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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Ink sketch of two standing men in caps and long coats, one seen from behind, the other pointing toward him.

Twee studies van een man

Jan de Waardt, 1881

Sepia wash drawing of a house with a round tower and trees on a hillside, in an open sketchbook, turned sideways.

Haus mit Turm

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Pen and ink drawing of a hooded monk, an executioner and a bound nude man standing together on tinted paper.

Mönch, Henker und Delinquent

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of trees and undergrowth on the right page, left page blank with faint wash.

Zwei Männer, liegend und stehend

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Black chalk drawing of a young child with tousled hair, head bowed, resting on a bare arm and shoulder.

Cherub

Federico Barocci

Sketchbook pages with pencil and blue wash drawings of a town with buildings, towers and trees against a hillside.

Stadt vor Bergen

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Brown wash drawing of Judith raising a sword over the reclining Holofernes, with dramatic drapery and a dark background.

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Peter Paul Rubens, 1609

Sepia sketchbook spread: a stone town gate with battlements on the left, and a landscape of buildings under trees on the righ

Stadttor mit Zinnen (S. 88) und Landschaft mit Gebäuden (S. 89)

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a man reclining on a bed against a pink wall and yellow curtain.

Watercolour sketch of Hans Kauders

Gertrud Kauders, 1905

Drawing of Saint John writing on Patmos with an angel, a walled town in the distance, and a vision above.

John on Patmos

Erhard Altdorfer, 1510

Open sketchbook with faint pencil construction drawings of masts and rigging and a small kneeling figure.

Konstruktionszeichnung. Kniende weibliche Gestalt (S. 94) und Konstruktionszeichnung (S. 95)

Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1792

Watercolor of a crowded 1780s theatre audience in boxes watching a stage performance with an armored actor and tower backdrop

Theaterpublikum bei einer Aufführung des Hamlet

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1781

Pencil drawing of a man with long hair reading a book seated by a window, with a table holding a bowl and cup.

Lesender Mann in Französisch-Buchholz am 28. Oktober 1792

Johann Friedrich Bolt, 1792

Watercolor of a Roman street festival with dancing women with tambourines on a swing, a donkey with a barrel, and a fountain.

Volksbelustigungen zu Rom

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1797

Watercolor street scene of a carnival crowd with masked figures, a satyr, a harlequin and a domed church behind.

Roman carnival scene

Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Pencil drawing of a man lying on a sofa, smoking a long pipe and reading, with a handwritten inscription above.

Schaffner, mit Grandezza hingeworfen und den Abällino lesend __ den 7ten 8br 1796

Johann Friedrich Bolt, 1796

Watercolour of idle townspeople, a friar, beggars and children by a fountain and portico, with a soldier and café in the back

Dolce far niente zu Neapel

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1797

Hazy sketch of a London street with a central statue, red double-decker buses, pedestrians and classical buildings.

Piccadilly, London

Drawing of a woman's bust with lowered eyes and wavy hair, in grey pencil on pale paper, 1527.

A woman's bust

Hans Baldung Grien, 1527

Graphite study of a large hand and forearms on aged paper with red chalk stains, by Hans Baldung Grien, 1520.

Schmerzenreiche Maria (Fragment)

Hans Baldung Grien, 1520

Pencil drawing of a fallen tree trunk with roots and branches, a small bird on the wood, and tall grass behind.

Fallen over tree trunk

Louis Eysen, 1867

Watercolour of a fern-filled forest creek with a leaning tree trunk over rocks and shallow water.

Creek at Holmes Bay, Banks Peninsula (fuschia trees)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a standing couple in an interior with a bed or table and a reclining figure.

Couple in interior in An 1893 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pencil portrait drawing of a woman in a headscarf, head and shoulders turned to the left, by Carl Blechen.

Brustbild einer Italienerin mit Kopftuch (Francesca Primavera di Rocca Priore)

Carl Blechen, 1818

White silhouette of a cornflower plant with four blooms and long tapering leaves on a black background.

Cornflower

Philipp Otto Runge

Pencil drawing of a Gothic ornamental frame with a seated woman, angels with trumpets, and musical instruments in the border.

Dedikationsblatt zum Prachtexemplar des Oratoriums "Paulus" von Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Adolf Schrödter, 1836

White cut-paper silhouette of a hyacinth flower stalk with long leaves against a black background.

Hyacinth

Philipp Otto Runge

Panoramic view of Königsberg's skyline over cultivated garden plots at sunset, with church towers and rooftops on the horizon

Ansicht der Stadt Königsberg, vom Walle neben dem Brandenburger Thor (von Südwesten)

Wilhelm Barth, 1800

Pencil sketch of men in top hats drinking at a beer garden table, with caricature heads in the upper right.

Philistergesellschaft im Biergarten

Adolf Schrödter, 1829

White silhouette of a tulip with curved stem and leaves against a dark background.

Tulip

Philipp Otto Runge

Pencil drawing of a standing man with long hair, wearing a robe, sash and flowing cloak, hands clasped at the waist.

Friedrich Overbeck als Johannes

Franz Pforr, 1810

White silhouette of a rose branch with an open flower, a bud and serrated leaves on a black background.

Rose

Philipp Otto Runge