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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of a rider on a rearing horse surrounded by fallen figures and farm objects in a barn.

Man läuft, man fällt nach allen Seiten, / Und Hoppenstedt fängt an zu reiten

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Pen and ink sketch of a horned creature looming over a seated man at a cluttered table with pots and dishes.

Und Hoppenstedt, wie er sich stemme, / Saust schon in Topf und Butterbemme

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Ink sketch of a man stumbling through a room with overturned chairs, pots and spilled liquid, with a figure in a doorway.

Er eilt hinaus mit schnellem Schritt / Und Topf und Butter eilen mit

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a nightcap leaping from a bed, with hatched shading on tan paper.

Mit kühnem Mut aus seinem Bett / Schwingt sich der Turner Hoppenstedt

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Crayon sketch of a river landscape with green hills, a yellow shore, and two figures in a rowing boat.

Elbe Landscape Near Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Brown ink drawing of an elephant standing upright and lifting dumbbells with its trunk, with hatched background lines.

Der Bizeps wird zuerst geübt, / Er, der dem Arm die Spannkraft gibt

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Ink sketch of a muscular man seen from behind lifting dumbbells overhead, with weights on the floor beside him.

Einseitig aber ist der Mann, / Der's nicht mit beiden Händen kann

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Ink cartoon of a dog at a fence reaching for a sausage, with motion lines and ink splatters on tan paper.

Besonders auch versäumt er nie / Des Beines Muskelenergie

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Pen and wash drawing of figures around a laden table, contrasting plain robes with fine dress and a feast.

Allegory of Poverty and Wealth

Ink sketch of a dog by a cabinet above, and two men drinking coffee at a table with a dog beneath, in two panels.

Derweil sitzt unten beim Kaffee / Herr Meck und deutet in die Höh'

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Pen drawing in a circle of a river landscape with a church tower, horsemen on the bank and boats on the water.

Rivierlandschap

Gillis Neyts, 1633

Grey wash drawing of craggy rocks beside a river winding through wooded hills under a pale sky.

Rotsen en rivier in heuvellandschap

Gillis Neyts, 1633

Pencil landscape drawing with a large tree, a hunter and dog at right, and a distant city with church towers at left.

Landschap met jager en in de verte een stad

Gillis Neyts, 1633

Watercolor of a hilltop village on a rocky cliff above the sea, with sailboats and travelers on a path in the foreground.

Le Château d'Eze, pres de Nice

Mathias Gabriel Lory, 1841/1843

Small watercolor sketch of a standing woman seen from behind in a cap and long skirt, with a shadow on the ground.

Staande vrouw, op de rug gezien

Gillis Neyts, 1633

Pen and ink cartoon: a man with a pot on his head above, two seated men reading and talking at a table with a dog below.

Es wächst die Kraft. - Doch unten hier / Liest Vater Meck in dem Courier

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Charcoal drawing of a man's angular face beside a seated figure in a studio with sketched paintings on the wall.

Self-Portrait in the Studio (Selbstbildnis im Atelier)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Pen and ink sketch of a collapsing ceiling sending people and a table into disarray, with a dog on the floor.

Und kracks! - zu groß wir das Gewicht; / Die Decke trägt es nicht - und - bricht

Wilhelm Busch, 1871

Drawing of the Visitation: two women embrace at center, with a standing man at left and a turbaned woman at right, in chalk o

The Visitation

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Title page with red and brown script reading Hans Huckebein, a small bird perched on a curling branch, and ornamental scrollw

Zierhandschrift zu "Hans Huckebein"

Wilhelm Busch, 1870

Grey wash drawing of a wooded valley with tall trees, a winding stream, and mountain slopes under a pale sky.

Sunlit Trees in a Valley near Lacoux

Jean-Paul Flandrin, 1840

Drawing of a stand of tall trees with pale trunks and spreading branches in brown wash on blue-grey paper.

A Stand of Birch Trees

Johann Caspar Huber

Watercolor of a family before a stone house as a grey horse is led past an arched ruin and a round tower.

Ein Kavalier sitzt mit seiner Frau und seinem Sohn vor seinem Haus und lässt sich einen Schimmel vorführen

Johann Georg Pforr, 1790

Grey wash drawing of barefoot young men dancing in a group while standing onlookers in coats watch at the left.

Dans van de jonge mannen op het eiland Ghozo

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pencil portrait of a woman with braided hair and a headscarf, looking to the left, with a white collar.

Agnes von Felsen

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, c. 1822

Watercolor of cattle resting beneath a large oak in a forest, with a herdsman, a woman, a goat and a deer nearby.

Unter einen großen Eiche ruht Vieh, in der Ferne ein Reh, links bringt eine Frau dem Hirten das Essen

Johann Georg Pforr, 1791

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with a tall-masted ship, gondolas, and a domed church beside the water.

The Giudecca Canal with Shipping near the Chiesa dei Gesuati

David Law, 1880s

Hunters on horses and with hunting dogs rest beside a ruined stone tower, with a valley and hills in the distance.

Jäger mit Pferden und Jagdhunden machen bei einer Ruine halt

Johann Georg Pforr

Portrait of Peter Cornelius

Theodor Rehbenitz, 1818

Brown wash drawing of God the Father seated on clouds with two angels and quick leg studies below.

God the Father with Angels

Unknown artist, 17th century

Young Woman in a Kerchief and Cloak at Hastings

Joshua Cristall, 1807

Pen and wash drawing of Hermes with winged helmet and caduceus beside a tree, with two nude women and a distant town.

Hermes vor einem Baum sitzend, mit zwei allegorischen Frauengestalten

Hans Pachmair, 1594