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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolour landscape of a rocky hillside with boulders, scrub trees and hazy blue hills under a pale sky.

Untitled landscape

Edward Barraud, 1907

Ink wash drawing of dark alpine mountains and fir trees behind a wooden fence under heavy grey clouds.

Alpenlandschaft (Nebel in den Bergen)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1935

Pencil study of a tall tree with a spreading crown and twisting branches on beige paper.

Baumstudie

Josef Kriehuber, 1856

Loose charcoal and ink sketch of a family seated around a dining table in an interior, with a standing figure at right.

Bauernfamilie am Tisch

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1920

Brown wash drawing of the risen Christ rising above a tomb as startled soldiers recoil below.

The Resurrection of Christ

Denys Calvaert, n.d.

Pencil study of a bare, gnarled tree with twisting branches rising from rocks, with faint hills in the distance.

Baumstudie

Josef Kriehuber, 1854

Drawing of Neptune and Amphitrite in a shell chariot pulled by two sea horses, with a trident and a distant castle.

Neptune and Amphitrite

Hans Ulrich Franck, 1595-1675

Ink drawing of two standing nude figures, a woman and a man, against a dark wash background.

Zwei stehende Akte, sich abtrocknend

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1915

Pencil drawing of a gnarled bare tree trunk with twisting branches on tan paper, with faint foliage sketched behind.

Baumstudie

Josef Kriehuber, 1858

Pencil drawing of a bearded young man in plate armor with a plumed helmet, shown in a sketchbook page.

Brustbild einen jungen Mannes im Harnisch

Leopold Ludwig Müller, 1783

Ink drawing on yellow paper of a mountain landscape with a bridge, hatched slopes, trees and loose pen strokes.

Gebirgslandschaft mit Brücke

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Pencil drawing of a large gnarled tree with spreading branches over an open landscape, on toned grey paper.

Baumstudie

Joseph Höger, 1847

Pen sketch of an interior with a standing woman, a flower vase with tall stems, and a cat beside a window frame.

Interieur mit Blumenvase, Frau und Katze

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1934

Pen drawing of a crowned, bearded saint with a halo floating among clouds, arms outstretched, in a sketchbook.

Schwebender Heiliger

Leopold Ludwig Müller, 1783

Pencil sketch of pointed arches and a vaulted staircase with small ink steps and a circular library stamp on cream paper.

Skizze eines gewölbten Treppenhauses

Leopold Ludwig Müller, 1783

Pencil study of a leaning tree with bare upper branches and dense shaded foliage on grey paper.

Baumstudie

Tina Blau, 1865

Grey wash drawing of fishermen working on a shore with boats, a horse and cart, and sailing vessels under an overcast sky.

Fishermen

John Sell Cotman, 1803

Ink sketch of an alpine slope with wooden huts, fir trees and a mountain ridge by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917.

Alp mit Hütten und Tannen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Pencil drawing of a thorn-crowned, haloed Christ figure catching blood in a chalice, in a bound sketchbook.

Christus mit dem Kelch das Blut auffangend

Leopold Ludwig Müller, 1783

Ink and grey wash drawing of a decorated vase with a loose bouquet of flowers and buds on a hatched tablecloth.

Vase mit Blumen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1934

Pencil sketch of a cluster of slender bare trees and undergrowth on pale paper, by Rudolf von Alt.

Baumstudie

Rudolf von Alt, 1830

Pen drawing of an elderly bearded man in a long cloak leaning on a staff, gesturing with one open hand, on a sketchbook page.

Alter Mann im Mantel

Leopold Ludwig Müller, 1783

Charcoal sketch of a mountain village with chalets, shepherds in long coats and goats, beneath a dark hatched forest.

Gebirgsdorf (Staffelalp) mit Hirten und Ziegen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Pencil drawing of a large leafy tree with spreading branches and a dense wooded background, signed and dated 1862.

Baumstudie

Robert Russ, 1862

Watercolor drawing of a seated man in a brown robe watching a painter at an easel in a wood-beamed interior room.

Die Malerei: Hans Baldung Grien porträtiert Markgraf Christoph von Baden

Moritz von Schwind, 1841

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a tall tree, a branching tree, and ferns and grasses in dense bush undergrowth.

Untitled (Bush near Hokitika)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Colored drawing of a classical decorative wall design with mythological scenes, Zeus and Athena above and cattle and centaurs

Geburt der Athena - Jugend des Dionysos - Hermes, die Rinder des Apollo wegtreibend - Erziehung des Achill durch Chiron

Moritz von Schwind, 1842

Pencil study of a dense forest with a tall birch-like trunk in the foreground and a broken stump at lower right.

Baumstudie

Josef Kriehuber, 1860

Pen drawing of a child wrestling two snakes between a draped woman reaching toward light and a startled bearded man.

Herakles, als Kind die Schlangen würgend

Moritz von Schwind, 1842

Pencil drawing of a seated muscular man, Herakles, playing with children and putti beside a lion skin.

Herakles, mit seinen Kindern scherzend

Moritz von Schwind, 1842

Pencil sketch of a cable car on overhead cables crossing a wooded hillside, with handwritten notes below.

Sketch of a cable car. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Pen and wash drawing of Herakles holding up a celestial sphere while a seated figure drinks from a cup beside him.

Herakles, das Himmelsgewölbe tragend

Moritz von Schwind, 1842