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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Illuminated manuscript page of Pentecost with the Virgin and apostles under golden haloes, framed by ornate foliage border.

The Pentecost, from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman, an older man, and a cherub beside a chest, with handwritten text above.

An Allegory

Adam Gutmann, 1598

Pencil sketch of a Viennese street facade with shops, painted signs, dormer windows and a gas lamp.

Lerchenfelder Linie - Bierhalle Jaroschauer (Skizzenbuchblatt)

Gustav Zafaurek, 1890

Illuminated Book of Hours page with blue initial, Latin text, floral borders, and small knight and bird creatures.

Text Leaf from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Grey wash drawing of two draped women, one comforting the other with a hand on her shoulder, beside a small fire.

Two women grieving

John Flaxman, 1779-1810

Pencil sketch of a street with shops, striped awnings, painted signs, trees and pedestrians on a tan sheet.

Lerchenfelder Linie - Geschäftslokale (Skizzenbuchblatt)

Gustav Zafaurek, 1890

Drawing of the nude Farnese Hercules leaning on a club, rendered in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

The Farnese Hercules

Pieter van Lint, 1639

Pencil sketch of a domed chapel beside a tree-lined street with shops and pedestrians, handwritten caption at lower left.

Lerchenfelder Linie - Linienkapelle (Skizzenbuchblatt)

Gustav Zafaurek, 1890

A Male Teal

Johann Jakob Walther, mid-17th century

Medieval illuminated antiphonary leaf with square musical notation, a decorated initial, foliate border and kneeling figures.

Abraham Drawing the Children of Israel to His Breast, and Christ with Kneeling Monks, from an Antiphonary

Flemish or Southern England, 1330/40

Pencil fan design with a central roundel of a female figure and putti, flanked by butterflies, ladybugs, and flowers.

Fan Design [recto]

Lovis Corinth, probably 1906

Pencil drawing of a woman in a bonnet and lace collar reading a book beside a window, seated in a chair.

Lesende Frau

Joseph Schönmann, 1819

Soft-toned drawing of a woman with upswept hair and a hoop earring, head turned to the right against a dark background.

Portrait of a woman, her head turned to the right, wearing an earring

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770-72

Medieval illuminated initial G showing a praying haloed figure climbing a ladder toward two figures in clouds, with angels be

The Ascension of St. Dominic in a Historiated Initial "G" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, 1325/50

Lesende Frauen

Gustav Klimt, 1894

Illuminated manuscript border with flowers, grapes, a snail, a dragonfly, a bird and gilded scrollwork on gold and red.

Illuminated Border with Snail, Insect, Bird, Grotesques and Flowers from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, 15th or early 16th century

Pencil sketch of a seated young woman in a short-sleeved dress, head tilted upward, signed and dated 1889 at lower right.

Seated Young Woman [recto]

Lovis Corinth, 1889

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap reading a large open book on a table.

Lesender

Alfred Cossmann, 1893

Vertical manuscript border with red roses, blue scrolls and gold grotesques, plus a Latin inscription on blue.

Illuminated Border with Flora and Grotesques from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, 15th or early 16th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of a blacksmith running off with a raven as a bearded figure leaps from a rock.

The Blacksmith Chooses Ye Raven and Runs Away With It, for "The Wonder Clock"

Howard Pyle, 1887

Pen drawing of a family seated and standing around a table in an interior, with a mother holding a baby and a man reading.

The Nauwerk Family

Johan Christian Dahl, 1819

Monochrome drawing of a man reading by candlelight with a pipe, a small dog, books and a decanter on a table.

Lesender Mann mit Pfeife

Jakob Alt, 1815

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mustached man in a voluminous turban with a jeweled clasp and a bird-shaped ornament.

Oriental in a Fantastic Headdress

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1731/1732

Pen and brown ink study sheet with trees, an old man with a dog, two standing girls and small head sketches.

Studieblaadje met een oude man met zijn hond, twee staande meisjes en een manskop

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a fallen tree trunk, dense foliage in the foreground and a distant horizon.

Landschap met een omgevallen boom

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Ink and wash drawing of Juno on a chariot above a reclining woman and bearded river god with a peacock and putti.

Juno on Her Chariot Visiting a Young Woman and a Rivergod

Richard van Orley, late 17th-mid 18th century

Pen drawing of a young woman in a linen cap with a smaller head study beside her, on stained paper.

Twee studies van een meisje met een linnen kapje

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Lesendes Mädchen

Michael Brandmüller, 1826

Vertical illuminated border with gold scrolling vines, blue flowers, a blue grotesque creature and a gold animal head on red.

Illuminated Border with Grotesques and Flora from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, 15th or early 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of armed men attacking in a doorway while a figure lies dead on a stone floor.

The Assassination of King Wenzel III

Josef von Führich

Pencil portrait study of a young man with wild, tousled hair, shown in three-quarter view with a loosely sketched jacket.

Portretstudie van een jonge man met wilde haardos

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Red chalk caricature sketches of three figures in capes and tall hats on a pale sheet, with faint pencil underdrawing.

Drie karikaturale schetsjes van een man in een cape

Matthijs Maris, 1849