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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Sketchbook page with graphite figure studies: a seated man in a bowler hat, head profiles, and a reclining figure.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: diverse Figurenstudien auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pencil study on tan paper of a seated woman seen from behind, with drapery studies at the edges.

Italienerin, am Boden sitzend

Friedrich Wasmann, 1832

Loose sketch of a seated nude woman with dark hair, red hair ornament, and yellow drapery in the background.

Mädchen (Fränzi)

Max Pechstein, 1910

Ornate title page with scrolling frame, allegorical figures in corners, and the German title Die Temperamente in vier Lebensb

Die Temperamente in vier Lebensbildern: Titelblatt

Eduard Ille, 1862

Hand-colored drawing of a woman at a piano, a seated man, and a girl holding a doll in a patterned interior.

Lolotte and Werther

Eunice Pinney, 1810

Sketchbook page with pencil and ink studies of seated and standing figures, including a woman in a hat and two men.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: drei Tratschen und andere Figurenstudien (Rückseite: Frauenfiguren)

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of two trees, one leafy and one bare, above hatched ground cover.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: entlaubte Bäume

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Drawing of a furious bearded man overturning a tea table in a richly furnished room, with women, a servant boy and dogs nearb

The choleric

Eduard Ille, 1862

Watercolor of a rural house with half-timbered walls, a stone arch, stone steps, and a wooden bucket on a dirt path.

Burg Wüstenstein

Johann Adam Klein, 1838

Charcoal sketchbook page with a woman in a full gown, a figure in a cape, a man in a long coat, and a head study.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Figuren aus dem Theatermilieu

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pencil drawing of a cluttered attic with a violinist, women at a washtub, a child, a dog and scattered books.

The sanguine person

Eduard Ille, 1862

Watercolor still life of asters, a blue aster, dark blue grapes, two medlar fruits and a walnut piece on cream paper.

Astern, eine blaue Traube, zwei Mispelfrüchte und ein Stück Walnuss

Franz Horny, 1817

Sketchbook page with ink and charcoal studies of street figures, including a man in a cap, a woman in a headscarf, and head s

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Figuren- u. Köpfestudien aus einer Straßenszene auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Watercolor interior of a bedroom with a bed, chest of drawers, two chairs and two arched windows letting in light.

Eine Schlafstube mit einfallendem Licht

Georg Friedrich Kersting

Pen and wash drawing of a melancholic man seated under a tree, turned away from a group with a scythe and a child.

The melancholic

Eduard Ille, 1862

Sketchbook page with pen and ink figure and head studies, including seated men, a reclining woman and draped standing figures

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Figuren- u. Kopfstudien auf Vorder- u. Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pen and ink sketchbook page with multiple studies of heads, figures, a horse and a standing soldier, some shaded in graphite.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Figuren-, Kopf-, Reiterstudien (Rückseite: Frauengruppe)

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pen and wash drawing of a calm old man gathering belongings as firefighters with helmets and a rope enter through smoke.

The phlegmatic

Eduard Ille, 1862

Graphite sketchbook page with a small seated figure above and a looser circular figure study below, on cream paper.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Figurenskizzen auf Vorder- u. Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Watercolor and ink drawing of a brown sand flounder seen from above, with handwritten fin counts and a catch note.

Rhombosolea plebeia (NZ) : Sand flounder

Frank Edward Clarke, 1873

Sketchbook page with loose ink studies of women, seated figures and a boy's head, by Josef Engelhart, 1884.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Figurenskizzen aus Varieté (Rückseite: Kaffehaus "Nach dem Souper")

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Watercolor of a Gothic stone gatehouse with twin towers and a ruined arched wall, with two figures in the foreground.

Entrance to Monastary of St. Augustine, Canterbury

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rocky landscape with trees, a river and a sunburst breaking through clouds.

Felslandschaft mit Bäumen

Pencil sketchbook page with loose studies of seated and standing figures, a table scene, and a woman in a headscarf.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Figurenskizzen; (Rückseite: Köpfe (Wäschermädel))

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Pencil study of a young woman in a voluminous dress with a pink flower in her hair, facing the viewer, over a grid.

Junge Dame in Halbfigur, Gesicht en face

Graphite sketchbook page with loose studies of reclining nude figures and a harbor scene with boats.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: flüchtige Akt- u. Figurenskizzen auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Watercolour of native orchids with white, pink and purple star flowers and striped green hooded buds on narrow leaves.

Thelymitra pterostylis

Fanny Richardson, 1921

Pencil sketchbook page with quick studies of women in long dresses and hats, plus small facial sketches.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: flüchtige Skizzen, weibl. Figuren

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Grey wash drawing of a saint with a halo before an altar, surrounded by kneeling figures, angels and a chained man in a churc

Rückführung des Herzogs Wilhelm von Aquitanien in die Kirche

Cosmas Damian Asam, 1731

Pencil sketch of two studies of a woman in fashionable dress, one with a hat, on aged paper.

Two studies of a woman in fashionable dress, three-quarters view, one with hat and coat, the other without

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: flüchtige Studien zu weibl. Figuren, (Rückseite: Tanzpaare, Rückenansicht einer Frau, die s…

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Grayscale drawing of Mary with the child Christ and young John the Baptist with a lamb beneath a tree in a landscape.

Maria mit Christus und Johannes d.T.

Carl Koopmann, 1856