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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Colored floor plan of the Deutsches Volkstheater Wien parterre showing auditorium seating, stage, foyers and entrance drive.

Volkstheater, Grundriss

Hermann Helmer, 1889

Pencil sketch of a crowd with flags gathered in a street before buildings, with onlookers at upper windows.

Volksversammlung im Freien (Barrikade am Stephansplatz, 26. bis 28. Mai 1848)

Joseph Hasslwander, 1848

Pen drawing of a man in top hat pointing and speaking to three seated men on a tree stump outdoors.

Volksversammlung im Freien (zur Zeit der Barrkadentage 26. bis 28. Mai 1848, ein Student spricht zu drei Arbeitern)

Joseph Hasslwander, 1848

Pencil sketch of an outdoor crowd of men in top hats and women in crinolines with parasols beneath a tree.

Volksversammlung im Freien (zur Zeit der Barrkadentage 26. bis 28. Mai 1848)

Joseph Hasslwander, 1848

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd around a bearded figure at an arched opening, with trees and a landscape behind.

Moses Drawing Water from the Rock

Style of Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a seated ruler on a throne with soldiers, a cherub with laurel, and a winged figure above.

Alexander the Great Plans World Conquest

Antoine Dieu, n.d.

Watercolor design of ornate white double doors with gold moldings and floral scrollwork, flanked by pink wall panels.

Design for double doors decorated in the rococco style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Evening street crowd with gas lamps, bare tree and sentries in bearskin helmets before an arched gateway, pencil and watercol

Volksversammlung vor dem Schweizertor am 30. Jänner 1889 abends nach der Verbreitung der Nachricht vom Tod des Kronpr…

Theodor Breidwiser, 1889

Brown wash drawing of a chariot with galloping horses rising through clouds, with warriors, winged figures and nude men.

Apotheosis of a Hero

Possibly Domenico Mondo, n.d.

Narrow design drawing of a decorative panel with blue border, gold trim, and white and gold foliage scroll ornament.

Design for a decorative panel painted in rococco style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Standing Youth in Profile to Right, Holding Staff

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Pencil sketch of tall trees, shrubs and cypresses in a garden landscape, with an inscription reading Vom Monte Mario in Rom.

Vom Monte Mario in Rom

Johann Ender, 1823

Watercolor design of a gilded ceiling with a blue cloudy sky, birds in flight, and ornamental panels.

Design for a ceiling decorated with clouds and birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor of a 19th-century butcher shop with hanging hams, a Fleischhauer sign, and figures in period dress on the street.

Vor dem Fleischhauerladen

Gustav Zafaurek, 1886

Brown wash drawing of a large Italian villa on a hill with terraced gardens, pine trees, and small figures in the foreground.

View of an Italian Villa and Gardens (the Belvedere of the Vatican)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1765/66

Watercolor design sheet with an octagonal arabesque panel, two square ornament tiles, and an eagle perched on an urn with aca

Four designs for decorative motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Graphite study of a bird's wing with layered feathers shaded in soft tones on tan paper with faint grid lines.

The Wing

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1898

Pencil drawing of a man leaning from a shop doorway beside a woman in a long dress and a man in a top hat on a street.

Vor dem Friseurgeschäft

vermutlich: Anton Zampis, 1840

Sheet of nineteen ornamental design studies for interior decoration, with a watercolor wall elevation of a painted room at to

Nineteen designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Loose watercolor of a thatched cottage and garden with a figure in red beside a tree, painted in soft greens and browns.

Stary Hrosenov

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1889

Pen and brown wash drawing of three monks, one kneeling in front and two standing behind with raised hands.

Three Startled Monks, One Kneeling, Two Standing

After Luca Giordano, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of two men in 18th-century coats conversing, one seen from behind in a tricorn hat.

Two Gentlemen Conversing

Style of or after Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of a crumbling stone ruin beside a leaning pine tree, rocks and shrubs in the foreground.

Landscape with Ruin

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900-1902

Sheet of pencil and ink ornamental designs for painted interiors, with putti, friezes, heraldic shields and an octagonal ceil

Sixteen designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor street scene of children and a woman before a butcher shop window with hanging meat and a dog on cobblestones.

Vor einem Fleischer- und Selcherladen

Gustav Zafaurek, 1880

Watercolor design of a balustrade with red flowers above a scene of playful nude putti, armored figures, and a pig.

Skittle Players

Vítězslav Karel Mašek

Graphite sketch of a seated bearded man with curly hair and clasped hands, dated 1863.

Portrait of Charles Meryon

Henri Monnier, 1863

Red chalk drawing of a draped standing figure holding an oar beside architectural panels.

Allegory of Sea Trade

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Collage of eleven pen and pencil designs for interior decoration, including ornaments, a capital, ceiling studies and floral

Eleven designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and wash drawing of robed apostles gazing upward with raised arms and clasped hands beneath clouds.

The Apostles

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1895-1900

Watercolor design elevation of a decorative breakfront cabinet with vases, floral columns and a cherub above.

Design for Breakfront

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Red chalk drawing of a nude woman with outstretched arms on grey paper, with pencil construction lines around the figure.

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Josef Engelhart, 1910