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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of three seated figures around a table, with a handwritten inscription naming Dr. Eduard Mautner in the corner.

Drei Damen an einem Kaffeehaustisch, rechts Dr. Eduard Mautner (Schriftsteller)

Gustav Gaul, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded prophet figure holding a long unfurled scroll, with billowing drapery.

Prophet

called Salviati Francesco Rossi, 1550

Watercolor drawing of a domed saloon with arched stained-glass windows, pink sofa, framed paintings and patterned carpet.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Saloon, Looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Three blue ink figure sketches on cream paper: a man in a top hat, a standing man in a coat, and a woman in a headscarf at a

Drei Figurenstudien (Herr mit Zylinder und Marktfrau)

Josef Engelhart, 1892

Pen and ink study of ornamental scrollwork and garlands for a vault decoration, with faint pencil sketches at right.

Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)

Mauro Antonio Tesi, mid-18th century

Pencil sketches on three paper fragments showing costumed theatre figures, a caricature face, and a standing man in a jacket.

Drei Fragmente mit Skizzen aus dem Josefstädter Theater

Josef Engelhart, 1905

Pencil drawing of three stylized women in short dresses walking toward the viewer across pale ground under wavy clouds.

Drei Frauen

Karl Wiener, 1942

Watercolor interior showing a woman in a pink gown reclining on a sofa in a striped room beside a flower vase.

Woman in Pink Reclining on a Canape

Theodore Lebrun, 1819

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a bed with reclining and standing figures, plus two small study vignettes below.

Drei Kompositionsskizzen

Gustav Klimt, 1901

Pen and wash drawing of the Marriage at Cana banquet with seated guests, servants, musicians and stone water jars under an ar

Marriage at Cana

Andreas Goeding, 1619

Three pencil head studies of women on cream paper, one in a headwrap with orange crayon accents, with a color chart below.

Drei Kopfstudien einer Afrikanerin, Ägypten

Josef Engelhart, 1912

Pencil drawing of a man leaning toward a seated woman under a tree, with a distant village and hills behind them.

Farmers in a landscape

Architectural elevation drawing of a multi-story facade with a central clock, arched iron gate, and balconied windows.

Elevation of the Façade of the Marché à la Volaille, Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris

Célestin-Joseph Happe, 18th century

Three young women sing from a songbook in an oval landscape with trees, a church, and a flower basket.

Drei Mädchen am Weg zur Kirche, geistliche Lieder singend

Michael Stohl, 1865

Brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin with women attending an infant and God the Father among cherubs above.

Birth of the Virgin

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted hall with armed attackers on the left, fallen bodies in the center, and a procession of mon

Three Scenes of the Assassination of Clerics

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen drawing of three men in a rowboat on rippling water, with a house and trees on the shore and handwritten verse below.

Drei Männer in einem Ruderboot

Karl Wiener, 1920

Sketch of Ferdinand Marinus

Félicien Rops, c. 1857

Pencil and wash drawing of a log cabin with stone chimney in a forest, with a canoe on the ground nearby.

Hotel Conway on the Black Water

Alfred Wordsworth Thompson

Brown wash drawing of a haloed youth teaching bearded elders with books in a columned hall.

Christ among the Doctors

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of seated Jupiter handing a cup to standing Ganymede among clouds, with blue-grey tones and white highli

Jupiter and Ganymede

Johan Carl Loth, 1645-98

Pencil architectural drawing with site plan, floor plans and a street elevation of tenement buildings on a deep plot.

Drei Miethäuser auf tiefem Grundstück / verso: Lupusheilstätte, Grundriss

Otto Wagner, 1916

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated at a well speaking with a woman beside a water jar, with a classical tower behind

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a long puffed-sleeve gown leaning in a doorway, with faint preliminary outlines visible.

Sketch of a Lady for the scene "Waiting for her Lover," from Old Songs (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1889)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Study Sheet with a Portrait of Carl Julius Senff and Two Italian Women Walking

August Ferdinand Hopfgarten, 19th century

Pencil drawing of three sheep, two resting and one standing, by Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1827.

Drei Schafe

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1827

Brown wash drawing of a dying friar on a bed, with an angel and putti above and kneeling monks in prayer.

Death of a Holy Friar

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a stream lined with trees, rocks, and a wooden post, with a small figure on a path.

Landscape with figure

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and grey wash drawing of a plumed warrior reaching toward a reclining crowned figure in a heart-shaped drapery frame.

Alexander the Great and King Poros

Martin Altomonte, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three male figures seen from behind, with curly hair and shoulders, on tan paper.

Drei Studien einer männlichen Rückenpartie

Gustav Klimt, 1907

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bearded artist in a studio with a globe, palette, statue, and landscape painting.

The Artist in His Studio

Ruprecht Bartz, 1636

Brown wash drawing of a reclining saint with a cross, cherubs nearby, and angels playing music on clouds above.

Death of the Magdalene

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century