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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Botanical watercolor of a tall Himantoglossum hircinum orchid with a spike of pink flowers, green leaves and tubers.

Himantoglossum hircinum - Bocks-Riemenzunge

Alfred Franck, 1843

Drawing of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree with arrows, attended by an angel and three putti.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Aegidius Sadeler, 1620

Brown wash drawing of a standing figure at a door while a woman looks down from a brick building window; a well and birds at

Saint Peter and Rhoda

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, n.d.

Drawing of elegant figures at a garden party under large trees, with a distant city and boats on a canal.

Venetian Party in a Chateau Garden

David Vinckboons, 1602

Brown ink and wash drawing of a large craggy rock with a tower on top, a tent and figures at the shore, and a boat.

Landscape with a Large Rock

Filippo Napoletano, 1621

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a large tree, rolling hills, and sleeping figures beside a tent at left.

Landscape with Sleeping Peasants

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1605

Graphite drawing of a shepherdess reclining among goats, a ram, and a dog in a pastoral landscape with trees.

Hirtin auf der Weide mit Schafen und Ziegen

Joseph Roos, 1764

Brown ink drawing of a witchcraft scene with a winged creature, a hunched figure, bones, a candle and a tree.

Witchcraft Scene with a Vampire [recto]

Jacob de Gheyn II

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted soldier in ruff and doublet firing a long caliver, smoke rising from the barrel.

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Preparing to Fire His Caliver

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1597

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Tamping His Caliver

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1597

Pen and wash design drawing of a fluted column fountain with mask reliefs, coiled serpents and a gilded globe on top.

Scheme for a Fountain Decorated with Animal Masks, Four Crowned Serpents and a Globe on Top

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1623

Pencil drawing of Saint Nicholas holding a crosier, standing before clouds and stars, with falling droplets.

Hl. Nikolaus

Karl Wiener, 1947

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Ansicht und Profilschnitt

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Pencil and red chalk sketch of bare trees framing a statue on a pedestal beside a garden path.

Sketch of Trees with a Statue on a Pedestal

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Architectural drawing of a church high altar with elevation, section, and a tall candelabrum in pencil on tan paper.

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Ansicht und Schnitt

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Aufriss und Profil des Mensaleuchters

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Pencil architectural drawing of an ornate altar elevation with angels, a sunburst, scrolls and a central coat of arms.

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Entwurf zum Altarauszug

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Red chalk drawing of an ornate candelabrum design with scrolled arm and baluster stem on pale paper.

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Entwurf zum Mensaleuchter (Detail)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Pencil design on tan paper of an altar with God the Father, four angels and saints in circular medallions.

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Entwurf zur plastischen Dekoration - Gottvater, vier Engel, Medaillons mit den Heiligen…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Pen and watercolour design for an arched tabernacle door with ornate scrollwork borders and a central chalice.

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Entwurf zur Tabernakeltüre

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Pencil architectural drawing of a crucifix in an arched niche under a shell-decorated pediment, labelled Schottaltar Crucifix

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Kruzifix

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Pencil architectural elevation of a church interior showing a central high altar with retable and paneled choir walls.

Hochaltar der Schottenkirche, Retabel und Aufriss der Chorwände

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1882

Black chalk study on grey paper of a nude bearded man standing with hands pressed together in prayer.

Standing Christ (Study for a Baptism)

Attributed to Louis Boullogne, the younger, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a tall fountain jet rising before a palace facade, framed by trees and a garden path, dated 1885.

Hochstrahlbrunnen mit Schwarzenbergpalais

Franz Alt, 1885

Grey wash drawing of floodwater breaking over a lock at Nußdorf, with workers poling debris and a tower on the far bank.

Hochwasser beim Sperrschiff in Nußdorf 1897

Moritz Ledeli, 1897

Sketchbook I

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1883

Ink sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and striped poncho, signed Arthur B. Davies, on a sketchbook page.

Sketchbook II

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1881

Watercolour of a springbok hunt on a plain, with horsemen, ox wagons and flat-topped mountains under clouds.

Jacht op springbokken

Johannes Schumacher, 1776

Watercolor drawing of hunters chasing a buffalo herd across a green plain toward blue mountains under cloudy sky.

Buffeljacht

Johannes Schumacher, 1776

Watercolor of four springbok antelopes on a green plain, two leaping and two grazing, with blue mountains and clouds behind.

Springbokken

Johannes Schumacher, 1776

Watercolor landscape of a river valley with ox wagons, a boat, and distant mountains under cloudy skies.

Pont over de Bergrivier

Johannes Schumacher, 1776

Watercolor landscape of a river winding through a valley of fields and trees, with a farmstead at right and mountains beyond.

Gezicht op de Hexrivier, bij de boerderij van Daniel Hugo

Johannes Schumacher, 1776