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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash allegory: a seated woman with brushes is crowned by a putto, flanked by a woman and a man with a compass.

An Allegory of the Arts with Isis and Geometry Attending the Three-headed Figure of Painting and Sculpture, a Putto C…

Erasmus Quellinus, 17th century

Watercolor botanical study of a fritillary stem with three checkered maroon bell-shaped flowers and long green leaves.

Schachblume (fritillaria meleagris)

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Pencil study of an elderly man in a long coat crawling on hands and knees, head turned right, arm extended forward.

Mann in Mantel am Boden kriechend (Studie zum Ferdinand Raimund-Zyklus in Schloss Kogl, Attergau)

Josef Engelhart, 1914

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a thatched stone farm building with trees and rolling hills behind it.

Flour mills, Glamorgan

Watercolor botanical study of a yellow double-flowered bloom with green-striped petals on a long green stem.

Narzissen und andre einzelne Blumen

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a standing man in a draped toga with both arms raised overhead.

Mann in Toga mit erhobenen Armen

Gustav Klimt, 1897

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with wooded banks, shoreline buildings, and small sailboats and rowboats on the water.

South Spit landing, Hokitika

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch of a man with exaggerated eyes leaning toward a vase of flowers, signed and dated 1942.

Mann mit Blumenvase

Karl Wiener, 1942

Painted botanical study of a double yellow daffodil with a pale bud and long green stem on a cream background.

Gefüllte Narzisse, gelb

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Etching of a hilltop castle above a cliff, with sheep in the foreground and sunlight breaking through dark clouds.

Harlech No 1

Francis Haden, 1874

Pencil sketch of a bowed, bald man in a draped cloak with clasped hands, on tan paper.

Mann mit drapiertem Umhang in vorgebeugter Haltung

Gustav Klimt, 1901

Watercolor botanical study of a white primula plant with clustered flowers and green leaves on a tall stem.

Primel (primula), weiß

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Mann mit Kind im Profil nach links

Gustav Klimt, 1904

Watercolor drawing of a pink and cream striped tulip on a green stem with a curled leaf, on cream paper.

Tulpe, weiß/rosa geflammt

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Painted botanical study of a red and yellow flamed tulip with twisted green leaves on a pale background.

Tulpe, gelb/rot geflammt

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece design with an empty oval cartouche, figures, a coat of arms and a ship.

Design for a Frontispiece with an Allegory of Brazil

Ottmar Elliger the Younger, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pencil sketch of a woman in a swimsuit and a man in trunks, both seen from behind, standing on a beach.

Mann und Frau in Badebekleidung, Greifenstein Strand

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pencil sketch of a small figure leaping from a window beside architectural lines, with German handwriting below.

Mann, der aus einem Fenster springt

Karl Wiener, 1943

Pencil sketch of a seated male nude seen from behind, one arm raised, on cream paper.

Männl. Rückenakt, sitzend

Egon Schiele, 1911

Brown chalk sketch of two nude male figures seen from behind, one carrying a long pole on his shoulders.

Männliche Akte

Karl Wiener, 1930

Watercolor study of insects and a fungus cluster with moss and a horsetail stalk on a pale background.

Various Insects by a Fungus

Rochus van Veen, 1681

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a standing nude male figure seen from behind, with a partial arm study at the right.

Männliche Aktstudie

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1909

Charcoal drawing of a reclining nude male figure on a tufted cushion, head tilted upward, with a signature in the upper right

Männliche Aktstudie

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1908

Charcoal sketch of a reclining nude male figure with one arm behind his head and one knee raised, on tan paper.

Männliche Aktstudie

Koloman Moser, 1895

Colored drawing of a fantasy castle with striped and starred onion domes above a tree-lined garden path.

Marsepeinslot

Willem Wenckebach, 1898

Pen and watercolor drawing of a spiny thistle plant with blue-green leaves and purple flower heads on ochre paper.

Distels

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Title page design with a bouquet of pink flowers, a dragonfly and a bee, and Dutch title lettering for Kijkjes in de plantenw

Ontwerp voor een titelpagina voor: Emilie C. Knappert, Kijkjes in de plantenwereld, 1893

Willem Wenckebach, 1893

Grey wash drawing of nude Adam and Eve by a tree, Eve offering an apple, with a serpent, goat, dog and sheep nearby.

Adam en Eva

Moses ter Borch, 1655

Wash drawing of a crowd driven from a temple hall beside a smaller scene of a priest with figures in an arched room.

Christus verdrijft de geldwisselaars uit de tempel en De besnijdenis

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing nude man raising a weapon over a fallen figure beside flaming pillars.

Kaïn doodt Abel

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Charcoal study of a standing male nude seen from behind on torn grey paper, with a colour checker at left.

Männliche Aktstudie (Fragment)

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman walking away from the viewer, with a cane, blue headscarf and red bodice.

Lopende vrouw, van achteren

Harmen ter Borch, 1651