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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Red chalk drawing of several studies of hands in various poses with cuffed sleeves on cream paper.

Louis-Roland Trinquesse (attributed) Studies of Hands

Louis Rolland Trinquesse, 1770

Ink sketch of a curving coastline with wave strokes, distant sailboats, and a crescent moon in the sky.

Fehmarn-Küste

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Pencil and watercolor botanical drawing of a single bell-shaped flower above clustered stems, with a handwritten plant name l

Heliophyllum clavigerum Hook.f. (now known as Phyllachne clavigera (Hook.f.) F.Muell.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a ruffled bonnet with dark bangs, looking toward the viewer, with a handwritten inscription

The Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Bonnet

Max Klinger, ca. 1880-82

Architectural section drawing of chimney flues and multi-storey building levels, labelled Plan No. 17, 1:100 scale.

Lupusheilstätte, Rauchfangschnitt

Otto Wagner, 1908

Ink sketch of a village with rooftops and a church spire beside water, with boats in the foreground and trees at the edges.

Dorf auf Fehmarn

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Grey wash drawing of a calm bay with rocky foreground, wooded headland, distant buildings and a mountain under stormy clouds.

Salerno

Thomas Girtin, 1794

Architectural drawing of a building's rear facade and cross section C-D, with windows, stone base, and staircase, in ink on t

Lupusheilstätte, Rückwärtige Fassade, Schnitt C-D

Otto Wagner, 1908

Ink and wash drawing of dense fir trees and a shaded forest path, rendered in dark blue-grey tones on cream paper.

Tannenwald (Bergwald-Studie)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1936

Watercolour of a hilltop village with tall cypress trees, a blue tree, red plants and a stone archway.

Hill with cypresses

Frances Hodgkins, 1930

Architectural drawing with section, lower floor and cellar plans, and a site plan with German dimension annotations on cream

Lupusheilstätte, Schnitt A-B, Tiefparterre, Keller, Situationsplan

Otto Wagner, 1908

Ink sketch of a farmstead with hatched roofs and tall trees on the right, with bushes in the foreground.

Bauerngehöft auf Fehmarn

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Architectural drawing with two side facade elevations and two sections of a multi-storey building, labeled in German.

Lupusheilstätte, Seitenfassaden und Schnitte

Otto Wagner, 1908

Charcoal sketch of a standing golfer in a long coat holding a club, with a winding path and hills behind.

Golfspieler

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1926

Watercolor of two sailing boats with pink sails near a rocky shore, with a distant rowing boat and grey hills.

Boats

George Morland, 1794

Pencil study sheet with several sketches of lobster claws and limbs at varied angles, with handwritten notes.

Studies van de scharen van kreeften

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Ink and pencil site plan of the Lupus healing institute grounds with a central lawn, tree rows, and building outlines.

Lupusheilstätte, Situationsplan

Otto Wagner, 1908

Pencil sketch of two thatched farmhouses with steep roofs above a grassy foreground and low dune.

Zwei Bauernhäuser auf Fehmarn

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Pencil study of a lobster from above with Dutch handwritten labels naming its anatomical parts.

Studie van het kop-borststuk van een kreeft

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil studies of a lobster head and claws on paper, with handwritten Dutch labels naming anatomical parts.

Studies van de kop van een kreeft

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Studie van een kreeft en de looppoten van een kreeft

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Watercolor of Bolsover Castle on a hill above village rooftops, with figures on a road and a flat plain beyond.

Bolsover Castle

Charles Radclyffe

Loose watercolor and crayon sketch of a tree-lined city promenade with pedestrians, lampposts and a red building.

Uferstrom mit Bäumen (Dresden)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Pencil study of a lobster's head and tail with Dutch handwritten labels pointing to claws, segments and shell parts.

Studies van het kop- en staartstuk van een kreeft

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil study of a lobster's claw and tail with loose hatching and handwritten Dutch anatomical labels on paper.

Studie van de schaar en het achterlijf van een kreeft

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil sketch of a man pinning a note to a lance tip, with repeated studies of raised arms and a curly-haired head.

Mann einen Zettel auf eine Lanzenspitze steckend, der Arm wiederholt, Kopf und Stange haltender Arm, der Arm wiederholt

Adolph Menzel, 1884

Architectural floor plan drawing of the basement and sub-basement levels of a building, with labeled rooms and dimensions.

Lupusheilstätte, Tiefparterre- und Kellergrundriss

Otto Wagner, 1908

Ink sketch of moored fishing boats with masts on rippling water beside a sandy shore, under a loosely drawn sky.

Verankerte Fischerboote (Fehmarn)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Watercolor panorama of a village with a square church tower, low rooftops, fields, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Under the Mendips

Brustbild einer Frau im Korsett und Kopf einer älteren Frau, deren Mundpartie wiederholt

Adolph Menzel, 1889

Ink architectural floor plan of the central wing of the Lupus sanatorium by Otto Wagner, 1908, with labeled rooms.

Lupusheilstätte, Tiefparterre-Grundriss des Mitteltraktes

Otto Wagner, 1908

Frieze-style drawing of classical male figures in brown wash, with a fallen wrestler at center beside a palm and statue.

Der Tod des Ringkämpfers Arrhichion

Moritz von Schwind, 1842