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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash drawing of rough harbor waves with sailing ships, a statue on a stone pedestal, and a distant city skyline.

Capriccio View of a Mediterranean Port

Bonaventura Peeters I, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a hat playing violin beside a railing, shaded background.

Blindeman op de Nieuwenbrug

Pieter Louw, 1735

Pen and watercolor sketch sheet with numbered studies of Amsterdam fishwives in bonnets, carrying baskets and working at tubs

Compositie met Amsterdamse visvrouwen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1785

Grey ink and wash drawing of a tree-lined road beside a cottage, with a figure walking and a classical pavilion at right.

Gezicht op uitspanning de Roomtuintjes en de Tweede Muiderpoort te Amsterdam

Gerrit Lamberts, 1817

Pencil sketch of a seated mother and children in a composition study, with a small head sketch at upper left, on torn paper.

Entwurfsskizze zum Gemälde "Die junge Mutter"

vermutlich: Egon Schiele, 1914

Pencil perspective sketch of a Gothic church with a tall spire beside a river, with boats and figures on a promenade.

Entwurfsskizze zur Kaiser Franz Josef Jubiläumskirche zum Hl. Franz von Assisi (Wien 2., Mexikoplatz 12), Perspektive

Victor Luntz, 1899

Ink and wash drawing of a hilly landscape with framing trees, a hilltop town, a distant mountain, and travellers with horses

Hilly Landscape with Travellers

Johann Georg von Dillis, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pen drawing of several variant floor tile designs with geometric patterns, decorative borders and a grid, on cream paper.

Entwurfszeichnung für Fliesenboden (Varianten)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1850

Watercolor design drawing of a blue and black sleigh with red tassels and curved runners, labeled No. 3736.

Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3736

Brewster & Co., 1882

Watercolor botanical study of a purple-flowered orchid with broad ribbed leaves, labeled Epipactis latifolia, dated 1843.

Epipactis latifolia - Breitblättrige Sumpfwurz

Alfred Franck, 1843

Colored drawing of an ornate sleigh with red iron runners, blue upholstery and a brown bear fur robe.

Sleigh #3659

Brewster & Co., 1881

Watercolor botanical study of a broad-leaved helleborine orchid with a tall flowering spike and exposed roots.

Epipactis latiolia - breitblättriges Sumpfwurz

Alfred Franck, 1842

Colored design drawing of an ornate sleigh with gold scrollwork, a swan-shaped front, and purple upholstered seats.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat #3869

Brewster & Co., 1884

Botanical watercolor of a yellow winter aconite flower with green leaves, a bud, and roots on cream paper.

Eranthis hiemalis (Salisb.) - Streublütiger Winterling (Helleborus hiemalis I.)

Alfred Franck, 1843

Colored design drawing of a green and gold sleigh with scrolled runners and a rear rumble seat, numbered 3737.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3737

Brewster & Co., 1882

Colored design drawing of an ornate blue and black sleigh with a scrolled front post and curved runners on a gray sheet.

Half Panel Cutter #3804

Brewster & Co., 1883

Colored design drawing of a red sleigh with scrolled iron frame, fringed upholstery, rear rumble seat and tassel, numbered 39

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3952

Brewster & Co., 1885

Watercolor design drawing of a green and red sleigh with a rumble seat and red tassel, side view, handwritten number 3484a.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3484a

Brewster & Co., 1879

Side-view colored design drawing of a red and black sleigh with curved runners and blue-tufted upholstery, numbered 3551.

Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3551

Brewster & Co., 1879

Pen and wash design of a marbled monument with three inscribed urns on top and text panels on a stepped base.

Design for a Monument to the Three Wives of the First Earl of Guilford, at Wroxton, Oxfordshire

Joseph Wilton, 1783

Watercolor design of a carved Gothic-style staircase with two children descending and a woman in a gold gown.

Design for a Jacobean-style Staircase (recto); Architectural Element Design (verso)

Matthew Digby Wyatt, ca. 1867

Pen and wash design for an oval ceiling with garlands, putti, a central rosette and small circular medallions on a green grou

Design for a Ceiling

James Wyatt, 18th-19th century

Night landscape with a rock cave, robed figures at its entrance, a river, a small boat, trees, and hills under a starry sky.

The Sorceress of the Yakuts in North East Asia

Ernst Damitz, n.d.

Drawing of a gilded neoclassical mirror frame with two griffins on top, laurel swags, and urn motifs.

Design for a Mirror

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil drawing of Erdberg with a church tower, houses behind a wooden fence, and a large tree at left.

Erdberg

Viktor Gross, 1861

Watercolor botanical study of a pink-flowered Erica carnea sprig with needle-like leaves and roots on cream paper.

Erica carnea - fleischfarbige Heide

Alfred Franck, 1843

Charcoal sketch of orchestra players and a conductor in a theatre pit, with a double bass in the foreground and an audience b

Erich Kleiber (1890-1956), Dirigent

Emil Stumpp, 1930

Botanical watercolor of an alpine daisy with pink petals, yellow centers, green leaves and roots on cream paper.

Erigeron alpinus - Algen-Berufkraut (Linné)

Alfred Franck, 1842

Ink and watercolor drawing of a man in period costume with a plumed hat and cape, reading a red book.

Erinnerung an den Kostüm-Künstler-Ball in Wien

Fritz Allemand, 1857

Medieval illuminated page of a haloed bearded saint seated on a throne, writing on a tablet, within a colorful decorative bor

Saint Gregory as Author

Scriptorium of Weingarten Abbey, 1188/1200

Pencil and wash drawing of tall pine trees rising through misty morning light above a hazy open landscape.

Pines in a Morning Fog

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, 1830

Faded brown wash drawing of two figures in a loose composition, with large areas of paper worn away.

Meleager and Atalanta

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century