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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of the ornate tower and spire of the Waag in Monnickendam beside a decorated gabled facade, dated 1891.

Speeltoren en gevel van de Waag te Monnickendam

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1891

Etching of figures lowering a body from a cross at night, with mourners and a white shroud in the foreground.

Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Pencil sketch of a tall church tower in Edam with moored boats and trees along the canal in the foreground.

Gezicht op Edam

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1891

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a stone well, with a town and travelers in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Pencil sketch of a tall Dutch townhouse with a loaded hay cart in front, inscribed Hoorn 1915.

Binnenluiendijk te Hoorn

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1915

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded ruler in a jeweled crown and robe, seated on a throne holding a sword.

An Oriental Ruler Seated on His Throne

Albrecht Dürer, 1495

Pencil sketch of a church tower with an onion spire above rooftops and trees, with handwritten notes in the upper right.

Gezicht op de Ruïnekerk te Bergen

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1868

Pencil sketch of a windmill beside a large tree, wooden sheds and a fence, with grasses in the foreground.

Landschap met molen te Koedijk

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1915

Woodcut of Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ child on his shoulders, a tree and hermit beside him.

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Charcoal drawing of women praying in a Gothic church interior, one seated holding an infant, one kneeling on stone floor.

Women Praying in Church

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1875/1885

Illuminated Greek text page with shepherds playing viola and panpipes, sheep and goats in a pastoral landscape.

A Pastoral Landscape with Shepherds Playing a Viola and Panpipes

Albrecht Dürer, 1496

Hand-colored caricature of an old woman holding a brass microscope while a boy watches beside a table with a bowl.

Spooner's Transformations, No. 2, The Microscope

England William Spooner, 1830

Printed cut-out sheet of a menagerie with animal panels for tiger, lion, rhinoceros, elephant and jaguar, in green and pink.

Cut-out Construction: Ménagerie

Epinal, 1900

Watercolor landscape of a blue woodland pool with reeds, pine trees on the right, and dark clouds over distant hills.

Landscape with a Woodland Pool

Albrecht Dürer, 1497

Pencil drawing of angular geometric forms, a curved shape and a cone-topped structure around a circular hub with radiating li

Wolke der Zeit

Karl Wiener, 1943

Tall painted drawing of ornamental wall pilasters with scrollwork, medallions, fruit garlands on blue, and marble panels.

Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Charcoal drawing of clouds over a line of dark rolling hills, with a color checker card below the sheet.

Wolken

Karl Wiener, 1924

Pen drawing of Antwerp harbour with moored sailing boats, masts and rigging, and a row of tall buildings and a spire along th

Antwerp harbour

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Vertical wall decoration with classical figures, grotesque motifs, coffered panels and a blue column of fruit garlands.

Wall Decoration, Plate XIII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Ink drawing of a large billowing cloud over rolling hills, with a building edge and stippled wall in the lower left.

Wolkenlandschaft

Karl Wiener, 1933

Drawing of an older woman in a headscarf and high-collared dress, with handwritten inscription across the top of the sheet.

Agnes Dürer in traditional Dutch costume

Albrecht Dürer, 1521

Pen and ink drawing of a horseman and horsewoman riding through a wooded park with bare trees.

Horseman and Horsewoman in Park

Francis Arthur Fraser, 1867/83

Pen and ink drawing of Orpheus's death: a naked man on the ground, two women attacking him, a lyre and child in a forest.

The Death of Orpheus

Albrecht Dürer, 1494

Rhinoceros (preparatory study)

Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Colored ink drawing of a hunched dark hairy figure with an orange head against red angular forms and a blue sky.

Wucht

Karl Wiener, 1923

Tall decorative wall design with putti, classical medallions, scrollwork, and a blue panel of hanging fruit garlands.

Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican [Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, plate IV]

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of riders on horses with hunting dogs in an open field, with trees and birds in the background.

Riders and Dogs at Hunt

Francis Arthur Fraser, 1867/83

Hand-coloured design of a tall wall with grotesque ornament, classical figures, putti and a blue panel with fruit garlands.

Plate I from Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Hand-colored print of an ornate classical wall panel with putti, statues in niches, fruit garlands and a marble inset.

Wall Decoration, Plate XII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Colored pencil drawing of a red cubic geometric structure with a green triangle and pink dome, framed by a red border, signed

Würfeliger Aufbau

Karl Wiener, 1923

Grey-toned drawing of a crowned ruler and attendants before Gothic towers, with a haloed figure rising in the sky above.

Augustus and the Sibyl

Jan de Beer, 1450

Blue mirrored decorative design of curving crossing lines with small sun motifs on pale paper.

Bandontwerp met kruisende lijnen en zonnen

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884