jacket smoking a long pipe at an arched window beside a bust and an open book.

Zelfportret van de kunstenaar, gezien achter een venster

Michiel Versteegh