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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Brown ink landscape with ancient stone ruins, a pointing robed figure, seated men, a dog, and a distant town under trees.

Landschaft mit antiken Denkmälern ("Die Erfindung des korinthischen Kapitels")

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1814

Grey wash drawing of a town skyline with a tall church tower and windmill above rooftops, over a foreground of fields.

Gezicht op Harderwijk

Ludolphus, 1720

Pen and ink drawing of a wooded slope with large boulders, gnarled trees, ferns and undergrowth.

Abhang mit Felsblöcken und Ölbäumen im Park der Prinzen Chigi zu Ariccia

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1818

Pencil line drawing of a dancer with curly hair, raised arm and long legs, on a pale sheet.

A Dancer

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1933

Line drawing of a woman with dark bangs and bobbed hair, angular features and a necklace, in expressive hatched strokes.

Portrait of Erna

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1915

A dog's head

Johann Heinrich Roos

Pen and watercolour costume study of a couple, a child, and a man in a cap, with hats, bodice and skirt sketches.

Kostuumstudies van een dame en een heer

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770

Stierkopf im Profil nach links

Johann Heinrich Roos

Grasender Stier nach rechts

Johann Heinrich Roos

Pen and wash drawing of a crumbling ancient ruin with an arch, two sheep resting on rocks, and distant mountains.

Antike Ruine an einem Bergsee, vorne rechts zwei Schafe

Johann Heinrich Roos

Pen and grey wash drawing of cattle and sheep watering in a pool, with a shepherd, a tree and hills behind.

Eine Herde von Rindern und Schafen kommt einen Bergpfad herab zur Tränke

Johann Heinrich Roos

Pen and wash drawing of a shepherd and shepherdess with cattle and goats among classical ruins and arches.

Hirtin und Hirte mit ihrer Herde in einer Ruinenlandschaft, ein antikes Fresko betrachtend

Johann Heinrich Roos

Pen and wash drawing of a herd crossing water under a stone arch, with a shepherdess on horseback and a rocky cliff at left.

Eine Herde zieht durch Wasser unter einem Brückenbogen durch, gefolgt von einer Hirtin zu Pferde, einem Kinde zu Esel…

Johann Heinrich Roos

Red chalk drawing of a herdsman riding an ox with sheep and cattle, a tree at right and ruins in the distance.

Ein auf einem Ochsen reitender Hirte treibt seine Herde heimwärts

Johann Heinrich Roos

Pencil drawing of reclining and standing sheep with lambs on a pale paper ground, several studies on one sheet.

Zwei liegende Schafe mit Lämmern, im Hintergrund zwei stehende Schafe

Johann Heinrich Roos

Ink drawing of three workers with tools in heavy rain beneath dark pine trees, with a curved field edge below.

Working farmers

Pencil sketch of three horseback riders and a running dog at the edge of a wooded hillside with large trees.

Reitergruppe am Waldrand

Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder

Colored crayon drawing of the Nativity with a haloed Virgin and child under a red arch, outlined in bold black like stained g

The Nativity

Charcoal sketch on grey-green paper of a woman and children with a donkey, cow and dog in a rural setting.

Fünf Kinder, Esel und Hund

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling nude figure seen from behind, arms bent back, with pencil outlines on cream paper.

Weiblicher Akt, kniend, von hinten, die Arme hinter den Rücken gelegt

Watercolor of peasant figures gathering water at a spring on a grassy hill, with buckets and a clay jug.

Russische Bauern beim Wasserholen an der Quelle

Wilhelm Amandus Beer, 1898

Pen drawing of travelers on horseback on a rocky road beneath trees, with distant mountains and a cloudy sky.

Landscape near Subiaco

Pencil sketch of a balding man with a drooping mustache and a stern sidelong glance, signed in blue at lower left.

Der Philosoph Keyserling

Rudolf Großmann

Pencil and crayon sketch of a nude woman with bobbed hair dancing, one arm raised, framed by a dark outline.

Nacktes tanzendes Mädchen

Expressive colored drawing of a seated woman in blue with a young girl at a table near a window with flowers.

Swiss girl

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1930

Charcoal sketch of wild cows with large horns and two standing human figures at the lower right on pale paper.

Wild cows

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1933

Lesender und junges Mädchen ("Störung")

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928

Expressive drawing of a cluster of dark pointed trees on a hill with blue clouds and purple grasses, signed and dated 1914.

Group of trees

Walter Ophey, 1914

Expressive drawing of bare tree trunks rising from a curving island in a pond, with brown hills and blue water strokes.

Park island in the pond

Ink and wash drawing of three nude figures reclining and embracing, outlined in bold black with brown and ochre tones.

Three Reclining Nudes

Christian Rohlfs

Colored drawing of two seated nude figures with bold black outlines, yellow skin tones, and stylized green foliage.

Sitting Couple (Nudes)

Christian Rohlfs, 1910

Expressive dark drawing of a hunched standing man with clasped hands against a pale pink background.

Standing man

Christian Rohlfs