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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Ink and wash drawing of four classically dressed figures in a dramatic scene with clouds and rocks, by Johann Josef Schindler

Szene aus antikem Theaterstück

Johann Josef Schindler, 1830

Three sepia watercolor perspective sketches of a Gothic-style church with tall towers and arched entrances, side by side on p

Saint Gabriel's Church, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketches

Burnham and Root, c. 1889

The Angel of the Annunciation

Swabian School, 1480s

Circular drawing with washes of a submerged man reaching toward a fruit tree with scrolls, framed in wood with gold edge.

Tantalus

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535/1540

Pencil sketch of two seated men at a table with a crowd sketched behind them, mounted on cream card.

Szene aus dem Prozeß Salem

Josef Engelhart, 1931

Graphite sketch of a standing woman with raised arm above a reclining man resting on the ground.

Study of a standing woman with a sitting man; study of a resting artist

François-Claudius Compte-Calix, 1830-80

Pencil sketch of a tall decorative panel with a niche holding draped figures, cherubs, a shield and garland ornament.

Decorative study of a play

François-Claudius Compte-Calix, 1830-80

Black chalk sketch on grey paper of a standing man in period coat seen from behind, with a seated man sketched at lower left.

Study of a standing man knocking; sketch of a sitting man

François-Claudius Compte-Calix, 1830-80

Pencil sketch of a 1931 courtroom with a speaker at a podium, seated spectators, press cameras and ornate walls.

Szene aus dem Prozeß Salem, 1931

Josef Engelhart, 1931

Red chalk drawing of standing Saint John the Baptist with a lamb at his feet, marked with a faint grid.

Standing Saint John the Baptist with The Lamb

Girolamo Macchietti, ca. 1575-76

Chalk drawing of a seated young woman holding a bowl, draped in gray and red cloth beside a stone ledge.

Young Woman with a Bowl, Seated Outdoors

Johann Justin Preissler, 1733

Pencil sketch of a street battle with soldiers, a cannon, smoke, fallen figures and city buildings.

Szene aus den Wiener Oktobertagen 1848

Ludwig Passini, 1851

Brown ink drawing of an ancient forum with arcaded porticos, stone lions, staircases, and statues along the rooftops.

An Ancient Forum with Porticos

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1742/1743

Watercolour of three costumed figures dancing and seated in an ornate gilded interior with arches and candelabra.

Szene aus einem Theaterstück "Chonchon, die Savoyardin"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1842

Watercolor of Ceres on a chariot pulled by two winged dragons through clouds, holding a sickle and wheat.

Carro di Cerere (Chariot of Ceres)

Pietro de Angelis

The Sphinx

Odilon Redon, 1883

Watercolor of a theatre set showing an attic room with a woman in a white dress and a man in a red jacket.

Szene aus einem Theaterstück "Indienne und Zéphirin"

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1843

Charcoal drawing of a glowing nebula-like orb with radiating rays and stars in a dark night sky above a horizon.

Le Nebuleuse

Odilon Redon, 1875/80

Oval brown wash drawing of a reclining nude youth and a seated draped woman with a dog beneath trees.

Diana and Endymion

Attributed to Frans Floris I, c. 1560

Vision

Odilon Redon, 1895/97

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a dim studio with a glowing oil lamp, a cluttered table, jugs, and a figure resting behind.

The Artist's Studio

Melchior Lechter, 1885

Drawing of a young man in a powdered wig and white collar, one hand on an open book at a table.

The Little Abbot Reading the Ramayana

Odilon Redon, 1883

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman and a standing hiker with a walking stick among rocky mountains and a small hut.

Szene im Gebirge

Jakob Gauermann, 1819

Watercolor and pencil design with a yellow nude figure on purple wash and bold black hand-lettered text.

Program Design for the Théâtre Libre [verso]

Edouard Vuillard, c. 1890

Brown drawing of a helmeted figure leaning over a cauldron holding a skull and a pale face amid dark smoke.

Cauldron of the Sorceress

Odilon Redon, 1879

Grey wash drawing of a crowd in top hats and bonnets gathered before an arched church portal, dated 1848.

Szene vor dem Liguorianerkloster 1848

Franz Brudermann, 1848

Red chalk drawing of a dromedary camel lying on the ground, head turned left, with diagonal hatching in the background.

A Dromedary Camel

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1750s

Charcoal drawing of a pale face with large eyes atop a curved stem, dark petals behind it, and fallen leaves on the ground.

Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

Odilon Redon, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a siege with armored soldiers, a cannon, a bishop in a mitre, and fallen figures before a city wall.

Szene während der Zweiten osmanischen Belagerung auf der Löwelbastei mit Fürst Starhemberg und Bischof Kollonitsch

Franz Brudermann, 1840

Ink drawing of a symmetrical ceiling design with rows of stylized peacocks, geometric rosettes, and decorative borders.

Ceiling Design with Peacock Motif

Louis H. Sullivan, 1876

Pen drawing of a woman and bearded man in medieval dress meeting a crippled beggar by a fence, with a Gothic church behind.

Szenen aus dem Leben im Mittelalter - Bettler am Wegesrand (Nach dem Kirchenbesuch treffen Vater und Tochter einen be…

Moritz von Schwind, 1822

Pen drawing of a knight in armor greeting a woman in a long dress beside a tree, with a dog and a man in a landscape.

Szenen aus dem Leben im Mittelalter - Ritter trifft Dame

Moritz von Schwind, 1822