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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Two painted pages of a garden scene with blossoming trees, musicians, a seated figure on a dais, and an archer, on gold groun

Garden Scene

Unknown artist, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370-1507), mid-15th century

Architectural floor plan of a second story with labeled rooms and a staircase, drawn in ink and red wash on cream paper.

k. k. Centralanstalt für Meteorologie, 19., Hohe Warte 38, Grundriss des zweites Stockes

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Colored ground floor plan of the k. k. Centralanstalt für Meteorologie with German room labels on mounted paper.

k. k. Centralanstalt für Meteorologie, 19., Hohe Warte 38, Grundriss Erdgeschoß

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Drawing of three figures seated on clouds: a youth raising a bowl, a bearded man resting his head, and a gesturing figure.

Time Seated on Clouds, Flanked by Two Other Angels

Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, after, n.d.

Architectural elevation drawing of the north facade of a three-storey building with a central tower, dated 1870.

k. k. Centralanstalt für Meteorologie, 19., Hohe Warte 38, Nordfassade

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Graphite sketch of the Pietà with Mary holding the dead Christ, a bearded figure with a vessel, and a standing woman.

Pieta

School of Simone Cantarini, n.d.

Caryatid Facing Right

Pirro Ligorio, mid-16th Century

Architectural section drawing in ink and red wash of a multi-story building with arched openings and a roof with chimneys.

k. k. Centralanstalt für Meteorologie, 19., Hohe Warte 38, Schnitt

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Ink elevation drawing of a three-story building south facade with arched entrance and tower, on a green-edged mat.

k. k. Centralanstalt für Meteorologie, 19., Hohe Warte 38, Südfassade

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman with a staff, two putti beside her, and a distant landscape.

Magdalene in the Wilderness with Two Putti

François Perrier, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of an ornamental arch with a round landscape medallion, winged figure, mask, and scrollwork.

Decoration over an Arch with a Landscape Scene in a Round Compartment

Gaetano Galdi, 1770

Ink elevation drawing of a three-storey west facade with a tower on the left, framed by trees and labelled West-Facade.

k. k. Centralanstalt für Meteorologie, 19., Hohe Warte 38, Westfassade

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Upturned Head of Saint Dominic

Lorenzo Sabbatini, called Lorenzino da Bologna, after, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a round asylum building with dormer windows, a long wing, trees and a fence, dated 1860.

k. k. Irrenpflegeanstalt zu Wien

Viktor Gross, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of a woman bound to a stake among kindling, with a kneeling figure and a helmeted warrior nearby.

Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia

Unknwon artist, 1600s

Watercolor of a large brick and stone museum facade across an open square, with pedestrians, riders and dogs in the foregroun

K. K. österreichisches Museum und Kunstgewerbeschule

Pencil sketch of a cobbled street lined with gabled townhouses and a tree, leading toward a small tower.

Gezicht op het Leidseplein te Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner, 1873

Pencil sketch of seated men before gabled houses and bare trees along a city street.

Interieur met zittende mannen

George Hendrik Breitner, 1873

Pencil drawing of a large multi-storey institute building with arched windows, dormers and trees along a street, dated 1861.

K. k. Thierarzneiy-Institut auf der Landstrasse

Viktor Gross, 1861

Drawing of a standing Franciscan saint holding a crucifix, with cherubs and clouds in an arched frame, in red chalk and ink.

Standing Franciscan Saint Holding Crucifix

called Il Baciccio Giovanni Battista Gaulli, n.d.

Pencil sketch of an Amsterdam street with pedestrians, lampposts, a horse and cart, and a railing by a water edge.

Gezicht op het Rokin te Amsterdam, ter hoogte van het Spui

George Hendrik Breitner, 1898

Pencil sketch of horsemen and figures on a village road beside a gabled building, on aged paper.

Cavaleristen op een dorpsweg

George Hendrik Breitner, 1873

Figuurstudies en een stadsgezicht met een standbeeld

George Hendrik Breitner, 1873

Three studies of seated women in period dress, one reading, one playing a lute, one glancing sideways, in chalk on tan paper.

Three Studies of Seated Women

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1715

Design sheet with ink and pencil studies of a coffee pot, showing a floral rose motif, pearl beading, and spout details.

Ham and Pearling Design for Coffee Pot No. 6652

Tiffany and Company, c. 1882

Graphite drawing on tan paper with white highlights showing a draped seated figure above and folded cloth below.

Drapery Study

Alfred Rethel, 1816-59

Ink and wash sketch of a café scene with seated women at a round table, a standing man, and two women standing at right.

Kaffeehausszene

Josef Engelhart, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint with a winged lion and putti among clouds, after Domenichino.

Saint Mark

After Domenichino, after 1627

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilltop Roman town with rooftops and a dome, framed by a large tree at left.

View of Rome

Willem van Nieulandt II, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a busy Viennese café with men in top hats, women in dresses, seated patrons and a waitress with a tray.

Kaffeehausszene ("Wiener Leben im Caféhaus") - Vorlage für eine Kreidelithographie im Verlag Herbert Gerhart

August Lanzedelly, 1870

Illuminated page with a crowned kneeling figure, red-robed attendants, a walled city, heraldic shields and a gold inscription

Pope Pius II, frontispiece to a Constitution of the Sienese Church of the Year 1464

Unknown artist, 1464; possibly 19th century copy

Brown watercolor of a stone arch bridge and waterfall on a rocky mountain road, with travelers and pack animals.

Devil's Bridge toward the Gothard Mountain in Switzerland

Franz Xaver Triner, 1785-1824