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Drawings & Sketches

76,418 works

Agnieszka Babenberg (Jan Głuchowski)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Ink drawing of a man with raised arms on a hilltop, surrounded by diagonal light beams and hatched cloud shapes.

What for?" (Soldier in Minefield)

Karl Wiener, 1941

Ink drawing of a kabuki stage with costumed performers, a dense audience, and a samurai figure with a sword in the foreground

Design for Fan-shaped Print of Kabuki Theater

Utagawa Sadahide, c. 1830s-60s

Sepia drawing of a rocky coast with a moored boat, windswept trees, and a glowing moon rising over the sea.

View of Arkona with moon rising

Caspar David Friedrich, 1805

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair and a striped dark sweater, white chalk rays behind him.

Portrait of Karol Szymanowski

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1931

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a contorted seated nude man with a raised hand, with handwritten German text in the upper ri

I Will Gladly Endure for Art and My Loved Ones, 1912

Egon Schiele, 1912

Pencil sketch of a hooded female figure with bowed head and heavy draped cloak, on tan paper.

Our Lady of Sorrows

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Brown wash drawing of a muscular male figure in a twisting pose with a raised arm, framed with handwritten notes.

Un Hebreo, from Christ Shown to the People (recto)

Taddeo Zuccari, after 1556

Head Study of an Old Man

Ede Balló, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a nude woman standing with head tilted back and one arm raised, on tan paper.

Floating Woman with Outstretched Arm

Gustav Klimt, 1900

Grey ink wash drawing of a seated man repairing a shoe, with a woman and child beside him on cream paper.

The Blind Worker, c. 1815-1820

Francisco Goya, 1815

Pencil and watercolor architectural sketches of Gothic-style houses, including a chapel with pointed windows and an arcade.

Various sketches for a house in a kind of semi-Gothic style

Dankvart Dreyer, 1831-1852

Agamemnon rises against Achilles and Menelaus (Iliad)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Study of a woman’s head

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Drawing of a seated woman with red hair in a black-and-white striped dress, hands clasped, with an orange necklace.

Portrait of the Artist's Sister-in-Law, Adele Harms

Egon Schiele, 1917

Brown ink and wash drawing of a large spreading tree with a resting shepherd and staff on a path below.

Group of Trees and Resting Sheperd

Claude Lorrain, 1550

Drawing of robed figures gathering flowers under a palm tree in a hilly landscape, framed by an ornate rococo border with bir

Illustration and Border Design for Kupfer-Bibel (Copper Bible)

Johan Melchior Füssli, c. 1730

Brown wash drawing of a travelling family with livestock, a camel and a donkey passing palm trees.

Jacob´s Return, c.1647-1651

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1647

Pen drawing of a bearded old man with wild, windswept hair and a stern gaze, labelled Saturno, dated 1516.

Head of a Bearded Old Man

Hans Baldung Grien, 1516

Brown wash drawing of a river bank with ruined ivy-covered buildings, trees, and small boats on calm water.

River Landscape near Montfoort

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1650

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude in side view with a separate study of a head at upper right.

Study of a Standing Male Nude, with a Study of Head in Three-Quarter Profile

Cecco Bravo, c. 1640

Oil portrait of an elderly nun in black veil and white lace collar against a dark red background.

Study of a Nun

Olga Boznańska, 1887

Pen and ink sketch of Apollo driving a horse-drawn sun chariot through clouds, with attendant figures and rays of light.

Apollo on the Sun Chariot

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with rowing boats, a domed church, a city gate and figures on a grassy bank under cloudy sky.

The Porta Portello with the Brenta Canal in Padua, 1740-1743

Canaletto, 1740

Sepia drawing of a windswept graveyard with a raven on a leaning wooden cross under a pale sunset sky.

Landscape with Graves

Caspar David Friedrich, 1835

Oil sketch of the Assumption of the Virgin with swirling clouds, robed figures and a glowing central light in a circle.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Sketch for the Dome Fresco in the Cathedral in Vác

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1750

Watercolor drawing of a seated young boy in a knit cap and blue jacket, hands clasped on his knee, on a wooden chair.

Boy on a Chair

William Sommer, 1927

Coloured pencil design of a stylized lily, bud and scroll beside a candlestick form on pale paper.

Stylized lily motif. Design of a candlestick for the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Chalk drawing of a man in a curled wig and white collar, looking upward, with an 1735 inscription at the lower edge.

Self-Portrait

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1735

Pastel drawing of a woman with braided hair, a blue flower crown and blue blossoms on her dress, signed Wyspiański 1903.

Portrait of Władysława Ordon-Sosnowska in the role of Krasawica in the drama "Bolesław the Bold"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Charcoal and crayon drawing of a pair of bent legs and hips cropped at the waist, with bare feet on a plain ground.

... goes through the world

Karl Wiener, 1942

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a seated man in a white turban smoking a hookah, with a cup and brass bowl nearby.

A Turkish opium smoker (Jaia Dervicha) in Chalkis

Martinus Rørbye, 1836