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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil sketch of a winged woman with a laurel wreath pointing outward, surrounded by swirling clouds, signed J. Engelhart 188

Weibliche allegorische Figur

Josef Engelhart, 1880

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a female figure with raised arm and loose contour lines, study by Gustav Klimt.

Weibliche Armstudie

Gustav Klimt, 1917

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing woman in a long robe on a pedestal, arm raised, by Gustav Klimt.

Weibliche Figur auf einem Sockel

Gustav Klimt, 1894

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a woman's head turned left, hair loosely drawn, one arm raised, drapery at lower right.

Weibliche Figur, rechts angeschnitten

Gustav Klimt, 1898

Pencil study of a standing woman in a headscarf and long skirt, with the handwritten note "Type aus Corfu" at upper left.

Weibliche Figurenstudie, "Type aus Corfu"

Josef Engelhart, 1909

Pencil line drawing of a seated female nude, head tilted, on a beige sheet signed Modigliani at lower right.

Seated Nude

Amedeo Modigliani, 1918

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long draped robe with a circular halo or headdress, on brown paper.

Weibliche Gestalt in langem drapierten Gewand

Gustav Klimt, 1901

Pencil sketch of three standing women in tunics and stockings beside a seated partially nude woman, on cream paper.

Weibliche Halbakte (Bleistiftskizze)

Karl Wiener, 1935

Weibliche Halbfigur im Profil nach rechts

Gustav Klimt, 1904

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with one hand on her hip, on cream paper, with a colour checker at right.

weiblicher Akt

Karl Wiener, 1926

Charcoal drawing of a standing female nude with short dark hair, arms behind her back, on tan paper.

weiblicher Akt

Karl Wiener, 1928

Watercolor study of a large blue dung beetle with a green shell beside a small brown weevil and a striped longhorn beetle.

Studies of a Blue Beetle and Insects

Pieter Holsteyn II, ca. 1650-60

Drawing of a dark stag beetle viewed from above, with antlered jaws and spread legs, inside a thin brown border.

A Stag Beetle

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Watercolor and ink drawing of a seated nude woman with blonde hair resting her head on her arm, against a purple drape.

Weiblicher Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1925

Charcoal drawing of a standing female nude seen from below, legs apart, one arm extended, signed and dated 1924.

Weiblicher Akt

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1924

Graphite sketch of a seated female nude viewed from behind, one knee raised, hair gathered up, on cream paper.

Weiblicher Akt

Karl Wiener, 1925

Weiblicher Akt

Karl Wiener, 1930

Penitent Saint Jerome

Lucas Franchoys the Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of two women and children in a domestic interior, one woman bending over a child lying on the floor.

Two women and three children in an interior

Otto van Veen, 1556-1629

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a crowned rider on horseback leading a crowd of figures past an arched gateway.

The Women of Weinsberg

Otto van Veen, late 16th-early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted rider on a horse gesturing to soldiers, with a standard bearer and dog in the foreground.

Scene from the Life of Saint Bartholomew (fragment)

Erasmus Quellinus, 1620-78

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanalian revel with reclining revelers, a piping satyr, putti, a dog, and trees.

Bacchanalian Scene

Hendrick Berckman, 1651

Pen and ink landscape drawing with tall trees, a winding road, a river, a distant building and hills.

Classical Landscape with a Building and a River

Abraham Genoels, 17th-early 18th century

Ink and white heightening study of a broken, splintered tree trunk with twisted branches on a blue-grey ground.

Study of a Blasted Tree Trunk and Branches

Simon de Vlieger, 1600-1653

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a pedimented temple, two small figures, trees, a rocky outcrop and distant mountains.

Landscape with a Pedimented Temple and Two Figures

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winter landscape with two peasants walking on a road past gabled houses and bare trees.

Winter Landscape with Two Peasants Walking

August Dahlsteen, 1710-69

Brown wash drawing of hunters resting by a campfire in a night forest, with pack horses and a moonlit sky.

Hunters resting in a forest at night

Kilian Christoffer Zoll, 1830-60

Watercolor drawing of a twin-towered cathedral beside a river, with a stone bridge, carriages, boats and people in the foregr

View of Uppsala cathedral from the North

Elias Martin, 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with gold and pink scrollwork rinceaux on blue panels and rosette centers.

Design for a coffered ceiling decorated with rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with a central rosette and four corner panels of scrolling and geometric ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with alternative decorative patterns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Design drawing of brown wood paneling with blue panels filled with pale scrolling foliate ornament, dated 1871.

Partial design for wood panneling inlaid with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1871

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue scrolled panels and a red central panel with gold floral ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97