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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor landscape of a small weir and wooden footbridge over a stream, with a white building and trees beside it.

Eine Partie in Hütteldorf

Fide, 1823

Grey wash drawing of Gothic abbey ruins with pointed arches, tall trees and a cloudy sky.

Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

Thomas Sunderland, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of a mounted officer with a plumed hat seen from behind, riding a horse.

Officier te paard, urinerend, op de rug gezien

Gérard ter Borch, 1631

Red chalk study on tan paper showing a young man's head and three sketched hands, with handwritten inscription dated 1632.

Studieblad met de kop van een jongeman en drie handen

Gérard ter Borch, 1632

Pencil sketch of young men and a woman drinking, smoking and playing music around a table in a tavern interior.

Gezelschap van drinkende, rokende en musicerende jongelui rond een tafel

Gérard ter Borch, 1632

Pen drawing with color of two commedia dell'arte figures in feathered hats facing each other, with a crowd behind them.

Guatsetto en Mestolino

Gérard ter Borch, 1633

Grey wash drawing of a rocky wooded headland beside a calm sea, with a distant island under a pale sky.

Coastal Landscape

Alexander Cozens, ca. 1770

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff, stony riverbed and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Riverbed and Mountains

Alexander Cozens, 1770-86

Ink drawing of a lake with a small boat, framed by dark trees and shrubs, with a faint outline of sky at upper left.

A blot-lake with boat, surrounded by trees

Alexander Cozens, 1750-86

Ink and wash drawing of a ruined castle with an arched opening on a rocky hill, with trees and distant hills.

Ruined Castle and Trees

Alexander Cozens, ca. 1762

Watercolor elevation of a decorated wall with a central fireplace, arched mirror, floral panels and cameo medallions.

Elevation of Fireplace Wall in an Elizabethan Revival Room

John Dibblee Crace, ca. 1870-90

Watercolor design of a decorated room with painted ceiling, yellow wall panels, two fireplaces, and a central arched red door

Design for a room with two fireplaces

John Dibblee Crace, ca. 1860

Brown and white wash drawing of armored soldiers with spears and shields marching in a military procession.

Military Procession

Hans Mont, 16th century

Black chalk study on blue paper showing several views of an infant's head with curly hair.

Studies of the Head of an Infant (after a three-dimensional model)

Poppi, 1572-74

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate crucifix with Christ, flanked by three figures at its base.

Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Watercolor ceiling design with an oval sky panel edged in flowers and lavender ornamental scrollwork panels.

Ceiling Design for the "Petit Salon" of the Duchess of Newcastle, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with pink and gold borders, scrollwork, and an empty central panel.

Ceiling Design for Madame Hope's Bedroom

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Charcoal drawing of a couple kissing on a bench by a bicycle, with a cupid on a tree and a village in the distance.

Eine süße Ruhepause (Vorlage zu: Gerlach & Schenk, Radlerei Nr. 31)

Carl Fröschl, 1897

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded horse-drawn tram with passengers, a dog and pedestrians on a cobbled street in Vienna.

Eine Vororte-Tramway (beim Westbahnhof bzw. Mariahilfer Linie)

Theodor Breidwiser, 1880

Charcoal portrait of an elderly woman with hair pulled back, seated in a chair, dated 11 February 1923.

Mrs. Hedwig Berend

Lovis Corinth, 1923

Eine Ziege

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1821

Pen drawing of a classical garden terrace with a Corinthian capital, balustrade, bust on a column, and nude figure, within an

Einige Scizzen, Projecte und ausgeführte Bauwerke, Titelblatt, Entwurf

Otto Wagner, 1889

Watercolor drawing of a windmill beside a canal with a wooden bridge, farmhouse and small figures under a pale sky.

Landscape with Windmill

Anthonie Erkelens, late 18th century

Pen and watercolor landscape of a red-brick chateau on a hill, with a river, boat, bridge and distant town under clouds.

Landscape with Chateau on a Hill

Joos de Momper II

Panoramic drawing of a walled town under siege, with smoke, warships on a river, minarets and troops on hills.

Einnahme der Festung Ismael am 22. Dezember 1790

fraglich: Carl Schütz, 1790

Pencil and wash drawing of a crowded church interior with soldiers and clergy facing an altar beneath an arched religious pai

Einweihung der evangelischen Garnisonskirche am 22. Dezember 1861

Joseph Weber, 1861

Grey wash drawing of a woman at a harpsichord with two flautists and a musician, under an allegorical cloud scene.

A Musical Gathering

Samuel Wale, 18th century

Einzelfigur

Karl Wiener, 1925

Ink drawing of a single standing man in a long coat holding a cane, with angular facial features and a sparse ground.

Einzelfigur

Karl Wiener, 1933

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling man beside a bed in a candlelit room, with a seated woman at left.

Man knielt bij het bed van een vrouw

H.C. Louwerse, 1910

Watercolor elevation drawing of a neoclassical exchange building with columns and a bell tower topped by a flag, dated 1848.

Ontwerp voor een klokkentoren op de Beurs van Zocher te Amsterdam (vooraanzicht), 1848

Monogrammist ANGJ, 1848

Grey wash drawing of elegantly dressed people relaxing at folding café tables and strolling under trees in a park.

Recreërende mensen in een park

H.C. Louwerse, 1901