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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Ink and pencil sketch of a monumental classical building facade with columns, with a faint floor plan below, on torn paper.

Skizze für einen Monumentalbau (Ansicht und Grundriss)

Joseph von Wieser, 1868

Pen sketch of a monumental colonnaded building facade with statues on the roof, drawn on aged paper.

Skizze für einen Monumentalbau (Ansicht)

Joseph von Wieser, 1868

Ink and pencil architectural sketch of two monumental classical building facades with columns and arched entrances.

Skizze für zwei Monumentalbauten (Ansicht)

Joseph von Wieser, 1868

Pencil sketchbook page with a floor plan of a room and a drawing of a house with a path, annotated in German handwriting.

Skizze und Grundriss eines Hauses (aus: Skizzenbuch Erster Weltkrieg)

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1916

Pencil sketch of a house elevation above a floor plan with labels, on a sketchbook page.

Skizze und Grundriss eines Hauses (Blatt aus: Skizzenbuch Erster Weltkrieg)

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1916

Pencil sketch of a dancer in a feathered hat and full costume balancing on a rope between two draped figures.

Skizze zu "Madame Romanini"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1837

Pencil sketch of a theatre facade with arched windows and a crowd of people in the street below.

Skizze zu "Provisorisches Theater für 7 Monate"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1845

Pencil sketch of two statue studies on cream paper: a figure with a spear and a draped female figure, with measurement notes.

Skizze zu den Statuen der Stärke und der Treue von Heinrich Fuss mit Maßangaben (für das neue Wiener Rathaus)

Victor Luntz, 1878

Japanese painting of court ladies on a veranda and two men in a blossoming garden, with gold clouds and calligraphy.

Illustration of the Tale of Genji, chapter 5 Waka-Murasaki

Studio of Tosa Mitsuyoshi, 17th century

Pencil sketch of an ornate iron staircase railing with scrollwork and a central cartouche, plus a finial detail.

Skizze zu einem eisernen Treppengeländer

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Painting of a seated noblewoman and a standing courtier on a veranda beside a blossoming cherry tree, with gold clouds and po

Illustration of the Tale of Genji, ch. 8 Hana no en

Studio of Tosa Mitsuyoshi, 17th century

Pencil sketch of an architectural floor plan with grid lines, wall outlines and dimension notations on beige paper.

Skizze zu einem Grundriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Brown wash drawing of an older man with long wavy hair and a cravat, signed B. Franklin at lower left.

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1778

Pencil sketch of coffered ceiling panels, moldings and architectural details on cream paper, by Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873.

Skizze zu einer Kassettendecke (Gartenpalais Liechtenstein?)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873

Pencil architectural sketch of church elevations with arches and columns, plus a red-tinted floor plan, on aged paper.

Skizze zu einer Kirche (Basilika)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1860

Engraved portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte seated in a chair at Fontainebleau, wearing a military coat and tall boots beside a d

Napoleon Bonaparte at Fon

Giuseppe Guzzi, 1820

Pencil sketch of ornamental ceiling scrollwork and cartouches on cream paper, with a small column study at upper left.

Skizze zu einer Plafonddekoration (Gartenpalais Liechtenstein?)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873

Pencil sketch of a man in a feathered hat and a woman in a patterned dress before a rural house and mountains.

Skizze zu: " 's letzte Fensterln /Mad. Rohrbeck u. Hr. Grois"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1844

Pen and ink drawing with brown wash of allegorical figures around a winged figure standing on a wheel, with labeled scrolls.

A Dialogue on Human Favor (recto) [fol. 15 verso / 16 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pencil sketch of a Viennese street with arcaded buildings, rooftops, a church spire and an ornate pediment on the right.

Skizze zu: Ansicht des Leopoldstädter Theaters in der Jägerzeile

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1837

Pen and ink drawing of kneeling and standing figures gazing upward at serpent-like forms and rays in the sky.

"Turn Your Body as You Worship" [fol. 37 verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pencil sketch of a Vienna street with arcaded cafe buildings, a railing, and a lamp post, dated 1837.

Skizze zu: Ferdinandsbrücke: Das Wagner'sche Kaffeehaus und das Café Jüngling

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1837

Pen and ink drawing of a crowned man extending his hand to a group of men reaching up toward him.

"Do Not Give Your Right Hand to All and Sundry" [fol. 13 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pencil sketch of a standing performer in costume in an ornate interior with candelabra, draped swags and figurines.

Skizze zu: Herr Döbler, Hofkünstler Seiner Majestät von Preussen

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1840

Chalk drawing of a bearded old man in a ruff collar, mounted within a green and gold decorative border.

Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

Attributed to Claude Mellan, c. 1650

Colored drawing of a courtier between Covetousness, a crowned piper with money bags, and a hooded Dissimulation, with a wolf

A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]

Unknown artist, 1512/1514

Pencil sketch of a man in a tall hat and long coat, with a small town and a seated figure in the background.

Skizze zu: Hr. Beckmann als "Lorenz Wind" in "Sie ist verheiratet"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1845

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a young man among allegorical figures, a Latin scroll, and a crouching figure labeled Ma

"Do Not Walk outside the Public Highway" [fol. 35 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and ruffled collar, hands folded, with handwritten inscriptions.

Skizze zu: Minona Frieb-Blumauer in "Drei und dreißig MInuten in Grüneberg oder: der halbe Weg" von Holtei

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1845

Pen drawing of allegorical figures around a knight whose red heart is being grasped with pincers, with labeled banners.

"Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515

Pencil sketch of an ornate interior with a chandelier, decorated ceiling, and staircase in one-point perspective.

Skizze zu: Odeon

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1842

Pen and ink drawing of a haloed bearded man carrying sticks, a crucifix, a lion, and a seated youth under a tree.

"Help Him Who Takes up His Burden, Not Him Who Lays It down" [fol. 31 recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1512/1515