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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Brown wash drawing of three mounted horsemen with lances fording a river beneath windblown trees at dusk.

Three Arab Horsemen Crossing a River

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1835

Drawing of a crouching nude figure in graphite and white chalk on brown toned paper.

Studienblatt: Kauernder Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Brown-toned drawing of a large tree, two small figures on a rise, a distant building and hills under clouds.

Oriental Landscape

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1845

Pen and ink drawing of an aristocratic family standing among a crowd of villagers outside cottages.

An Aristocratic Family Visiting Paupers

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, mid-18th-18th century

Studienblatt: Kauernder männlicher Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two harnessed draft horses standing in a dim stable beside a wooden bench.

Two Draft Horses

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1830

Brown wash drawing of Christ carrying the cross past a kneeling figure, a spear-bearing soldier, and a walled city.

Christ on the Road to Calvary

Thaddäus Kuntz, 1731-93

Pencil study sheet showing a seated nude child, leg studies of an adult figure, and sketched beach trees.

Studienblatt: Kind am Strand, Körperstudien

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1906

Pen and brown ink sketch of a nude male figure kneeling, one arm raised overhead, with hatched shading on the body.

A Male Nude Kneeling

Pencil sketch of a man and a draped woman standing, with small head studies above and a signature at lower right.

A Man Holding the Hand of a Woman, Another Woman Looking On

Johann Christoph Liska, late 17th-early 18th century

Charcoal study on brown paper of a kneeling, bent-over male nude figure with an extended arm against a dark background.

Studienblatt: Kniender männlicher Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1909

Pen and ink drawing of Death entering a vaulted room where a miser counts coins beside a canopied bed.

The Death of the Miser

William Henry Brooke

Pen and ink drawing of a fallen tree with branches draped over classical ruins and a broken column beneath a cloudy sky.

A Fallen Tree with Ruins

Paul Troger, 1700-1762

White chalk study on gray paper of a kneeling nude man reaching up beside a tall staff.

Studienblatt: Kniender männlicher Akt mit Stab

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1908

Red and black chalk drawing of two seated elderly men, one with a feathered hat gesturing with a cane.

Two Studies of an Actor

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1716

Studies of a Woman Praying

Ludwig Emil Grimm, early to mid-19th century

Pencil study sheet with fragmentary figure studies of an outstretched arm, bare feet, a raised hand and legs on tan paper.

Studienblatt: Körperstudien

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Watercolor of Dresden across a river with a bridge and church domes, a couple and dog walking under trees in the foreground.

View of Dresden from the West

Christian Gottlob Hammer, 1833

Watercolor landscape of a twisted tree beside a dirt path, with shrubs, a stream, and a pale blue-gray sky.

Mountain Path with a Tree

Friedrich Nerly, 1825-35

Graphite study of a reclining male nude on a cushion, drawn on aged, stained paper with a signature at lower right.

Studienblatt: Liegender männlicher Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1909

Drawing of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and loose coat, with an unsteady posture and a tilted gaze.

A Drunken Man Standing

Aleksandr Orlovsky, 1822

Graphite study of a standing male nude leaning forward, drawn with white highlights on grey paper, signed Peschka 07.

Studienblatt: Männliche Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Grey wash landscape drawing of two trees on a rocky hillside with a path and distant hills.

Landscape near Albano and Pallazole

Josef Rebell, 1812

Pencil study on brown paper showing four standing nude figures with arms raised, signed A. Peschka, Wien 1907.

Studienblatt: Männliche Akte

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Pencil drawing of an ornate three-armed candelabra with a crown finial and scrolled decoration on a stepped base.

Design for a Candelabra

Heinrich Jauner, 1877

Graphite sketch on brown paper with three studies of a male nude torso and raised arms.

Studienblatt: Männliche Aktstudien

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Pen and wash drawing of a smiling fisherman with a pole, net and basket, framed by rococo scrollwork with fish and a heron.

Caricatures of a Fish and a Bird Peddler in Ornamental Frames

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1735-88

Graphite study of three nude male figures seen from behind on tan paper, with arms interlocked.

Studienblatt: Männliche Rückenakte

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1907

Watercolor stage design of a vaulted Roman ruin converted into a barn, with a staircase, cart, ladder and figures.

Stage Set Design of an Ancient Roman Ruin being Converted into a Barn

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, late 18th-mid-19th century

White chalk study of a seated male nude on dark brown paper, mounted on a cream card.

Studienblatt: Männlicher Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1909

Grey ink and wash design for a pendant showing St. George on horseback attacking a dragon, surrounded by scrollwork.

Design for a Pendant with St. George and the Dragon

Otto Seitz, 1889

Ink and wash sketch of a chaotic crowd of figures around a central group of gesturing men, by James Gillray, 1805.

Het schouwtoneel van de wereld: De napoleontische oorlogen (recto). Lijst van onderwerpen die ‘het talent van de Brit…

James Gillray, 1805