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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of five caricatured male heads each performing a sense: seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, touching.

De vijf zintuigen

Jean Bernard, 1832

Pencil sketch of a walking cow seen from behind in a sketchbook, with faint outlines of more cattle to the right.

Lopend rundvee

Jan Brandes, 1786

Brown wash drawing of travelers resting on a grassy slope beside large trees, a dog, and a distant river landscape.

Landscape with Travelers

Johann Albrecht Dietzsch, 1776

Jongensbuste

Jean Bernard, 1812

Pencil sketch of a balding man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses, turned over his shoulder.

Unidentified Man

Robert Henri, 1910

Watercolor drawing of a black, white and rust-breasted songbird perched on the ground, with Dutch handwritten inscription abo

Kaapse vogel

Jan Brandes, 1786

Pencil sketch of a waterspout over the sea beside a ship, with distant mountains and handwritten notes on an aged sketchbook

Kustprofiel. Waterhoos

Jan Brandes, 1778

Young woman with a palette and brush beside a table with a small sketch, in front of green swirled drapery with beaded fringe

J. A. M. Whistler

C. A. F. Fiessler, 1840

Pencil caricature of two dandies facing each other, one smoking a large cigar, with a handwritten German caption below.

Zwei Mords-Gigerln

Hans Schließmann, 1900

Pencil portrait of a man with short curly hair, a hoop earring, and a high collared buttoned coat, looking to the side.

Portret van een zwarte man

Jean Bernard, 1818

Colorful caricature mural study with police officer, cowboy on horse, helmeted figure, and cherubs in clouds.

Mural Study #2:

John Decker, 1940

Hoofd van slapende jongen

Jean Bernard, 1775

Black and white chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a bearded man in a white collar, looking sternly to the side.

Buste van een man

Jean Bernard, 1775

Red and black chalk drawing of a young man wearing a tall hat with a wide brim, in a thin ruled border.

Hoofd van jongen met hoge hoed

Jean Bernard, 1775

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with tousled white hair and a dark cross-hatched jacket, turned three-quarters.

Andrew Jackson

Jacques Reich, 1920

Pencil and chalk drawing of a laughing boy in a large tricorn hat, head resting on his hand, facing the viewer.

Lachende jongen, en face

Jean Bernard, 1775

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palace interior with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and an arched ceiling.

Interior of a Palace

Juste Nathan François Boucher

Pen drawing of a standing woman in draped robes, surrounded by radiating rays like a halo, with hatched shading below.

Vrouw in stralenkrans

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Pen drawing of a reclining Venus embraced by a winged Cupid, with flowing hair and drapery in brown ink.

Liggende Venus met Cupido

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Knielende, schrijvende man

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Pen and ink portrait of a balding man in a bow tie and cross-hatched jacket, signed Jacques Reich.

Andrew Johnson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Cecil B. De Mille

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged sea god reclining on a dolphin, with billowing drapery behind him.

Zeegod op een dolfijn

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of a reclining figure lying stretched out, with hatched shading and a handwritten note below.

Liggende figuur

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Eland

Jan Brandes, 1788

Pen and wash drawing of a design for a statue of a standing man in period dress atop a pedestal with cannons and flags.

Ontwerp voor een standbeeld van Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Zeelieden en indeling van een schip

Jan Brandes, 1779

Pen sketch of a standing woman in drapery and a seated man on either side of a goat beneath a tree branch.

Staande vrouw en zittende man aan weerszijden van een geit

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Watercolor self-portrait of a man in a tall black top hat and white cravat, set against loose gray hatching.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of two caricatured men in caps standing on a street, one pointing to the right.

Zwei Pülcher

Hans Schließmann, 1881

Studies van antieke krijgers

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1780

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with her right arm raised overhead, shaded background, 1803.

Staande naakte vrouw, haar rechterarm opgeheven

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1803