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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil architectural drawing of a decorated hall ceiling with framed panels, garland drapery and arched niches on cream paper

Universität, Entwurf für den Plafond der Aula

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873

Pen and wash drawing of a chaotic cavalry battle with armored riders, rearing horses, banners, and fallen soldiers.

Battle between Romans and Barbarians

Veronese Italian, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a standing woman in Scheveningen fisherwoman costume with white cap, shawl and patterned skirt.

Scheveningsche Visch-vrouw

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Studies van een vrouw met muts

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Watercolor design for wallpaper with brown rococo scrollwork, shells, a white waterlily, cattails and green ivy.

Design for wallpaper featuring shells, waterlilies, and cattails

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Shepherd with a flock of sheep and a dog on a sandy track between bare trees, in muted grey wash.

Schapenkudde op de heide bij Laren

Anton Mauve, 1848

Pen and watercolour drawing of a woman in a white bonnet and pink bodice holding up her apron on a grey ground.

Vrouw met schort

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Three riders on horseback travel a snowy forest path between bare trees at dusk, painted in soft grey and pink tones.

Riders in the Snow in the Haagse Bos

Anton Mauve, 1880

Architectural floor plan of a university's first storey with numbered lecture halls, a library, and a central ceremonial hall

Universität, Grundriss des ersten Stockes mit Raumaufteilung

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1881

Watercolor wallpaper design of intertwined brown branches with oak leaves, acorns, and small purple and pink flowers.

Design for wallpaper featuring oak leaves, acorns, and intertwined twigs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Graphite and white chalk landscape drawing on tan paper showing shrubs, a winding stream, trees at right, and distant hills.

Landscape near Vourlis

Antoine Jean Duclaux, c. 1830

Decorative wall design in mauve and blue with rose bouquets, scrolls, and geometric borders.

Wallpaper design featuring bouquets of roses, strapwork, and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor of a young girl in a white dress and brown hat looking down at a yellow flower in a green garden.

Elisabeth Mauve (b. 1875), Daughter of the Artist

Anton Mauve, 1875

Watercolor of a man in a blue smock shearing a sheep beside a barn, with trees and grass in green wash.

Schapenscheerder

Anton Mauve, 1848

Watercolor of a woman in a white cap hanging laundry on a line beside a wooden house, with a basket in the grass.

Vrouw bij een waslijn

Anton Mauve, 1848

Woman in blue dress hanging laundry on a line across grassy dunes under a cloudy sky, with birds flying above.

Vrouw bij een waslijn in de duinen

Anton Mauve, 1848

Watercolor perspective of a grand university building with towers and a dome, with carriages and pedestrians on a broad stree

Universität, Perspektivische Ansicht gegen die Ringstraße

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1871

Loose watercolor and wash drawing of a nude dancing figure with raised arm and bent leg, in warm browns and green and blue ac

Dancing Nude

Wilhelm Oesterle, 1925

Architectural cross-section drawing of a multi-storey university building with arcades, cut-away rooms and staircases.

Universität, Querschnitt C-D-E-F (wie HM Inv.Nr.: 165308/11)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1871

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ and God the Father, with kneeling Saints Jerome and Francis below.

Saints Jerome and Francis of Assisi Adoring the Trinity

Bartolomeo Passarotti, c. 1570

Gouache wallpaper design with Greek key border, gold scrollwork, blue medallions, garlands, urns and a small classical nude f

Design for wallpaper with Roman key border, rinceaux, and medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil perspective drawing of a large university library with a central tower, rows of windows, and trees in the foreground.

Universitätsbibliothek, erstes Projekt, Perspektive

Otto Wagner, 1910

Seated saint with halo writing in a book beside a lion on clouds, drawn in brown ink and wash.

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Peter Candid after Heinrich Aldegrever after Georg Pencz, c. 1600

Gilded scrollwork wallpaper design on green ground with red oval cartouches framing small figures.

Design for wallpaper featuring rinceaux and carouches framing figures

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor of a horse-drawn cart with two figures on a muddy country road under a grey sky, with a farmhouse in the distance.

Boerenkar op een landweg

Anton Mauve, 1848

Ink floor plan of Otto Wagner's second study for the Vienna University Library, ground floor, with gardens and reading hall.

Universitätsbibliothek, zweites Projekt, Grundriss Hochparterre

Otto Wagner, 1914

Decorative wallpaper design on red ground with gilded scrollwork and two oval cartouches of painted rose bouquets.

Design for wallpaper featuring strapwork, rinceaux, and cartouches filled with bouquets of roses

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen drawing in perspective of a columned public building with a central arched entrance, cypress trees, and tram tracks in fr

Universitätsbibliothek, zweites Projekt, Perspektive

Otto Wagner, 1914

Pen and brown ink drawing of a grove of trees with rolling hills in the distance.

Grove of Trees with Hills in Distance

after Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Framed design drawing of a painted ceiling with a central roundel, interlaced gold initials, and blue scrollwork on a pale gr

Design for painted decoration of a ceiling incorporating interwined initials: DD

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil sketch of a village street with a large tree on the left and a row of houses with dormer windows on the right.

Unter St. Veit

Rudolf von Alt, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint receiving a flaming arrow from a cherub, with an angel and a crucified Christ above.

Saint Augustine's Zealous Love of God