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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil proportion study of a standing female nude with numerical measurements written beside the figure on cream paper.

Proportiestudie van een vrouw

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Studie van een vrouwengezicht

Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg, 1812

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with water, a large rock, trees and a distant ruined tower under a cloudy sky.

Landschap met water, rotsen en een ruïne

Alexander Ver Huell, 1882

Sepia drawing of a lone walker with a stick between two large rocks under a cloudy sky.

Wandelaar in een rotslandschap

Alexander Ver Huell, 1882

Pencil drawing of a young man with bow and quiver seated on a rock with two dogs in a rocky wooded landscape.

Young Man with Bow and Arrow

François Jacques Fleischbein, 1832

Watercolor of a fisherman's family with a dog-drawn cart on a dune beach, boats and birds under a pale sky.

A Fisherman's Family at the Beach, the Mother and One of the Children Sitting in a Cart

Jan Gerard Smits, 1855

Pencil sketch of a decorated ceramic jug with floral bands and a tall handle on cream paper.

Krug (Skizze)

Karl Wiener, 1930

Circular drawing of a wilderness lake with a glowing sun, a white cross on a rise, and a kneeling figure by the water.

The Cross in the Wilderness

Thomas Cole, c. 1844

Krumauer Verwandter des Künstlers

Egon Schiele, 1906

Pen-and-ink portrait sketch of a stern man in a fur cap, with faint pencil studies of figures in a boat below.

Studies for "Washington Crossing the Delaware" [recto]

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1849

Pencil perspective section drawing of a ball valve with hatched cut surfaces and threaded ends on aged paper.

Kugelventil, Perspektivschnitt

jun Otto Wagner, 1890

Watercolor of a reclining spotted cow in a stable with a second cow's horns behind it, against a wooden wall with iron rings.

Kühe im Stall

Josef Engelhart, 1881

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling robed saint with raised hands as two men raise stones in a green landscape.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen in a Historiated Initial "A" or "C" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Graphite sketch of a young man with tousled hair writing with a quill pen at a desk beside an inkwell.

Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto]

William Sidney Mount, 1827

Pencil drawing of two cows resting in an arched stable beside a wooden stall, signed Neder 1860.

Kühe im Stall

Johann Michael Neder, 1860

Valentine card with painted pink rose and red and green leaves, framed by lace-like border, scroll reading Wilt Thou Be Mine

Wilt Thou Be Mine Love? (valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, c. 1840

Hand-colored drawing of two men in a columned interior with blue drapery, a chandelier, and a verse below, in a gilded frame.

Kunstbillet mit einer Szene aus "Der Bauer als Millionär"; Ferdinand Raimund als Fortunatus Wurzel und Therese Krones…

Johann Joseph Endletsberger, 1830

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a nude bather seen from behind on a beach, with blue sea and a sail in the background.

Bather on the Beach

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1913

Architectural drawing of the main facade of the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, with floor plan and wall section.

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, "Bau der Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1875

Valentine card with a pink flower, green and red leaves, embossed lace border, and handwritten text.

True Love's Fond Token (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, n.d.

Colored floor plan of the second story of a building, with red walls, a central staircase and a scale bar.

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, 2. Stock, Grundriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Pencil architectural elevation of a three-storey facade with arched windows, pilasters, and a pedimented doorway.

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, Ausschnitt der Mittelrisalitfassade, Aufriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, Brunnen des Verbindungsganges, Aufriss, Prof…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a half-length woman with bowed head holding a small jar.

Half-Length of Mary Magdalene [verso]

Federico Barocci, c. 1565/1567

Colored architectural ground floor plan with red-highlighted walls, room dimensions and a central staircase on aged paper.

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, Erdgeschoß mit Verbindungsgang zum Museum, G…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Architectural drawing of a glass and iron courtyard facade with arched windows, trusses, and detail sections in blue wash.

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, Glas-Eisenverblendung der Höfe, Aufriss, Sch…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Pencil architectural floor plan sketch with grid lines, a central staircase, and small construction detail drawings.

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, Grundrissskizze

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a classical building facade with arched windows, columns and a central entrance portal.

Kunstgewerbeschule des österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, Mittelrisalitfassade, Aufriss, Querschnitt,…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1875

Watercolor landscape of rolling Derbyshire hills with stone walls, packhorses on a track, and smoke from distant chimneys.

Gezicht op de bergen van High Peak in Derbyshire

Johannes Siberechts, 1699

Ink and wash drawing of the Assumption of Mary, with Mary rising among angels while apostles gaze up beside a stone tomb.

De hemelvaart van Maria

Erasmus Quellinus, 1630

Watercolor landscape of a flat-topped escarpment above wooded hills, with horses grazing on a path and a seated artist in the

Gezicht by Chatsworth in Derbyshire

Johannes Siberechts, 1694

Pencil sketch of rock formations and a rugged cliff with layered ledges along a rocky path.

Schets van rotsen langs een weg

Johannes Siberechts, 1694