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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor of a railway yard with steam locomotives and rail cars, with a smoky city skyline and church spires behind.

Wien von Döbling aus gesehen, Blick von der Stadtbahnbrücke auf den Franz Josefs-Bahnhof und die Stadt

Franz Kopallik, 1910

Pen and brown ink sketch of Rinaldo and Armida with mounted knights, putti in clouds, and a reclining hero.

Rinaldo and Armida

Donato Creti, c. 1693

Watercolor panorama of Vienna's rooftops and church spires seen from a hillside road with figures and a cart.

Wien von Dornbach aus gesehen

Ludwig Czerny, 1850

Red chalk drawing of three men in early eighteenth-century coats and wigs, one seated and two standing, on pale paper.

Three Studies of a Gentleman

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1710/11

Watercolor of a historic Vienna gatehouse with green gates, stone columns, and tiled roofs under a cloudy sky.

Wien, IV. Schlössel in der Schelleingasse

Hermann Schmid, 1924

Watercolor panorama of a city from a hill, with a tall Gothic monument, carriages on a road and church spires under clouds.

Wien, Panorama (von der Spinnerin am Kreuz aus)

fraglich: Joseph Fischer, 1818

Illuminated page with the poem The Bridge of Sighs, a falling woman in lavender above an arch and kneeling figures near a ros

The Bridge of Sighs

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Panoramic ink drawing of Vienna's rooftops and church spires with hills behind and pedestrians on a road in the foreground.

Wien, Panorama (von der Triester Straße aus)

Illuminated calligraphic poem with painted floral border, celestial globe and banner reading Another Year of Life Has Flown.

Another Year of LIfe Has Flown

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen and ink sketch of a standing woman in a feathered hat, striped jacket and long skirt, signed P.M. and dated 96.

London Female Character

Philipp William May, 1896

Watercolor of a tall waterfall down a cliff, two figures on a rock ledge, and a leaning pine in the foreground.

Cascade dessus Wasserberg (Waterfall above Wasserberg)

Caspar Wolf, c. 1774

Watercolor of an Arcadian landscape with a stone arch, a statue, figures on steps, and a boat on a lake.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Diana

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pen and ink sketch of a cavalier leaning toward a lady in period costume, signed Simeon Solomon 1853.

Cavalier and Lady

Simeon Solomon, 1853

Watercolor of a ruined arched hall framing a watermill by a stream, with a seated figure reading near the water.

Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill

Caspar Wolf, 1760s

Pencil drawing of soldiers with raised swords attacking infants beside a seated draped woman, with a crowd in the background.

Massacre of the Innocents

Willem van Mieris, late 17th-mid 18th century

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a top hat and long overcoat holding a cane, drawn over a grid.

Wiener Gigerl

Hans Schließmann, 1890

Drawing with three panels showing a bird's-eye city perspective, a blank center, and a plan labeled commercial and residentia

Design and Plan for a City Bisected by Train Tracks

Robert Adams, ca. 1900

Pencil drawing of a canal lined with trees, a long dormer-roofed building, a church tower, swans, and a man with a horse.

Wiener Neustädter Kanal

Johann Josef Schindler, 1830

Pencil drawing of a stone arch bridge over a canal with a rowboat, a rider on horseback, trees and a wooden fence.

Wiener Neustädter Kanal bei Simmering

Viktor Gross, 1861

Grey-blue wash drawing of two classically dressed lovers embracing in an interior with draped curtains.

Embracing Lovers in Classical Dress / A Woman in Classical Dress Looking Up

after Raphael Heinrich Friedrich Füger, 1785/1790

Brown wash study of a Vienna Stadtbahn bridge with pedestrians, framed by ornate allegorical panels and inscriptions.

Wiener Stadtbahn, Brücke über die Wienzeile, Perspektive (Vorentwurf zur Huldigungsadresse der Akademie der bildenden…

Otto Wagner, 1896

Embossed valentine card with a gilded bird, blue-inked verse 'Tis sweet to love,' and a white dove on gold.

Tis Sweet to Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Pencil sketch of crumbling Roman brick walls with three arched openings, overgrown foliage, and scattered rubble in the foreg

Roman Walls

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of the Westbahnhof Stadtbahn stop in Vienna, with a horse carriage, pedestrians and street lamps.

Wiener Stadtbahn, Haltestelle Westbahnhof, Perspektive

Otto Wagner, 1895

Pencil drawing of a walled garden entrance with classical gateway, figures and tall trees behind a low wall.

Entrance to a Walled Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Embossed valentine card with a gilded urn on a pink scalloped medallion, a red flower at top, and the words Ever the same.

Ever the Same (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woodland copse with tall trees, exposed roots and rocks in grass, signed and dated 1863.

A Copse of Trees

Karl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

Drawing of the Vienna Stadtbahn Gürtellinie viaduct with arches, a carriage, pedestrians and city buildings, plus a dedicator

Wiener Stadtbahn: Gürtellinie zwischen Michelbeuern und Nußdorfer Straße, gewidmet dem Historischen Museum der Stadt…

Albert Stächelin, 1896

Pencil drawing of a house with an arched door, tall trees, a lattice fence and a garden fountain in the foreground.

House and Trees across a Garden Wall

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a classical colonnade with fluted Corinthian columns, an entablature, and a glimpse of a balustrade beyond.

Portico of the Palazzo Nuovo, on the Campidoglio

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and ink drawing of a boy carrying shoes, a uniformed porter, and a woman with a parasol on a city street.

Wiener Straßenszene mit Schusterbub und Dienstmann

Gottfried Sieben, 1900

Pen and red chalk sketch of the Holy Family with a child and a kneeling young boy, plus an older man at left.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

Valerio Castello, n.d.