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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink sketch of a seated rabbit in grass, facing left with upright ears, with handwritten label below.

Konijn

Henri Verstijnen, 1892

Ink drawing of a holly and mistletoe branch with spiky leaves, pale berries and winged seed pods on cream paper.

Hulst en maretak

Henri Verstijnen, 1892

Pen drawing of hellebore flowers with serrated leaves and a bud on cream paper.

Kerstroos

Henri Verstijnen, 1892

Ink and watercolor design for a watchcase and chatelaine with rococo frames, cherubs, and a mythological medallion.

Design for an Enameled Watchcase and Châtelaine with Mythological Figures

George Michael Moser, ca. 1766 (?)

Pen and wash drawing of muscular armored giants climbing a rocky cliff, with a nude figure at center and a seated figure abov

Titans Storming Mount Olympus

Henry Fuseli, c. 1770-72

Ink drawing of an ornate ceiling design with scrollwork, cartouches, shell motifs and lion masks around a central field.

Entwurf für einen Plafond

Joseph von Wieser, 1880

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate cabinet with a crest and a standing clock beside it, set against paneled walls.

Entwurf für einen Schrank und eine Standuhr

Joseph von Wieser, 1880

Red chalk drawing of muscular nude figures with grinning demons, one horned and one with bat-like ears, on a pale sheet.

Study of Figures from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo, 1540-50

Pen drawing of a classical entablature and column section with egg-and-dart moldings, dentils, and a rosette on tan paper.

Design for Entablature

Robert Mylne the younger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil design for a cabinet door with ornamental border showing putti, a lion, parrots, foliage and a trophy of musical instr

Entwurf für Kabinettschrank, Tür

Otto Wagner, 1885

Sketch of figures and a horse before a mountain landscape with a sun, with the words Zehn Schilling at upper right.

Entwurf für Notgeld: Zehn Schilling

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1926

Colored pencil design of a theatre salon set with striped curtains, a striped sofa, plants and a black cabinet.

Entwurf für Szenenbild zu "Fledermaus"

Dagobert Peche, 1918

Watercolor interior with a seated mother and child, children, two men in period dress, a canopy bed and tapestried walls.

Scene with Family and Guest in Seventeenth-Century Interior

Joseph Nash, 1825-78

Pencil design for a title page with an oval scroll frame, theatrical masks, two costumed figures and a central inscribed cart

Entwurf Titelblatt zu "Galerie en miniature de tableaux de genre portraite & scénes theatrales comiques" ("Die Galler…

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1841

Brown watercolor of a banquet hall with seated diners, musicians, servants and a central fountain under a patterned ceiling.

Oriental Banquet Scene

Jean-Baptiste Hilair, 1795/96

Pencil floor plan of a symmetrical parliament building with a central semicircular chamber and labeled rooms, on cream paper.

Entwurf zu einem Parlamentsgebäude, Grundriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Symmetrical grey and blue ornamental design with teardrop leaf motifs and yellow accents on a central axis.

Ontwerp voor een band of omslag

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Red chalk drawing of a woman with a headband, eyes lowered, one arm raised overhead, and a pale blue bodice.

Vrouw met hoofdband en opgeheven arm

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman hugging her knees, with a small scroll ornament to the right, on tracing paper.

Zittende naakte vrouw en bloemornament

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1949

Design drawing of a towel rack with two carved lion heads at the ends, with construction details below.

Ontwerp voor een theedoekrek met twee leeuwenkoppen

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1900

Pen drawing of a towel rack design with two fantasy head ends joined by a bar, plus a small colored sketch below.

Ontwerp voor een theedoekrek met twee fantasiekoppen

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1900

Design sheet with ochre scrollwork border and two blue circular medallions, with pencil construction lines.

Ontwerp met sierpatroon

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Haan met esculaap

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pencil sketch on aged paper with a grid, a blank central rectangle, and two small ornament studies at the bottom.

Rechthoekig kader met vlakverdeling en twee ornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pencil floor plan of a parliament building's main level with labelled halls and corridors, and a small section sketch above.

Entwurf zu einem Parlamentsgebäude, Grundriss Hauptgeschoß

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Pen and ink design for a Dutch diploma with decorative blue calligraphy, a pencil-drawn heading and an ornamental vertical mo

Ontwerp voor een diploma van de Vereniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1914

Ink and wash drawing of an ornamental frame with red lettering reading Vereniging van de Bel Boekh, with a red monogram at lo

Decoratief kader met naam van de Vereniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Calligraphic diploma design with blue and black decorative lettering, faint ruled guidelines and pencil monogram sketches bel

Ontwerp voor een diploma van de Vereniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1909

Ornamental certificate design in purple and green with scrollwork borders, shield crests and Dutch lettering announcing an ho

Ontwerp voor een oorkonde van de Vereniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1912

Pencil sketch of a man in a jacket and tie in front of a church tower with an onion dome and trees.

Entwurf zu einem Bildnis des Vaters

Karl Wiener, 1942

Ink and wash drawing of a Gothic spired monument with a cross, flanked by trees, with a scale bar below.

Entwurf zu einem Denkmal für österreichische Krieger in Bensberg bei Köln, Ansicht

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1854

Pen drawing of three Gothic memorial elevations with cross finials, inscription tablets and a scale bar, dated 1854.

Entwurf zu einem Denkmal für österreichische Krieger in Bensberg bei Köln, Ansichten

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1854