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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Painted Adoration of the Magi: kneeling kings offer gifts to Mary and the infant Jesus in a stable beneath angels.

The Adoration of the Magi

Simon Bening, 1520

Two studies of Headdresses from Scrapbook

John Bridge, 18th-19th century

Brown and grey wash drawing of figures carrying a heavy cross, with a crowd and a kneeling woman in a lunette frame.

The Carrying of the Cross

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1498

Erschrockener Mann

Christian Hilfgott Brand, 1720

Drawing of a large gnarled tree with spreading branches above a village and distant mountains, by Erhard Altdorfer.

The Large Fir Tree

Erhard Altdorfer, 1530

Pencil and watercolor sketch of shrubs and trees on a rocky outcrop under a dark cloud sky.

Shrubs and Trees in Rocky Landscape

John Ruskin, c. 1845

Pencil sketch of interlacing ribbon forms rising from a capital, with smaller motif studies, on translucent paper.

Erste Villa Wagner, Atelier, Skizze für die Stuckdekoration

Otto Wagner, 1899

Watercolor interior design of a 19th-century sitting room with yellow sofas, a fireplace, columns and French doors.

Design for interior

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1830

Pen and brown wash study of a haloed monk reaching toward a child held by women, with robed onlookers and a seated nude figur

Study for Miracle of Saint Bernardino of Siena

Ventura Salimbeni, c. 1602

Architectural drawing of blue Art Nouveau curtain and wall hanging designs with stylized flowers and fringe, on tan paper.

Erste Villa Wagner, Entwurf für Vorhänge und Wandbehänge im Atelier

Otto Wagner, 1899

Pencil sketch of a man in a cap leaning over a workbench, planing a wooden plank, with handwritten notes in the margin.

The Planer

Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, n.d.

Architectural elevation drawing of a timber-gabled house with carved balustrades, stone base and wrought iron ornament, with

Erste Villa Wagner, Gärtnerhaus, Aufriss

Otto Wagner, 1886

Pen drawing of a stone wall elevation with a wrought iron fan grille, stepped line and decorative panel, with a scale bar.

Erste Villa Wagner, Gärtnerhaus, Sockel

Otto Wagner, 1886

Pencil drawing of three women with upswept hair and earrings, the central woman wearing a white lace collar.

Portrait of Frau von Oppen and Her Two Daughters

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1835

Pencil and watercolour architectural drawing with two building elevations and two floor plans, with a colour checker and scal

Erster Entwurf zum Rathaus in Lechenich, Grundrisse, Aufrisse

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1861

Watercolor of a standing woman in a headscarf, white apron and red sleeves, beside a brown jug on a stone ledge.

Italian Woman

Edgar Degas, ca. 1856-57

Young man in grey clothes stands in a study with globes, books, a sculpture and a staircase, 1640 painting.

A Young Man in a Study

Adriaen van Gaesbeeck, 1640

Pen and ink design for a neoclassical ceiling or wall panel with an oval medallion, garlands, and urn motifs.

Design for a Ceiling

Robert Adam, 1745-1800

Drawing of an ornate chimney piece with acanthus scrolls, a central female figure with putti, and fluted Corinthian pilasters

Chimney Piece

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical cross-shaped ornament with four oval cartouches, scrolls, foliage and a central rosette.

Ornament in the Shape of a Cross

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Brown ink drawing of several standing figures in heavy draped robes and veils, some seen from behind.

Group of Draped Figures

Antonello da Messina, 1460

Grey wash drawing of an ornate architectural frame with scrolling foliage and molded borders on an irregular sheet.

Design for a Frame

Sir William Chambers, 1743-1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a neoclassical chimneypiece with rosette corner ornaments and a labeled hearth below.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1740-96

Ink and wash elevation design for a chimneypiece with fluted columns, a carved bust, and handwritten dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece (recto); Sketches for Column Bases (verso)

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a partial chimneypiece design with rosette frieze and Ionic pilaster on pale paper.

Partial Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of a young girl in a pearl-trimmed bonnet and pearled gown, with French inscription.

Mary, Queen of Scots

François Clouet, 1549

Architectural elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scrolled brackets, carved frieze, and dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece for Somerset House, Strand, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1776-86

Grisaille drawing of a woman with a flower wreath before a mirror held by a winged-helmet figure, with irises beside her.

The Mirror of Venus, or L'Art et Vie (Art and Life)

Walter Crane, ca. 1890

Red and black chalk portrait of a woman with a white ruff collar, pearl necklace and curled hair, smiling slightly.

Mde de Fleurange

François Clouet, 1572

Grey wash drawing of a fleet of sailing warships in battle, with smoke clouds and small boats on calm water.

Zeeslag

Jan Bulthuis, 1760

Grey wash drawing of a naval battle with smoke over a harbour town, ships on water, and soldiers and carts in foreground.

Slag bij Chatham

Jan Bulthuis, 1760

Grey wash drawing of Dutch warships anchored before a hillside town with white houses and mountains behind.

De Nederlandse vloot voor de kust van een vreemd land

Jan Bulthuis, 1765