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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of a formal garden with terraces, statues, shade trees, figures and a distant palace.

Classical Landscape

Isaac de Moucheron, n.d.

Technical drawing of the Bernburger Brücke with elevation, two cross sections and a deck plan in yellow and red wash.

Ansicht der Bernburger Brücke - Konstruktionszeichnung

Karl Ludwig Schiele, 1832

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with an arched portico, fountain, statue, tall trees and a boat on a pool.

Landscape with Architecture

Isaac de Moucheron, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental wall design with a caryatid figure, putti, fruit garlands and a grotesque mask around a

Design for a Wall Decoration

Rosso Fiorentino, 16th century

Pen and grey wash elevation of a building façade with a large clock, sculpted figures, and a balustrade, by Robert de Cotte.

Elevation of the Pompe de la Samaritaine, Paris

Robert de Cotte, ca. 1713-14

Watercolor drawing of pink roses and blue morning glories in swags framing an empty oval cartouche with a purple ribbon.

Floral Swags Framing an Empty Oval

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a steamship deck with smokestacks, rigging, a crate labeled Eaux-fortes de Guérard, a sleeping pug and a

Frontispiece to "Eaux-fortes de Guérard, Collection de Mr. S. P. [Samuel Putnam] Avery, New York"

Henri Charles Guérard, late 19th century

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with a putto, garlands, rococo scrolls and a balustrade seen in perspective

Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Putti and Garlands and a Forshortening of a Balustrade Around an Oculus

Michelangelo Colonna, 17th century

Watercolor of a wooden chalet beside a rushing stream below a steep gorge, with hikers on a path and mountains behind.

Ansicht der Hochquellenwasserleitung: Kaiserbrunnen

Josef Brunner, 1864

Drawing of a nude muscular man bound behind a pillar, head bowed, rendered in white highlights on grey paper.

Vastgebonden naakte man en naakte figuur met opgeven arm

Marco Zoppo, 1453

Pen and ink sketch sheet with several putti in different poses and a lion's paw at the bottom.

Schetsblad met een hoek van een kist op een leeuwenvoet en verschillende putti

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Grey wash drawing of a river with fishermen, sailing boats, and a town with a church tower under cloudy skies.

Moonlit view of a river with fishermen and a town in the background

Karel La Fargue, mid-late 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded figure breaking bread at a table with gesturing companions, a staff on the floor.

Maaltijd te Emmaüs

Pomponio Amalteo, 1515

Pen and brown ink sketch of several nude male figures in varied poses, including a leaping figure and a reclining figure.

Schets voor een zittende naaktfiguur en Adam

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with kneeling and standing figures bearing gifts, heightened in white.

Aanbidding der koningen

Federico Barocci, 1545

Wash drawing of a draped woman with a raised arm and open book, gazing upward, against a dark brown background.

Cumaeïsche sibylle

Federico Barocci, 1556

Brown ink drawing with white highlights of women attending a newborn infant in an interior, with putti in the corners.

Birth of the Virgin

Filippo Bellini, 1590

Pencil sketch of two men smoking pipes on a divan in Turkish-style dress, with a servant holding a tray at right.

Yankees trying to be Turkish from my album - Esquisses at the Centenial [sic] Leon y Escosura

Ignacio de León y Escosura, 1876 (?)

Pen drawing of a reliquary design topped by a figure pierced with arrows, above a domed canopy and ornate framed base.

Reliekhouder

Ippolito Andreasi, 1560

Red chalk drawing of six decorative spandrel designs, each with a winged angel within a triangular frame.

Zes ontwerpen voor zwikvullingen met zwevende engelen

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Drawing with a grey ink ornamental cross design, red chalk guidelines and two small red chalk figure compositions below.

Ontwerp voor een versierd altaarkruis en twee ontwerpen voor een Sacra Conversazione

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Pen and wash design for a dome segment with winged figures, a coffered drum, and a laurel garland border.

Ontwerp voor een koepelsegment

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Brown ink drawing of two robed men beside a kneeling woman, a tent camp behind them, and a figure climbing a cloudy mountain.

Aaron and Nadab Taking Leave of Elisheba (?), with the Israelites Camped before Mount Sinai and Moses Ascending the M…

Adam van Noort, late 16th-mid 17th century

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a boy's head turned to the side, with tousled hair and downcast eyes.

Hoofd van jongen

Federico Barocci, 1540

Red chalk drawing of a stone gateway, tower and house with figures on a path and a dry stone wall in the foreground.

Ansicht der sogenannten Hundskehle in Klosterneuburg

Johann Christian Brand

Watercolor city panorama with a tall Gothic column, carriage, horse rider, pedestrians and a dog on a road in the foreground.

Ansicht der Stadt Wien mit der Spinnerin am Kreuz

Balthasar Wigand, 1824

Circular pen and blue wash drawing of a robed man among armored soldiers and columns, with a kneeling figure in the foregroun

St. George and the Sorcerer of Dacian

Lambert van Noort, 1555

Pen and ink sketch of Vienna's skyline from a hill, with a Gothic tower, church domes, and mounted riders in the foreground.

Ansicht der Stadt Wien vom Wienerberg aus (mit Spinnerin am Kreuz)

Johann Nepomuk Hoechle, 1830

Pen and ink drawing of women and children with a shorn sheep in the foreground and a village landscape behind.

The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso)

Master of the Months of Lucas, ca. 1535

Charcoal drawing of a large face and a small face in a misty sky above faint grasses on tan paper.

Hallucinations

Odilon Redon, n.d.

Watercolor of Vienna's skyline seen over harvest fields, with reapers, a carriage on a road and a pink evening sky.

Ansicht der Stadt Wien von Dornbach aus aufgenommen

Balthasar Wigand, 1824

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures gathered in a dim inn interior beneath wooden rafters, by Adriaen van Ostade.

Scene in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85