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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of rococo mirror frames, candle sconces and a scroll bracket on pale paper.

Designs for Mirror Frames and Sconces

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil sketch of a reclining martyr, a standing onlooker, and an angel with a palm descending above a crowd.

Martyrdom of Saints Processus and Martinian

Jean Bernard Restout, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of draped figures on horseback and kneeling women in a classical landscape scene.

Flight of Celia

Possibly after Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Watercolor and ink design of a Rococo interior with putti on the ceiling, urns, arched doors and painted panels.

Design for an Opera Set, a Congress of Cupids

Carlo Zucchi the Younger, 18th century

Watercolor botanical study of a blue-flowered Ajuga reptans plant with green leaves and exposed roots on cream paper.

Ajuga reptans - Kriechendes Günzel

Alfred Franck, 1844

Pen and wash design for a rococo mirror frame with putti, a female figure, a sphinx, and scrollwork around an empty central p

Design for Mirror Frame

Giovanni Battista Natali III, ca. 1720-40

Ink site plan by Otto Wagner showing an academy building, street grid, gardens and contour lines on a sloping site.

Akademie der bildenden Künste auf der Schmelz, Situationsplan

Otto Wagner, 1910

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged children holding an empty oval within an ornate frame with gryphon supports.

Drawing for a Memorial Tablet: Two Winged Children Holding an Empty Oval in a Frame with Gryphons

Federico Zuccaro, n.d.

Ink site plan of a Vienna district showing museum and academy buildings, formal gardens, street grid, compass rose and scale

Akademie der bildenden Künste und Stadtmuseum auf der Schmelz, Situationsplan / verso: Einrichtungsplan für ein Zimme…

Otto Wagner, 1910

Ink and wash drawing of two rococo mirror frame designs with scrolling ornament and a scale bar along the bottom.

Two Alternative Designs for a Mirror or Screen with Family Coat of Arms

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Architectural section drawing of the Academy of Fine Arts hall and aula by Otto Wagner, 1898, on red-orange paper.

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Ehrenhalle und Aula, Schnitt

Otto Wagner, 1898

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Roman emperor in armor receiving a petition from an older man, with a seated attendant.

Drawing of a Roman Emperor Receiving a Petition

Federico Zuccaro, n.d.

Pencil architectural elevation of a monumental arched portal with columns, statues and inscription, plus smaller detail studi

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Ehrenhalle, Aufriss

Otto Wagner, 1897

Pen and wash drawing of two theatrical costume designs, a man in puffed doublet and a woman in a gathered gown.

Drawings for Two Masquerade or Ballet Costumes ('Sospiri' and 'Baci')

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1554-1627

Pencil architectural elevation of a monumental arched hall with sculpted attic and columns, with smaller detail sketches arou

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Ehrenhalle, Aufriss

Otto Wagner, 1910

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated bearded warrior in armor with a draped woman offering a laurel wreath.

Seated Warrior Between Two Figures

Giambattista Zelotti, 1546-78

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a ceremonial hall with a central arch, ornate crest and flanking sculptural figures.

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Ehrenhalle, Aufriss und Silhouettierung

Otto Wagner, 1898

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate Baroque interior with coffered ceiling, arched doorways, columns, and statues in niches.

Design for a Stage Set, Showing Right Half Only

Prospero Zanichelli, 1698-1772

Architectural perspective of a domed Academy building with arched entrance, columns, and Art Nouveau allegorical heads in the

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Ehrenhalle, Perspektive

Otto Wagner, 1898

Pen and wash study of a crowd of struggling figures beneath a colonnaded building, marked with a squaring grid.

Study for a Massacre of the Innocents

Domenico Passignano, 1580-1636

Pencil perspective sketch of an academy hall with columns and a sculptural group, inscribed Die K.K. Akademie der bildenden K

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Ehrenhalle, Skizze zur Perspektive

Otto Wagner, 1898

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an entrance portal with plan views above and paired pilasters with ornate capitals below

Entrance Portal: Plan and Elevation, Each Pier Consisting of Two Pilasters

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Pencil perspective sketch of a domed monumental building with arches, columns and statues in a plaza.

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Ehrenhalle, Skizze zur Perspektive

Otto Wagner, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of a monument with a standing Madonna and Child, two putti, and a tiered base in an arched niche.

Design for a Wall Tomb or Monument (Recto); Smaller Variant Version with Half Length Madonna & Child on Crescent Moon…

Giovanni Francesco Penni, 1496-1528

Watercolor site plan of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts by Otto Wagner, showing buildings, gardens and a numbered key.

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Grundriss der Gesamtanlage

Otto Wagner, 1898

Design for an Urn with Garland of Vegetables and Fruit and Medallion with Profile of a Caesar

Giovanni Francesco Penni, 1496-1528

Pencil architectural drawing with floor plan, arched portal elevation, and a perspective sketch of a domed pavilion.

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Grundriss, Aufriss und Perspektive des Eingangsbaues / verso: Pavillon der Verkehrskom…

Otto Wagner, 1897

Pen and brown ink drawing of three architectural ornament friezes with rococo scrollwork, putti, and sea creatures.

Drawing for Engraving in Raccolta di Vari Schizzi, Venice, after Angelo Rosis

Antonio Visentini, ca. 1747

Pencil architectural drawing with floor plans, elevations and a pavilion section on pale paper, with handwritten notes.

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Grundrisse verschiedener Pavillons / verso: Skizzen zum Titelblatt des dritten Bandes…

Otto Wagner, 1897

Pen and wash elevation of a colonnade of six Ionic columns on a rusticated stone base with a dentil cornice.

Ionic Colonnade (6 Columns) on Rusticated Base

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Architectural drawing of a curved hall elevation with stepped plans and square and circular pavilions on yellowed paper.

Akademie der bildenden Künste, Modell der Ehrenhalle, Horizontalschnitte

Otto Wagner, 1897

Pen and ink architectural drawing of a barrel-vaulted chapel with Corinthian columns, coffered ceiling and two putti above.

Design for an Elaborate Barrel-Vaulted Chapel

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, 1481-1536