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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of workers and figures in a vaulted forge with arched openings and a furnace.

Venus Visiting the Forge of Vulcan

called Paolo Fiammingo Pauwels Franck, 16th century

Lithographic bust portrait of a bespectacled man with moustache in a dark coat, with handwritten inscription below.

Franz Carl Weidmann (1790-1867), Schriftsteller, Schauspieler, Journalist

Franz Eybl, 1833

Pencil drawing of a woodland scene with a large twisted tree at upper left, slender trunks, and an open path below.

Study of Trees

François Ryckhals, 17th century

Watercolor of a seated monkey on a rock with a spotted civet looking up at it in a pale landscape.

A Monkey Sitting on a Rock Looking at a Civet

Aert Schouman, 1764

Watercolor of a male wood duck with green head and striped flanks standing on rocks before a pale landscape.

A Duck

Aert Schouman, mid-17th-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of peasants resting under a tree with cattle and sheep in a pastoral landscape.

Peasants with Cattle and Sheep

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

Pencil sketch of a seated older man in a long coat raising a tankard, with a loosely drawn outdoor landscape behind him.

Franz Gabet (geb. 1762), Maler, Kunstsammler

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1844

Grey wash drawing of an octagonal city gate beside a canal, with trees, a rowing boat and figures on a bridge.

A View of the Wittevrouwenpoort, Utrecht

Dirk Verrijk, 1749-86

Grey wash drawing of a church with a tall spire, a stone gateway, a horse and cart on cobblestones, and townspeople.

View of the Church of Passy, near Paris

Reinier Vinkeles, 1770

Grey wash drawing of sailing ships and a rowing boat with figures on an estuary under a cloudy sky.

Various Ships and a Rowing Boat on an Estuary

Wigerus Vitringa, n.d.

Pencil portrait in an oval vignette of a young man with curly hair, white collar and dark coat, facing left.

Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Schriftsteller

Carl Anton Goebel, 1823

Pen and wash drawing of a multi-tier building façade with niches, statues, pilasters and an arched doorway at ground level.

Project for a Façade Decoration (recto); Architectural Studies (verso)

Lattanzio Gambara, 16th century

Pencil portrait of a seated man with curly hair and crossed arms in an armchair, with small sketches at right.

Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Schriftsteller

Anton Hähnisch, 1835

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky landscape with cliffs, trees, and a pool of water.

Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, probably c. 1858

Franz Grillparzer auf dem Totenbett

Carl von Stur, 1872

Pen and wash drawing of the Man of Sorrows with Mary, John, angels and cherubs in a landscape.

Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows

Hans von Kulmbach, 1514

Oval graphite portrait of a bald man in ceremonial robe with sash and chain collar, turned to the left.

Franz I. (1768-1835, 1792-1806 römisch-deutscher Kaiser Franz II., ab 1804 österreichischer Kaiser Franz I.)

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1827

Grey wash elevation of a neoclassical chimney piece with draped female supports and a frieze of a chariot procession.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Gallery, now Dining Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)

Robert Adam, ca. 1769

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded standing apostle holding a book, with draped robes and bare feet on reddish paper.

A Standing Apostle Holding a Book

Hans von Kulmbach, 1510

Franz I. (1768-1835, 1792-1806 römisch-deutscher Kaiser Franz II., ab 1804 österreichischer Kaiser Franz I.)

Gustav Dittenberger von Dittenberg, 1820

Grey and pink wash design of a neoclassical fireplace with draped female figures, laurel pilasters and winged putti roundels.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Pompeian Style

Robert Adam, ca. 1775

Pencil and wash portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat, against a shaded background with a curtain.

Franz I. (1768-1835, 1792-1806 römisch-deutscher Kaiser Franz II., ab 1804 österreichischer Kaiser Franz I.)

Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1834

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical ruins with Corinthian columns, a sarcophagus, a pyramid and an obelisk in a landscape.

Classical Landscape with Ruins (recto); Two men in Roman military dress (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with temples, a stone bridge over a river, and figures in a boat.

Classical Landscape with Temples (recto); Indecipherable sketch, possibly of a seated figure (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Brown and white wash drawing of a standing bald man in flowing drapery, arms raised, on blue-grey paper.

Standing Male Draped Figure With His Hands Raised

Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, 1565-71

The Head and Shoulders of a Woman in Profile; Separate Studies of Her Head and Ear (recto); Fragment of Drapery Study…

Gregorio Pagani, 1592

Franz Josef Leopold (1783-1832), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1819

Pencil sketch of a bearded prophet and a bishop above a cluster of angels in clouds, on aged paper.

A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome)

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1634-35

Watercolor of a seated man in a green coat conversing with a woman in a pink dress before drapery and an armchair.

Illustration to Vanity Fair, Chapter 1: "Jos and Becky"

William Makepeace Thackeray, ca. 1848

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a blue shawl and a man in a top hat beside a street lamp, with a faint figure at left.

Design for an illustration to Vanity Fair (recto); Sketch of young woman (verso)

William Makepeace Thackeray, ca. 1847

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed coat, turned to the right.

Anonymous portrait

Francesco Bartolozzi, ca. 1794-1802

Franz Ludwig Catel (1778-1856), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1820