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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Drawing of a man in a cap and blue jacket leaning over a workbench beside glass jars and a glowing metal piece.

Het elektrisch gloeien van klinknagels

Herman Heijenbrock, 1900

Drawing of miners and a miner's wife walking along a road, with a crowd of workers and industrial structures behind them.

Lopende mijnwerkers met mijnwerkersvrouw

Herman Heijenbrock, 1881

Pastel drawing of shipyard workers beside a glowing rivet fire, with scaffolding and a ship in the background.

Het gloeien van klinknagels op een scheepswerf

Herman Heijenbrock, 1900

Architectural drawing of the Der Anker building facade on the Graben beside a cross section with interior floors.

Miethaus "Der Anker", Fassade zum Graben

Otto Wagner, 1894

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, an armored emperor, a winged figure with banner, and putti beneath trees.

Design for Title Page of the Groot Placaatboek: Allegory of the Submission of the City of Utrecht to Emperor Charles V

Jan Wandelaar, c. 1729

Brown wash drawing of a footed ewer with a scrolling handle ending in a lion mask and decorative leaf bands.

Drawing of a Ewer in Antique Style

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Architectural drawing of a multi-storey building with a domed facade on the left and a cross section showing interior rooms o

Miethaus "Der Anker", Fassade zum Graben, Schnitt

Otto Wagner, 1894

Grey wash drawing of a saddled trotting horse with a second horse study below.

Two Sketches of Trotting Horse

Philips Wouwerman, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a footed tazza supported by two standing nudes, with a seated figure reading on the base.

Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird

Jacopo da Empoli, 16th century

Architectural elevation drawing of the Der Anker rental building facade on Spiegelgasse, with a domed corner tower and sculpt

Miethaus "Der Anker", Fassade zur Spiegelgasse

Otto Wagner, 1894

Sepia drawing of soldiers exercising horses in a landscape with large trees and a stone farmhouse.

Soldiers Exercising Horses Near River

Jacques François Joseph Swebach, 1785

Ink and wash design drawing of a papal throne with draped canopy, columns, stepped dais, and a coffered ceiling below.

Design for a Papal Throne with Elevations and Sketch of Baldacchino Interior

Antonio Basoli, 1841

Architectural section drawing of the Der Anker apartment building in Vienna, showing balconies, ironwork railings and stairwe

Miethaus "Der Anker", Schnitt C-D

Otto Wagner, 1894

Red chalk drawing of mounted officers and troops riding past baggage carts, with a distant city skyline of domes and spires.

Review of Troops

I Georg Philipp Rugendas, n.d.

Pencil drawing of an ornate pilaster capital with a grotesque mask, scrollwork and fruit, above a panel with a bird.

Drawing after a XVIth-Century Marble Pilaster and Capital

Ignazio Dimino, 1886

Pencil and colored architectural drawing of ornamental attic details with garlands, wreaths and lettered panels on tan paper.

Miethaus "Künstlerhof", Attika und oberstes Geschoß mit Balkon und Staffagefigur

Otto Wagner, 1917

Brown ink drawing of a hilly landscape with a large tree in the foreground and a domed town in the distance.

Hilly Landscape with Town in Distance

Circle of Agostino Carracci, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman, a kneeling figure with feathered headdress, two attendants, and an urn with garlands.

Allegorical Figures of the Four Continents

Teodoro Viero, 1783

Pencil elevation drawing of a rental building facade with a decorated cornice, rooftop statues and handwritten measurements.

Miethaus "Künstlerhof", Aufriss

Otto Wagner, 1917

Pen and brown ink drawing of five foot soldiers marching right with long pikes on their shoulders, dated 1632.

Foot Soldiers

Adriaen Brouwer, 1632

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical interior with coffered ceiling, relief friezes, and draped tables holding urns and s

Design for a Stage Set?:Interior of a Stateroom with Four Tables Displaying Urns and Tabernacles

Alessandro Sanquirico, n.d.

Pen and wash sketch of peasant figures around a barrel, with a seated man, a bending figure, and a standing man with a cane.

Peasant Scene

Attributed to Willem van de Velde, I, n.d.

Reddish-brown drawing of a man with a staff by a tree on a riverbank, facing a town with a church spire.

Heer staand op een rivieroever tegenover een stad

Harmen ter Borch, 1648

Sepia drawing of a man with a basket beside a large tree in a rural landscape with a distant church tower.

Man met een mand in een landschap

Harmen ter Borch, 1648

Pencil elevation drawing of a multi-story building facade labeled Künstlerhof, with ornaments and handwritten measurements.

Miethaus "Künstlerhof", Aufriss der Schmalseite

Otto Wagner, 1917

Pen and ink sketch of two men in cloaks and hats, one with a staff, beside a woman carrying a jug and a child.

Two Soldiers, Woman with Jug and Child

Adriaen Brouwer or possibly after, n.d.

Pencil architectural elevation of a residential facade with dimension lines, cornices and windows on cream paper, with color

Miethaus "Künstlerhof", Aufriss mit Angabe der Wohnung

Otto Wagner, 1917

Brown wash drawing of a herdsman pointing beside a horseback rider, with cattle, goats, dogs and hills in a rural landscape.

Cows, Sheep, Goats Being Herded, Herdsman Giving Directions to Traveler on Horseback

Abraham Begeyn, n.d.

Two red chalk landscape sketches on a page numbered 66, each showing a figure beside a tree and a distant village.

Heer staand op een rivieroever en een lopende man

Harmen ter Borch, 1648

Watercolor drawing of a purple and white striped tulip on a green stem with leaves, with handwritten Dutch inscription below.

Tulip

Anna Cornelia Moda, 1677

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling monk praying before a crucifix by a shrub, with a river and distant town behind him.

Monnik biddend voor een crucifix bij een rivier

Gesina ter Borch, 1643

Pen and watercolor drawing of a small black and white dog wearing a red collar, standing on a ground line, labelled Acteon.

Hond Acteon

Anna Cornelia Moda, 1679