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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pale sketch of a crowned seated woman holding a raised staff, resting an arm on a stone pedestal, on stained paper.

Sitting Fides

Conrad Mantius, 1600

Französischer Offizier im Profil nach links

Johann Nepomuk Rauch

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat at a table with two women in long dresses leaning in, within an arched frame.

Zwei Italienerinnen beim Schreiber

Johann Nepomuk Rauch

Ink drawing of a mountain village with timber houses on steep wooded slopes and dark pine trees under a sky.

Frauenkirch

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1924

Watercolor of a frozen river with ice floes, a stone bridge, a Gothic cathedral spire and a warm sunset sky.

Frankfurt am Main im Winter

Bernhard Mannfeld, 1897

Grey wash drawing of Eltz castle in winter, with towers on a rocky hill, bare trees and snow in the foreground.

Eltz castle in the winter

Bernhard Mannfeld, 1901

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing horned figure gesturing to a seated man beneath a palm tree on blue paper.

The Temptation of Christ

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1755

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval: a man gestures toward a reclining woman on a daybed beneath a draped curtain.

Josef und die Frau des Potiphar

Georg Anton Urlaub

Pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with dark hatched hair, drawn in loose lines on pale paper.

Liegender weiblicher Akt

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1911

Loose ink sketch of an elderly woman standing beside a seated child at a table with a teapot.

Alte Frau mit Jungen am Kaffeetisch

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a rocky hill with a ruined archway and trees above.

Landscape with the Ruins of an Archway

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1508

Red chalk study of arms holding a bow and arrow, with a small blue sketch at lower left on pale paper.

Armstudie mit Pfeil und Bogen

Jean-Marc Nattier

Watercolor of nude Adam and Eve under an apple tree with a serpent, a reclining tiger, and a lake behind them.

Adam and Eve

Hans Thoma, 1882

Colored pencil sketch of two women in an interior, one at a coffee table and one seated in an armchair.

Zwei Frauen am Kaffeetisch in Kirchners Atelier

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Pencil sketch of a river with an arched bridge, boats and a city skyline with spires on tan paper.

Frankfurt am Main

Bernhard Mannfeld, 1897

Pen and ink drawing of robed men gathered before a classical statue in a columned hall, some kneeling in the foreground.

Joseph und seine Brüder in Ägypten

Federico Zuccari

Halbfigur eines Knaben im Profil nach links

Red chalk drawing of a large ornate covered urn with figural handles and studies of smaller vases around it.

Entwürfe für antikisierende Vasen mit Figuren und Ornament

Bernardino Poccetti

Brown wash drawing of a man with a spear seated on rocks overlooking a distant shore and hazy sky.

Jäger (Räuber) in den Bergen

Karl Friedrich Lessing, 1831

Expressive black ink sketch of two cows on tan paper, one head lowered in the foreground, with a figure at upper left.

Two cows

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1920

Ink line sketch of a seated nude woman attending to her foot over a basin, on tan paper.

Nackte Frau bei der Pedicure

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Pen sketch of a seated couple at a table, with angular lines and simplified elongated faces, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Paar auf einem Sofa am Tisch

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912

Colorful crayon sketch of two women seated on a turquoise divan in an interior, with a small figure at lower left.

Zwei Mädchen auf einem Divan

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Pencil sketch of two tree trunks framing a view of a hut through dense, scribbled branches and undergrowth.

Blick durch zwei Fichten auf eine Hütte

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1918

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with one knee raised, with a bottle indicated in the background.

Sitzender weiblicher Akt

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1911

Loose colored pencil sketch of two seated nude figures, one wearing a blue and red hat, on tan paper.

Sitting naked couple

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Charcoal sketch of a grazing cow on a hillside with a small figure and trees in the background.

Grazing cow

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1918

Ink and wash drawing of tall spruce trees in a forest with loose black brushstrokes and gray mountain shapes behind.

Spruces in the mountains

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Charcoal sketch of tall fir trunks in a dense forest with dark shaded foliage and hatched ground, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Fir forest

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Charcoal sketch of a mountain valley with dense conifers, a small chalet, a winding road and jagged peaks.

Sertigtal

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1924

Pen and watercolour design for a room wall with double door, landscape panel with trees and ruin, and putti sketch above.

Ontwerptekening voor een kamerwand met deur

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Pen and watercolour design of two room walls with panelling, a niche with a statue, and painted landscape panels.

Ontwerp voor twee kamerwanden

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760