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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Drawing of robed monks carrying a bier with a draped body through a Gothic church interior toward a candlelit altar.

Feuillant monks carry the bier with the body of Jean de la Barrière

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Loose watercolor and pencil study of a sunlit landscape with storm clouds, distant spires, and a small chapel by the water.

Composition study for "The Arthurian Round Table and the Fable of the Seat Perilous," the third in a series of fiftee…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1893

Brown wash drawing of a deathbed scene with a standing cleric, a dying man in bed, kneeling monks and a crucifix on a wall.

Scene 33: The Blessed Abbot, near death, receives the blessing of the pope, who sends for this purpose Cardinal d'Oss…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Pencil and tinted double portrait of two young women in patterned neck scarves, one with bobbed hair, the other with a bun.

Doppelporträt der Baroninnen Weichs (in Kogl)

Rudolf von Alt, 1843

Brown wash drawing of armored guards with halberds escorting a robed bald man through an arched doorway onto a cobbled street

The arrest of Jean de La Barrière by the League at Lombez

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Colored floor plan of the first storey of a double residence with a watercolor garden and labeled rooms, 1860.

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ A (Projekt), Grundriss 1. Stock

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a body on display in a church interior, with clergy, guards with halberds and a crowd.

Scene 34: To satisfy the devotion of the people, they are forced to leave the Blessed Abbot's body on display for thr…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Colored architectural floor plan of a second-floor residence with red and brown walls, German room labels and a scale bar.

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ A (Projekt), Grundriss 2. Stock

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Pen drawing of a couple embracing before a balustrade, with a nude statue holding a bow and cypress trees behind.

Lorenzo and Jessica: "The moon shines bright. In such a night as this" - Act V, Scene I, The Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Ink floor plan in red and brown of a ground floor with labelled rooms, staircases and a courtyard, with a scale bar below.

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ A (Projekt), Grundriss Erdgeschoß

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Colored architectural floor plan of a first-floor double residence with labeled rooms, staircases and a courtyard, drawn in r

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ B (Projekt), Grundriss 1. Stock

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Red and brown architectural floor plan of a second-storey residence with labelled rooms, staircases and a scale bar.

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ B (Projekt), Grundriss 2. Stock

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Red and cream architectural ground floor plan with labelled rooms, staircases and a central courtyard on aged paper.

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ B (Projekt), Grundriss Erdgeschoß

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Watercolor sketch of a woman working at a churn beside a seated man in a blue coat on stone steps.

Woman churning butter, man in Revolutionary dress watching - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and watercolor design of two draped women holding a child's hands in a garden, inside an octagonal blue-bordered frame.

Design for a Porcelain Platter

Leroux, 1777

Architectural elevation drawing of a Vienna Ringstraße double residence facade with gabled roof, dormers and arched windows.

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ C (Projekt), Ansicht gegen die Ringstraße

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Sketch of three women at a market, one seated by a cart of green produce, others carrying baskets, in charcoal and pastel.

Market Women

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, n.d.

Red-inked ground floor plan of a double residence on the Ringstraße, with labelled rooms, staircases and courtyards.

Doppelwohnhaus an der Ringstraße Typ C (Projekt), Grundriss Erdgeschoß

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf and long skirt beside a doorway frame.

Study of a seated woman

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sketch of tall trees with red trunks and green foliage, a village with a red roof behind, on tan paper, 1909.

Dorf hinter Bäumen

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1909

Ink and grey wash drawing of a neoclassical domed mausoleum with columns, statues, and flanking urns among trees.

Design for a Mausoleum

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Pencil and ink sketch of a reclining nude figure with raised arm, and a loose boat-like study below, on cream paper.

Studies of a woman holding a violin

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown wash drawing of armored warriors on horseback, with a bearded man lifting a nude body amid a battle.

Menelaus Holding the Body of Patroclus

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of two cows grazing near a fence, with a farmhouse and trees behind under a cloudy sky.

Landschap met boerderij buiten Haarlem

Balthasar-Paul Ommeganck, 1765

Red chalk drawing of an arcadian landscape with tall trees, classical ruins, a pedestal with urn, and small figures near a go

Arcadisch landschap met figuren en antieke ruïnes

Abraham Genoels, 1650

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, shrubs, two small figures and a distant hill under cloudy sky.

Landschap met twee figuren

Abraham Genoels, 1650

Pen drawing of a wooded landscape with two seated figures and a satyr peering from foliage near a ruin.

Landschap met liefdespaar bespiedt door saters

Abraham Genoels, 1650

Etching of a village lane with stone house, stacked logs, wooden fence and rural cottages in the distance.

Dorflandschaft

Adolf Luntz, 1909

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of a bacchanal with nude revelers before classical colonnades and a temple.

Bacchanaal

Victor Honoré Janssens, 1668

Red chalk panoramic drawing of the skyline of Ieper with church towers, spires and rooftops above a wall.

Profiel van de stad Ieper

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1642

Pen and wash drawing of a covered wagon, horses, travelers and an ox on a road through hilly countryside.

Een met twee paarden bespannen kar in een landschap

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1642

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crowned Virgin, a kneeling saint presenting the Christ child, and cherubs among clouds.

Vrouwelijke heilige met Christuskind bij Maria

Pieter van Lint, 1619