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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil sketch of a country road with a horseback rider, a large tree at right, and distant poplars across an open field.

Montmorency Road

Camille Pissarro, c. 1850/1860

Colored architectural section drawing of a domed church with a tall stair tower, by Otto Wagner, 1898.

Pfarrkirche in Währing, Längsschnitt

Otto Wagner, 1898

Red chalk drawing of intertwined nude figures draped over a rounded form, shaded in soft red tones on cream paper.

Allegory of Lust

Attributed to Daniel Mytens, the elder, n.d.

Hand-colored side-elevation design of a green horse-drawn carriage with spoked wheels and dashed folding-top outline.

Design for Double Landaulet (unnumbered)

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Art Nouveau drawing of a domed parish church with pink blossom branch, seated woman and ornamental border, by Otto Wagner, 18

Pfarrkirche in Währing, Schaubild "Die Moderne im Kirchenbau"

Otto Wagner, 1898

Ink and wash drawing of five sketched groups of revelers with donkeys in a bacchanalian procession, arranged on one sheet.

Five Sketches for the Triumph of Silenus

James Thornhill, n.d.

Side elevation drawing of the Währing parish church by Otto Wagner, showing a tall clock tower and a large dome.

Pfarrkirche in Währing, Seitenansicht

Otto Wagner, 1898

Side-elevation drawing of a red and black landaulet carriage with red-spoked wheels on a pale background.

Landaulet #516

Brewster & Co., ca. 1860

Laundress Carrying Linen

Edgar Degas, c. 1885/1895

Architectural drawing with floor plans and a site plan for a parish church, colored in red, blue and ochre washes.

Pfarrkirche in Währing, Situationsplan und Horizontalschnitte

Otto Wagner, 1898

Sleigh (unnumbered)

Brewster & Co., ca. 1860

Loose watercolor sketch of green and blue trees along a horizon with faint bird-like strokes in the pale sky above.

Mont Sainte-Victoire [recto]

Paul Cézanne, c. 1895

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Christ child with a kneeling saint, angels above and a bearded figure at left.

Madonna and Child Adored by Saint Francis

Style of Pietro Novelli, n.d.

Architectural elevation drawing of a church with a tall central tower and dome, in ochre and brown wash on blue-grey paper.

Pfarrkirche in Währing, Turmansicht

Otto Wagner, 1898

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a woman in a headscarf, head turned to the side, with white highlights on the cloth.

Female Head

Thomas Frye (, n.d.

Colored design drawing of a blue vis-a-vis sleigh with red scrolled runners and a hanging lamp, on cream paper.

Vis-a-Vis Sleigh #712

Brewster & Co., ca. 1880

Architectural elevation drawing of a domed church with a tall bell tower, stairs and trees, in ochre and green watercolor.

Pfarrkirche in Währing, Vorderansicht

Otto Wagner, 1898

Side-view drawing of a green and grey two-seat phaeton carriage with yellow spoked wheels on grey paper.

Two-seat Phaeton #3938

Brewster & Co., 1885

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a young boy lying on his side with one arm stretched out, on torn-edge paper.

Study of a young boy, lying down

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of a rural landscape with a thatched cottage, bare trees and a grassy field on tan paper.

Landscape at Pont-Aven

Paul Gauguin, c. 1888

Three brown ink and wash studies of standing draped male figures on a pale sheet, drafted as statue designs.

Three Studies for Statue of John Locke

John Michael Rysbrack, c. 1754

Architectural drawing of a Gothic parish church showing floor plan, sections, and facade elevations with a tall spire.

Pfarrkirche in Wasseralfingen, Württemberg, Grundriß, Schnitte, Ansichten

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1877

Side-view watercolor design drawing of a red-wheeled spring victoria carriage with a dark red seat on a ground line.

Eight Spring Victoria #646

Brewster & Co., 1850-74

Pen and brown wash sheet with four sketched sculptural groups of seated allegorical warriors, a winged figure and putti.

Unexecuted Designs for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

John Michael Rysbrack, c. 1733

Parau No Te Varau Ino (left); Tahitian Legend (right)

Paul Gauguin, c. 1890/1895

Ink elevation drawing of a Gothic Revival church facade with a rose window, pointed arches, and a tall spire on yellowed pape

Pfarrkirche in Wasseralfingen, Württemberg, Hauptansicht

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1877

Side view drawing of a black spring victoria carriage with yellow-rimmed spoked wheels on a cream sheet, numbered 765.

Eight Spring Victoria #765

Brewster & Co., 1850-74

Profile Portrait of Boy

the elder Daniel Mytens, n.d.

Ink and wash longitudinal section of a Gothic church with timber roof truss and tall spire, by Friedrich von Schmidt, 1877.

Pfarrkirche in Wasseralfingen, Württemberg, Längsschnitt

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1877

Side-view design drawing of a black and blue Eight Spring Victoria carriage with spoked wheels on a plain background.

Eight Spring Victoria #864

Brewster & Co., 1850-74

Pencil sketches of geese in various poses and studies of two girls wearing bonnets on a two-panel sheet.

Geese; Girls in Bonnets, Geese [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1886

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of a seated female allegorical figure in classical drapery holding a book.

Wisdom: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

John Michael Rysbrack, c. 1733