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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil study of a gnarled, leafless tree leaning across tan paper, with twisted branches and grass at its base.

Kahler Baum - Baumstudie

Josef Kriehuber, 1858

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling bearded figure in an orange robe, head bowed, hands clasped to the chest.

Christ Kneeling

After Carlo Dolci, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a mountain lake with rocky slopes, a stone hut, grazing cattle, and a small boat.

View of Oberalp Lake

Franz Xaver Triner, late 18th-19th century

Pencil sketch on cream paper with an ornamented architectural frame and loose preliminary studies of arches and forms.

Kaianlagen am Donaukanal und Aspernbrücke (Skizze zum Präsentationsblatt der Huldigungsadresse der Akademie der bilde…

Otto Wagner, 1896

Pen and pencil bird's-eye sketch of a city canal, bridge and rooftops, with a dancing figure frieze below.

Kaianlagen am Donaukanal und Aspernbrücke, Vogelschau (Skizze zum Präsentationsblatt der Huldigungsadresse der Akadem…

Otto Wagner, 1896

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a table of vessels, and workers at a furnace in an arched forge interior.

Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

After Jacopo Bassano, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a riverside quay and bridge seen from above, within an ornate decorative frame with figures below.

Kaianlagen und Aspernbrücke, Vogelschau (Skizze zum Präsentationsblatt der Huldigungsadresse der Akademie der bildend…

Otto Wagner, 1897

Sepia wash drawing of seated figures by a river with moored boats, trees, and a fortified building on the far bank.

Figures Seated by a River

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, n.d.

Oval drawing of a bearded man in a pleated ruff collar and buttoned doublet, with inscribed text around the frame.

Portrait of a 26-Year-Old Man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a man in a high collar and cravat, with one arm raised across the lower sheet.

Portret G.J. Michaëlis

Hendrik Willem Caspari, 1820

Omslagontwerp voor: Paul Fierens, L'art hollandais contemporain, 1933

Leo Gestel, 1931

Pen and watercolour design of a funerary monument with a marble bust, rococo cartouche and skull, with side elevation.

Grafmonument van een onbekende man

Bird's-eye watercolor of a city canal with bridges, quays, boats and a church spire, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Kaianlagen, Aspern- und Ferdinandsbrücke, Regulierung des Stubenviertels, Vogelschau

Otto Wagner, 1897

Red chalk sketch of a standing bearded figure greeting a kneeling veiled woman beneath a draped canopy, with angels above.

Resurrected Christ Appearing to His Mother

Attributed to Ottavio Vannini, n.d.

Aerial view drawing of a river quay, bridge and city with a church spire, framed by ornate decorative borders.

Kaianlagen, Aspern- und Ferdinandsbrücke, Vogelschau (Zweitfassung von Wagners Professorenblatt aus der Huldigungsadr…

Otto Wagner, 1896

Black silhouette of a boy, a dog, a child pointing, and a seated woman in a rocking chair beside a table, on pale paper.

Silhouette of Hammond Family

Auguste Edouart, 1842

Pen sketches of two ornate architectural columns with decorative capitals on a pale sheet, framed by color and scale bars.

Kaianlagen, Ferdinandsbrücke, Skizze zu einem Pylon / verso: weiblicher Kopf

Otto Wagner, 1896

Head of a Monk

Attributed to Francesco Vanni, n.d.

Drawing of two winged putti playing with swans beside a large vessel, rendered in pen and brown wash on tan paper.

Putti Playing with Swans

Circle of Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a sun chariot in clouds above a seated woman, a pointing youth, and a classical landscape with buildings

Study for the Omen of the Future Greatness of Augustus: Left Portion

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

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a long coat holding gloves and a cane, on gray paper.

Kaiser Franz I. von Österreich

Anton Einsle, 1830

Illuminated manuscript initial R showing the Virgin holding a red book, surrounded by kneeling haloed saints in gold and blue

The Virgin Adored by Saints in a Historiated Initial "R" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 15th century

Watercolor perspective of the Kaiser Franz Josef church in Vienna with tall spires, rose windows and strollers on a park lawn

Kaiser Franz Josef Jubiläumskirche zum Hl. Franz von Assisi (Wien 2., Mexikoplatz 12): Perspektive

Victor Luntz, 1900

Medieval painted initial P showing the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Christ in a manger, animals and angels on gold.

The Nativity in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, c. 1390

Architectural floor plan of a symmetrical museum with central hall, wings and stairways, labelled Opus IV, 1912.

Kaiser Franz Josef Stadtmuseum auf der Schmelz ("Opus=IV"), Grundriss 1. Zwischengeschoß

Otto Wagner, 1912

Medieval manuscript page of two columns of Latin text with a decorated pink and green initial letter at lower left.

Bifolia from a Vita Sanctorum, or Lives of the Saints

Unknown artist, c. 1150

Architectural floor plan of the second mezzanine level of Otto Wagner's competition design for the Kaiser Franz Josef Stadtmu

Kaiser Franz Josef Stadtmuseum auf der Schmelz ("Opus=IV"), Grundriss 2. Zwischengeschoß

Otto Wagner, 1912

Architectural attic floor plan with roof outline, window openings, a staircase, and handwritten room labels and dimensions.

Charles R. Larrabee House, Chicago, Illinois, Attic Plan

Edward Burling, c. 1863/64

Ink floor plan of the roof level of a museum competition design, with numbered wings and a central tract.

Kaiser Franz Josef Stadtmuseum auf der Schmelz ("Opus=IV"), Grundriss Dachgeschoß

Otto Wagner, 1912

Aged architectural floor plan of a second story with labeled rooms, staircases, and handwritten dimensions in ink.

Charles R. Larrabee House, Chicago, Illinois, Second Floor Plan

Edward Burling, c. 1863/64

Architectural floor plan of the main level of a proposed museum with symmetrical wings, central hall and labelled galleries.

Kaiser Franz Josef Stadtmuseum auf der Schmelz ("Opus=IV"), Grundriss Hauptgeschoß

Otto Wagner, 1912

Side elevation drawing of a Victorian house with mansard roof, dormers, and porch, in pen and ink on aged paper.

Charles R. Larrabee House, Chicago, Illinois, Side Elevation

Edward Burling, c. 1863/64