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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a minstrel with a lute gazing over a forested valley toward a distant castle and mountains.

Aus der Folge "Der Liedler": Heimkehr des Liedlers. Zur 9. Strophe (Entwurf zur Ballade "Der Liedler" von Josef Kenner)

Moritz von Schwind, 1822

Pen drawing of a mountain lake landscape with village houses, a sailboat, and a block of handwritten German text below.

Gezicht op Traunsee

Reijer Stolk, 1922

Black ink cover design with a stylized central letterform framed by ornamental foliage and scrolling borders on squared paper

Omslagontwerp voor Wendingen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pen drawing of a wooden bridge over a waterfall with rocks and trees, with a short handwritten German text below.

Gezicht op Traunfall

Reijer Stolk, 1922

Pen drawing of knights and mourning figures in a forest beside a gothic church wall, one woman kneeling in grief.

Aus der Folge "Ritterleben", Blatt 1: Beweinung eines Mädchens (Sterbende am Kirchenchor)

Moritz von Schwind, 1821

Black and cream ornamental design with an arched central panel of figures and scrollwork borders, a bookplate design.

Ontwerp voor ex libris van de Vereeniging Hou en Trouw

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1916

Black ink ornamental design with scrolls and a central letter monogram M and B inside a rectangular border.

Ontwerp van een vignet (?) voor de Wereldbibliotheek

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pen drawing of an armored knight with a crested helmet and sword, with mounted soldiers and forest behind him.

Aus der Folge "Ritterleben", Blatt 2: Ritter

Moritz von Schwind, 1821

Pen drawing of a winged angel on clouds cradling a dying knight beside a gothic arch and trees.

Aus der Folge "Ritterleben", Blatt 3: Der Todesengel (Engel und Sterbende)

Moritz von Schwind, 1821

Ink and grey wash drawing of a receding palace interior with arched colonnades, draped curtains and a staircase.

Perspectival Sketch for a Palace Interior

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and grey wash design drawing of an ornate casket with garlands, scrolled feet, and a central satyr mask panel.

Design for an Casket heavily decorated Foliate Scrolls, Garlands and a Satyr Mask

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a Baroque altar design with a Nativity scene below and God the Father among angels above.

Design for an Altar with a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds and God the Father Above

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate alcove with a crowned coat of arms, flanking putti, and pilasters with human-head ca

Design for an Alcove with a Coat of Arms Flanked by Putti Bearing a Crown, Supported by Pilasters with Human Heads in…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Sheet with sketches and designs for two vases, three classical heads en profil and two slave figures (recto); Design…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate arched frame with scrolling volutes and a central cartouche above a blank opening.

Design for the Top of an Arch, Decorated with a Cherub (recto); Design for the Frame of a Frieze (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a standing female figure holding a mirror, with a serpent beside her and draped robes.

Design for a Statue of Prudence with Sketches at Upper Left Corner

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of two seated men at a table, an old man with a staff watching, and a village landscape behind.

A Proverb: Wealth and Poverty

Karel van Mander I, mid-16th-early 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a thatched farm building with a chimney, wheelbarrow, wagon wheel, and leaning poles.

A Farm Building (recto); Head of a Woman and Slight Sketch of Woman Holding a Child (verso)

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of two hunters and a dog on a path beside tall trees, with a distant tree line and cloudy sky.

Hunters at the Edge of the Woods

Attributed to Jacobus Theodorus Abels, 1833

Pencil sketch of a rural village lane with timber houses, a wooden balcony, bare trees and a small walking figure.

Aus einem Gebirgsdorf

August von Pettenkofen, 1853

Watercolor sketch of a man in a green jacket and grey hat holding a whip and pointing, with a handwritten caption below.

Aus einer Kaufrufserie: "Fahr ma ausi nach Hietzing Schönbrunn." [Zeiselwagenkutscher]

Franz Gerasch, 1840

Watercolor of a street vendor with a barrel on his back, leaning on a walking stick, wearing a grey hat and blue apron.

Aus einer Kaufrufserie: Essigmann

Franz Gerasch, 1840

Watercolor of a man in a green coat carrying a pole and a small wooden lantern box beside a street lamp.

Aus einer Kaufrufserie: Laternenanzünder

Franz Gerasch, 1840

Watercolor drawing of an elderly bearded man in a blue coat and orange waistcoat, holding a cane and gesturing.

Aus einer Kaufrufserie: Stereotype Darstellung eines "Handelsjuden"

Franz Gerasch, 1840

Watercolor drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with a staff and a large bundle over his shoulder.

Aus einer Kaufrufserie: Stereotype Darstellung eines "Leinwandkroat" [Kroatischer Leinwandverkäufer]

Franz Gerasch, 1840

Sepia drawing of a Gothic portal with a sculpted tympanum and statue, with a street and figures visible through the arch.

View of the Entrance to the Piazza del Duomo from the Piazza San Giovanni in Siena

Giovanni Battista Silvestri, 1816-73

Watercolor drawing of a street sweeper in a tricorn hat and red coat, carrying a broom over his shoulder against a tan backgr

Aus einer Kaufrufserie: Straßenkehrer

Franz Gerasch, 1840

Grey paper with ink sketches of book headpieces and vignettes, including a laurel wreath, a winged figure, and a reclining fi

Studies for headpieces and vignettes in the book, Amor und Psyche (Opus V)

Max Klinger, 1878

Pen sketch of a seated woman in a shawl facing a man bent over a desk, with German office letterhead on the left.

Aus einer Skizzen-Serie "im Sozialfürsorgeamt": Antragstellende vor einem Beamten

Josef Engelhart, 1915

Painting of Saint Jerome in red robes with a lion, books, and a small study cabinet, against a gold background.

Saint Jerome in his Study

Jaume Ferrer II, 1450

Aus einer Skizzen-Serie "im Sozialfürsorgeamt": Blinder Mann

Josef Engelhart, 1915

Pen sketch of a woman in a shawl holding a small child on her shoulder, on paper with a Viennese office letterhead.

Aus einer Skizzen-Serie "im Sozialfürsorgeamt": Frau mit Kleinkind

Josef Engelhart, 1915