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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Design drawing of a blue and gold ceiling with oval medallions, scrolling filigree panels and ornate corner decoration.

Design for a ceiling painted in filagree designs

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

Pen drawing of a Gothic church side elevation with tall spires, pointed windows and a rose window, mounted on a tan board.

Votivkirche, Ausführungsprojekt, Seitenfassade zur Währingerstraße, Aufriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1859

Pencil drawing of Gothic church interior with pointed arch, tracery window, stone tomb with effigy and heraldic shields.

Broughton Church

Style of Samuel Prout, 1830/40

Architectural drawing of a Gothic confessional booth with front elevation, side section, and floor plan in brown ink on paper

Votivkirche, Beichtstuhl für die Votiv-Kirche, Ansichten, Schnitt, Grundriss

Hermann von Riewel, 1878

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental ironwork door knockers and brackets with scrolls, figures, and classical column details.

Ironwork Door Knockers

After Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, II, n.d.

Colored architectural elevation of an ornate choir screen and a gas candelabrum, labeled Votivkirche, 1878.

Votivkirche, Chorschranken und Gas-Kandelaber

Dominik Stadler, 1878

Pen drawing of the Holy Family with two angels, a seated Virgin holding the Christ child, and putti at lower right.

Holy Family with Two Angels

after Francesco Albani, 1609/10

Pen drawing of a Gothic Revival church organ facade with pinnacles and pointed arches, with a floor plan below.

Votivkirche, Grundriss und Aufriss der Orgel

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Brown wash drawing of a crowded mythological scene with nude figures, winged horses, sea monsters and a radiant central light

Chaos

Joshua Cristall, 1805

Sepia drawing of hunters in a rowboat firing at walruses on an ice floe, with sailing ships on the horizon.

Walrus Hunt

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, 1801

Architectural cross-section drawing of a Gothic church with a tall spire, rose windows, and pointed arches on paper.

Votivkirche, Querhaus und Schnitt durch den Chor

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1856

Ink architectural drawing of a Gothic church side elevation with pointed windows, pinnacles and a tower on paper.

Votivkirche, Seitenansicht

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1856

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a standing man in a long brown coat with a mustache, one hand on his hip.

S. Terrason

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1849

Ink and wash situation plan showing the Votivkirche church plan surrounded by pink-shaded city blocks and street lines.

Votivkirche, Situationsplan der Votivkirche vor dem Schottentor

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1878

Brown ink drawing of a crenellated gateway with an arched portal, a fountain inside, and trees and shrubs in the foreground.

View of La Magliana

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, c. 1670

Pen and ink drawing of a goose girl seated beside a boy with a pipe, geese in the grass and a castle behind.

Episode from Grimm's Fairy Tales

Harmon Faber, n.d.

Pencil sketches of two birds on tan paper with handwritten notes in the margins.

Sketches of Birds

Henry Stacy Marks, c. 1888

Ink and wash sketch of a man with a tray attacked by a bird of prey, two robed figures nearby.

Man met dienblad aangevallen door een roofvogel

Marius Bauer, 1925

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with a female saint and infant Saint John the Baptist beside a building.

Holy Family with Female Saint and Infant Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Santi, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river landscape with an arched bridge, a tower, and trees framing the scene.

Italianate River Landscape with Bridge with Tower

Possibly after Claude Lorrain, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man seated between two draped women beside a classical urn, with red chalk accents.

Lot and His Daughters

Follower of Charles Le Brun, 17th century

Pen drawing of a cemetery gravestone with a hooded bust and inscription panel, beside a bare tree, 1900.

W. Scholz' Grab am alten Dornbacher Friedhof

Ludwig Wegmann, 1900

Study for Detail: Saint Veronica

Attributed to Domenico Piola, c. 1680

Pen and wash drawing of a frieze-like battle with mounted warriors, horses, shields, and a fallen nude figure.

Battle of the Amazons

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pencil drawing of an ornate Gothic-style cabinet with arched tracery doors, carved animal panels and a decorative crest.

Waffenschrank

Carl von Hasenauer, 1860

Brown ink and wash sketch of mythological figures, nudes, draped women and a winged figure among clouds.

Sketches of Mythological Subjects

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape with a large central tree, village houses, a windmill on a hill, and angels in the lower left.

Landscape with Abraham and Angels

Attributed to Hans Bol, 1567

Grey wash drawing of a stream flowing between rocks and wooded banks under an open sky.

View Along Stream and Wooded Banks

Style of Sir George Howland Beaumont, c. 1820

Grey wash drawing of a stone cottage with a chimney, a round thatched tower, and a figure in a doorway.

A Mill at Berwick Upon Tweed

Possibly William Alexander, n.d.

Little Girl Standing at Desk and Writing

Edmund Thomas Parris, c. 1827

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude with curly hair, one leg extended, resting on a stone block.

Seated Academic Male Nude

Style of Jacque Louis David, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur carrying a woman with billowing drapery over a blue-grey landscape.

Nessus and Deianira

Circle of Vincenzo Camuccini, n.d.