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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Ink site plan of two long barracks beside a curving path, with stylized trees, a compass rose and a scale bar.

Spitalsbaracken für Hütteldorf, 14., Linzer Straße 466, Situationsplan / verso: Skizzen

Otto Wagner, 1915

Pen drawing of a crowned woman beside a tall crucifix, with a dragon at her feet and a town with a sailing boat behind her.

Allegorical Figure (Faith?)

Pieter Cornelisz Kunst, early 16th-mid 16th century

Pencil architectural drawing of barrack building elevations and floor plan with dimension lines, by Otto Wagner, 1915.

Spitalsbaracken für Hütteldorf, 14., Linzerstraße 466

Otto Wagner, 1915

Brown ink and wash drawing of a triptych design with robed figures under arches, an angel above, and a reclining figure in th

A Design for a Triptych with the Adoration of the Two Saints

Jan Symonsz. Pynas, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a village street with a huge tree, crowds of villagers, a cart, and low houses.

May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley

Jacques Callot, ca. 1624-25

Chalk drawing of a young woman with a candle at a table, lit by the flame in a dark arched interior.

Young Woman Seated at a Table, Holding a Candle

Godfried Schalcken, late 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a river flowing past a rocky cliff and tall trees, with a small waterfall and figure in the distance.

At Nunnery in Cumberland

Joseph Farington, August 20, 1786

Two Heavily Bearded Men

Stefano da Verona, n.d.

Pen and ink caricature of an exaggerated older man with a large nose, cloak and ruff, pointing to the right.

Caricature of a Man Pointing

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1610-80

Wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child enthroned and kneeling kings offering gifts.

The Adoration of the Magi (Cartoon for an Embroidery)

Diego Lopez de Escuriaz, 1587-89

Pencil sketch of billowing clouds over rolling hills and a village with a church tower on the horizon.

St. Johann (NÖ)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and kneeling women.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Caspar Fraisinger, 1590

Pencil drawing of a village church with an onion-domed tower above farmhouses and trees on a hillside, dated 1942.

St. Johann von Gr. Heinrichschlag aus (NÖ)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Drawing of a bearded clergyman in an oval medallion framed by allegorical figures, putti, and a coat of arms.

Portrait of Johann Schweickhardt von Kronberg, Archbishop of Mainz

Gerhard Brück, early 17th century

Brown ink landscape drawing of gnarled trees, a winding road, two figures, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with old trees and figures

Gillis Neyts, 17th century

Pen drawing of the St. Leopold Votiv-Kirche in Gersthof with a tall spire, gabled chapels, and a small figure in the foregrou

St. Leopold Votiv-Kirche in Gersthof bei Wien

Richard Jordan, 1887

Red chalk sketch of a crowded courtroom with a standing man at left, a seated judge at right, and spectators filling the gall

Two Men Before a Judge in a Crowded Courtroom

Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, late 17th century

Pencil drawing of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna with its tall Gothic spire, street crowds and a carriage in front.

St. Stephan

Jakob Alt, 1852

Nine small painted lunette studies on tan paper showing figures in groups, labeled Religion, Study, Family, Labor, Rest and R

Studies for Lunettes

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pen drawing of a five-bay Corinthian archway with horses on top, warrior statues, and a Latin inscription panel.

A Monumental Archway with Five Bays in the Corinthian Order

Jacques Androuet, 16th century

Graphite sketch of figures composed within an arched lunette shape on a tan sheet of paper.

Study for a Lunette

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Brown wash drawing of a travelling column scattered by a swirling dust storm, with figures tumbled on the right.

A column of oriental travelers scattered by a dust storm

William West, 1820-40

Pencil study of reclining figures inside a semicircular lunette, with rough strokes suggesting landscape and trees below.

Study for a Lunette [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pen and brown ink drawing with grey wash of robed figures gathered in an interior beside a balustrade, one seated man holding

Jacob Gives Joseph a Coat of Many Colors

Daniel Seiter, 17th-early 18th century

Pen drawing on aged paper of gothic arches, piers and a tracery window in architectural elevation.

St. Stephan, Südturm, Südseite, Planriss

Peter von Prachatitz, 1400

Watercolor and pencil drawing of the Vienna State Opera facade with arcades and a domed roof, flanked by city buildings.

Staatsoper (1, Opernring 2)

Franz Alt, 1869

Pencil and white chalk study on tan paper showing a draped standing woman and sketched figures in a panel at right.

Studies for a Panel

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Red chalk drawing of a partially unrolled scroll on tan paper, with shaded rolled end and soft cast shadow.

Study of a Scroll

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a kneeling figure and a standing cloaked figure beside a sailboat mast on a horizon.

Study of Figures

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Sepia drawing of a ruined classical hall with Corinthian columns, ivy, and figures including a sketching artist and a child.

Artist Among Ruins

Antonio Zucchi, 18th century

Graphite sketch of two figures arranged within a semicircular lunette on tan paper.

Study of Figures in a Lunette

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pen drawing of a branch with lobed leaves, small flowers and buds on a cream sheet.

Bladeren en bloemen

Willem Wenckebach, 1870