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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil drawing of a timber farmhouse with overhanging roof beside a large tree, with mountains in the distance.

Farmstead in Partenkirchen

Fritz Bamberger, 1854

Pencil drawing of a vaulted monastery cloister with arches, columns, a standing robed figure, and studies of carved capitals.

Das Kloster Santa Scolastica bei Subiaco

Fritz Bamberger

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a young woman seen from behind, climbing a step with one arm raised, on gray paper.

Young Woman Climbing a Step

Unknown artist, 1890s

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus bending over a fallen youth beside a shield, with a dog, cupids, and doves.

Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis

Giuseppe Cades, 1780

Pencil drawing of a Gothic arched staircase with two female figures climbing, and handwritten inscriptions below.

Treppenaufgang im Kloster San Benedetto bei Subiaco, links der Zugang zum Sacro Speco des Heiligen Benedikt

Fritz Bamberger

Pen and ink perspective drawing of a receding row of classical Doric columns under a projecting entablature.

Study for a Colonnade in Perspective

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, ca. 1530

Charcoal sketch of a young woman in a long trailing dress and feathered hat, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Fashionable Young Woman Stepping Forward

Unknown artist, 1890s

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with a long arched aqueduct, clusters of trees, and distant mountains.

Area near Subiaco

Fritz Bamberger

Charcoal and chalk study of a woman's hands and a beribboned hat on toned paper.

Young Woman's Hands and Beribboned Hat

Unknown artist, 1890s

Pencil drawing of a Gothic monastery staircase with pointed arches, a gate, and a stained glass window.

Treppenaufgang im Kloster San Benedetto bei Subiaco

Fritz Bamberger

Brown ink drawing of five neoclassical urns and vases with lids, handles, and reliefs of a Medusa head, eagle, and serpent.

Study of Five Vases or Urns

Felice Giani, ca. 1790-1800

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a standing woman in a long skirt, head bowed, hands clasped at her waist, on grey paper.

Standing Woman Leaning on Her Elbow

Unknown artist, 1890s

Sepia drawing of a Romanesque church facade with arcaded galleries, a round window, and portals, with figures in a cobbled sq

View of the Façade of the Cathedral of San Michele, Pavia

Giulio Aluisetti, 1820s

Pencil drawing of a monastery cloister with arched openings and a tall bell tower with a clock, framed by a pointed arch.

Kreuzgang im Kloster San Benedetto bei Subiaco

Fritz Bamberger

Grey wash drawing of Piacenza's Palazzo Pubblico with pointed arches, crenellations, two equestrian statues and figures in a

View of the Palazzo Pubblico (Palazzo Comunale), Piacenza

Giulio Aluisetti, 1820s

Pencil drawing of a wooded landscape with trees, a rocky slope, an arched grotto and a figure on a winding path.

Landscape near Subiaco

Fritz Bamberger

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf, leaning forward with folded arms over a draped skirt.

Sewing girl

Fritz Bamberger

Watercolor of a vaulted stone prison courtyard with a chained man seated in the foreground beside a column.

Man Seated in Prison

Victor-Jean Nicolle, 1781

Pencil sketch of layered hills and mountains with trees, a stone building on a slope, and a winding path in the foreground.

Gegend beim Kloster Santa Scolastica bei Subiaco

Fritz Bamberger

Grey wash drawing of warships in battle on a river, with gunsmoke and fortifications, titled Overwinning op Palembang, 1821.

Overwinning op Palembang, 1821

Barend Willem van der Graaff, 1821

Handwritten Dutch calligraphy page listing ship names and descriptions under an ornate heading, ink on paper.

Toelichting op de tekening van de overwinning op Palembang, 1821

Barend Willem van der Graaff, 1821

Pencil sketch of a waterfall over rocky ledges with trees and bushes on the right, on pale paper.

Waterfall

Fritz Bamberger

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a leafy tree on a sloping hillside, with soft grey and blue washes.

Tree

Fritz Bamberger

Pencil drawing of the coastal town of Amalfi with terraced houses on a cliff, a large tree at left, and a sailboat at sea.

Amalfi

Fritz Bamberger

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a robe in a study, with books, a stool, and sketched angel figures in the background.

Faust in seiner Studierstube hört den Engelchor

Ferdinand Fellner

Pen drawing of two armored knights on horseback jousting with lances in a wooded landscape beside a ruined tower.

Jousting knights

Ferdinand Fellner

Pencil portrait of a young woman with bun hairstyle, ruffled puffed sleeves, shawl and hand at waist, on cream paper.

Bildnis Rebecca Haffner aus Solothurn

Ferdinand Fellner, 1834

Pen drawing of a decorative book finale with a winged angel, a harlequin, a dragon and acanthus scrolls.

Buchschmuck (Finale mit Engel, Harlekin und Drachen)

Ferdinand Fellner

Grey and blue wash drawing of a female saint standing on a dragon, raising a cross, with two angels above holding a wreath.

Die Heilige Margarethe auf dem Drachen, von zwei Engeln gekrönt

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1793

Hand-colored fire salamander above engraved views of several salamander species labeled in Latin, on a manuscript page.

Vuursalamander (Salamandra salamandra)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolor of a blue and yellow snake coiled at the base of a leafy green plant on a mound, with handwritten notes below.

Slang met plantenstaart

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolour sheet of numbered lilies, a dragonfly, moth, spider, snail and peach arranged across a page.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 5)

Elias Verhulst, 1596