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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a rolling landscape with a hill, trees on the right, and a distant village in the valley.

Aussicht vom Kahlenberg gegen den Cobenzl

Thomas Ender, 1820

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a turban and loose robes, looking upward beside flatbreads on the floor.

Seated Arab

Charles Bargue, c. 1850

Pen and ink drawing of Judith holding a severed head and a sword, with a tent and walled city behind her.

Judith

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1560

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a winding road and a distant river plain under a cloudy sky, with small figures in the

Aussicht vom Krapfenwaldl auf die Donau-Auen

Thomas Ender, 1820

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a tricorn hat in a tavern, with two men talking at a table by leaded windows.

The Eavesdropper

Frederick Barnard, c. 1886

Pen and brown wash drawing of two gentlemen helping a seated drunk man while onlookers watch in an interior.

Two Gentlemen Helping a Drunk

Frederick Barnard, 1880/96

Drawing of a king on a raised platform gesturing to a messenger, while servants butcher an animal on a staircase below.

The Parable of the King Who Prepared a Wedding

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1555

Watercolour landscape of a village with a church tower in a valley, framed by trees in the foreground.

Aussicht vom Roten Haus in Döbling nach Grinzing

Thomas Ender, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of a reclining river god statue on a stone pedestal, with sculptures in arched niches behind.

View of the Belvedere Sculpture Court

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Pencil sketch of house rooflines and chimneys on a diagonal hillside, with loose hatched strokes below, on cream paper.

Pencil sketch of house rooflines from A wellington sketchbook, c1908-12

Petrus van der Velden, 1908

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular male nude standing frontally with one arm extended, shaded with dense hatching.

Study of a male nude standing to front

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Pen drawing of a battle with armoured riders and nude fighters beside a colonnaded temple, with fallen men and horses.

A battle with soldiers plundering a temple

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1573

Architectural elevation drawing of a glazed exhibition hall facade with lettered headings, by Otto Wagner, 1912.

Ausstellungshalle des Bundes österreichischer Künstler am Karlsplatz, Fassadendetail

Otto Wagner, 1912

Pencil panorama of a river gorge and mountain range with native trees and flax in the foreground.

Gorge of the Waimakariri

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pen and ink study of two draped female figures seen from behind, one seated and one standing, with detailed cloth folds.

Two Muses from Villa Madama

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Pencil sketch study with hands holding a frying pan, a reaching hand, a partial face, and a sketched cat on aged paper.

Untitled [studies of a cat, hands, frying pan, face]

Petrus van der Velden

Architectural site plan of an exhibition hall lot on Karlsplatz, with street layout, plantings and a scale bar, drawn on aged

Ausstellungshalle des Bundes österreichischer Künstler auf dem Karlsplatz, Situationsplan

Otto Wagner, 1912

Pen and ink drawing of the Torso of Belvedere beside an obelisk fragment with hieroglyphs, by Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532.

Torso of Belvedere and fragment of an obelisk

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Pen and brown wash ceiling design with a central panel of God and putti surrounded by coffered and ornamental framing.

Ceiling design: God and putti with symbols of the Passion

Ink and wash design drawing of an interior wall with a central fireplace, carved overmantel, and paneled walls.

Ontwerp voor een interieur met schouw en wanddecoratie

Jacob Otten Huslij, 1745

Pen and grey wash elevation of a symmetrical town hall facade with a clock tower, pediment, and arched ground-floor doorways.

Ontwerp voor de voorgevel van het stadhuis te Weesp

Jacob Otten Huslij, 1745

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded male head with swirling curls, seen from above, after a classical sculpture.

Head of the Laocoon

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Architectural floor plan of an exhibition hall building with galleries, staircase, and apartments, drawn in ink on cream pape

Ausstellungshallen des Bundes österreichischer Künstler am Karlsplatz, Grundriss 1. Stock

Otto Wagner, 1912

Two Studies of the Head of the Apollo Belvedere

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Pen drawing of figures in an arched interior beside an ornate casket, with a bearded man holding a staff and hills beyond.

The Litany of Mary Magdalen

Aubrey Beardsley, 1891

Black ink architectural floor plan of third-floor apartments and a staircase beside a large exhibition hall outline, on tan p

Ausstellungshallen des Bundes österreichischer Künstler am Karlsplatz, Grundriss 3. Stock

Otto Wagner, 1912

Pen and ink drawing of a woman in a plumed hat and scalloped gown, with the name Réjane inside a black border.

Madame Réjane

imitator of Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1892/98

Red chalk drawing of an ornate boot with a wolf head, scrollwork and draped fabric, by Maarten van Heemskerck.

Boot of the Genius Farnese

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Architectural ground-floor plan in ink showing exhibition halls, apartments, staircases and a vestibule, with a 1:200 scale b

Ausstellungshallen des Bundes österreichischer Künstler am Karlsplatz, Grundriss Hochparterre

Otto Wagner, 1912

Pen and brown ink study of the muscular Belvedere Torso, seen from behind, with cross-hatched shading.

Belvedere Torso

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Graphite sketchbook page with a rough landscape study of hills, trees and shaded rocks above a horizon line.

Landscape sketches. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Ground-level architectural floor plan of Vienna exhibition halls by Otto Wagner, 1912, with labeled rooms and stairs.

Ausstellungshallen des Bundes österreichischer Künstler am Karlsplatz, Grundriss Tiefparterre

Otto Wagner, 1912