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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a red-bracted flowering plant with broad green leaves against a pale blue wash.

Blühender Kaktus bei Tres Barras

Ferdinand Keller, 1859

Pencil drawing of a hunter with a rifle and dog on a forest path beside a large tree stump and palms.

Jäger mit Hund im Urwald

Ferdinand Keller

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a tall tree trunk beside a small wooden shelter and fence in a dense forest.

Haus mit Unterstand im Urwald bei Tres-Barras

Ferdinand Keller, 1859

Pencil drawing of a wooden hut and fenced yard in a clearing at the edge of a dense tropical forest.

Siedlung im Urwald

Ferdinand Keller, 1861

Pencil and watercolor drawing of loaded pack horses, a goat and a dog descending a steep rocky slope.

Bepackte Pferde an steilem Abhang

Ferdinand Keller, 1861

Pencil sketch of enslaved workers harvesting in a field, with an ox cart, a thatched hut and palm trees.

Ernte mit Sklaven

Ferdinand Keller

Pencil and watercolor study sheet of pack animals with loaded packsaddles and bundled baggage on a pale ground.

Studienblatt mit bepackten Pferden

Ferdinand Keller

Studienblatt mit Hundeköpfen

Ferdinand Keller, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a wooden windmill beside a canal under a cloudy sky, with a fence and small shed.

Gezicht op de Koenenmolen aan de Nieuwe Meer

A. Goedkoop, 1850

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with three small figures, trees, a wooden tower and a moored boat.

Fehmarnlandschaft mit drei Figuren

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912

Blue and red crayon sketch of a seated nude figure beside a sailboat, with loose hatching suggesting water.

Badender Akt mit Segelboot

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913

Ink sketch of a nude bathing figure bent forward among beach stones, with a small sailboat on the horizon.

Badende zwischen Steinen am Strand von Fehmarn mit Segelboot

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1914

Loose ink sketch of three figures, one with hand on hip, two close together beside a doorway frame, drawn in dark strokes.

Drei tanzende Personen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1911

Loose pencil and blue crayon sketch of a standing female dancer in a costume skirt, arms raised, on cream paper.

Tänzerin im Kostüm

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1916

Ink drawing of a bending female nude on yellow paper with dark brushed trunks and red strokes behind her.

Sich bückender Akt (Dodo)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Ink line drawing of a seated nude woman and a standing nude woman behind her in a sketchy studio setting.

Die Schwestern Erna und Gerda Schilling in Kirchners Atelier

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1915

Expressive black crayon sketch of overlapping figures and street forms on cream paper with a red edge.

Berliner Straßenszene

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1914

Colored chalk sketch of angular alpine chalets and rooftops on a sloping mountain village, drawn in black, yellow, pink and b

Stafelalp mit Tinzenhorn

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1920

Selbstporträt mit Erna

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1926

Charcoal sketch of a seated and a standing female nude, drawn in loose outline on cream paper.

Sitzender und stehender weiblicher Akt

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1929

Pen and ink sketch of figures conversing under a parasol on a boat, with hatched linework.

Mann und Frau im Gespräch unter einem Sonnenschirm

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1935

Watercolor and ink drawing of two angular archers drawing bows in a meadow beneath dark trees and a blue sky.

Bogenschützen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1935

Loose pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with raised arm on a patterned chair, with a framed picture on the wall behind her

Sitzende auf Pantherstuhl (Dodo)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Pencil sketch of a standing female bather with vertical reed-like strokes around her and a second figure at right.

Badende im Schilf

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Loose pencil sketch of three figures by a water's edge with vertical reed-like strokes on the right.

Badende in den Moritzburger Teichen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman gazing up at a vision of the Virgin, infant Christ, and angels with a banner.

The Vision of Joan of Arc

Eduard von Steinle, ca. 1870-86

Charcoal sketch of two nude women bathing near a lake with spiky grass, drawn on tan paper.

Drei badende Akte an den Moritzburger Seen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ being nailed to a cross by figures with hammers, with a crowd and city behind.

Christ Nailed on the Cross

Paul Decker the Younger, early 18th century

Loose pencil sketch of three bathers seated together on a beach, drawn with quick angular lines on cream paper.

Drei Badende am Strand

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Quick pencil sketch of three nude bathers standing among grass near water, with loose contour lines.

Badende in Moritzburg

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Oval drawing of a seated nude woman by a tree with a leering satyr peeking from foliage, a dog at her feet, and a distant lan

Diana and a Leering Satyr in a Forest

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, ca. 1600

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a nude woman, raising a staff with a billowing cloak behind.

The Centaur Nessus Abducting Deianira

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1763-1809