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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Red chalk sketch of a veiled woman seated in a chair, reading an open book, by Johann Heinrich Tischbein.

Sitzende Nonne mit einem Buch

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1766

Pen and ink sketch of an angel on clouds gesturing toward a seated man who gazes upward, with a kneeling figure below.

The Annunciation

Christian Winck

Ontwerp voor een dubbele deur, met zijaanzicht en plattegrond

B. Winghofer, 1852

Architectural drawing of a double window with wall paneling, side elevation and plan, dated 1852.

Ontwerp voor een dubbel raam met lambrisering, met zijaanzicht en plattegrond

B. Winghofer, 1852

Pencil design drawing of a writing desk with bookcase and a glazed silver cabinet, with carved scroll ornament.

Ontwerp voor een schrijfmeubel met boekenkast en voor een zilverkast

B. Winghofer, 1852

Pencil architectural drawing of a Gothic portal with paneled walls, pointed arches and carved tracery above a cornice.

Ontwerp voor een gothisch portaal, met twee zijaanzichten en plattegrond

B. Winghofer, 1852

Architectural drawing of jalousie shutters and a Gothic-style double door with tracery glazing, with plans and side sections.

Ontwerp voor een jaloezievenster en een dubbele deur in gothische stijl, met zijaanzichten en plattegronden

B. Winghofer, 1852

Pen drawing of an ornate two-door cabinet design with arched pediment, carved columns and scrolled ornament.

Ontwerp voor een tweedeurskast

B. Winghofer, 1865

Pencil design drawing of a table with scrolled legs and fluted columns, showing a front and side view with a scale bar.

Ontwerp voor een tafel, met een gecombineerd voor- en zijaanzicht

Joseph Kusterer, 1865

Pen drawing of an ornate hatstand with a carved fox and winged dragon on its crest, with side elevation, by Joseph Kusterer.

Ontwerp voor een kapstok

Joseph Kusterer, 1865

Pen and ink sketch of the Assumption of Mary with angels and clouds above kneeling figures around an altar.

Assumption of Mary

Christian Winck

Charcoal drawing on yellow paper of a reclining nude figure and a seated woman with dark hair, in bold angular lines.

Fränzi Reclining

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Pen sketch of a saint with a cross beside Christ enthroned on clouds, with a dove above and angels around.

Ein Heiliger mit Kreuz vor dem auf Wolken thronenden Christus mit dem Kreuz, darüber die Taube des Heiligen Geistes

Christian Winck

Charcoal sketch of rocky boulders and scrubby vegetation in a mountain landscape, by Egon Schiele, 1917.

Mountain Stream

Egon Schiele, 1917

Brown ink sketch of a youth carried aloft by a large eagle, with small figure studies in the corners of the sheet.

Ganymede

Unknown artist

Pen and wash drawing of an oval heavenly scene with angels, clouds and a cross with radiating light at the top.

Verherrlichung der Dreieinigkeit

Chrysostomus Wink

Pen drawing of decorative rococo brackets for marble slabs, with scrolls, foliage and floral carving, labeled A and B.

Brackets for Marble Slabs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen and ink architectural study with a sketched figure, column capital, and scroll ornaments on aged paper.

An Architectural Study with an Atlantid

Unknown artist

Pen drawing of eight students working at tiered benches by a window, with German inscription below.

Acht Zeichenschüler an einem Fenster

Moritz von Schwind

Pencil sketch of a chandelier over seated figures in an interior, with a curtained doorway and studies below.

A Gathering in an Interior; A Curtained Doorway

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Graphite sketch of reclining Venus and a winged Cupid on aged paper, with diagonal construction lines across the figures.

Venus and Cupid

Pencil drawing of a dead deer lying on its side with its legs extended upward, by Karl Haider.

Dead deer

Two ink and wash elevation drawings of rococo chamber organs with carved scrollwork, flowers, a cherub, and a shell motif.

Chamber Organs, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Title page with gothic lettering Der wilde Jäger above a watercolor rider on a red horse under a crescent moon.

Titelblatt: Der wilde Jäger

Pen and wash design drawing of a Gothic bookcase with pointed arched doors, tracery, finials, and detail studies of a capital

Gothic Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1761

Graphite sketch of a seated nude man twisting to point his arm to the right, on tan paper.

A Seated Nude Man Pointing to the Right

Francesco Solimena

Watercolor of mounted hunters with dogs and a church tower, framed by two fir trees and a column of German verse.

Der Rheingraf mit seinen Gefährten

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic-tracery library bookcase with a carved pediment and glazed doors, from Chippendale's 1753 de

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and ink sheet with multiple sketched heads, profiles and small full-length figures in hats and coats.

Studies of Figures and Heads

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Ink and wash drawing of a carved library bookcase with scrolled pediment, urn finial, pilasters and trophy panels.

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Drawing with handwritten verse, grain stalks at each side, and a watercolor vignette of a hunting dog and rider.

Hunting

Ink drawing of architectural molding profiles with numbered dimensions for a bookcase design, by Thomas Chippendale.

Moldings for Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753