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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds and angels while robed apostles look upward below.

Assumption of the Virgin

Charles-Joseph Natoire, c. 1751-1775

Pen and grey wash drawing of witches stirring a cauldron with a horned devil and demons watching while men observe at left.

Study for "A charm for democracy, reviewed, analyzed, and destroyed January 1, 1799" (recto and verso)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1799

Watercolor frieze design of animals including elephants, deer, lions and birds in numbered panels, by Oskar Laske.

Entwurf zum Arche Noah-Wandfries: Detailplan Nilpferd, Hirsch; Rückseite: Sonne

Oskar Laske, 1918

Pen and ink caricature of agitated men around an easel with a Revolutionary Pot, with speech balloons and a map of Ireland.

An Irish Howl

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1799

Horizontal wall frieze design with framed panels of colored animals including zebras, a lion, an elephant and giraffes.

Entwurf zum Arche Noah-Wandfries: Detailplan Zebra, Löwe, Elefant...

Oskar Laske, 1918

Pen and ink caricature of a rider on a horse loaded with saddlebags labeled Hastings and Wrongs, with handwritten verses.

The Q A loaded with the spoils of India and Britain, March 6, 1788

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1788

Architectural elevation drawing of a Gothic civic building in Trier with a tall clock tower, pointed windows and arcades.

Entwurf zum Ausbau des Kauf- u. Stadthauses in Trier, Aufriss

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1856

Pen sketch of a military review with marching soldiers, banners, mounted officers on horseback, and a crowd of onlookers.

A Military Review

Thomas Rowlandson, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a dense tree cluster on a rolling hillside with woodland fading into the distance.

Wooded hillside with deer

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Line drawing of an envelope design with the name Otto Wagner in capitals and ornamental decorative borders.

Entwurf zum Briefumschlag für die Visit- bzw. Dankeskarte anlässlich des 70. Geburtstags

Otto Wagner, 1911

Pen and ink study of a leaning tree with dense foliage beside a clearing, with smaller trees to the right.

Study of trees

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Engraved elevation of the neoclassical Church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, showing a columned portico and large central dome

[Elévation de la Nouvelle Eglise de Ste Genevieve]

Antoine Joseph Gaitte, 1791

Watercolor design of brown-robed monks processing past Ionic columns toward figures in light garments under green trees, with

Entwurf zum Oberon-Zyklus (Rs: Zwei Kinder-Studien zum Oberon Zyklus )

Josef Engelhart, 1901

Pen and grey wash drawing of a path past ruined stone walls and tall trees in a wooded landscape.

Wooded Landscape with Ruins

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pencil perspective drawing of a Gothic Revival church with tall spires and a rose window above a street with trees and carria

Entwurf zum Präsentationsblatt der Kaiser Franz Josef Jubiläumskirche zum Hl. Franz von Assisi (Wien 2., Mexikoplatz…

Victor Luntz, 1900

Pen and ink landscape drawing of rolling hills with a tower on the crest and large rocks in the foreground.

Hilly landscape with rocks

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Watercolor elevation of a yellow four-story apartment building with rows of windows, a carved balcony, and a cobblestone stre

Entwurf zum Zinshaus des Herrn von Denk am Lichtensteg 2 (1., Rotgasse 2/Rotenturmstraße 15), Fassade

Johann Julius Romano vom Ringe, 1845

Pencil sketch of a seated woman drawing on a board while another woman leans over her shoulder.

The Drawing Lesson

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Architectural drawing of a stylized inscription 'Erbaut im Jahre MCMI' and 'Albert Böhler's Stiftungshaus' between window ele

Entwurf zur Aufschrift: "Albert Böhler's Stiftungshaus" / "Erbaut im Jahre MCMI"

fraglich: Otto Wagner, 1901

Pen and watercolor street scene of St. Austell, Cornwall, with a church tower, shops, pedestrians, a horse and dogs.

St. Austle, Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Colored architectural elevation drawing of a church bay with painted vault, gilded columns, relief panels and a gothic window

Entwurf zur Ausmalung einer Jochwand und des Gewölbes der Wiener Mechitaristenkirche

Camillo Sitte, 1871

Charcoal portrait of a man in a dark suit and white clerical collar, turned three-quarters, against a hatched dark background

The Rt. Reverend William Lawrence

John Singer Sargent, 1916

Watercolor of farm workers washing potatoes in a tub beside a cart of sacks, with children, a dog and poultry nearby.

Farming scene

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and wash design drawing of a decorated hall with classical columns, arched niches, statues and putti in ornamental cartou

Entwurf zur Ausmalung eines Saales

Antonio Galli Bibiena, 1720

Watercolor landscape of a winding country road with riders, walkers, farm fields, a farmhouse and a distant church tower.

Landscape

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor tavern scene with a serving woman, seated men at a table, and a dog on the floor.

Tavern scene

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pencil perspective drawing of a city ensemble with two tall towers, classical columned buildings, clouds and trees along a wi

Entwurf zur Bebauung der Gartenbaugründe, Perspektive

Adolf Loos, 1917

Sepia drawing of a ruined castle beside a river with fishermen, swans, a sailing boat and a rider on the bank.

Castle Ruins on a River Bank

Allart van Everdingen

Colored drawing of fashionable people at a crowded public breakfast in a Bath assembly room, with plumed hats and tall window

The Comforts of Bath: A Public Breakfast

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1798

Ink and wash situation plan of a Dresden church complex with a red-highlighted church, school building, and surrounding stree

Entwurf zur Dresdner Johanneskirche in der Pirnaischen Vorstadt, Situationsplan (Reproduktion)

Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel, 1873

Drawing of the Madonna and Child handing a rosary to a kneeling saint on steps, with a crowd of onlookers below.

Madonna and Child with Rosary and Saint

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a four-story Viennese rental building facade with arched windows and a central doorwa

Entwurf zur Fassade des Zinshauses von Franz Tomas auf der alten Wieden Nr. 20 (4., Wiedner Hauptstraße 15)

Johann Julius Romano vom Ringe, 1840