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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of a seated Roman peasant woman with two sleeping children and ruins in a landscape behind her.

Roman Peasant Woman and Sleeping Children

Giovanni Tognolli, c. 1825

Pencil drawing of a church tower with spire above rooftops and houses, with shrubs and a fenced courtyard in the foreground.

Oude Kerk te Barneveld

Jean Bernard, 1801

Watercolor of a coachman in a top hat driving a cream carriage pulled by two dark horses across a plain.

Calèche getrokken door twee paarden

J. Streefkerk, 1834

Textile design with dense red, black and white flowers, tulips and leaves on a dotted background.

Design for Printed Textile

Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1810

Pencil drawing of a wooded path under arching trees and dense undergrowth, signed Eduard Swoboda, 1860.

Weg am Kahlenberge

Eduard Swoboda, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a seated cobbler with hammer and leather, shoe lasts on shelves behind him, and a dog asleep nearby.

The Cobbler

A. Faslin[k], 19th century

Ink drawing of a stylized standing woman with outstretched arms in a dark dress and hatched skirt, labeled WEIB KW.

Weib

Karl Wiener, 1921

Colored pencil portrait of a woman in a blue cloche hat and green coat against an orange background.

Weib

Karl Wiener, 1929

Chalk drawing of a standing man in ruff collar leaning on a helmet, with a boy's head below and red chalk accents.

Half-Length Study of a Man Standing in Frontal View, Leaning on Armor and Accompanied by a Boy

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of a wolf and a lamb in a leafy landscape, on blue-grey paper.

Fable of the Wolf and the Lamb

J. F. Wieland, c. 1724

Pen and ink landscape drawing with grey wash showing rocky cliffs, billowing trees, and small figures at lower right.

Landscape

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Pen and watercolour drawing of a village farm scene with a large tree, seated figures, a shed and a chimney, in grey and gree

Gezicht op een dorp of boerderij

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1804

Pencil design drawing of a classical wall with pilasters, a standing figure, a bust, and the inscription NA'T EYLAND ELBA.

Ontwerp voor een muurschildering of kamerwand met de verbanning van Napoleon Bonaparte

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Grey wash drawing of an arcadian landscape with a classical temple, tall trees, rocks, a distant mountain and small figures.

Arcadisch landschap

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and watercolour design of a draped female statue labeled OECONOMIA in an arched niche, with Dutch verse below.

Ontwerptekeningen voor een nis met standbeeld

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated youth on a wall conversing with two turbaned men standing behind him.

Youth Sitting on a Wall in Conversation with Two Men

Salvator Rosa, 1656

Pen and wash design with three vertical wall panels: foliage, an urn with medallion, and a trophy of masks and instruments.

Ontwerptekening voor wanddecoratie

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and wash drawing of a niche with Mercury holding a purse beside a seated woman and a coin-filled urn.

Nis met een standbeeld van Handel met Mercurius

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and grey wash design of a paneled room wall with classical reliefs, doors, and a pasted slip sketching a decorative instr

Ontwerp voor een kamerwand

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Grey wash drawing on brown paper of a two-panel classical frieze with processional figures, an altar, and dancers.

Ontwerp voor een fries met Mercurius en Minerva

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and wash design of a paneled room wall with double doors, a classical roundel, and flanking ornamental panels.

Ontwerp voor een kamerwand met deur

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and grey wash drawing of an allegorical scene with a draped central figure, seated women and putti in a classical interio

Allegorische voorstelling met Mercurius

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rocky landscape with a rustic house, trees, and two small figures on a path.

Rocky Landscape with a Rustic House

Pencil sketch of a country road with trees, a woman, a small figure and grazing cattle under a hazy sky.

Landweg met bomen, figuren en vee

Anton Mauve, 1879

Brown wash drawing of two cloaked men by a tree overlooking grazing sheep and cattle in an open landscape.

Landscape with Sheep and Two Figures

Jacob Van Der Does, 1623

Watercolor of a black, white and red woodpecker perched on a branch, framed by a pink patterned border.

Hackspett

Pieter Holsteyn II, 1653

Colored drawing of figures under a crosshatched night sky with yellow stars, some pointing upward, with handwritten verse bel

Wenn die Sternlein am Himmel stehen

Karl Wiener, 1921

Ung ryttare, sittande

Anthonie Palamedesz

Brown ink and wash drawing of a canal landscape with sailing boats, reeds and figures working by the water.

Landskap med en kanal

Pencil and colored pencil design sheet with necklace beads, an ornate clasp, and a bead link sketch, 1911.

Ontwerp voor schakels en sluiting van een halsketting

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1911

Pencil sketches of two ornamental pin designs with stylized floral heads, mounted on paper with tape.

Ontwerpen voor een sierspeld

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874

Pencil design sketch of an oval and round object with geometric cutout patterns, with handwritten German notes dated 1911.

Ontwerp voor een doos voor een manicure set

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1911