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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink architectural study of a tiered monument with columns, niches with figures, and reclining statues above an arch.

Architectural Study

Michelangelo, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a Gothic tomb with a recumbent effigy, canopy of tracery and rows of carved standing figures.

Monument of Bishop Mays, Hereford Castle AD1516

Charles Barry, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a tall clocktower with two clock faces, pinnacles, and a spire on cream paper.

Clocktower

Charles Barry, 1840

Pencil drawing of a steam locomotive with spoked wheels and smoke over grass, beside a dark scribbled area on the right.

Eisenbahn (Kinderzeichnung)

vermutlich: Egon Schiele, 1895

Watercolor drawing of the ruined Roman Forum with a tall Corinthian column, an arch, and small figures among stone steps.

View of the Roman Forum, unexcavated

Charles Barry, 1840

Pen drawing of a symmetrical Renaissance-style palazzo facade with arched ground floor, pedimented windows, and central balco

Design for a Public Building in the Italian Renaissance Palazzo Style

Charles Barry, ca. 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of two ornate urns flanking a draped armor design with scale-like patterns and putti.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Architectural drawing of a railway bridge elevation with red structural members and pencil guidelines by Otto Wagner, 1917.

Eisenbahnbrücke, 14., Schönbrunner Schlossallee / Linzer Straße

Otto Wagner, 1917

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a head and shoulders with an upswept hairstyle and direct gaze.

Zelfportret: B-1-1, 5 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pen and ink drawing of two decorated classical vases flanking a central panel with a helmet and draped tassels.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor (recto); Sketch with Two Figures (verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a man wearing a cap and collared jacket, looking toward the viewer.

Zelfportret met pet: B-1-1, 6 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Graphite sketch of a man's head in a cap, drawn loosely on grey paper with handwritten date in the corner.

Zelfportret: B-1-1, 7 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Watercolor ceiling design with a central circular opening, floral garlands, scrolling foliage, and a small vignette of two bi

Ceiling Design with Center Cut Out

J. S. Pearse, 1854-68

Pencil drawing of a man's face with swept-back dark hair, looking directly at the viewer with a slight smile.

Zelfportret: B-1-1, 8 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil sketch of a man wearing a cap and tie, head and shoulders, drawn on grey paper.

Zelfportret met pet: B-1-1, 9 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil sketch of a man's head and shoulders on grey paper, with loose shading and a dated inscription in the lower right.

Zelfportret: B-1-1, 9 februari

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pen and brown ink drawing of a plumed landsknecht soldier in a flowing cloak holding a pole, standing on a ground line.

Landsknecht

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, early 16th century

Watercolor lunette of a kneeling woman in pink, three crowned youths around her, and putti in floral garland borders.

Three Boys Save the Despairing Pamina from Suicide

Moritz von Schwind, 1864

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large gnarled tree at left and a winding road leading to distant trees and hills.

Landscape

Ercole Bazicaluva, mid-17th century

Pencil architectural drawing of a railway bridge elevation with construction lines and lettering on tan paper.

Eisenbahnbrücke, 14., Schönbrunner Schlossallee / Linzer Straße / verso: Pariser Weltausstellung (1900), Horizontalsc…

Otto Wagner, 1917

Pencil architectural elevation of a railway bridge with a central clock tower, railings, pillars and small detail sketches on

Eisenbahnbrücke, 14., Schönbrunner Schlossallee / Linzer Straße / verso: Weltausstellung Paris 1900, Grundriss und Bl…

Otto Wagner, 1917

Pencil elevation drawing of a railway bridge with ornate railing, central clock tower and stone pillars, with dimension notes

Eisenbahnbrücke, 14., Schönbrunner Schlossallee / Linzer Straße / verso: Weltausstellung Paris 1900, Grundriss und Bl…

Otto Wagner, 1917

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece with classical figures, flowers, putti and open books inscribed La Grammaire

Design for a Frontispiece

Bernard Picart, 1720

Pencil sketch on grid paper of a steam locomotive pulling passenger carriages, with smaller locomotive studies below.

Eisenbahnen (Kinderzeichnung)

Egon Schiele, 1900

Ink and wash sketch of a seated man smoking a hookah beside a standing attendant, with tents and seated men behind.

The Croatian Portative Narguilé

Constantin Guys, 1855

Pencil drawing of a tall iron cross on a rocky mountain summit, with a scale bar and a small figure beside it.

Eisenkreuz für die Spitze des Großglockners

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1879

Hand-drawn 18th-century nautical chart of Hout Bay with depth soundings, coastline wash and a small ship.

Map of Hout Bay

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1780

Long hand-drawn coastal map in pale ink and wash showing a bay, shoreline, rivers and inland features, dated 1788.

Kaart van de westkust tussen Saldanhabaai en Tafelbaai

J.C. Friderici, 1788

Hand-drawn 1780 map of False Bay and the Cape Peninsula with coastline, mountains, rivers, compass rose and handwritten notes

Map of False Bay and the Cape Peninsula

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1780

Hand-drawn 1777 map of the southern Cape showing coastline, rivers, mountain ranges and district names in ink.

Map of the Southern part of the Cape from St Helena Bay to the Great Fish River

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Long horizontal ink and wash map of a South African coastline with hatched hills, bays and labelled capes.

Map of the south coast of South Africa between Cape Agulhas and the Sundays River

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1789

Crowd of people in 1800s dress ice skating and falling on a frozen canal in front of city buildings in winter.

Eislaufen im zugefrorenen Hafen des Wiener Neustädter Kanals vor dem Stubentor

Georg Emanuel Opitz, 1805