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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a lakeside village with a church tower, mountains behind, and small boats on the water.

Lago Maggiore

Gaspar van Wittel, 1700

Pen and ink sketch of a palazzo beside a lake with rowing boats, figures, mountains, and smaller studies below.

Studies of Lago Maggiore and and the Entrance to a Palazzo

Gaspar van Wittel, 1700

Pen and grey wash drawing of a ruined amphitheater with arched openings, stone walls, and overgrown vegetation.

The Ruins of an Ancient Amphitheater

Gaspar van Wittel, 1701

Pen and ink figure studies on paper with red chalk sketches of seated and standing men, one a small nude.

Figures from the Farnese Palace and from Life

Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned, with a kneeling saint, a bishop, and cherubs on clouds.

The Madonna and Child Enthroned, Adored by Two Saints

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, 1709

Brown ink drawing of a bacchanal with reclining revelers, putti, a satyr and goat beneath windblown pine trees.

A Bacchanal

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, 1700

Brown ink drawing of a bird with spread wings perched on a curved branch with fruit, by Andrea Mantegna.

A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit

Andrea Mantegna, 1460s (?)

Red chalk sketch of a standing man in a turban and loose coat holding a cane, with small study fragments on the right.

A Comic Actor Dressed as a Gentleman [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1729

Pastel portrait of a bearded man seated in an armchair, wearing a dark jacket, against an ochre background.

Ferdinand von Saar (1833-1906)

Ludwig Michalek, 1888

Pen drawing of a multi-story palace with gabled roofs and a spire, with horsemen, dogs and carriages in the foreground.

Gezicht op het Hof van Brussel

Gillis Neyts, 1662

Pen drawing of a village by a waterway with sailing boats, riders, a horse-drawn cart and figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op het dorp Harlebeeck

Gillis Neyts, 1665

Pen sketch of a symmetrical ornamental festival arch with a central dome, columns and scrolls on cream paper.

Festdekoration zum Einzug der Prinzessin Stephanie, Aufrissskizze

Otto Wagner, 1881

Pen and wash drawing of a ceiling design with rococo scrollwork, garlands, and reclining putti within an architectural frame.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-20

Pen drawing of a decorated festival square with a palace facade, flags, garlands, colonnade and a seated allegorical figure a

Festplatz (Vorzeichnung zu der Heliogravure-Tafel in dem von der Gemeinde Wien 1881 herausgegebenen Werk über den Mak…

Otto Wagner, 1880

Watercolor interior of a draped festival tent with chandeliers and a floral centerpiece, opening onto a parkland view.

Festzelt mit Aussicht auf Parklandschaft

Thomas Ender, 1854

Watercolor of a fire eater performing on a chair in a crowded tavern while patrons watch.

Feuerschlucker bei einer Vorführung in einem Gasthaus

Gustav Zafaurek, 1880

Pencil sketch of a top-hatted driver on a Viennese fiaker carriage with lantern, inside a decorative frame.

Fiaker

Hans Schließmann, 1900

Pencil sketch of a closed horse-drawn carriage with two horses, and a small circular portrait of a bearded man at upper right

Fiaker (mit aufgeklebter Porträtskizze); Rückseite: Bauernpferdefuhrwerk

Rudolf von Alt, 1840

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a boy in a cap and coat seated in a carriage holding its rails, dated 1840.

Fiakerbub am Graben

Anton Richter, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a peaked cap, arms around his knees, with an inventory number in the lower right.

Figurale Detailstudie (kroatischer Soldat vor Wien 1848)

Carl Anton Goebel, 1848

Pencil sketch of a man in a fur cap with moustache and a rider on a horse with bridle and saddle cloth.

Figurale Detailstudie (Seressaner vor Wien 1848)

Carl Anton Goebel, 1848

Figurale Detailstudien (Seressaner und kroatische Soldaten vor Wien 1848)

Carl Anton Goebel, 1848

Pencil sketch of figure studies with a standing man in a top hat, a long-robed figure, and seated figures on pale paper.

Figurale Detailstudien (Seressaner vor Wien 1848)

Carl Anton Goebel, 1848

Pencil drawing of a rococo wall design with scrollwork, garlands, and floral motifs in framed panels.

Wall Design

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Ink drawing on yellowed paper with figure studies, standing women, male torsos and small compositional scenes.

Figuren- und Kompositionsstudien

Josef Engelhart, 1894

Pencil drawing of an ornate rococo niche with an arched opening, scrolling ornament, and a domed crown.

Ornamental Design for Niche

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil sketch sheet with a standing figure and several male head studies, with handwritten names and a Felix Fischer letterhe

Figuren- und Kopfstudien (Graf Badeni, Alois Liechtenstein)

Josef Engelhart, 1890

Pencil design drawing of a rococo ceiling with an oval central panel framed by scrolls, foliage and floral ornament.

Design for Ceiling

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil sketch of a crowd of figures under an awning, with musicians playing horns at right, by Josef Engelhart.

Figurenkomposition "Ovation" (Rückseite: Figuren- und Reiterstudien)

Josef Engelhart, 1882

Pen and ink sketch of a group of robed male figures, some seated and some standing, on a pale sheet with a handwritten signat

Figurenkomposition ("In der Meisterschule")

Josef Engelhart, 1881

Pen and ink design drawing of a paneled interior wall with a door and rococo scrolled ornament above.

Design for Door

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a standing orator with raised arm before a seated crowd, with a flag at right and a color scale below.

Figurenkomposition-"Revolution"

Josef Engelhart, 1882